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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal notice describes a tally edition delivered by carrier for ten cents a week to Topeka and surrounding areas and to Kansas towns served by the paper's distribution system. It mentions a car tist system and generic delivery details for the era.
Weather forecast for Kansas calls for fair skies tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the east, while breezes vary. The State Journal cites Governor Morrill decline for a second term and critiques authority in dispatches. A flurry of opinions follows on monetary policy, gold and silver standards, and political figures like Allison, with editorials contrasting conservatism and reform, and assessing silver legislation’s impact on the public.
An essay argues punishment should target individual accountability rather than society, noting education shapes behavior. It reviews a Pacific Coast interest in hypnotist J. Melvor Tyndall who aimed to be buried alive and resurrected, but woke himself after a fatal fear of murder charges, prompting wide publicity.
Mrs Loren Williams wife of a Chattanooga lawyer addresses students at Tuskegee Institute Alabama. She claims Northern blacks face exclusion from learning and trades and that southern workers labor side by side without hindrance. She foresees a time when unity and self help will prevail.
Noble, Ekhart, Kosciusko, Steuben and northern Indiana counties formed a 1552 organization to combat thieves. Gregory McDougie confessed murder and was hanged after trial by leochers. Survivors planned a reunion in Ligonier as revival meetings followed at First Christian Church with Elder D D Boyle lecturing on The Royal Priesthood.
An examination of aging ex senators and governors living in New York reveals Joseph Bradbury Maine George W Jones Dubuque IA Alphens Felch Ann Arbor Mich ex governors Hoadly Ohio Chamberlain Maine Wise Virginia Lounsberry Connecticut and other former leaders. These men once shaped national affairs and are now rarely seen in print though active in business and social circles. Their careers span Bowdoin and West Point to diplomacy and law.
A San Francisco superior court case hinges on the meaning of the word their in a contract clause. The dispute pits Adams company against Southern Pacific and other Southern firms over who may use the unloading machinery and coal hoisting gear, with $113,000 at stake.
Millie Tunnel a Long Island resident and former slave died at her Jamaica home reportedly aged 111, making her the island’s oldest resident. She recalled waiting on General Washington and lived 60 years in Jamaica, later traveling north after emancipation.
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