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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal offers carrier delivery for 19 cents per week to Topeka and suburbs with mail options: three months for 3.00, six months for 5.00, or one year for 9.00. A weekly edition is available at 60 cents per year by mail.
Citcase reports a fair and warmer forecast for Kantas tonight and Thursday with southeast winds. The piece muses on the end of Colombia’s revolution and victory for the government, the Galveston water milestone affecting western trade, and Topeka nearing ocean steamship access. It notes Japan China peace prospects and silver market shifts, plus a controversial indemnity dispute with Nicaragua. It highlights a mass black emigration to Liberia from Savannah with a moral and historical reflection on Pilgrim-era liberty and potential southern impacts of losing skilled Black labor.
An arcane look at gold standard claims and the Sherman act. The piece argues the treasury’s actions have created a de facto gold basis, with gold as the sole money of final redemption. It contends the government maintains an insufficient gold reserve while circulating vast non gold money, inflating the notion of honest money. It describes the pyramid of money backed by a small gold base and warns of bank behavior that could push the country toward silver or bond markets.
A mishmash of short items from Dillon to Eureka and beyond. Anecdotes on Cleveland, minstrel shows, thefts, marriages, prices, telephones, and local curiosities. notes mention Hutchinson, McPherson, Strong City, Madison, Beloit, Chanute, Lawrence, Leavenworth, and Wellington with scattered quips and social oddities.
Missouri faces a heated intrastate clash as Jefferson City and Sedalia vie to host the capital. Sedalia’s supporters claim rail access and growth. Jefferson City backers warn of hardship and loss. The debate ties into a future presidential year contest and traces Missouri’s migratory capital history from St. Louis to Sedalia, with past moves noted to St. Charles and Jefferson City and references to central locations and funding origins.
A review of historic capitol sites and relocations in Georgia Iowa Dakota California New York Rhode Island Connecticut and the United States. It notes frame structures burned or replaced by grand capitol buildings, relocations from Milledgeville to Atlanta, and long unfinished projects in New York and other states.
The Duke of Devonshire owns Claude Loraines Book of Truth an heirloom described as one of Europe's rarest and most valuable books. It is valued at six times the Mazarin Bible and the late duke reportedly refused £20000 for it.
Advertises strict quality and money back satisfaction for groceries. Highlights include Fresh Country Eggs per dozen Nice Oranges and wide selection such as Navy Beans, Tomatoes, Corn, Mackerel, Jams, Cream Cheese, White Fish, Soap, Macaroni, Potatoes, Matches and California fruit products. Prices listed per dozen, per can, or per box.
A fragmentary grocery list from the meat department shows items including sugar cured ham and lard labeled White Label. Also noted are maple syrup sorghum jelly and large pails, with prices and packaging hints, reflecting a catalog of basic household staples.
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