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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1897
Page
4
The State Journal Daily edition invites carriers in Topeka and surrounding areas with weekly and three month options. The notice lists phone contacts for advertising and reader services, offering routes for distribution and subscriptions.
Chicago weather shows generally fair to light and Wednesday's warm spell. Tonight southerly winds shift, a mild trend expected across the region.
The president’s message to Congress stresses revenue over protection in tariff plans. It outlines proposed duties on wool, ore, lumber, iron, and sugar, arguing for measures to boost government income while supporting domestic industry. The article notes concerns about effectiveness and mentions local Kansas City developments.
In a Topeka Gazette excerpt a push to build a state capital auditorium or convention hall is debated. Critics note the proposed site in a river park would stretch from Kansas Avenue near Sixth Street, far from business centers and downtown hotels, risking public funds and misreading Topeka geography.
The Boston Globe recounts Mrs Beechers legacy and the famed minister Henry Ward Beecher. It notes her birth in West Sutton Massachusetts, British heritage, and prominence as wife and companion to Americas renowned preacher. The piece recalls a shy courtship seven years long and a hidden poem Beecher wrote for his wife.
The Chicago Daily News argues that municipal reform efforts are unlikely to advance amid party infighting. It notes both major parties are driven by self interest, with campaigns focused on control rather than genuine city improvements, and fears a partisan judiciary after April elections.
The text argues against subverting municipal government for national party aims. It asserts that transforming issues for local governance undermines the people’s independence and that loyalty to the party is seen as treason to the city, enabling corrupt practices.
The Washington Post notes the New York Journal hires John J. Ingalls to reassess the Corbett Firesimmons case, pitting him against the World’s John J. Sullivan. The piece weighs rival journalistic styles, fame, and global correspondence as readers compare two leading papers in a high tension contest of merit and wit.
Miss Emily Soltene faces public ire after publishing a memoir about youthful British nobles linked to scandal. The piece notes names like Lord Hoseterry and the Earl of Dunraven while condemning her for exposing high society’s private indiscretions and suggesting poetic justice in the reaction of the aged and respectable.
The article argues that excessive and unfair railway rates harm the nation by hurting workers and wages. It claims rising charges threaten public welfare, with the burden falling first on labor as employment declines and wages shrink.
The excerpt argues that falling railway stock values depresses capital for new enterprises, reduces workers' wages, and harms allied industries. It claims widespread investment loss harms the economy as railways spread, and that further rate cuts threaten labor wages and economic growth.
An excerpt discusses how explorer Nansen pronounced his own name and how English speakers adapt the Norwegian name and ship Fram. The piece notes shifts from "Nansen" to "Naunsen" and emphasizes the difficulty nonNorwegian readers face in mimicking the explorer’s accent.
New York reports 8000 Greeks in the United States prepared to sail back to Greece to fight the Turk. Consul Botassi arranges reduced transport with Compagnie Generale Trans Atlantique, offering $21.85 including rail from Havre to Athens. Many Greeks in Roosevelt Street weigh options as volunteers, with local gatherings and training scenes noted.
City records show about 25,000 more residents this year than last. The assessor’s figures cite increases across volumes with 6749 names this year versus 5406 last year and 8,702 current versus 7,669 prior, signaling a significant rise in personal property returns and overall population.
Two Frost brothers from Eleventh and Chandler streets fought Saturday, Lou Frost badly beaten with an iron coupling pin. Bob Frost arrested for assault and disturbance of the peace after neighbors called police. Lou received head wounds but is not believed to be fatally hurt. Dr. Swan treated him at home. Police Sgt. Owen and Special Policeman Capron investigated the case.
List of birth announcements naming parents and street addresses in North Topeka. Several families welcomed daughters and sons, including Fleming, Kennedy, Goff, Annis, Hubbard, Galoway, Bricher, Drummond, and Trumbel, with child counts noted.
Mr Frank Dolson of Sault Ste Marie Michigan was confined eleven days and spent 25 dollars on doctor bills with no relief before being cured by one bottle of Chamberlains Pain Balm costing 25 cents. The product is sold by druggists. California Limited train details include Topeka departures on Thursdays and Sundays at 11 33 am with 64 hours to California. Vestibuled Pullman sleepers dining car and through service. California Express departs daily at 285 pm with Pullman pal meer and tourist sleepers.
David J Telfair from Olean New Jersey awoke at emergency hospital claiming eight months of memory loss from a sandbagging in Chicago near Jackson Park. He spoke of a South Africa mining venture in 1991 aided by a secret chemical process and a theft of $1.5 million in diamonds. Hospital staff deem him lucid though investigators await confirmation of his tale.
The Toteka Ministerial union met in regular session in the M. M. A. parlors with eleven members present. Rev. D. L. Boyle was elected president and Rev. Mr. Ransom secretary. George Letriga of the Mt. GOA spoke on church relation to the SC. A. and urged active youth involvement in the association's gospel work.
In federal court Judge Benedict presided as Gen Carlos Roloff and Dr J Cadillo failed to answer indictments charging neutrality law violations tied to alleged abetting Cuban rebels. Bail bonds were forfeited. Dr Jorent J Luis and editor Henriques Trujillo pled not guilty. Luis' bond was increased to 1,000.
Headley Grocer Co of Springfield Mo, wholesale firm, signs a deed of trust to preferred creditors and assigns to Charles H McCann. Preferred debts total 65 900 with 35 000 other debts. Banks Central National and Exchange of Springfield and F R Sheldon of New York named as preferred creditors. Nominal assets about 132 000, stock and fixtures 24 000, accounts 45 000, real estate 25 000.
The article warns la Grippe dangers including pneumonia but states Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, used with reasonable care, prevents pneumonia and cures quickly. It claims many users with no pneumonia cases and promotes 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by druggists.
Lead from Kansas City and Chicago to St Louis or other eastern cities touts Union Pacific as fastest. Warns travelers to consult time cards before buying tickets and inquire about rates and through car service. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised for skin eruptions and boils with claims of rapid relief.
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