This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
4
A partial clipping lists subscription options for the State Journal in Topeka with daily and weekly rates and street address. It also includes stray social notes about nursing, stenography, and a Kansas revivalist converting to missionary study, with brief remarks on local church fundraising.
Weather notes from Wrahinston indicate tonight will see showers with a colder, southward wind shift. Tuesday is likely partly cloudy and cooler with a warm, western wind.
The article reviews persistent irrigation issues in the state, noting a past legislative bill to fund pond construction and renewed interest as rainfall patterns shift. Engineer Cochrane reports rainfall trends linked to aridity, urging dam and water storage projects to supply stock water and potential irrigation, with counties empowered to act on surplus water.
The text offers fragmented observations on reform and virtue, noting a father’s changing view after a daughter grows up and the challenge of temptation. It critiques reform as a business endeavor and hints at parental influence on girls, ending with a curious metaphor about cherries and worm.
Years ago today a jumble of notes recalls the Democratic state convention deleting a money plan, local officials and merchants, train schedules, and civic scenes. Mentions include Molvene, Culland, Batecock, S. Uemy, George Wilds, J. Otis grove picnic, and police actions. Local rail and Santa Fe references appear alongside regional names and figures.
Edward J. Nally assistant general superintendent of the Postal Telegraph company and Miss Lee Warren Redd were married in Lexington Kentucky with a ceremony at a grove setting on Grorsytown road. The event drew many Chicago and St Louis guests from postal and telegraph circles and the couple planned a swift honeymoon to Washington and New York followed by a tour of Europe onboard the Hleanwer Teutonic for a month.
In Indianapolis June 10 the Supreme Court heard arguments on the three cent fare law. The Indiana Attorney General criticized the street railway company for supplying copies of Debts and oral arguments to the court, alleging improper briefing. The AG defended his stance, contrasting it with Mr Harrison’s method of presenting law and urging the court to consider authorities.
The Civic Federation led by women and supported by respectable male voters swept April elections, unseating long‑standing corrupt figures in Denver. Officials say recounts and investigations revealed widespread ballot irregularities, with one precinct showing no valid ballots and others listing mismatched stubs and totals. The taxpaying candidate Warren was elected amid a push for honesty and reform in municipal government.
Washington reports deep interest in Judge Simonton's ruling on the South Carolina dispensary law, Senator Tillman and the Senate Judiciary Committee moving to study the law's reach. A general federal approach is discussed, with bills to align imported and domestic liquor under state police powers. Missouri train schedule and medical cures appear in brief items among broader coverage.
Miss Elnora Jarvis 21, daughter of Samuel M. Jarvis of the North American Trust Company, fell from a ship deck at Jaffa after a scuffle with boatmen while landing. She was found unconscious with a possible fatal spinal injury. General Whipple and others await government investigation as Mr Jarvis travels to join his wife and daughter.
Chattanooga dispatch reports that a major English company may gain control of coal mining lands in East Tennessee and southern Kentucky through a web of options. Major Robert Walton, Rug by Land Company manager, indicates representatives have secured options on mines along the Cincinnati Southern line. A London-based agent reportedly traveled widely to negotiate and report back, with final confirmation still pending.
The U S commission finished releasing about three million salmon fry into Penobscot river and tributaries from Craigs Brook Maine. Half California species and half native Penobscot stock hatched in state stations. Fry will move to Monmouth and Brattleboro Vermont for trout distribution. A Missouri Pacific special train from Forest Park station serves travelers through June 26.
A letter highlights how occupations affect health, noting kidney troubles among engineers and rheumatism from weather exposure. It features A F Calhoun of Circleville West Virginia praising the Pyramid Pile Cure, claiming relief after two applications and urging usage with Pyramid Fills for constipation. The ad promotes Pyramid products at 80 cents and 2 cents per package, with a call to send 19 Pyramid Co Detroit for a booklet.
Rumors claim a Chicago group led by P. D. Armour, Nelson Morris, and George M. Pullman has quietly seized oil lands in southern Kansas and the Indian Territory to challenge Standard Oil. The Morris Oil Company is preparing to build a vast refinery and a Neodesha to Kansas City pipeline, while Standard Oil expands nearby holdings and a Kansas refinery to counter the anticipated battle. The article notes multiple counties with rich fields and a projected monopolistic freight network to control western oil flows.
Gloversville New York June 10 James H Berry draws attention in Ulster towns for extravagance He is the son of the late Dr W Berry once a wild youth Left home thirty years ago and since then rare glimpses He inherited property from his mother Mrs Berry who died ten years ago valued about forty thousand dollars to three sons and a niece When the real estate sold his portion could drop below fifteen thousand He was summoned by the administrator's attorney to claim his share and appeared four weeks ago then departed Locals say his present high rolling is typical of him and many predicted the money would vanish quickly
Texas confirms lower court ruling against Galveston Houston and San Antonio and Houston Texas Central railroads for one and a quarter million dollars. The state had sued for recovery, arguing Confederate scrip used to pay the debt cannot settle the claim as it was not legal tender.
President Fh Bloone told graduates that geniuses are rare and often close to madness. He urged that average intellects fare better than geniuses or fools and noted Adam as the sole original man. He warned that higher culture involves care in politics as eighty two students listened.
Georgetown Colo June W Woerd reports four noted miners Walter Gur Fett Thomas Quayle A C Yost and George Mitchell dead from yellow fever. They left here in early spring for Botteta gold fields. Mr Garrett once clerk and recorder of the county also served in other trusted posts on a special train via the Santa Fe Route after the Musical Bestival.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.