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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1897

Page

4

Topeka State Journal advertisement copy

The paper presents generic subscription details for daily edition delivery by carrier in Topeka and suburbs, with pricing in cents and options for Kansas towns. It lists addresses and telephone numbers for the business office and reporters room, and notes association affiliations with broader newspaper publishers' groups.

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Weather Indications for Kansas and Chicago July 10

For Kansas the outlook is fair tonight and Sunday with cooler air in the east portion. Northerly winds prevail, easing heat, while Chicago weather notes suggest similar cooler trends in the eastern area tonight and tomorrow.

Chicago Kansas Fair Fofieht Sumiay East Port Midh

Miners Strike Sparks National Debate and Economic Strain

A surge of union action by the United Mine Workers threatens to halt industry across the country as coal supplies tighten. The president of the miners’ association says the wage scale adopted in Columbus in January 1895 is being enforced, with 69 cents a ton in Pennsylvania and 60 in Ohio and Indiana. Ohio’s mine inspector notes miners’ yearly earnings and rising costs, while arbitration is urged to resolve the dispute under law rather than private conflict.

United Mine Workers Miners’ Association Columbus National Executive Board Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Hazleton Oiio Ghia Walt

Topeka Festival: editors praise event and free attractions

An editor from Rabetha criticizes the Full Festival yet notes extensive local support. He claims Topeka papers saved advertising costs by providing free space valued at $33,000 last year and that hundreds volunteer time and funds for the festival. Officials say Topeka funds about $25,000 this year to ensure a top experience for Kansas residents.

Topeka Kansas Toyoka

Baby Homes and City Reform Aim for Healthful Living

Myron Reed comments on summer homes for babies and the ideal where babies stay with loving families. He praises Edinburgh and Baltimore as examples of reform block by block, argues against relocating the sick or poor, and condemns costly transport. He envisions homes for the vulnerable within cities and criticizes sentimental migrations.

Myron Reed Berman Tam Homse Baltiaore Baltiamore Edinburga Edinburgh Princess Street Raguimaux New York Greenland

The Boss and Campaign Contributions Analysis

A June Forum argument traces power to money behind Tammany Hall. It cites Richard Croker as originator and Platt expanding the system. It quotes Wheeler Peckham and Henry Havertuver on corporate campaign gifts as the price of peace and a pattern of yearly contributions to New York political groups.

J. B. Bishop New York Platt Hichard Croker Bhose Tammany Hall Mr. Croker Wheeler H. Peckham Henry O. Havertuver Jesusie Piet Senate Washington

Harvest humor and household hints from a Kansas paper

A collage of bits on courtship, weather, ironing tricks, linen pants lore, and old towns. Anecdotes feature Atchison characters, a Populist ex‑judge Rev Charles Nessley, and light satire on domestic life and modest ambitions.

Charles Nessley Sedgwick County Wichita Nessley

Washington Post Chronicle of Kansas Visitors at Normandy

Sedgewick of Parsons Kansas, famed attorney for M K gad T rend, joined the Kansas contingency at the Normandy hotel after arriving from the west. Cy Leland and Cushman, secretary to Senator Baker, endured a sun cured bath after a boat excursion while Lambert, newly named United States district attorney for Kansas, sported a distinctive bald scalp during the voyage.

Tre Washington Post Sedgewick Paraous Kan M. K. Gad T. Rend Sunflower State The Post Normandy Kansas Virginia Beach Mr. Ledgees Lambert United States Senator Carter Foley Parsons Cy Leland Cushman Senator Baker

Critics Split Over Whitman From Emerson to Lowell

Two eminent critics, Emerson and Lowell, offered opposite judgments on Whitman. Emerson judged Whitman through mystics and seers and the heroic, while Lowell, a scholar, found Whitman’s open air spirit clashing with classical taste. The piece weighs who best captures poetry in its raw, shirt-sleeve form.

Whitman John Burrouds Atlantic Emeraan Lowell Luntan Emerson Chaucer Shakespeare Harvard College

Boys And Their Ways From The Wichita Eagle

A humorous survey of boyhood from the Wichita Eagle and other papers notes boy myths about presidents, pranks, and family life. It cites tales of cornstalk fiddles, playground legends, and the appeal of circus feats, while lampooning parental expectations and boyish appetites.

Prom Wichita Eagler John Adams John Quincy Adams

Morgan to Resume Control of Lehigh Valley Railroad

The Lehigh Valley Railroad faces changes as J Pierpont Morgan is set to resume management aided by Philadelphia capital. An option on all Packer holdings gives him control, with plans to place Edwin M Winter or Dr W Z Webb as president replacing EF Wilbur.

New York J. Pierpont Morgan Lehigh Valley Railroad Lehigh Valley Philadelphia Lenge Packer Becnne Edwin M. Winter The Northern Pacific Moxzgan W. Z. Webb New York Central William H. Vanderbilt EF. Wilbur

Simple seed remedy used at women’s insane hospital

July 10 report from City of Mexico states physicians at the women’s insane hospital have introduced a simple sleep remedy from White sapote seed. The drug induces deep sleep but has caused cerebral congestion and deaths among patients.

City of Mexico Insane Hospital

Carnegie's Shrewd Move Prompts Riverfront Clash in Pa

Meretsport July 14 The Carnegie Steel company has surveyed a nine mile Monongahela River stretch from Hays to McKeesport and presented harbor plans to the U S engineers. Maj Charles F Powell Pittsburg chief says he will establish her borne limits on Tuesday July 13 and decide whether to adopt the Carnegie survey or reject it amid competing proposals from other stream shore firms.

Meretsport Carnegie Hesa Monongahela Charles F. Powell Uited States Engineers Pittsburg Herbornes Carnegie Steel Company Hays Station McKeesport Homestead Braddock Port Perry Duquesne Demmier Powell

No Sleep For Three Months Ends With Cure Claim

A Pittsburg man praises the Pyramid Pile Cure after three months of sleepless suffering from piles. He reports complete relief from three 30 cent boxes, says the remedy requires no opiates or poisons and is sold by druggists nationwide.

Wm. Handschu Cotton Alley Pittsburg Pyramid Drug Co Athion. Mich

Grand lodge of Ellis settles key matters and elections

Minneapolis reports the grand lodge of Ellis concluding debates on Golden Gate lodge and reinstatement of Alien O Myers. Myers is expelled after a decisive vote. Public interest centered on prize drills and bands. New officers elected include Meade D Detweller as Grand Exalted Ruler and George A Reynolds as Grand Secretary, with trustees named Jerome B Fisher and others.

Minneapolis Grand Lodge of Ellis Golden Gate Lodge San Francisco O. Myers Cincinnati Inds Detwener Cmse Allen Myers Toledo Louisville Elk Clubs Duluth City Naval Reserve Band Detroit Fourth Regiment Sioux City Twenty-second Regiment FL Cook Meade D. Detweller Harrisburg Birmingham Ala Louis Hauwer Newark N. J Charles M. Foote Minn George A Reynolds Saginaw Mich Ed S. Orris Meadville Tyler Scott Holmes O. Ligand Lew A. Clarke G. Grant George Meyer, Jr Pittebure Fimberlake New Albany Inn Jerome B. Fisher Jamestown Hunter A Craycroft Dallas Tex George 3B Cronk Omaha

Silver Camp Meeting to Promote Silver Dollar Rally

A national free coinage camp meeting is planned in Ohio during the week starting September 16 at either the Columbus state fair grounds or Springfield turf grounds. Backed by the American Bimetallic Union, speakers include Bryan Towne and Teller among others. Local chairs are A A Brown and Col J C Roberts with railroads offering round trips and a 2 cent per mile return rate on September 21 22. The event aims to energize silver forces this fall and may attract over 100000 attendees. Reverend Geo L Wheeler will conduct services in Topeka after arriving from Denver, with church trustees hoping for a Topeka decision to reopen the Swedenborgian church this fall. A remedy for bowel complaints is endorsed by Arkansas City Traveler.

Ohio Cincinnati State Fair Grounds Columbus Springfield J.C. Roberts Michigan Br RH. Reemeli John Owens Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic Clubs of Greenback Party Michifas Greenback Party Irs Telt W. J. Bryan Chas. A. Towne Minnesota HF. Bartine Nevada Teller Colorado Dubola Idaho George Fred Willams Massachusetts Jo Blackburn Kentucky Senator Allen Nebraska Charita J. Bronston Geo. L. Wheeler Britzewater Mass New Jerusalem New England Topeka Denver Swedenborsian Chiapel Sixth Hartisom Seaboard Wheeler National Hotel

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