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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
7
Daily edition delivered by carrier at ten cents weekly in Topeka and surrounding areas. Camp price in Kansas towns with carrier systems. Mail rates listed: three months eight dollars, one year twenty six dollars. Weekly edition priced per year.
The long column reports weather prospects for Kansas and notes unsettled political chatter across states. It mentions fair conditions, warmer trends, and shifting winds, alongside scattered commentary on Congress, Cuba, party splits, and editorials from multiple regional papers.
Senator Tillman argues against gold monoculture and rubber dollars in a Memphis convention speech. He condemns bankers in creditor states, claims white farmers provide collateral, and predicts a sectional vote split by a Mason line from Chesapeake Bay to Chicago. He warns that silver rehabilitation would rob debtors and claims a future realignment of party loyalties by region.
A collection of odd Kansas items from Burlington to Osage City detailing unusual corn heights near Burlington, Abilene political salvos, visits and missing blazers, a Baldwin girl’s blue blazer loss, hay rack gate humor, a trance medium in Great Bend, Osage City Fourth of July band arrests, a hail unsure tale in Lyon county, Emporia and Atchison quips on pianos whiskers and slang origins, a boy’s bareback cow ride injury, Holton camp meeting talk, and an Emporia remark on a shared saying.
A June report from Cajon and nearby towns links a wine produced there to multiple killings and suicides over several years. Notable incidents include Thomas Guriat killing Jessa Taylor, Joseph Coleman taking his own life after drinking the wine, W L Tabor’s murder of James P Medlin, and J E Douglass fatally shooting W E Neal. The pattern prompts local concern and speculation about uncanny effects.
In San Francisco on June 25 the testimony of actress Marie Burroughs in her divorce case against husband Louis Massen has been submitted to Judge Trout. The proceedings, previously kept secret, began while Massen led the wife’s company and may have involved allegations of infidelity and other alleged improprieties.
In her testimony she says she learned three years ago of her husband’s unfaithfulness. Two years later letters found addressed to him confirmed the affair. Living at the same hotel, she never condoned the offence and kept a separate apartment, though she says he was a good actor and she kept him in her company.
E A Austin has discovered a potential disaster for land title holders after foreclosures. Judge Thompson of Burlingame upheld his view that written appearances in foreclosure cases are invalid for judgments, risking sale validity. If correct, most foreclosures based on written appearances could be set aside, with a Supreme Court decision likely forthcoming.
Kansas horses dominate Red Oak track with Niva D winning first money and Lady Nottingham second in the 2:30 class. Niva D is owned by J G Taylor of Burlington. Lady Nottingham owned by J W Creech of Herington. The purse totals $1,000. A party of four narrowly escaped frostbite ascending Pike's Peak, reaching Summit House after a four hour crawl under a blizzard. Participants include C A Lawrence of Wichita and W K Ward of this city.
Fireworks at Garfield park on the Fourth will be among the best ever seen in Tootka after the evening concert. A large consign of fireworks was banned a few days ago and includes entirely new pieces. Marshall's band will perform its usual concert at Garfield park tonight.
Charges allege brutal abuse and harsh discipline by officers at the state reform school. A prominent suffrage and charity figure says boys lack comforts, endure beatings with hoses and straps, and face extended confinement for minor offenses. She calls for an investigation as families seek education and safe care for children. Local notes span athletics tours, road races, and community events across Kansas.
North Topeka items from the river area note residents visiting the city, a horse shoer, merchants offering goods, a funeral in Silver Lake, social gatherings and weddings. The Modern Woodmen meeting featured three candidates and local clergy announce a cremation service and church debt program. Public notices include officers elected for Shawnee council Fraternal Aid.
Members of the Good Literature Reading circle under Prof. E. A. Simmerwell and J. A. Lukius hold a winter contest to decide which side should treat to ice cream. After extensive study the result is a tie and both sides seek to avoid responsibility while debating a point noted as the Cubbison Jaw.
Dr Washington Gladden of Columbus argues corporations must be watched not abolished saying gov ernment should strip power if they lack coal and cites Debs inmates. Garfield Park hosts Fourth of July with Marshall’s band performing three programs and a cooling ice water supply amid a fireworks show beginning at 2:80.
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It sells 25 cents per box from J K Jones 501 Kansas Ave. The Topeka Journal’s Want and Miscellaneous column promotes wide reach and a Beatrice trip on Sunday June 30 providing a $1.50 round trip fare with ample seating.
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