State Journal subscription terms and addresses
The State Journal lists daily carrier delivery at ten cents a week, various edition prices, and a permanent home address at State Journal Building on Eighth Avenue. It notes telephone contacts and the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, with file access for advertisers and readers.
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Silver and Coin Bonds and the Senate Silver Question
Washington correspondent Y W E Curtis argues the Senate priority for the Teller coin bond plan signals stronger silver sentiment than two years ago. He notes silver advocates persist in Congress, warns the president may risk a fall currency push, and predicts party splits may force debates and possible postponement.
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Republican Party
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Puzzle of Modern Town Life and Morals
Fragmented OCR text comments on social norms and behaviors in a town. Mentions respect for doctors, robbery, humility, mortality, and relations between men and women. References to dogs, marriage, and community attitudes appear in garbled form without clear events or names.
Familiar Kansas Names and Local Notices Feature
A patchwork of local items and names. Atchison mentions include Fred Bentley and Captain John Seaton, with notes on court, banking, and civic events. Reflections on visitors, politics, and a wedding anniversary highlight community life, along with scattered remarks on Kansas figures and historical milestones.
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Fred Bentley
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Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A collection of humor and sententious remarks on women, marriage, money, and social mores. Proverb-like jests touch on bridal tears, locked bedrooms, husbands smoking, and the foibles of both sexes conveyed in newspaper tone.
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Lumber Dealers Meet In Kansas City On tenth annual gathering
Four hundred Kansas and Missouri lumber dealers attend the Kansas and Missouri Association of Lumber Dealers convention in Kansas City. President C Taylor presides as committees are named and a declaration of principles is adopted promoting fair retail practice, harmony among dealers, and a transportation bureau to handle delays and disputes.
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Association
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J. W. Berry
Jowett
Scrofula and Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised Cure
An 19th century advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the sole effective remedy for scrofula, claiming it cleanses the blood and cures long standing taints. A testimonial from Manterra BM, Sacre, Mass describes a daughter with running sores improving after a few bottles and remaining symptom free.
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Arkansas City Scandal Narrowly Tuts Public Decay
Arkansas City is rocked by a domestic scandal as a married man abandons his wife for another woman and allegedly poisons himself after expressing despair over supporting his children. The Arkansas City Traveler reports a woman’s warning against slander and a man’s account of near-fatal self harm amid accusations and public scrutiny.
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Kansas National Banks Statement to Comptroller 1887
A fragmentary banking report from December 16 1887 lists Kansas national bank resources including loans discounts bonds and securities deposits and cash items. It notes reserves federal currency and coin totals and bonds held with the U S Treasury. The document references capital stock surplus and profits and shows interbank balances and unpaid dividends.
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Bunco the Farmers Exposed in Grocery Scams
An Abilene report details a Beloit circulated private letter alleging Chicago firm Robins Benham Co. and similar outfits use fraudulent freight pricing to cheat farmers. It explains storeable staples sold well below market, with freight charges inflated to inflate profits, highlighting a carload coffee example and the resulting high margins.
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Gunsmith J H Smith Charged In Illicit Relations Case
The report recounts that J H Smith a gunsmith formerly of Wellington faced legal action for alleged illegal relations with widow Mrs Rogers. Mrs Smith and Smith’s children testified for the state while Smith currently stays with Mrs Rogers.
Noted Kansas horse breeder E A Smith of Norwood Farm
Sketch from Western Horseman highlights Ethan Allen Smith of Lawrence and the Norwood stock farm founded in 1874. It recalls his trotting stock beginnings with Henry Clay, a show ring winner in 1857, later sold to Col. Ben Harrie, and notes the early Norwood sires Almont Pilot and Norwood, purchased in Kentucky in 1871.
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Postmasters to be reimbursed for undercredit during 1835
Washington Jan 28 The urgency efficiency bill contains many provisions to reimburse postmasters with undercredited claims. Names include M F McCall postmaster Emmet Kan compensation undercredited in Sictor Hi Bind Enos Fietor te gale Kan and 8 Turner postmaster Hoxle Kan with various sums cited.
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Newton Doctor W. C. Nalder Ends Life Over Malpractice Probe
Dr. W. C. Nalder of Newton shot himself in his office after the coroner’s jury found probable malpractice in the death of May Jank. The jury, assembled during the inquiry, concluded the woman died from malpractice by an unknown operator, while Nalder faced the pending verdict and public scrutiny.
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Tilton Leaves Downs Editor Post for Beatrice Daily Times
W S Tilton longtime editor of the Downs Times has sold the Downs paper to W L Knotts and will move to Beatrice Nebraska to edit and own the Daily Times there after the first of next month. He previously worked in Wa Keeney and Osborne and has long been a Republican activist and central figure in the Sixth district convention.
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City council refuses to raise arc light payments
Salina city officials at the last meeting refused to pay more than 35 per month for each arc light on the moonlight schedule. Manager Tracey declined to accept the terms and will cut off area lights immediately. Embezzlement charge against Obertin seens bound over to district court after he allegedly kept 395 in a note’s proceeds. Hutchinson gamblers Kepping and Oswald sentenced to three years each in the federal penitentiary for riot violations.
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Abilene Miller's Contract Clarified
In Abilene a mis-Statement in a dispatch misreported the Kansas flouring industry. Southern Kansas mills have formed an organization and will handle export flour to Hoffman Son of this city, about ten car loads daily.
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Typhoid in Catching Death of Miss Annie Hartman
Miss Annie Hartman died Sunday at her parents home in Jefferson township after weeks of typhoid fever contracted while nursing her sister at Emporia. She returned home and soon fell ill again with the same disease. Fort Scott dispatch notes a Crawford County clerkship for a Populist candidate.
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Second Attempt in Aateict Court Sours County Clerk Case
Court hears petition by County Clerk Ecker against opponents over alleged actions and possession of records. Petition for writ of mandamus found defective. case rejected amid dispute among Crawford county officials. Missionary plans and local civic notes weave through the report with several Kansas towns listed.
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