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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1896
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription rates and delivery areas for the State Journal. It mentions weekly and longer-term prices, with tariffs for Topeka and other towns served by the paper's carrier system, and includes several garbled figures indicating rates for three months and one year.
Jan 4 Ourisco reports increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures for Kansas while noting new celestial additions and pending silver moves. The piece critiques bond issues and government credit, citing voices from The Atlanta Constitution and Henry Clews, urging caution on money and treasury practices.
The author argues against covert bank and treasury actions to export gold, urging open policy and proposing a three year gold payable certificate at eight percent interest to secure needed gold. The plan contrasts with bond schemes and criticizes Wall Street influence while calling for congressional action to repair the Snandal situation.
A 1905 New York report compares repair bills for 34 Remingtons and 9 other makes, totaling 6432 dollars. Remingtons averaged 1.59 dollars per machine in repairs against 11.5 dollars for others, bolstering claims of Remington superiority with the No 6 model to come. Also included is a children’s tale about a Magpie and Parrot debating music and a garden performance, ending with a moral about vanity and weakness.
Tea should not steep longer than three to seven minutes. If only one pot is available transfer the infusion to another vessel and discard the grounds to prevent tannin buildup and avoid harming women at luncheon.
A terrified woman cries for help as a hero promises protection. She declares she wants a map and compass only, noting she just arrived from Boston where streets are straight and confusing. The fragment mentions a store ad line about ready made clothes and a coal company contact.
Stockholm reports Engineer Andree plans a two companions polar balloon voyage next summer aiming to reach Spitzberg then the pole. Nils Strindberg, 23, to assist with photography and navigation. Ballon design features drag ropes and a small cabin for four, with propulsion by a sail and planned early testing in France.
A Thursday afternoon event in Topeka involved a well dressed woman scolding a cold, unblanketed horse hitched to a light wagon in front of a meat market. She argued the animal had waited in the cold since morning, urged police care, then learned the horse belonged to the butcher. She left smiling, promising a blanket that day.
Ignatius Donnelly leader of Minnesota Populists admits the party is dead and proposes a joint convention among all parties in one city on one day to adopt platforms and seek a single electoral ticket. He foresees two Democratic factions and a united opposition, with Republicans favored to win.
A northwest railroad line from North Platte, via the North Platte valley, was discussed by Mestra W F Cody Judge William Neville Judge H M Grimes and North Platte Mayor Warner with Ogalle and New York associates. If built it would cross several counties and feed the Union Pacific, linking to Grand Junction Wyoming.
Inventor Charles A. Kinsel of Hoboken unveils a hybrid balloon ship designed to attack warships. The Kinsel War Balloon features a 60 foot silk envelope, aluminium hull, gas generator, side wheels, and screw propeller, capable of 125 mph in air and seaworthy enough to descend. He claims a crew of 165 and a construction cost around 35,000 dollars versus 3,009,000 for a battleship.
Denmark plans to offer the purchase of St Thomas, Santa Cruz, and St John to the United States this winter. The Danish Storting may directly propose a US buy. Denmark, a small nation, spends about $150,000 yearly to govern the islands, with no standing army or navy. Mrs. Winslow's Teething Syrup, a noted child remedy, is advertised at twenty five cents per bottle.
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