State Journal subscription rates and contact notes
The State Journal lists daily edition delivery by carrier for 10 cents a week to Topeka and suburbs, or at game price. Weekly edition offers one year. Permanent home at State Journal Building corner of Eighth. Telephones for offices and reporters provided.
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Home State Journal
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Weather Indications for Kansas and Chicago July 12
Chicago reports fair night and Tuesday for Kansas with slightly warmer conditions toward the north and western areas Tuesday. Variable winds expected across the region.
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Chicago
Kansas
The Republican Ticket in Local Elections
The Republicans present a unity slate aimed at broad appeal and effective governance. Key figures include Commissioner Rodgers controversial on bonds, Porter Cosk for sheriff, Brook Stevens for council, John Wright for civil service merit, H. M. Phillips county official, J. P. Rodgers as county surveyor, and Dr Weestertrid seeking a second term. The party touts merit and discipline while critiquing the opposition and praising the chosen nominees.
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Journal
Rodgers
M Heavy Commission
Roders
Guieratic Central Committee
Cormminstener
Thinkers
Tle
Porter Cosk
Sid Umer
Prook Stevens
John Wright
H. M. Phillips
Trenaucer
Misa Wallace
Tim
J. P. Rodgers
Weetertrid
Wendie
Amerit
Beauties of that fast mail praised by Garden City paper
The Garden City Sentinel lauds the new fast mail from Kansas City to Garden City as a great innovation, noting letters travel 36 hours from Kansas City to Garden City. The piece mocks old despatch systems and celebrates the improved service and efficiency for Kansas promoters.
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Garden Erty Sentinel
Kansas City
Drewton
Newton
Kansas
Garden City
Kansasity
Kanvan City
Hansas City
Kasra City
Wervier
Why Not the Yucca Emblem for Kansas Beauty
Hugoton Hermes suggests the yucca as state emblem noting its evergreen perennial form, tall creamy white flower spikes, usefulness of roots as substitute for soap, and favored appearance in sparsely treed areas. The piece praises the yucca as a symbol of longevity purity stateliness usefulness and cleanliness cited in a Kansan context.
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Hugoton Hermes
Americans Outshine English at London Diamond Ball
In a London gala clash of jewels and prestige, American visitors display far more diamonds and costuming than the Duchess of Devonshire's guests. Reports claim Parisian hires fueled the glitter, boosting American fortunes and prompting smoother recognition of U S wealth amid British pageantry.
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America
Albion
United States
Devonshire
London
Bradley Martins
Duchess of Sutherland
Hrather Martins
Duchess of Devonshire
Paris
Lenton
Tall Timbers on Trial: Cow Milking by Gentle Music
A reader from Osborne reports an odd rural experiment where Klindners therapy and music supposedly calmed an unruly cow. The cow owner tried the method, sent a letter to the county paper, and describes the scene of milking with music, a visit, and a final toll to the owner for cabbage, ending with the cow becoming cooperative in Tall Timberberg.
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Tal Timberson
Osborne
Kun
Yeeminy
Kormer
Mans Sox Tollar
Raised the Wrong Flag in Baltic Salute Incident
A U S Navy cruiser near St Petersburg observed a Russian squadron saluting their own flag. The Yankee ship returned the salute as a courtesy gesture. Russian officers approached, expressing goodwill, and explained the incident was to honor the czar’s birthday. The Russian flagship displayed a 100 gun salute in response.
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St. Petersburg
Washington Post
Rusia
Water Theater Board
Heaven
Earth
Americas
Raul
Proverb Collection From Turkish Origins
Translated Turkish proverbs cover wisdom on travel, honesty, pride, friendship, and fate. Notable lines compare long life to knowledge, warn against trusting enemies, and praise patience, prudence, and loyal companionship.
Patriot spirit framed by a Fourth of July tale across towns
A garbled local column recounts patriotic acts on the Fourth including a woman who prepared meals and fled for a basket picnic at the grove by noon. It also notes farmers and townsfolk resisting Sunday rest for work, mentions Keyes girls selling ice cream and lemonade, and a Mrs Ida Foss accident while viewing a hay fire, with friends guiding her home.
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Bmadhattan Mercury
Keyes
Jetmore Republican
Ida Foss
Coolidge Enterprise
Notable Newsmakers and Oddities of the Era
A collage of brief society notes features Theoderic Richard Bland Jr. graduating with high honors, Tennessee Rep McMillin quoted with literary illustrations, and the Mexican minister and Mrs Tro mero planning summer travel near New York. Archbishop Taft tradition and the Barry appointment are touched on, plus curiosities about a coachman. Francie H. Pierpont, aging Virginia wartime governor, resides in Fairmount, W Va. McKinley to receive a large southern watermelon from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Nellie Ely of Nashville named sponsor for Governor Taylor’s staff. Nicola Testa’s absentminded tale is recounted. McKinley is shown in a high stove-pipe hat.
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Tromero
New York
Benson
Taft
Edward Barry
Calse
Mr. Barry
Nostalgic Rural Youth and Lost Past in a Minnesotan Creek
In reminiscence from the South County Pioneer the narrator recalls old days beside John Trivett’s wood, fishing for bullheads and bullfrogs with Jen, and a cow that haunted memories. He laments changes, moves away, and muses on friends, girls, and a stump that holds vanished summers.
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John Trivett
Jen
Nieat
Tom
South County Pioneer
Anecdote of Col Sid Cooke in Civil War Bullets and Bondage
Col Sidney G. Cooke of Herington, local manager of the soldiers home, survived a Civil War bullet in the head. He later carried the bullet as a war relic after being captured at the Wilderness and later serving in Andersonville. The rebel guard, Charles M. Jones, later became a lawyer in Greensborough, North Carolina. Cooke enlisted at 15 and was wounded twice.
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Sidney G. Cooke
Herington
Soldiers’ Home
Cooke
Wilderness
Ells Comrads
AM Jong
Sinvy G. Cooke
Une
Adler
Andersonville
Anderson
Col. Cooke
Charles M. Jones
Washington, D. C
Jones
Greensborough
N. C
Col Cooke
How palaeolithic man reached North America in ice ages
The fragment outlines a theory of early human migration to North America via an ice-bridged route from Europe, suggesting Greenland as a stepping stone during the maximum glacier period. It notes unbroken ice extending near Atlantic shores and bases conclusions on occasional tool finds in older graves.
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Ginrgey B. Basnore
Lippincott’s
Greenland
Europe
America
Mreahattan Island
Philadelphia
Hood's Sarsaparilla Said to Relieve Aches and Eruptions
An Omaha man reports immediate relief from an aching tired feeling and skin eruptions after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills. He credits two bottles for the improvements, noting the eruptions disappeared.
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Omaha
Neb
Hood
W. A. HacaMax
South 20Th Street
Time In The Beginning In Ancient River Valleys
The fragment discusses paleolithic populations along river valleys and the distant past of their dispersal. It notes dense populations in early epochs and contrasts real beginnings with mythical timelines. It reflects on the long span since glaciation and the infant race's early life.
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The Good Old Days By Rev Myron Reed
The author recalls returning to his birthplace and childhood village to find everything diminished and impersonal. He contrasts the old crafts and simple pleasures with modern mechanization, laments lost skills like wagon making, and reflects that true return to youth is impossible despite longing and memory.
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Myron Reed
General Jackson
Denver
Cold Harbor
Bank
Tenter
Mar‘o Bazarris
Northen
Socialism in France by Georges Clemenceau in the forum
The piece argues France's regime shows a widening gap between lofty socialist promises and actual reform. It criticizes the bourgeois government and the country’s tax system, noting incapacity for fiscal reform, and laments France’s inertia in driving reform while socialist ideas falter under routine tolerance.
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Georges Clemenceau
France
Globe Lightas and Social Sketches From Atchison
In The Atchison Globe column a string of wry observations on ambition, fashion, romance, and social quirks. It notes weather reform, age contrasts in novels, the fatigue with young professionals, perfume hints in love, family organ purchases, and the mystery of dying hour rituals.
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Atchison Globe
Hell
Atchison
Mary
Sue
Kansans Summer Plans After Adjournment
Washington July 12 Kansas members prepare for sine die adjournment. Senator Harris to vacation at the sea shore likely Cape May or Atlantic City. Baker stays in Washington. Curtis and Peters head home. Peters to resume Live Stock Exchange work. Curtis to attend to private business and district acquaint. Broderick ill. rest planned. Botkin and Vincent seek a Kansas thunderstorm trip, heading west after adjournment.
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Kansas
Harris
Cape May
Atlantic City
Baker
Curtis
Peters
Live Stock Exchange
Congressman Broderick
Jerry Slinpaon
Severin
Camalg
Botkin and
Vincent
Chinese Syndicate to Build National Cemetery near Philadelphia
A World dispatch reports plans for a national Chinese burying ground to serve Chinese communities across the United States. The National Chinese Syndicate, led by Lee Toy, purchased Wynnewood land near Philadelphia for 545000 to house ceremonial houses and funeral services, potentially facing local opposition.
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Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Chicago
Baltimore
National Chinese Syndicate
United States
Lee Toy
Chinatown
Wynnewood
Ground to Be Used for Joss House and Picnics
A 45 acre section will be set aside for the construction of a Joss house and the area will be used for future Chinese picnics and celebrations as well as current gatherings.
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Joss House
Won a Bride at a Show in Kansas City
News item from New York reports Wille Doerr son of horse dealer John Doerr won the heart of Miss Etta Findley daughter of politician Ed Findley of Kansas City after a September horse show in Kansas City. The Kansas City horse show featured only Doerr and Findley’s entries. judges favored Findley’s daughter. Doerr’s rival, a losing horseman, stayed in Kansas City as the event ended.
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New York
Wille Doerr
John Doerr
Etta Fincley
Ed" Findley
Kansas City
Young Doerr
Miss Findley
Marlborough
Misa
Findley
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