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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1895
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options for daily and weekly editions. Carrier delivery costs 19 cents weekly for Topeka and surrounding areas. Mail rates shown include three months at a discounted price and annual options. The text also mentions a separate weekly edition price per year and a blank or garbled line about a distant location.
Antonio Mora, once a Cuban planter and US citizen, fled Havana after a 1869 court martial. Spain offered a 1.5 million indemnity in 1886, but payment stalled. Mora, aged 80 and in frail health in New York with his daughter, seeks prompt payment and restoration of his confiscated sugar estate.
Weather notes from Carcase indicate fair and warmer conditions for Kansas with southerly winds tonight and Wednesday. The column mixes weather with political commentary on silver coinage, Prohibition and state issues, referencing figures like Wesley Davis, Leland Stanford, Don Cameron, and Mayor Waccenee, along with debates on free silver and government finance. The piece blends forecast with a broad critique of policy and enforcement.
A garbled Kansas page of chatter notes city quirks and local folks from Iola to Oberlin. Mentions include Major Hadeon, the lola gas well, National party support, and reports on social life, schools, and weather influenced fraternal groups. Fragmentary lines touch on Fort Scott, Ottawa, and Paola, with references to local figures and events.
Real estate man J. Colling notes fewer vacant houses in Topeka than in prior years and says eastern investors show growing interest. He claims Topeka appears fuller than before despite a recently published census and predicts more inquiries from eastern buyers.
Col Gam Radges vows a Topeka city directory this fall if crops are reasonably good. He says a directory is a luxury in a town of this size and-printing costs require assurance of at least breaking even. If corn yields meet expectations, the directory will be printed this fall.
The State Historical Society receives 50 volumes donated by Samuel A. Green of Boston, including eight copies of Roslin's Ancient History 1805 edition. New packages from France arrive via exchange with the Smithsonian. Royal baking powder, claimed purest, uses refined cream of tartar to remove tartrate of lime and impurities.
The Interstate railroad project led by Beaumont native Fred J. Close progresses from Beaumont to Galveston Texas. Grading is finished steel laid and track laying to begin with trains expected in three months. Beaumont, a lumber town of 7000, will host five engines handling ninety miles of track with Whale as the principal intermediate point.
Ida B Wells famed anti lynching campaigner marries Ferdinand L Barnett in Chicago in a union born from friendship and mutual support. Barnett, a Chicago lawyer and half owner of The Conservator, is widowed with two sons and Nashville born. The couple’s romance traces to Frederick Douglass influence and common reform circles.
Chicago Tribune narrative details a mangy yellow dog pursued by two disheveled boys on North Clark street. They capture the canine with a makeshift rope, hoping to return it to Mis Sweeting while fearing the mistress will punish them. The scene ends with a resident’s amused relief at the dog’s return.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a man who pretends to owe ten dollars to gain access to a famed New York magnate. He enters after claiming business, is escorted to the door, learns the trick, and plans future calls on Russell Sage George Gould Vanderbilt and Astor.
An eight year old asks his father for a subscription to The School Journal. Father questions why a teacher's publication is needed while the boy insists on his curiosity and desire to read.
A cheerful, humorous line recalls talk of revising the Goddess of Liberty’s costume. A typewriter boarder with a wheel asks what it will be. The reply is framed as red, white and bloomers in a lighthearted exchange from the Indianapolis Journal.
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