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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1896
Page
4
A jumble of opinions and notes surveys public response to the power act. A church member criticizes property owners and urges restraint while others deride reformers as meddling. The piece also touches on rail projects, silver coinage, and a joke from the Rialto stage.
Weather for Kansas predicts generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with colder spells in the northwest and light winds. The rest of the piece delves into political squabbles over bond issues, syndicate fears, party realignments, and local Topeka gossip, including notes on Kingpin figures and editorial quibbles about Kansas delegates and national figures.
In the Bohmerwaid near Pilson two gypsies fought with knives. A woman witnessed the struggle and shot the survivor in the head after another stabbed the other to death. She remained by the bodies until arrested for the act.
The piece warns that cocaine addiction is rising, especially in New York, and details overdose signs from 10 percent solution, including vertigo, convulsions, numbness, and possible death. It cites fatal and near fatal cases, notes variable individual effects, and urges caution against self-treatment while acknowledging therapeutic value in surgery. It also mentions known cases of recovery after large ingestions and notes the uncertainty of a smallest fatal dose.
The article recounts Utah's path to statehood from 1847 Mormon settlement to 1896 admission. It notes Brigham Young leadership, Deseret earlier efforts, territorial status, and opposition by non Mormons and gentiles. It highlights Heber M Wells as first governor, his Salt Lake City birth, University of Utah education, and banking career.
Four Chinese students at the University of Michigan include two women Maryn Shie who uses Mary Stone and Miss Kong who goes by Ida Kahn both pupils of Miss Charlotte Howe a Methodist missionary. They are senior medical students active in the Students Christian Association and speak English fluently. Their home is the Methodist Mission at Kew Kiang Kiangsi province. They live with two Chinese boys Yung Ping Cheng and Taiyin Cheo as part of Miss Howe's tutelage. Belgium to lower marriage age and Norway women breaking horses featured in brief notes.
Characters discuss Christmas gifts and New Year plans with shop talk and romantic misunderstandings. A friend frets over a gift exchange and a wedding card reveal, while playful banter and domestic humor echo through a lively pieced dialogue.
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