State Journal expands reach in Topeka with new home
The Topeka Daily State Journal touts a growing circulation and modern facilities. A sworn statement shows daily average reach over 10,625 in six months, with a seven column format, four Linotype machines, and a double front building. Forty three route carriers earn over 10,000 annually. The American Newspaper Directory confirms circulation as largest among Topeka dailies. Historical year figures trace steady growth from 1885 to 1896 reaching 20,625 daily average in 1896.
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New State Journal
the State Journal
Topeka
Topeka Daily State Journal
Irreverent Fragments Parade Through a Chaotic Sheet
A collage of quirky notes: Cuban correspondent Anantas, editor Dana on greenbacks, Wall Street clashes, Kansas Day rockets, theosophy in magazines, Debs on work rights, odd Persianate quotes, and a Texas man with 16 wives and 19 children provoking debate about pension eligibility.
Populist Governor Leedy Dominates Inaugural Tone
Debates rage in Townka Kansas as Governor Leedy delivers a fierce populist inaugural address. Critics mock his rhetoric while praising his bold stance on reform. Across major papers, reactions range from sharp satire to cautious approval of Kansas politics.
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Karas
A Land of Death. Booth-Tucker on India's Famine Plight
Prominent Salvation Army figure Gonnegunder Booth-Tucker describes India’s famine and disease toll. He cites high death rates from cholera and fever, noting annual deaths around twenty-two million under ordinary conditions, with vast suffering among the poor and references to historical hunger. The text also mentions a bridle and harness price.
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Gonnegunder Booth
Salvation Army
India
Booth-Tusker
Willams Hunter
Officials and the School Fund Debated in Bond Sales
Developments reveal negotiations for sale of county bonds to the school fund commission have depended on agents. Officials should be required to handle the business directly or face removal for incompetency. Taxpayers’ interests demand the school fund receive full proceeds and any accrued interest go to the fund or responsible payers.
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Éeboo
School Fund Commission
Shawnee County
Thanh
Court House
Nobaiy
Alcohol and Disease in a City Hospital Case
A man with a spinal fracture died after alcohol induced decay weakened him. Doctors refused risky surgery due to addiction marks, highlighting how long term stimulant use worsens body function. The piece argues addiction follows a natural decline, with organs deteriorating and shocks precipitating fatal outcomes.
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Ian
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Ashe Suravons
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Useraun
The Well-traveled Guide and English Tourism Critique
A critical review discusses travel books on England and How to See England. It notes errors in older guides, praises Goodwin Smith and a work titled A Peer to England, and laments cramped publishing formats. The piece mentions methods and costs of travel aids and a Metbals card priced at $19,000.
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Prom
Clreumatariel
Catinot
Evans
Kosanall
Compan
Public Servants and Thefts From State House Furniture
Complaint rises that every new administration in Kansas triggers widespread theft of state house furniture. Chairs tables carpets rugs and movable items vanish prompting refitting of offices. Crime spans parties and eras, suggesting a need for marked government property to curb larceny and arrests for possession of stamped items.
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Mto
State House
Topeka
Kansas
The New Bowery and Ghetto Territory at Eight Avenue
The article surveys a transformed New Bowery district from Abingdon Square to Central Park, noting a rise in dime museums and cheap theaters, a shifting “Ghetto” near Eighth Street, and a tense mix of Polish Jewish and black communities near the Metropolitan Opera House. It describes crowded tenement rooms, high rents, and a community living between night life and poverty.
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New York
Bowery
Cent
Eighth Avenue
Abingdon Square
Grand Circle
Tiallan
Columbus
Central Park
Seventh Avenue
Imith
Ghetto
Baxter
Bayard
Ferdertoin
Eighth Street
Ty Forty-Second Street
Metropolitan Opera House
Local option law touted as effective in Massachusetts
The Minneapolis Journal cites Massachusetts local option as successful after repeal of prohibition. It notes annual votes on liquor licenses, the Australian ballot, rising no votes and declining yes votes, with cities unable to offset rural gains. Prohibitionists grow satisfied as the system expands citizen veto power.
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Minneapolis Journal
Massachusetts
Rome
Massachusetta
Te Lawy
Moston
Influence of Love from the New York Ledger
The article extols love as a divine force showing kindness transforms beings from dogs to lions and can tame ferocity. It imagines kindness multiplying across nations creating a moral garden replacing thorn and Brier, turning deserts into beauty and peace.
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The
New York Ledger
King of Cannibals Weds Tailor's Daughter in New York
Colonel John P Hobbs the four island king of the New Hebrides was married in New York to Bila Col Ln, a tailor's daughter. A South Carolina lawyer and journalist, Hobbs led tribes in island warfare, then ruled wisely to end cannibalism. After a six month vacation he plans to return with his bride to his homeland.
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New York
John P. Hobbs
New Hebrides Islands
South Carolina
Australia
Jobs F
Horbs
Colonel Hobbs
Ilika Islands
Hobba
Howas
Hobbe
Oumalea Hobts
Bila Col Ln
Malalic
Breckinridge
Frankfort
Free Tuition Drawn From Baptist Support at University of Chicago
Chicago January 23 The theology center at the University of Chicago disclosed results from a census of 200 divinity students. Only 14 plan to preach Baptist gospel. Others hold varied beliefs including Jewish, Unitarian, Humanistic Catholic, Seventh Day Adventist and more. All receive free tuition and dormitory housing funded by Baptist donors who expect ministers to be supplied from the seminary.
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University of Chicago
Divinity School
University
Divinity
Yeault
Dinciptes Mt Christ
Dt School
University of Chicaso
Depraved Britisher draws London life in sensational tale
A London gossip cable describes a new book about a young British heir named Sir Robert Peel. It portrays him as a card sharp and swindler amid high society, racing circles, and country estates, detailing criminal intrigues with peasants, actresses, and fashion figures.
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London
Ays
Robert Perel
Peel
France
Cuba
Newmarket
Royal Enclosure
Ascot
Preux
Chevalier
Waren
Teutonic Arrives From Liverpool With Arctic Fumigation
The White Star steamer Teutonic docked after a rough Atlantic voyage. Ice encrusts her hull and she is sealed in a frostbitten casing. Health Officer Doty orders Indian mail aboard to be fumigated before posting to prevent the tropical plague. The mail is transferred to the quarantine disinfecting boat James W. Wadsworth for thorough fumigation.
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New York
Teutonic
Liverpool
Doty
India
James W.wadsworth
High Priced Dwellings in New York
Brooklyn investor Joseph Hoagland buys remodelled four story dwelling at 21 West Pitty Street for about 250000. Raymond Hoagland acquires a five story house for about 150000. Architects Harding and Gooch plan a 1000000 dollar apartment hotel on Henry Clews site at 9 West Thirty fourth Street, after Clews opposed a street railway.
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New York
Joseph
Hoagland
Brooklyn
FP. W. Bliss
West Pitty
Raymond Hoagland
Albert Young
Harding & Gooch
No TS Breadway
Henry Clowes
West Thirty-fourth Street
Henry Filiton
Manhattan
Eiu
Clews
4 Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Brown Wins Suit Over Willantsine Mining Rights
The high court in Pretoria rules in favor of American engineer R F Brown against the government over mining claims at Willantsine. Brown sought declaration of rights and faced a 1 009 000 pound claim. case arose after a government proclamation for gold mining and subsequent lottery law re proclamation.
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Wilfontainé
Specialties by The Paiges at Crawford Opera Home
Walter Pais tan Tae Frances Florida tten Flake Steely and others perform nightly this week at Crawford Opera Home. Prices 10 20 and 30 cents.
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Paige Walter
Pais Tan Tae
Frances Florida
Ces
Steely
Crawford Opera
Advert for People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
A promotional notice for a large medical book offered by the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. Claims include curing disorders, improving appetite and blood health, with a sales pitch about savings on doctor bills. Encourages sending 26 cents in stamps plus 40 cents for cloth binding, to Buffalo NY.
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Pierce
Strom Pape
Buffaly
Socenca
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