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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1896
Page
4
The Twenty-Third Year official Topeka paper outlines daily edition delivery by carrier and mail options. It states subscription rates for Topeka and surrounding towns, with weekly and town-wide pricing details.
The article surveys intensified protests over bimetallism and free coinage, arguing that tariffs and reciprocity must cooperate with silver protection. It highlights factory distress, saloon licensing parallels, and calls for decisive monetary reform to halt economic decline. It notes efforts by legislators and bankers to push true remedies despite political obstacles.
Henry Hentz cites New York chamber of commerce stance urging clear party platforms on gold standard. Business leaders insist both parties declare support for keeping value grounded in gold, warning vagueness could drive business to seek a united sound money ticket. The issue looms over conventions and national politics with pressure to avoid mixed signals.
The report notes Sharile Sueldon disposing of 600 cattle at a record Hereford sale in Kansas. Charley Stel don, a Republican politician banker and cattle breeder, presided as president of the Susidon-Whester Hereford Cattle Co. More than 600 head sold for over $51,000 cash, marking the largest Hereford auction in U.S. history. Also advertised are general patent medicines and household products typical of the period.
The Iron Brigade led memorable Civil War fighting from South Mountain to Gettysburg under Bragg and Gibbon. Veterans from Wisconsin and Indiana formed a famed unit, with Bragg praised for leadership in battle and civil life success afterward. Many survivors became prominent farmers, merchants, or politicians.
A Pittsburg Dispatch summary reports Rev James A Weston rector of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension Hickory North Carolina says Marshal Ney escaped execution. Weston cites a physician son who appeared aged 88 in a Louisville area town and confessed identity while stating his father later visited Paris and that the truth will be in a forthcoming book.
The Italian actress Duse appears increasingly at ease in America as she tours New York. She travels with a light cane, wears plain black attire, and engages in society while visiting theatres. Her demeanor, though reserved, shows growing adaptation rather than eccentricity, and she has agreed to perform in Chicago with more engagements likely to follow.
Charles Louis Oldenburg a senior at California State University is described as the presumptive heir to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. He is the great nephew of the elderly grand duke and claims his father George Martin Oldenburg will succeed to the title upon the duke's death. The note cites European word of the Duchess Elizabeth's death and the father's recall from Mexico to assume duties.
A man at Atlantic City refused to marry after a joking proposal by his partner. The couple, with two young parsons and witnesses, visited Justice Young’s office for a wedding covenant. The groom remained seated, stating he never intended to marry, calling the sequence a mere joke and causing confusion.
Dr Nansen the arctic explorer age thirty five born on a farm near Christiania left college to lead a Greenland crossing with a small party and a travel book regarded as a notable work Mrs Nansen a skilled snowshoer joined risky mountain ventures in her homeland. Also notes on a pharmaceutical debate and typhoid serum development by Dr Chantemesss of Paris with early patient trials.
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