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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal Oficial Paper of Topeka lists carrier delivery at ten cents weekly and mail options. Three months cost 60 cents, one year 2.60. Weekly edition available by subscription in Topeka and surrounding towns with carrier service.
July 19 dispatchs for Kansas predict storms tonight and Saturday with variable winds. The column covers dam health debates, potential senatorial races in Lawrence, municipal ownership of streetcars in Chicago, and analyses of monetary standards and political races across thirteen states.
The piece outlines upcoming elections across states: Maryland to pick a U.S. senator next winter to replace Gibson. Virginia to elect house delegates and half the state senate. Pennsylvania electing a state treasurer and seven supreme court judges. New Jersey choosing a three year governor, seven state senators, and sixty assembly members. New York state ticket including secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer, attorney general, state engineer, and judges, with many terms. Ohio voting for governor and several statewide officers plus a legislature. Kentucky, Iowa, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Massachusetts also holding varied tickets, senators, and state officers.
A mosaic of cheeky notes from Kansas towns. Satirical reports mix with local mischief, including a Wichita fall from a two story building, a Fort Scott court regarding entertainment, horse racing at Atchison, and a lover’s quixotic letter from Ottawa. brief, colorful curiosities anchor the page.
County treasurer outlines property tax sales due to unpaid sidewalk repairs taxes. Stabb and assistant notified delinquent taxpayers saving effort and money. Frank Bowen informed North Topeka church trustees preventing their listing. Readers urged to pay today to avoid extra publication costs. Also includes an unrelated Beggs German Salve ad and a Santa Fe fare notice for Kansas City.
Topeka tennis players train for the Interstate tournament at Hyde Park Country Club in Kansas City on September 10. An exhibition doubles event on West End courts next Saturday features teams Dana Meo Vicar and Tom Clements, George Stoker and Leu Bronson, Howard Lawrence and Herbert Armstrong, Ed McBride and George Rust. The first three teams will enter the Kansas City event, starting at 2 pm, with a twist that the winning pair may invite any other team to join them.
The Fairhaven News recounts Bill Jones of Happy Valley demonstrating a dog scare method using an umbrella. An incident with Towser ended with injuries after Jones shouted sic em and the dog charged, prompting threats of legal action from the A. D. U. Wis.
A Philadelphia couple, Charles Sossnger and Pauline Becker, visited City Hall New York to marry before Mayor Strong. The bride demanded the wedlock omit the term obey, arguing it imprisons women and reflects barbarism. The mayor agreed and left out the word.
John Muir notes berg production varies with weather and tides, averaging one large berg every five to six minutes, with the largest heard up to ten miles away. When a mass sinks, it crashes, roars, then grates as bergs surge in waves. The grandest bergs rise from below, spring with force, shed water like hair, and settle after centuries as a free, majestic form.
W L Brown of Kiegusa and Kingman secretary of the Hansas senate described the Horr-Harvey debate in Chicago as one sided toward Harvay. He criticized the gold standard and noted widespread prejudice in Chicago, saying the gold bags see their mistake and are sick of their bal lgalm.
Chicago paper reports the debate opens with Harvey's worsted opening day and a swift retreat. The orator is faulted for not being dramatic yet praised for persuasive print, backed by a stack of documents. The gold standard faction views the exchange as a major battle.
Ralph Gaw district court stenographer urges local astronomy club as August meteor showers near. He notes telescope costs just over 100 and invites interest, describing meteors, the earth’s atmosphere, and a missing planet theory while praising observational study and his own early astronomical investigations.
Cecil Spooner and a fourteen member company arrive in Topeka and perform The Hidden Hand at the Grand tonight. Miles Spooner is welcome in Topeka. The show features a kaleidoscope dance and multiple roles including Little Miss Mub and Becky Elisa. Evening prices remain 10 20 and 34 cents with ladies free.
A rough, informal exchange about Captain Pete Gish and the police force. Gish says officers are doing their best, new leadership needs time to adjust, and unverified claims about illicit drinking spots are discussed without specifics. The excerpt conveys local skepticism and cautious commentary on law enforcement.
The speaker notes the existence of disorderly houses on Kansas avenue and near a front door on the sidewalk, observing there are one or two and that such matters are not the speaker's business but are hard to ignore. The remark hints at a social issue without naming individuals or precise locations beyond the avenue.
Giants win the first game of the series as Banks works Topeka with steady pitching, while Myers allows three hits in a rough outing. Key moments include a wild stretch and a late home run by Dummy. Augusta to pitch today with Brenner slated for tomorrow as the clubs engage again.
H C Lindsey Topeka’s late chief of police visited St Marys in Pottawatomie county and found that all the town’s joints had closed by Dawes order. He also reported forty kegs of beer tapped near the town prison during a so called prayer meeting attracting many patrons.
A Topeka party including J. L. Clark and J. C. Clark, with Frank Williams and others, have formed the United States Lithographing Stone Quarry in Utah. They claim the quarry yields the only lithographing stone in the United States and aim to profit substantially, with J. C. Clark possibly selling his stake for about $5,000.
Paola July 12 The Miami county bimetallic league shows growth with strong lists of names from Osawatomie and Louisburg. Tris claims Osawatomie will furnish 200 elmners, with 40 already secured.
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