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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1897
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal announces subscription terms for daily and weekly editions. It lists carrier delivery areas including Topeka and suburbs, with mail options of three months or one year. Address and contact details are provided for renewal inquiries.
The readable segments discuss opposition to state interference with industry and political mechanisms. References to governance, law, and public policy hint at debates over control, the flow of power, and the role of institutions in the economy. Named entities are unclear due to garbled OCR text.
A historic description profiles a charity operated from Bowery near Canal Street where a free meal is served for five cents to hungry men. It details the long kitchen, the menu from oxtail soup to desserts, the cost of running at 2500 dollars yearly, and the back story of its founder Mr. Tepoche. The piece notes generous support and urges benevolent Chicago readers to imitate the effort.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat the article traces Kentucky tollgate controversy as private turnpike companies dominated roads, charging high tolls while public took little action to curb losses and vandalism. It notes tolls rose to burdensome levels and compares past private road improvements with state neglect.
A collage recalls Emma Eemes in Shangai and Julie Ward Hoke attending a festival, while Quay and Wright are noted for political roles. Anecdotes about Peary, Bismarck, and Lord Portland reflect empire figures, with a quirky storm tale of hailstones destroying a Topeka ice cream wagon and nearby court houses.
A New York Journal correspondent describes the Jubilee procession in London, noting vast crowds and a multiracial display of uniforms and banners. He highlights the Indian princes, Prince Rupert of Bavaria, and the emblems of empire, with the Empress as central symbol. The spectacle, sprawling across streets and rooftops, is praised as a rich allegory of Britain’s era of power and wealth.
The piece laments missing chief creators in a grand pageant and praises the memorable display. It states expansion was unnecessary unless Barnate appeared, and notes the region’s material glories. Imagination could fill vacancies, allowing the procession to unfold vividly.
A traveling young author notes that productivity hinges on mood and condition. Some days a writer can do any task, other days not. The piece suggests beginnings can dispel clouds, and concentration can unlock wandering thoughts that are close to needing only a call to return.
The text lists Nikola Tesla and a figure named Lieut. WF Patten in a fragmented, period voice. It references electric theories, vivid jargon, and claims of Tesla’s influence on vibration, a magnetic field, and multi phase systems with partially garbled language and names.
Washington June 2 The Audubon Society of the District of Columbia organized to protect birds reports rapid growth in membership adding 700 new members last week. The group plans school outreach starting in fall and may issue an emblem to foster esprit de corps. A pamphlet from the Audubon Society of New York warns against fer paring of herons plumes and animal cruelty in feather adornment urging cloth hat wearers to oppose extinction threats to birds.
Report from Mexico City says Jesse Grant affiliated investors expect a company representative to arrive soon to finalize a government contract for a colonization concession in Lower California. The deal covers a large tract of land with exploration rights for minerals and hot springs, possibly linking with an English firm already controlling much of Lower California and nearby islands.
In San Francisco on June 4 authorities found six steel files hidden behind a court plaster on the back of Salter Worden, the condemned train-wrecker at Folsom. Iron handles were found in his slipper soil, indicating a plotted escape by Worden and fellow prisoners.
An immense traction company with a capital of 37,500,000 will soon be organized to absorb the Lindst and Missouri street railway systems. Special Fourth of July rates via Missouri Pacific set one fare for round trips within 200 miles. Tickets on sale July 3, 4, and 5 with return by July 6. Minimum rate 80 cents.
A Topeka report describes a novel juvenile opera Cinderella staged at Garfield park during the festival week. Mrs. J B Meredith trains the Little Ones for three performances with a novel stage, asks park rent terms and 25 percent gate share debated, aims for 2 very low percent, and promises a cool park setting amid trees for the audience of up to 4000.
Mrs Mortenson, 10, working in a flower garden, was fatally injured when an enormous eagle swooped down and gripped her back and neck. Despite a desperate struggle with a hoe, she died from shock and loss of blood. Neighbors heard the cries but could not reach her in time. A physician arrived but could not save her due to her age and condition.
Debs' supporters preached Social Democracy to about 200 people at Clark and Madison in downtown Chicago. A loud advocate touted a cooperative commonwealth under Debs & Co with weekly mass meetings planned and organizers dispatched citywide, while Debs HQ denied authorization for the campaign.
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