Subscription terms for The State Journal in Topeka
The State Journal outlines daily edition subscription at ten cents weekly, with fixed prices in Kansas and Iowa. It lists publication offices and business phone numbers, noting permanent home at State Journal Building and contacts for readers.
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Topeka
Agburba
Kansas
Iowa
State Journal
Hanis Evenue
Boe Potter
Saga Dave Ican Newebapee
Pryver
Outlook for the Tariff and Partisan Delays in Congress
In the upcoming extraordinary session Congress faces a major tariff measure. President McKinley and the Republican majority seek swift passage to secure prosperity, but Democratic opposition seeks to delay the bill to reduce immediate benefits and press political advantage. The author urges timely action, warning delays harm business and public welfare.
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Congress
MicKinley
Senate Hire
Changi
Senate
Quips and quotes from papers on nations and Kansas
A collage of humorous and opinion lines from multiple papers. Jests about artists and hired help mix with political quips on women in Nevada and a Cuba setback. Notes on a Munich music cure and jokes about a rocking harp chair in Nickerson. Mentions of Kansas as a mystery and a practical joke on record.
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Munich
Nickerson
Kansas
Wichita
War in Europe Promises No Prosperity for Nation
The New York World criticizes cross roads economists who cheer a European war for imagined trade gains. It argues a prolonged conflict would ruin foreign markets, reduce demand for U S commodities, and harm the economy for generations. It mocks the belief that nations profit from neighbors' misfortune and notes the folly of equating trade with wishful thinking.
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New York World
Europe
Eagh
McKinley
Groves
Gossip and jests from Topeka and Lawrence
Quirky observations and quips from the Atchison Globe pages compare manners and morals, poke fun at local habits, and note city rivalries. Jokes touch on Lent parties, milk money, letters of farewell, Topeka versus Lawrence, and a park site near the Kansas Avenue bridge with sharp regional voice.
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Topeka
Yark
Wrence
Lawrence Journal
Kansas Avenue Bridge
Lawrence
Bennett to Buy a Yacht in Daily Expectation
Glasgow residents Maren 12 and Mesera A and J Trylis await an order from James Cordon Bennett for a large steam yacht similar to the Varuna. Varuna just arrived by them to Eugene Higgins of New York. Kennett boarded Varuna with J L Watson, its designer, and sent his engineer aboard during the maiden voyage to New York to inspect the engines.
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Glasgow
Maren
Mesera
J. Trylis
James Cordon Bennett
Eugene Higgins
New York
Kennett
J. L. Watson
Arizona Assembly Passes Strict Newspaper Edit Law
The nineteenth Arizona Legislative Assembly approved a bill barring publication and editing of newspapers in the territory as a felony. The act imposes 10 to 20 years imprisonment, revokes executive pardons, and takes effect upon passage. Speaker Chalmers introduced it, and it passed in about fifteen minutes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Htix
Territory
Arizona
Felony
Uml
Arizona News
Capitaistic
Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of
Arinora
Yuma
Chalmers
Air motor to power New York L system rolling stock
General Manager Francioll of the Manhattan Elevated Railway said preparations are under way to test and likely adopt a powerful air motor on the L system to replace noisy engines. The boilerless design uses 36 Munnesman rolled steel tubes with varied lengths and a 2000 psi air reservoir feeding a vertical reheater in the cab. Motors aim for speeds up to 50 miles per hour.
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New York
Francioll
Manhattan Elevated Railway
Munnesman
Washington Legislature Votes to Cut Telegraph Tolls
Olympia March 12 The Washington House approved by 47 to 1 the bill to reduce telegraph tolls. It sets a maximum rate of a cent and a half per word for state messages, with a 25 cent minimum charge and a 10 cent per word cap for messages of ten words or more sent from within 20 miles.
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Washington
Olympia
Wash
House
Want No Carnegie Loan As Western Pa Labor League Adopts Resolutions
The United Labor League of Western Pennsylvania representing several unions adopted resolutions opposing the state accepting a loan from Andrew Carnegie to fund a new state capitol. They also urged a bill ensuring union labor for the building and urged legislative action to control the project. An employee of Jones & Laughlins mills moved the measure, arguing his firm uses union labor and should not see Carnegie secure the contract.
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Pittsburg
Labor League
United Labor League of
Western Pennsylvania
Andrew Carnesie
State Capitol
Jones & Laughlins’ Mills
Andrew Carnegie
Kinks Out of Their Hair Invention Promises Hair Straightening
Atlanta March 12 Robert KE Rhodes has created a device to straighten kinky hair common among African Americans. The machine combines a steel comb with a heated cylinder to press and twist hair, using a pair of shears as both parts compact. Enthusiasts push to buy the invention, with Rhodes likely to profit.
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Atlanta
Robert KE Rhodes
Lkely
Steward Sinclair Reappointed at White House Amid Surprise
President McKinley rehired Wm Sin clair of New York as White House steward at 1800 salary. A colored man with a long service record as Cleveland s confidant in Washington and Gray Gables. Also notes Gypsy violinist J Rigo touring Genoa and elopement with Princess de Chimay, with Clara Want of Detroit in attendance.
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Cleveland
Washington
McKinley
Wm. Sinclair
New York
White House
Sinclair
Mr. Cleveland
Gray Gables
Woodley
Gypsy Rigo
Genoa
Genot
J. Rigo
Princess de Chimay
Mise Clara
Detroit
Aiso
Pallteanca Theater
Clara
Hanna's New Secretary Appointed
Senator Hanna names Col. S. A. Perkins as private secretary. Perkins previously served as Hanna's confidential assistant secretary at the New York campaign headquarters and has since led the national committee's permanent Washington office.
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Hanna
Washington
Col. S. A. Perkins
Perkins
New York
Golden Gate Carnival Eyes New San Francisco Parade Support
March 1. The Golden Gate Carnival committee seeks missing commitments from local organizations to join the festivities. Merchants' Association president Dohrmann urges merchants and citizens to back the carnival, noting its potential to attract visitors, boost trade, and provide innocent amusement, hoping for a festival of high credit and benefit.
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San Francisco
Dohrmann
Merchants’ Association
Rush of 220000 Office Applications Overwhelms White House
Washington reports a continuous flood of petitions for office, with 60 000 filed before McKinley’s White House tenure and 20 000 arriving daily since. About 50 000 applications were packaged and distributed to departments to ease the backlog, unlikely to reach the president or executive offices.
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Washington
McKinley
Canton
White House
Harry
Boyle
Amy
Junie Fenter
Aome
Insurance Case Settled in Sangamon Court
Judge Shirley ruled in Springfield that Mrs. Louis A. Henry can collect $4,000 life insurance on Charles Henry from the Knights of Pythias. The defense argued a lodge by law exempted crisis benefits, but evidence showed the by law was created only by the board of control and not binding unless ratified by the supreme lodge. The jury was instructed to decide for Mrs. Henry based on the by law's status.
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Knights of Pythias
Springfield
Shirley
Sangamon
Tus
Bmrs
Louis A. Henry
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias of the World
Charles Henry
Supreme Lodge
Supreme ‘Lodge
Board of Control
Henry
White House stables receive new McKinley carriages in use
At Washington March 12 the White House stables report two new carriages, a brougham and landau, for President McKinley. They are black with dark morocco interiors and heavy glass. Monogrammed doors feature McK in blue. Horses: a deep bay and a dark drab pair. Richard Becket remains as coachman under the new administration.
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Washington
McKinley
William Becket
Cleveland
Postum Cereal Offered as Coffee Substitute Remedy
Analysis warns against coffee and tobacco habits and touts Postum Cereal as a safe, nutritious coffee substitute. It describes Postum’s resemblance to Java in color and aroma, its food drink composition, and suitability for adults and children, urging readers to replace coffee for health reasons.
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Fostum Cereal Co
Zit
Battle Creek
Mich
Snow Reports Urge Early Water Storage in Colorado
State Engineer Sumner relays that snowfall across Colorado is deeper than last year though later arriving, prompting irrigationists to store water in reservoirs promptly to avoid losing benefits of the heavy snow. The table lists depths at sites like Grand Lake, Berthoud Pass, Estes Park, and the Big Thompson area with guidance for early direct irrigation where feasible.
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Colorado
Denver
Sumner
Poudre River
St. Vrain Creek
Grand Lake
Cabulus Pass
Berthoud Pass
Loveland
Argentine Pass
Georgetown - Poy
Monarch
South Arkansas
Wet Mountain Valley
Sangre de Cristo Range
Brenckenridge
Blue River
Gaverlers
Breck
Omtigre
Big Thompson Reek
Estes Park
Haunted French Girl Invites Midnight Knockings
Paris reports a haunted girl, Renee Sabourault, whose presence brings nightly rappings and apparitions. A barrister led a four-night vigil at the Sabourault home with 4% armed men, finding noises in stairs and walls and bone‑like knocks, while lamps burned in the occupied rooms.
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Paris
Renee Sabourault
Indreet Laiie
Sabourault
Mademoiselle
Reymond Duplantier
Sabourault House
Mrs Elitch Seeks Summer Resort Venture From Denver
Mrs. Elitch of Denver, owner of a famed garden and theater, visits Salt Lake City to study lakes and resorts with plans for a low-fare railroad link. She aims to open a summer garden that includes zoological displays, a trocadero, and expansive wildlife collections.
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Elitch
Denver
Salt Lake
Mich
John Elitch, Jr
Eliteh
Rialto
Sid
Rare nautilus studied by scientist in New Guinea
Londo,FER 1 sy gone sy BUENOS ie rare creature of the octopus family. Dr Arthur Willey of University College London has spent two and a half years researching the pearly nautilus, the sole surviving ammonite-like creature. He set traps in New Britain and New Guinea, later building a submarine cage on the Loyalty Islands. On December 5, his work paid off as nautilus eggs hatched, yielding many specimens for study.
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Londo
Buenos
Naturaliats
Arthur Willey
Universus. College
London
South Eas
Iatel
Sore
Melanesian Islands
Willey
Ralum
New Britain
Itaegee
New Guinea
Ulu Calpain
Cripple Creek and West Cripple Creek Consolidate
Voters in Cripple Creek and West Cripple Creek approve consolidation by 1982 to 269, creating a single second class city. Four wards will be established with Second Street and Hennett Avenue as dividing lines. An April 6 election will choose officers for the new city amid reform momentum and defeat of opposing gangs.
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Cipd Clvem
Cripple Creek
West Cripple Creek
Hecht
Second Street
Hennett Avenue
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