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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1895
Page
4
Daily edition delivered by carrier ten cents weekly to Topeka or suburbs or at same price in any Kansas town with carrier. By mail three months eight hundred. By mail one year three sixty. Folkly edition per year zero zero.
Weather for Esneus calls for fair and warmer conditions with southerly winds. Reports mention broadening wind spread from Leavenworth to Galena and Nebraska influxes. Civic federation victory advances civil service. gold standard papers show waning free silver support. multiple political commentaries and ordinary crime notes fill the column.
A panel of diamond cutters should be returned under the contract labor law to curb unskilled labor influx that depressed wages last summer. The piece criticizes gold standard talking points about silver speculation, arguing locals would not charlatanly sell silver for less than mint value and that fears of gold leaving the country no longer scare readers.
A collage of brief items from Kansas towns mentions Mr Boile in Borrton, Polley not seeking Salina mayor, a conundrum salad social in Clay Center, a famed club swinger, and campaign mail in Abilene. El Dorado dealers pay top hides, new prairie talk, rainwater pans, and editorial moves. Yarns include a divorce suit in Clay Center, a tale about the Salina government building, and reflections on Leavenworth and Midland College.
John Griffiths Mephisto headlines back to the Grand with afternoon and evening shows for Mile. Rhea in Topeka. The Lady of Lyons at 1 30 pm, Parisians in the evening, advance prices noted. Griffiths Faust at the Grand next week eclipse Morrison.
The Municipal League of Topeka invites vacant lots for donation until November for use by unemployed residents. Donors fill blanks donating land to the agricultural committee for cultivation by needy Topeka residents to provide summer vegetables and winter sustenance.
An elderly Ruben Van Note recalls a lost romance with Priscilla Jan. He learns she died recently after a carriage accident, and a long-ago love letter hidden in her red silk pockets revealed a vow never fulfilled. He pockets her miniature and leaves, with a final image of two lovers’ souls united in heaven.
Mrs Cora Higgs of Carbondale met Neanie Biddle in North Topeka and they sought seclusion. Police officer Owens arrested them as suspicious. They pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in police court and were fined $10 each. Mrs Higgs spoke of an unhappy marriage and her husband leaving with their two children. Mrs Thorpe has her case in hand seeking reform.
Lawrence Kas March 22 President William R Harper of Chicago University accepted invitation to deliver the annual commencement address at the Kansas University in June Dr Menninger 425 Greenwood Avenue Bell Telephone 86.
The Columbian building gambling cases will be decided in police court tomorrow morning. Rhodes stands accused as keeper while defense claims the room was a whist and high five club. Evidence includes cards chips and brass take off pieces. witnesses testified to irregular club setup and rented room usage. If Rhodes is guilty, related defendants will be heard. otherwise they may be dismissed. James Buford serves five days for jumping a moving train. Malchur pays five dollars for speeding on the Kansas Avenue bridge. Tom Wilson Tom O Riley and Joho ect fined five dollars for intoxication.
Topeka news item reports Strauss, a former Republican justice of the peace candidate, intends to sue the central committee for $10 contributed to campaign expenses and presses criminal charges for obtaining money under false pretenses. He claims no services were rendered, primaries were promised but not held, and warns of further legal steps. The piece also includes stray local ads and notices.
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