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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal outlines carrier delivery at ten cents weekly to Topeka areas and camp prices in Kansas towns with local storage systems. Mail subscriptions are listed as three months and yearly rates noted as 2.99 or 3.60 per year.
Weather notes forecast rain and warmer temperatures in eastern regions tonight with Wednesday rain or snow and much colder conditions in the northwest, southeast winds. The column includes disjointed political commentary on Morse, Monroe Doctrine, free silver stance, and Topeka figures criticizing proposals and urging recall of older doctrines amid national debates.
A regular circular attacks the free silver movement. It accuses reformers like Henry Clews, Carlisle, and Hoke Smith of clinging to a dying cause. The piece argues the nation is firmly on a gold basis, with silver relegated to subsidiary use, and warns politicians to join one side. The New York World editorial takes a contrasting view, saying steady pressure from Wall Street may push voters toward free silver.
Andrew Carnegie addressed students at Cornell on Founders Day urging young men with money to invest not in corporations but in reliable ventures such as homes real estate or first mortgages. He warned to work with an employer only when confident in the business and its prospects and warned against risking capital in uncertain ventures. The piece also mentions coal sales and a patent headache remedy among assorted items.
Visionary plan by William E Smythe proposes a 10 000 acre Sacramento valley colony with a central village and 20 and 10 acre farms. A farmer buys land shares, irrigates via company systems, and profits from a creamery cannery packing plant and starch factory while living in a connected village. The scheme aims to merge agriculture and industry with communal ownership and strong rail and river access.
The article compares Alfred Austin to Alfred Tennyson, noting Austin’s similarities to the long deceased laureate and his emergence as England’s poet laureate after Tennyson’s death. It highlights Austin’s courtier role, literary career, journalism, and conservative muse guiding his elevation, while contrasting rivals Swinburne and Morris.
William Preston Harrison son of Chicago mayor Carter H Harrison returns home after a year exploring the South Seas. He recounts near escapes and cannibal rumors among Santa Anna Rubiana and Solomon islands visits, with stopovers in Hawaii Fiji New Caledonia Tonga Samoa and Australia. Born 1869, he graduated from Chicago University in 1887 and later joined his father on global travels.
Beatrice Moreland of the Brownies troupe is prostrated and in a Cleveland hotel after a supposed Svengali hypnotist exercised absolute control from Bridgeport to Cincinnati. The case, cited by Chicago Times-Herald, notes she has never spoken to the man and remains under care while managers seek to arrest the alleged culprit.
August Abert a New Orleans baker employs Fifine a smart dog who guards the shop and a nickel bank on customers. The dog requires a nickel per loaf or equal deposits for multiple loaves and alerts by ringing a bell to summon the baker. Abert and Fifine deter troublemakers, with a police call when needed, as reported by the Philadelphia Times.
The Utah state proclamation signed at 10 oclock by Governor West and Delegate Cannon was written in simple headwriting with a stub pen. The instrument, a wood penholder with a steel nib, will be exhibited in Salt Lake City and archived by the department of state after display.
The Capital News Report, printed in Korean type in Seoul, issues four pages biweekly with Korean news and editorials favorable to Western-style reforms. It cables foreign reports from Japan and China and includes correspondence from Korean provinces.
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