State Journal subscription offer and contact details
The State Journal lists subscription rates and delivery options in Topeka and surrounding areas. It notes daily carrier delivery at 10 cents weekly and mail options for six months or one year, with office address at 900 East Ninth Avenue and advertising access through the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Jeckly
State Journal
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Highth
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Wolcott Mission On International Coinage Hope
Senator Edward Wolcott returns from a mission advocating international bimetallism. He cites talks with German financiers and notes England's consent as crucial. He warns against deceptive pledges and urges the public to demand clear commitments or alternatives if promises fail.
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Baron von Bieberstein
Dr. Koch
de. Miguel
Prussian
Dr. Arendt
Coumt von Mirbach
Prince Hohenlohn
Baron Vor Pieberstein
England
Germany
United States
Wolcott Femming
Prince Hohennate
Baron von Bismerstein
Colorado
Wolcott
Welcott
St. Louis
Wild Mustangs Roam Texas Panhandle and Beaver County
In the Texas Panhandle and Beaver County wild horses disrupt ranching, driving out tame stock and evading capture for days. Mustangs are shot when encountered as prices rise and cattlemen lose horses. breaking up large bands is laborious, leaving many mustangs labeled pests and intruders.
Gunter’s Cuban melodrama sparks stage dream in Key West tale
The Chicago Tribune reviews Archibald Gunter’s dime novel Dan Balasco of Key West set in 1896. It mocks Spanish villains and Cuban heroes while praising its brisk melodrama and vivid clashes. The piece critiques the author’s facts and applauds its sensational punch.
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Chicago Tribune
Cuba
Archibald Clavering Gunter
Mr. Barnes
New York
Dan Balnseo
Key West
Gunter
Don Belasca
Mastic
United States
Don Balasco
Millionaire Vanstone
Alwase
Florida Keys
Inowe
Phen
Vanstone
Don
Spain
Bribery charges filed in Senate session week
Two men are charged with attempting to buy Senate support for Hanna stock yard bill. One suspect is from Missouri and the other near Wichita. Each offered 1000 dollars. The presiding officer ordered arrest and the men must appear in court. The piece urges expulsion of hobby influences from state legislature and asserts lobbies sway lawmakers who pledged to the people.
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Smith Center
Senatate
Hanna Stock Yard
Plac
Missouri
Wichita
Topeka
Bicycle riding linked to death warns doctors in Denver
The Denver Republic notes the death of John Phennah after rapid bicycle riding home from Colorado Dry Goods. Coroner Rollins cites prior brain hemorrhage and warns that altitude and strenuous pedaling may trigger fatal events. Dr Chase and Dr Sewall discuss bicycle risks and the need for more data before broad conclusions.
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Denver Republican
John Phennah
Nome
South
Lafayette Street
Erie Col
Mr. Phennah
Colorado Dry Goods Company
Rollins
Phennah
A. G. Chase
Chase
Coroher
Colorado
Sewall
Glib Atchison Globe Snippets and Quips
A collage of quips from the Atchison Globe cackles about politics and manners. Observations cover voters, jealousy, cigars, love, dinner dullness, money, dress reform, and quirks of Atchison life. A lingering note endorses One Minute Cough Cure by G W Stansfield of Kansas Avenue.
Diseased Literature and the Epileptic Breath of Modern Books
The piece critiques modern literature as neurotic and self indulgent, contrasting with classical idealism. It laments spiritual despondency and accuses contemporary writers of pandering to nerves and mood, urging a retreat to Greek and Buddhist sage language for true wisdom.
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Harving Babbitt
Petrarch
Chamfort
Teelf
Sophocles
Lucreticus
Circumstances and Free Will in a Sermon by Rev Myron Reed
Rev Myron Reed argues circumstances shape behavior, leaning toward Calvinist fatalism. He recounts a clergyman who stole 400 books by reading them in stores, then returning them. The case illustrates internal conflict and the rarity of a preacher who reads and remains unpunished.
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Myron Reed
Denver
After Slot Machines Chief Badenoch Declares They Cannot Be Operated
Chicago march report quotes Chief Badenoch saying slot machines are being run in saloons and cigar stores on the north and west sides. He vows arrests of proprietors and notes detectives are assigned to raid machines. A raid by West Lake street sergeants led to the arrest of saloon keepers Adulph Stein John B Kelly Robert Stanley J Galvin and George HIM.
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Chicago
March
Nobren
Thoma
West Lake Street
Adulph Stein
John B. Kelly
Robert Stanley
J. Galvin
George Him
Proposal to tax department stores in Minnesota sparks rivals’ push
A senate report urges drastic action to curb department stores arguing they imitate trusts. The bill by Senator Theden would create a division of merchandise into 59 classes and impose a graduated occupation tax based on lines of goods handled. Tax ranges from 2 dollars for one class to 10 thousand dollars for over 20 lines, potentially driving many stores out or forcing line cuts.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Senate
Theden
Wilde to Go Home After Prison Term Ends
London reports Oscar Wilde will be welcomed back to his family upon release from prison. An intimate friend says Wilde resides with relatives in Naples and will live there after freedom. Prison officer notes Wilde is healthy and weighs about 150 pounds, working as foreman in the prison bindery. Also references curing grippe with One Minute Cough Cure and a laundry advertisement.
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London
Oscar Wilde
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
Pardon Denied for Langdon Despite Social Purity Effort
Governor Leedy refused to pardon Rev. Join L. Langdon, sentenced to five years for deserting his wife and living with another woman. The Social Purity league backed the bid. a December 21, 1896 board recommendation preceded a hearing, but Leedy ultimately rejected the pardon.
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Join L. Langdon
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Social Purity League
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Social Purity Pardon
Canadian phenacetine smuggling tied to Chicago mail
The postmaster general orders postal officials handling Canadian mail to tighten scrutiny and halt shipments of phenacetine from Canada without payment of duty. The drug, in foreign manufacture, has been undersold by the US and Canadian combinations, with substantial quantities alleged to have slipped through Chicago postal channels.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Dai
No Hope for Durrant in Murder Case
San Francisco district attorney Barnes says Theodore Durrant will be hanged within 120 days for the murder of Blanche Lamont at Emanuel Church. Remittitur and sentence steps follow, with rehearing possible but unlikely. governor intervention expected to be refused.
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Barnes
Theodore Durrant
Murter
Blanche Lamont
Emanuel Church
Durrant
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Armenians in Georgia to found Amoskeag colony near Georgia
Chicago March 6 Armenians move toward a Georgia colony near Amoskeag with eighty refugees to begin. Sian M Moore of Chicago owns 300 acre tract where pine trees are cleared. Each family gets five to twenty five acres plus one year free use. Ownership terms depend on tenant’s ability. Moore heads Armenian Colonization Co. and Armenian Kelef with backers including Booth-Tucker and Rev G M Manavian set to manage.
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Chicago
South
Sian M. Moore
S. C. Gates
Harpoot
Turkey
Moore
Armenian Colonization Company of Chicago
Armenian Kelef Association
Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
E.G. Keith
John T. Dale
G. M. Manavian
African Methodists Plan Lincoln Memorial Church at Springfield
March 6 report from the African Methodists of Illinois proposes a Lincoln Memorial Church in Springfield to honor Abraham Lincoln. The gray stone building, costing 380000, will reach about 130 feet with three memorial windows. The center window dedication honors Lincoln. two others honor Frederick Douglass and John Brown. A memorial room will house relics including abolitionist items, an auction block, Lovejoy press, and the rope used in John Brown’s hanging.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Chicago
Hainois
Springfeld
Abraham Lincoln
Fraderick Douglass
John Brown
Lovejoy
Croup
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
Humphreys 77 Cure Ad Claims Fatality Drop
An old-time advertisement asserts twenty percent die from pulmonary diseases and claims dramatic decreases since using Humphreys 77. It promotes Dr Humphreys Homeopathic Manual of Diseases and urges readers to obtain remedies from druggists or by mail with payments noted.
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Humphreys
Humphrey
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