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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal announces daily edition delivery by carrier at ten cents a week to Topeka and suburbs and at the same price in Kansas towns with carrier service. The notice promotes home delivery options and pricing for widespread circulation.
Weather notes report freezing tonight with westerly winds. Saturday looks fair and cold with northerly winds. Financial commentary discusses gold and silver parity, bond votes, and deficits. Prohibition and liquor sales data contrast Kansas with Milwaukee. Rumors on political candidacy and editorial practices criticized. local interest in Morrill's health and governance noted.
An editorially framed discussion compares the silver and gold standards, noting how silver prices influence cotton and wheat in China and India. It cites shifting tael values, rising Shanghai cotton exports, and changes in currency perception affecting global trade and American policy debates.
State Bank Commissioner John W. Breienthal, popu list leader and governor hopeful, refuses multiple delegations urging him to run. He states clearly he does not want to be governor and will not be a candidate, signaling no entry despite prominent support.
District Judge Spilman presided in Manhattan to try Leland J Webb versus the AO U W for a $2000 policy claim. Webb died February 21, 1893, leaving a policy unpaid to his widow, with the order defending the nonpayment due to Webb's assessment lapse. Equal Suffrage group debated physician students attending a childbirth incident and denounced county officer action in a resolution.
In a rambling early 20th century dialogue at a railroad depot Abe challenges Colonel Dawson over lending money and reputation. They spar about plots, Plotinus, and time saved by marriage, while Abe explains time equals money and proposes a satirical plan to save costs. A lighter aside describes a resolved insult and chance meetings as news item prose.
A man in a Broad way car jokes about gravitation as a spy machine to fly. The other passenger retorts he doubts the science, insisting gravity will force him to earth. The conversation ends with both seats taken and no flight plan.
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