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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
3
Daily edition delivered by carrier ten cents a week to Topeka and suburbs, same price in Kansas towns with three tier system. By mail three months, one year. Early edition per year ten? sixty.
Chicago July 6 notes show ers tonight and Saturday fair, with a chance of showers in extreme east. Col D. K. Anthony’s letters may reveal state secrets. governor blocks saloons, while Leavenworth and Wichita face ongoing tensions. A Cal judge rules poker not gambling, stirring Kansas silver and gold standard debates. Local items discuss cooperative factory prospects, free coinage, and media practices.
The Atchison population sounds off about saloons and drunkenness with many residents opposing liquor. The piece argues saloons harm business, health, and decency, urging merchants and citizens to support prohibition and oppose the liquor trade. It lauds Topeka police for enforcing the temperance law and earning public backing.
The Connecticut House backed a municipal suffrage bill for certain residents but the Senate promptly rejected it. A proposed law banning marriages between deaf and dumb, imbecile, or epileptic persons with a woman aged 45 or older faced strong opposition. The measures reflect a broader push for citizen improvement despite likely failure.
A jumble of Kansas notes from Horton to Atchison covers music, a girl named Aiyoe in Casgo City, a Fourth of July mockery in Atchison, a Quenemo cob pipe plant slated to close, and Burlington weather effects. Reports touch on Horton’s prize, prison work, ice cream cheer, Union church lightning inquiry, a Peaches and Cream social, teachers at Chase county normal, Bronson Pilot timing, a Westphalia patient joke, a young witness, and the Atchison Institute’s cat ribbons.
Lawrence July 4 recalls the monument dedication to 150 victims of Quantrell led guerrilla raids. The piece visits Canal Dover Ohio where his mother resided and recounts his youth, letters from his Kansas days, and how personal betrayal fed his violent turn. It notes his early career as a teacher and later descent into border brigandage and guerrilla warfare with the James and Younger brothers.
The sixth international geographical congress will convene in London with royal patronage and a strong American presence. Justice Daly, ex Chief Justice of New York, chairs as vice president. Prof William Libbey Jr of Princeton represents the American Geographical Society. Pandu Chuillu joins as African explorer. The event gathers scholars from Europe Asia and other regions with headquarters at the Royal Geographical Society in Savile Row.
The World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union gathering in London gave Mrs Eliza D Stewart known as Mother Stewart the warmest ovation for her 20 years of temperance work After aiding British temperance efforts she spoke at City Temple to an enthusiastic crowd Born in Piketon Ohio April 25 1616 she faced early hardship and became a respected educator and reformer Her family served in the Civil War era and she later cared for wounded soldiers Her writings include Memories of the Crusade and The Crusader in Great Britain Clergymen Inventors lead the note on progress with mechanics at the top and clergy next in invention.
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