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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1896
Page
7
A jumble of editorials and letters discuss national party lines and figures. References include McKinley,Curtis and Calderhead, Kansas politics, Cy Leland, HoIton Signal, and responses from Independence Delis and Logan Republics.
A Topeka newspaper reports a great showing in the first six months of 1806 and 1890, noting that no daily or Sunday paper in Topeka or Kansas surpassed its circulation. The statement highlights a strong average for the period ending June.
Report details yearly circulation figures and totals for the Baily State Journal with editor notes. It lists printed copies, issues counts, and averages for several years including 1891 1892 1893 1896, alongside the editor and proprietor line.
A Philadelphia paper refutes claims that free coinage would cause the United States to buy silver at vast quantities or pay $1 for 50 odd cents of silver. It argues free coinage would not change bullion valuations, minting privileges, or the dollar’s real worth, and that government purchases would align with market values as they do for gold.
In Albany on July 11 Contractor Strous sought extra time to finish Beaver Creek sewer work after snow buried a fifty foot trench. Snow embankment impeded dirt removal and halted progress, prompting the board of contract and appropriation to grant more time for completion.
The Washington camp Patriotic Order Sons of America held a public meeting to oppose carrying foreign flags in the dedication parade on the new boardwalk. The Atlantic City Turn Verein plans to carry a German flag and a resolution asked Chief Marshal John B. Mehrer to prohibit it, sparking consternation among German residents who defend American citizenship.
The year book lists total attendance for Mokendres College and announces the McCullagh prize contest to be inaugurated next year. Joseph H. McCullagh of the Bi Louis Globe-Pemorrat will oversee the awards with three prizes of 30, 20, and 5 dollars for the best three condemnations of a public speech by reporters in training.
Ex president and Mrs Benjamin Harrison have left for New York en route to the Adirondacks for the summer. They expect to return shortly before the election and do not plan to engage actively in the campaign. A Topeka Paper Company purchase expands stock and staffing with Mr Harry Ingraham to head the stationery department. The firm aims to be a leading west of St Louis for Bub er and stationery. Ice cream orders encouraged for Heines Milk depot on East Saree.
Barh Maryland July 11 Arthur Sewell heads a leading Bath Maine shipholding family noted for owning 95 ships over seven decades. He and his relatives built a vast merchant fleet, influenced politics as a Maine Central director, bank president, and railroad figure, with sons Harold a Republican and Youre a Reed delegation leader in St Louis.
London dispatch notes The Pall Mall Gazette quotes a statement claiming Democrats push honesty while defending lawlessness and urging voters to back McKinley in November. It also mentions a Nashville meeting as the site for a Christian Endeavor convention, and cites a board decision from July 1 selecting Nashville for the event.
A small, thin young man seeks country work to escape city life and gain “fresh air.” He boards with a farmer who outlines a heavy, multi-tasking spring schedule milking 18 cows, tending 9 horses and 49 hens, building and digging projects, and long days to 10 p.m. The farmer pushes a strict, time‑keeping plan while the applicant balks at losing time and paying board.
July 14 15 and the Santa Fe Route the home road will sell ticket to Milwaukee and return at one Baptist Young People s meeting Electric fan motors at A Lee s 3 Kansas avenue If you want a reliable dye that will color an even brown or black and will ease and satisfy you every time use Buckingham s Dye for the Whiskers
Four boys from Atchison visited Topeka and ended up in jail after a night of revelry. They claimed to be “hot Constanity” and admitted drinking. Police booked them at the station. one boy had two cheap watches. Names listed: Julissa Anderson, Bert Pyle, Jasper Lewin, Harry M. Lawrence. Chief Gardiner released them on condition they leave the city at once.
A man named Poudley confronted Chief Gardiner at police headquarters demanding to see him. The exchange centered on a drunkenness charge and a bond issue, with Gardiner recognizing his butcher and releasing him on his own recognizance. The scene included questions about a bond and a jurist or jailer remarking on the absence of a bond.
A man known as Street bet thousands on horse outcomes at the races. After a dispute he was arrested for drunkenness and taken to jail at 3 20 pm. He posted $3 as security, later pardoned by Judge Ferry who forfeited the deposit. This was the first arrest at the fairgrounds during the race meeting.
French government will wait sixty days to avoid new contracts with Diamond Match. Continental Match Company agrees to supply a complete outlet in that period. President Edwin Gould of Continental seeks Paris machinery transfer while Diamond Mate president Harber campaigns to discredit the Continental System.
La Porte Indiana July 11 A fasting woman described as the Midht n fasting Women by Henry Ingham has now lost sensation and fallen into a prolonged sleep with only faint breathing. Attending doctors still hope she will surpass her former 200 day fast but acknowledge she will likely die from starvation.
New Jersey news reports the Asbury Park board of commissioners voting to ban secular selections at beach band performances on Sundays. Patriotic pieces and sacred numbers remain, with a choral festival planned at the Presbyterian church featuring about one hundred voices and a low 15 cent ticket price.
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