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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1895
Page
4
Fragmentary 19th century notice lists E M Cockrell as Clerk of the District Court Shawnee County and references figures for circulation and daily averages for a year. Text is damaged with garbled numbers and stray phrases. maintains period tone and legal record style.
Chicago weather note: local snows tonight and Thursday with a severe cold wave. Northwest winds expected. Also includes political commentary on church figures and public policy, plus a roundup of shifts in Populist politics, livestock tax notes, and state library funding.
A Kansas-Indiana opinion piece condemns Indiana politics and church reform attempts. It rails at the 1893 Topeka riot secrecy, cites Republican barriers against state officers, hints at a redemptive Indiana campaign, and notes resignations of Rev. Thomas Dixon and pressure on Rev. Parkhurst, questioning pulpit reform zeal.
A collage of brief notices from Kansas towns mentions Miss Wedd in Grant, a Clay Center official resigning, a latch key idea for Bri, Florence's lockout, and Mia Hugg of Howard seizing opportunities. Other items note uncalled letters at Morganville, temperance preaching fodder in Leavenworth, odd wedding gifts, Salina bicyclists seeking park track permission, and a joke about deaths in the Republican River region. Also references to Clay Center Times on Indian spirituality, an archive quip about yard work, a stocky Bavarian joke at a drug store, Salina ex-Pennsylvanian Fourth of July prep, and a quip about time to prepare.
Watchman Wylie of the Santa Fe arrested John Wright for trespassing after waste theft from boxcars. The tramp used oily waste to fuel fires, risking tire damage and car fires. Wright was fined five dollars at the police station.
A gang of laborers at Knollwood unearthed an iron pot containing 254 gold and silver colonial coins dating 1765 to 1776. The site near Washington’s troops encamped during the Battle of White Plains is suspected to hold the treasure. Local dealers and wallpaper shops are also advertised in the page text.
A study of the resident janitor's life, status, and duties in large city towers. It contrasts janitors and superintendents, outlines pay scales from seventy five to five thousand dollars yearly, describes staff under the janitor, and notes social distance between tenants and building staff. It also highlights roof apartments, living conditions, and the evolving role amid modern elevator and steel structures.
A lighthearted domestic tale unfolds as a husband’s failed plan to hide a sealskin coat ad from his wife leads to a clever, unintended purchase. Harry confesses the ruse as his wife spots the ad, buys the coat, and defends the bargain as a practical need, leaving both to smile at the outcome.
A long standing Galveston feud ends oddly after a funeral. The surviving foe is praised by a clergyman for his restraint, while he quips he would rather work than attend the service. A string of quips from various papers follows about odd legal and social misadventures in brief comic notices.
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