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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal announces home delivery by carrier at ten cents per week to Topeka and suburbs with mail option available. Three months cost 39 cents plus 80 cents, one year 360. Weekly edition is 50 cents per year.
A fragmented clipping notes a rise of over sixty percent in a three month period of 1034. It mentions The State Journal as a leading Kansas paper and references its Associated Press affiliation and Webster stereotype press. The text names Perry Lukens Jr. as manager and cites the New York office at 73 Tribune Building.
Forecast for Kansas shows fair and cold tonight and Saturday with warmer evening. Northwest winds. Patchy discussion on 48 bills in 15 minutes, bond timing, Carlisle resignation, and court appeals. Mentions of Shawnee county politics, bank losses, and wage tax proposals amid legislative notes.
A Republican push calls for record making in the legislature as talks on salary calendars and anti-lottery bills unfold. The piece notes debate over currency, greenbacks, and coinage policy, with references to silver, treasury drain, and bonds. It cites Ballinger’s proposed bill to print all bills and criticizes profiteering and scandal. It also cites Bourne Mills profit sharing ending strikes, dividend stability, and risky watered stock issues.
A collage of local notices from Chase to Rice counties reports a Rural post office in Chase, sugar production at Medicine Lodge, a Rushton shot gun purchase, and a central Kansas oratorical contest in Lindsborg. It notes revived Methodism in Neodesha, odd town tangles in Fairview, and shifts in banking, football, and fire escape laws. The Florence Bulletin item lists found items and a literary debate on Shaw penmanship. Topeka news notes inauguration day dining for veterans with meals at 25 cents.
Nevada Missouri reports on Elijah and James Bryan nephews of Daniel Boone, tracing a long lived Missouri family. Elijah Bryant, 95, guarded forts against Indians 1818 to 1816 and owns the flintlock rifle Charley. James Bryan, veteran of the Seminole War, bore the American flag at Boone’s burial and shares tales of frontier life. Jonathan Bryan, their father, died at 86. the clan holds Boone relics and a storied past in St. Charles and surrounding counties.
Susan B. Anthony, the veteran suffragist, attended her first opera in New York at the Lauterbachs' box. She praised the music and performers, expressing delight at the soprano's voice and the overall performance, and hinted she will likely return when time permits.
Step by step warm kitchen guide from American Agriculturist shows methods to prepare apples in buttered baked form compote frosted and custard topped dishes. Buttered apples simmer tender with clove garnish. compote uses lemon and sugar. frosted apples peel bake and sparkle with sugar. miroton blends sugar, lemon rind and eggs into a custard topping.
A London silversmith firm unveils an electric tea kettle praised for cleanliness and simple operation. The device uses room lighting power, keeps water hot, and pours without handling the kettle, reducing scalding risk. lamps range 8 to 50 candle power, with 16 cp favored for normal use.
Retailers announce a 25 percent undercut on all competitors as they open a Topeka branch Monday. The notice lists prices on beans, sugar, tomato cans, corn, prunes, flour, coffee, and other staples, urging customers to compare and trade locally.
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