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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1896
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows business office phone listings and ads for a newspaper. Mentions numbers like 107 Lamon and 1519 Fe Bt MW, with references to readers and advertisers. Details are incomplete but indicate a period business directory style notice.
The clipping shows a May 1891 calendar snippet with dates and days, weather hints, and reference to a daily record and weather indications. It notes wages, daily averages, and a political remark criticizing a Republican platform endorsement of Cleveland’s policy, with a stray historical bluff about A. 4. ite. The fragment preserves names and places like Topeka, Daily Sentinel Journal, and references to Kansas and local figures amid rough OCR text.
The State Journal urges support for McKinley while opposing silver policies, arguing the gold standard is vital for prosperity. It notes Republicans may lose some votes but will gain industrially minded supporters and stresses independence from party spin in choosing the best course for the nation.
Chanute Kansas police fail to quell gang violence at the Santa Fe depot as a planned quieting effort fails. One man is arrested but released amid street mayhem as a crowd disrupts trains and passengers flee. Gunfire erupts when a group clashes with officers, causing panic and delaying mail and transit.
Over 11 000 acres are devoted to potato culture this year from Zudors to Kansas City with Sherman, Leavenworth and nearby townships listed. Edwardeville and Wilder show notable individual holdings while farmers in Furney and Weaver areas report hundreds of acres, reflecting a regional emphasis on potato farming.
Burt Rose the man who shot E M Dizon at Balawin faced a preliminary hearing in Lawrence. Mary Wilkins and a woman described as his wife were witnesses. Bond set at 500 dollars for each, all remanded after failing to post.
A report from the preparations committee notes renewed aims for the Popetite convention and plans to buy pew vines. The letter is referred to a committee for action. A proposed building cover is mentioned as part of the new structure.
Scattered items report a soldier named Rudolph Heitz in Leavenworth attempting suicide with a pocket knife outside a saloon on South Fourth Street. He was prevented, taken to Beidbers’ home hospital, and could talk, claiming coercion. A separate note mentions a fatal fishing incident on Stranker Creek near Potter and other brief regional notices about artesian wells, a calf story, and a ball game dispute ending in a death.
A Berkeley state university garden showcases a kale or colewart plant over 12 feet tall. The tall stalk rises from a bare root with yellow blossoms atop feathery clusters. Leaves form a solid trunk with a walnut hue, while the plant yields edible sprouts and greens for animals and poultry year round.
The piece extols Senator Blackburn of Kentucky as a vibrant Restuckian figure with kaleidoscopic color, praising his law background, political rise from legislator to congressman and senator, and noting a historical encounter with Senator Chandler. It ties his image to Kentucky's rural landscape and its famed thoroughbreds. It also references debates over submarine cables and a peculiar note on the truffle as the world’s most wonderful vegetable.
The Times Pep Rave editorially condemns the St Louis nomination and the Republican platform for favoring big money. It argues the ticket will chiefly benefit wealthy interests, not the masses, and predicts strong opposition at the polls if McKinley and Hobart win. It also endorses Senator Teller and silver colleagues.
A Sunday excursion from Topeka to Ottawa via the Santa Fe line departs 7 2 am and returns 9 96 am the next day arriving Topeka 11 45 pm One fare 3 09 round trip tickets available at the depot ticket office all day Garvey, Agent Also notes a Rock Island excursion and local laundry services in the issue.
Model Supply Store advertises a wide range of bulk grocery bargains including chocolate, extracts, corn starch, oats, coffee, various sugars, baking powders, beans, lard, dry salt meat, fish, beans, canned salmon, peas, fruit, and soaps. The pitch invites calls, orders, and requests for a catalog, promising savings.
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