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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal offers a carrier delivery for 10 contes weekly to Topeka and suburbs or other Kansas towns with carrier service. By mail rates are three months for 0.800, six months for 360, and one year for 360. Weekly edition costs 60 per year.
The State Journal claims to be Kansas’s sole recipient of the full day Associated Press service and lists its national affiliations. It asserts its use of modern Webster stereotype presses and highlights its Eastern office at 73 Tribune Building New York with Perry Lukens Jr. as manager.
Forecast for Kansas shows snow today with local snow and colder conditions Wednesday and southwest winds. Reports note Shawnee county's political influence and inaugural expenses, while concerns arise over a Burlington train robbery and Bill Cook. National aid pours into Nebraska, with rail shipments of relief. Discussion on competition with monopolies and currency proposals appears alongside entertainment receipts and California woes. Streetcar strikes in Brooklyn prompt potential legal action against demonstrators and corporate defenses.
The passage notes workers objecting to ten-hour days, choosing self help actions after no prosecutions. Accusations include obstructing mail transmission, with companies set to deploy troops. A looming union and nonunion clash is anticipated as replacements are sought.
In Topeka Kansas legislators hear strong support for Major Hood as a capable financier with high character and practical experience. He advocates silver consideration on the money question and aligns with Kansas interests more than any other candidate. If Hood and Ingalls join the Senate, Kansas would regain its strong Plumb era team.
The message argues for relief from heavy taxes and cutting state expenses, lauds Kansas’ recovery from financial crisis, and urges radical reforms. It calls for a constitutional convention to curb trusts, expand judges, bar bribery, end public-utility passes, and abolish several districts. It critiques assessment laws, mortgage rules, and bond purchases, warning that laws cannot override trade laws or erode debt security.
Governor Lewelling outlines a broad program for state reform including tighter insurance laws, greater state control of fraternal and home companies, and expanded irrigation. He calls for enforcing prohibitory laws via public sentiment, expanding educational and charitable institutions, and cutting waste in printing, with broader funding for universities and the agricultural college. He also advocates abolition of several offices and boards, lotteries, and election commissioners, urging a millennial scale modernization of Kansas laws.
A Bronx area landmark Poe Cottage in Fordham stands as a preserved home where Poe wrote many works during 1846 stay. Local club funds aim to erect a monument nearby. visitors from around the world tour the cottage, which remains a focal literary memorial amid urban growth.
A Boston inventor suggests a unique trolley car fender using large revolving street sweeper brushes mounted beneath the car. If a person falls in front of the trolley, the brushes would sweep them from the track.
Lord Breadalbane owns a grand Scottish residence at Taymouth Park and can ride 100 miles west to Ardmaddie on the Argyllshire coast without leaving his lands. The text highlights his vast rural reach and extensive holdings.
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