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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1895
Page
4
A Topeka edition notice outlines subscription options for the paper delivered by carrier. It lists weekly and monthly rates and mentions mail delivery at the same price. The notice emphasizes convenience and reaches all Topeka residents.
Weather notes project fair and cooler conditions for Kansas with tonight and Tuesday showers in the east and west winds. The rest of the fragment mentions debates, remarks on reform, and historical figures, with various opinions on law, politics, and monuments.
A speech contrasts Utah cooperative labor with Pullman’s dividend driven system, arguing workers in Utah prosper while Pullman tenants pay rent from production. It notes the Depression of 1893 left Pullman laborers with nothing, unlike Mormon workers who own land and homes. The piece ends with a report on a Sound Money tour featuring Gen John B Gordon and Gen J G Black, aiming to sway Kansas voters.
A string of humorous Kansas items highlights Abilene’s Toothpick cafe with tee cream pies, Weat Point captaincy for A G Lott, and revival energy at Lareed’s Bapriat church. Notes on El Dorado elocution, Coffeyville water jokes, Ludicrous local quirks, and local pharmacy gossip stitch together a fragmentary, glossy page of Kansas small-town life.
Dancing masters at a convention unveiled four new figures to spread nationwide. The Lorraine Garotte by James W Bangert of Baltimore, Aga tha by Mr and Mrs Granger of Ann Arbor, Ellaworth polka, Ferdinand schottische by Mr Brown, plus a revival of the Washington Two Step noted as a new craze.
Osborne county populations show 10 006 residents in March 405 census area a drop of 200 from 1904 Downs holds 801 Osborne 991 and deaths from yellow fever cholera and smallpox reported by the marine hospitals surgeon general across Vera Cruz Rio de Janeiro Constantinople for the week ended June 6 May 30 and the same week.
Congress paid 82500 for the official twenty third president Benjamin Harrison portrait by Eastman Johnson. Johnson completed a full length likeness after sittings in Harrison's New York studio, with Whipple also sitting for a life size portrait as a possible substitute for the White House display.
At the regular monthly shoot J W Smith won the Interals and the ae honors with a score of 123. Grants Timplin 118 Nevis 103 Cawley 97 Calvert 78 Gage 50 Wood 42 Bennett 87 and others scored. Smith will wear the medal for a month as the trophy is contested again. The club has added two new targets on their range west of the city and invites amateur teams statewide to challenge.
Massillon Ohio June 17 Coxey and Carl Browne split Browne secretly wed the general’s 18 year old daughter Browne claims a civil marriage as precaution while the spiritual union is planned in Washington on July Fourth Town roars with indignation and threats of tar and feathers awaited Coxey’s return presents a volatile scene for the reform leader and his ally
Commodore Fiered orders at Brooklyn navy yard restricting officers to service dress during office hours. White blouse or trousers may be worn in warm weather. White cap covers allowed with blue service dress or any white uniform. Prohibition against tan shoes and highly colored neckties for dress compliance.
Mrs Richard Olney wife of the new secretary of state is described as a homebody with domestic tastes and little interest in official society. Born Agnes Thomas she married in 1861 after meeting Judge B F Thomas of Boston. She is literary, cautious on women’s suffrage, about 47, a grandmother, and a gracious though unpretentious hostess with homes in Falmouth and Washington near President Cleveland.
Victoria Woodhall Martins of London and her husband John B. Martin and daughter Zulu Maud arrived in New York and were to sail today but an attachment for 2700 dollars held them at 402 West Seventy second street as Charles Stuart Welles acted as agent for the Humanitarian.
John A Logan disputes claim that General Logan originated Decoration Day. He says the idea came from his admiration for southern tribute and reports from Mitch ell Colonel Wilson and Chicago ladies after a visit to Richmond and Petersburg. He recalls seeing white Gage at Confederate graves and notes the GA order followed.
Professor Samuels draws crowds in Topeka as other towns seek his eye care. Patients warned not to delay as glasses may take four to five days to make. Those seeking treatment urged to consult at Hotel Throop with hours 9 am to 5 pm daily and Sunday 9 am to 2 pm.
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