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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1896

Page

4

State Journal ad and address listings

The printed note lists price and delivery terms for Topeka and Kansas towns, then gives addresses for permanent quarters at Topeka State Journal Building, reporters office in Washington and a New York address for American Newspaper Publishers Association, indicating advertiser and reader access.

East Seventh Street HOM Topeka Stote Journal Eod Kanssa Avenue Eighth Washington N. W. Wew York Potter Bullathe Care American Newspaper Publishere Association

Topeka Daily State Journal Circulation Claim 1806

Topeka Daily State Journal proclaims a strong showing in the first six months of 1898 ending June 30 with a claimed daily average well ahead of Topeka and Kansas competitors. The notice emphasizes circulation lead over all daily and Sunday papers in Topeka.

Topeka Daily State Journal Topeka Kansas

Topeka Daily State Journal Six Months Circulation Report

The circulation for each day of the first half year is given below. The issues of the Topeka Daily State Journal for the six months from January 1, 1298, to June 30, 1596 inclusive have been as follows.

Topeka Daily State Journal

How We Grew A Topeka Exitor and Proprietor Note

Topeka Kansas July 1 15 percent. How we grew shows 1835 circulation figures and early daily averages with 1905 10 025. The fragment outlines historical growth of a newspaper with key numbers and dates.

Exitor and Topeka Kan

The Gold Reserve Misconception Debunked in 19th Century Act

A subscriber questions the 100 million dollar gold reserve claim. The article clarifies that no such reserve exists and cites the 1875 act on specie payments, noting redemption in coin, no explicit gold reserve, and that government bonds are not to be sold while surplus coin remains. It argues the idea of a gold reserve was an unfounded assumption.

Mt Scranton State Journal Secretary of the Treasury United States New York Honda Congress

Anandal plank debate and silver act critique in Kansas

A Kansas Republican platform excerpt critiques the silver act and calls for free coinage. It notes Wil Watson, hints at William Jennings Bryan style shifts, and references reactions from Democrats and national figures. The piece cites El J. Taylor and Joan A Logan discussing monetary policy and its impact on Western economies.

Republican Party of Kansas Forre Congress

Mr Bryan on Railroads in Political Debate

The New York Journal sketches how railroad monopoly debate echoes across politics. It cites Bryan’s views, cites Adams and Knapp on public regulation, and notes the practical economics of single versus dual lines and the role of government in transportation.

Bryan New York Journal Chicago Commercial Advertiser Mr. Bryan Thie Tallroud Company Charles Francis Adams Union Pacific United States American Academy of Political and Social Science Interstate Commerce Martin A. Knapp Mr. Knapp Office of Transportation

Cincinnati's Rail Road Ownership Dispute

A brief note from Columbus describes a peculiar Cincinnati election upcoming about the Cincinnati Southern Railway. The city built the line postwar, once thought to be the sole option after the Louisville and Nashville dispute, and debates who are the true owners among Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Columbus Cincinnati Cincinnati Southern Queen and Crescent Company Chattanooga Louleville and Nase Louis- Tt Bis Hamilton City

Hoke Smith to Speak for Bryan in August Meeting

Interior department notice confirms Secretary Hoke Smith will accept invitation to speak at the Bryan and Revail ratification gathering on August 12 in Augusts, Ga. The item notes a promotional line from a Steam Laundry about ladies shirts waists targeting the most critical customer.

Hoke Smith Bryan Augusts Interior Department Tees Steam Laundry

Cyclers and Cycling and Railroads Free-Racks for Bicycles

Recent bicycle notes discuss triple tandem sociable machines and their use in parades. Railroads providing free bicycle transport with ownership present draw attention to rights of wheelmen and proposed protections like bicycle holsters and permits for pistol carrying.

Committee of Transportation L.A. Wy Whelmen Transportation Committee United States Wosiness Cacles

Cycling racing notes and league actions mixed with odd lines

An article fragment discusses race programming limits, event design, spectator pacing, and lessons for cyclists. It notes five races plus a final time trial as ample, mentions London cycle schools charging 61.76 per lesson, and cites John Jacob Astor joining the League of American Wheelmen. It references road map coursework for Austrian army cyclists and punishment for cycle thieves in France, plus earnings in Simpson chain matches and issues with riding-school instructors.

Titv London John Jacob Astor League of American France

Hanlan's Great Race Ends With Daring Salvage

Halifax July 1 Edward Hanlan ex champion sculler faced ruin when a repaired shell failed on Bedford Basin. Glue melted, gunwale opened, water flooded in. He steadied with fierce strokes keeping keel, boat sank in four feet, and he waded ashore. Hanlan called it a death trap but declared he beat the greatest race he ever rower.

Halifax Edward Hanlan Bedford Hanlan Haglan

Battle of Locomotives at Coney Island Show

Brooklyn readers are promised a dramatic display titled a battle of locomotives as two engines each weighing thirty five tons and drawing two passenger coaches will collide head on at fifty miles per hour at Coney Island. The stunt is billed as a Western amusement novelty set to outshine city streets.

Coney Island Cairo Brooklyn Coney Izland

Shoots the chute at Sea Side station thrill ride

New York July 21 The Sea Side chute at Rockaway Beach draws crowds as Prof Richardson the daring trolleyist rides head first down the chute on a wheel without pedals. He sits on a bread saddle astride a heavy wheel and rockets down the chute. The pace is fast and the splash heavy as rider and gear hit the water.

New York Sea Side Station Rockaway Beach Richardson

Rev Frank Sewall Delivers Sermon in Boston Swedenborgian Church

Mr Sewall brother of the Democratic vice presidential candidate preached at the Swedenborgian church in Bowdoin Street Boston. He leads a newly established Swedenborgian church in Washington DC and is noted for preaching and literary works.

Swedenborgian Church Washington Boston Frank Sewall United States Sewall Portland National Capitali Bryan Madison Square Garden Gorman Jones Arkansas Nebraska Chicago New York New England Bath Baston

Swimmer Perry completes seven mile lake voyage

Perry, famed Evanston life saving champion, swam a direct seven miles from the life saving station to shore, passing near a Christopher Columbus wreck and axiomatic deck, while crowds watched from shore. He endured three hours and twenty minutes in the water, keeping midway to avoid being stopped. Peerless Steam Laundry offers free mending and button sewing.

Chicago Perry Evanston Hiey P. Key

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