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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1895
Page
4
An offer for wool fabrics and imported novelties at reduced prices. One case of 38 inch Fancy Cheviot priced at 39c per yard. Twenty Reon Fancy Imported Novelties 38 inches offered at 69c. Also twenty five pieces Fancy Imported valued at $1 each.
Weather forecast for Bancas and Chicago hints at fair to warmer conditions. Editorials discuss European conflicts, gold standard debates, and immigrant policy. Municipal Civil Service details outline exam based appointments and protections, with Governor Altgeld seeking clause amendments. State and local anecdotes close with light human interest items.
A patchwork of small town notes from Kansas papers mixed with jokes and local tidbits. Mentions of Smith Center Livengood in Morrill, Kensington wanting a ball team, and a stray bottle incident in Sabetha. Casual reports from Iola, Garnett, Erie, Neosho county, and Hiawatha reflect humor, politics, marriages, and light community events.
Large Topeka audiences praised Milo Rhea and her company in a Saturday show at the Grand. The Lady of Lyong with Pauline Rhea and W Hart drew repeated curtain calls. The Parisians pleased with bright lines. Hart delivered strong scenes, Hight and Comneza also praised. others performed well. Rhea’s Topeka engagement was a success and Lake Shore line advertising plus various local notices follow.
Bent Murdock in the Eldorado Republican rebukes Sol Miller for attacking Governor Morrill and the legislature. The piece blames office seekers and lack of party unity for the governor’s disappointed mood, arguing poor leadership and no clear caucus doomed the administration. Ewing Herbert also defends Morrill, characterizing Miller as a disappointed, self-serving figure and Leland as the true source of dissatisfaction.
San Francisco reports Thomas Rooney, father of Mrs Theresa Pair, has died and his remains are petrified. His body, first interred in Angela Camp Calaveras county, underwent rapid silicification forming a glue-like substance. the petrified mass now weighs about 600 pounds in the granite mausoleum prepared for Mrs Pair and family.
A Republican meeting Saturday night formally urged Mayor Harrison to withdraw from the mayoralty contest. Harrison replied that city and party reforms take precedence and he withdraws as candidate, citing the pledge of Republicans to pursue honest primaries. He had not fully decided to run and would wait on primary results.
Docketed in the United States Supreme Court, United States vs Dan K Swearingen tests how far a newspaper can employ objectionable language yet retain access to mail services. Swearingen, editor of a Burlington Kansas paper, was found guilty by the U S circuit court of Kansas for publishing an article abusing a rival employee with language deemed obscene.
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