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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal announces a delivery offer by carrier with a three month, six month, and one year option. Suburbs and Topsks regions receive the same pricing via mail or carrier. The notice lists an 80 cent monthly rate and 360 per year, with early edition and per year terms.
Fragmented clippings report a writerly joke about reporters death by own action and a political mix of accusations and editorials. It mentions state governor disputes, party discord, and alleged Rothschild gold moves amid Kansas and national weather notes.
The piece argues banks hold gold against bond issues, predicting October 1 truce expiry and a renewed raid. It mocks pro silver advocates, notes currency fallacies rise with low earning power, and warns of renewed robberies when masses seek a remedy. It ends by blaming prosperity for citizens’ carelessness.
T E Bowman told the Municipal league last night that children deserve more focus than wealth, citing kindergarten principles of equality among children. He contrasted public interest in a cattle disease in Geary county with neglect of child welfare, warning against ignorance of child nature. The next meeting will hear Prof Thomas E Will on city problems from a sociological view, with monthly sessions thereafter.
Billy Tinkler from Dickinson County attempted a billiard hall in Hope despite a license denial. The council ordered the marshal to clear the place, smash bottles and furniture, and arrest the hired man. Tinkler was fined 25 dollars plus costs and jailed in Abilene when unable to post bail.
Ottawa Kan May 2 Mayor GG Wharton, elected by a narrow margin, clashes with four council members who refused to confirm his picks. He says he will oust them for failing to file election expense statements under the Australian ballot law and replace them with allies who will support his administration.
A patent dispute before Commissioner Seymour concerns ownership of a cigarette making machine claimed to produce five miles of cigarettes daily. The process uses an endless tobacco rope and paper roll, then cuts to length as the device operates. Emigration Falls of Halt: US Consul Stuttgart reports a sharp drop in Wartemburg emigration to the United States over five years from 5,629 in 1891 to 2,541 in 1894. Walls Paper Bennett at Van Houren's Kansas Avenue.
The College at Schenectady will celebrate its centennial next June marking 100 years since its founding. The community plans events to honor long service, notable alumni, and the college's role in regional education and industry.
A long historical sketch celebrates Union College Schenectady and its centennial next June. It highlights its early incorporation by lottery, pioneering civil engineering, nonsectarianism, athletic balance, and early Greek letter societies. It recounts Dr Eliphalet Nott’s 62 year presidency and his scientific contributions, plus the lineage of presidents leading to Dr Andrew V Raymond.
A Harlem woman recalls paying for three women to learn to cook at colleges, only for each to quit for better pay or marriage offers. The first left before a dinner party, the second demanded a raise after graduation, and the third, who led her class, soon found a husband via a police officer. Now a red haired servant handles meals, while the narrator laments failed guidance and fickle employers.
A collage of old jokes and witticisms shows a fatherly scene about a 26 month old learning to speak and demand milk at night. The humor moves through brief gags about marriage licenses, grown ups waiting, and language mishaps, all styled as compact quips from a bygone paper.
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