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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1895
Page
4
Terms outline carrier delivery ten cents per week to Topeka and suburbs or any Kansas town served by the paper. By mail three months eight dollars eighty. By mail one year eight dollars sixty. Rates and options vague and partially garbled.
Weather notes for Curacao and Kansas predict cooler tonight then warmer Sunday with possible showers in the far south. The rest of the passage shifts to political discourse on silver coinage, party factions, and public policy debates.
A jumble of quirky phrases and local quirks from Kansas pages mentions rubber boots for bogs in Arkansas City, a man funding a daily paper in Gaicaa, eyewear chasing moonblindness from Burlington girls, a Wichita anecdote about a woman and her duke uncle washing dishes, and a Leavenworth Standard quip about pale questions as a baker sells two loaves for five cents while Emporia’s town clock stalls.
A chaotic parade of vignettes from Kansas towns recalls old cases and oddities. Beggar arrests in Emporia, a Lawrencian’s dollar tale, a Burlington court quip, a wedding quest in Kansas City, flood season glamour in Salina, and praise for sober nights in Atchison conclude with a freshman girls picnic in Hunton’s grove, Abilene.
A consulting chemist for the Chicago Board of Health reports testing major baking powders. He deems Royal Baking Powder superior in purity and leavening power, producing greater gas volume and offering the strongest, most wholesome product among rivals.
Cecil Spooner and a fourteen member company perform three shows at the Grand Opera House next week with two Becky the Circus Girl insertions and Hidden Hand. Edna May Spooner has left the company and tours with Jonnoy Pringle. Special New England Excursion offers round trip via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway with stops at Niagara Falls and Hawton Valley sights.
A man at a ball game accused players of fixing the outcome and bet five dollars the score would be six to Emporia. Seven peers failed to cover, and the crowd later regretted not backing him as Topeka led sixteen to six. Also advertised are insect bite cures and a local Topeka address for the German Medical Company products.
Atlanta prepares for the 1895 fair as gates open Sep 13 and stay for 90 days. Investments exceed 2,000,000 with grand buildings, Park-like grounds, and a large auditorium. Rail and steamship lines offer favorable terms. varied ceremonial days showcase many states and groups. Charles A. Collier leads as president and driving force behind a major southern exposition with a Midway terrace and diverse cultural villages planned.
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