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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1896
Page
5
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The Tepeke Daily State Journal reports a breakthrough in reach as its circulation soars beyond previous marks, signaling growing readership and regional impact. Officials did not provide exact numbers, but the paper emphasized a breakthrough milestone.
A study of Topeka Daily State Journal issues from March 1854 to March 1896 shows total copies printed for the month named at 277,000 with an average weekly issue count of 10,478. The report confirms the record of issues and distribution across the period.
A compact note shows the daily and yearly circulation figures. It lists the daily average for year 1931 as 4,290 and the monthly or yearly totals for other periods, with an apparent circulation rise noted. No clear event or person beyond Frau Meesermans is established.
The report outlines court actions blocking a law before legislative action, Governor Morritt facing uncertainty amid convention dynamics in Shawnee County. It notes bond plans for a new bridge and possible cash payment, while the Third District Democrats maneuver to influence the Populists. Newsitem mentions rising beer prices and a flurry of bills with several McKinley era names appearing in discussion.
The New Orleans letter exposes alleged fraud in Louisiana races. Democrats and Populists allegedly sought white voting control while rushing Black voters to polls. Narratives describe lawless actions across parishes, with fears of national political consequences and references to other political figures and misdeeds.
A jumbled string of clipped quotes from multiple papers references Osford Arkansas travelers editorials about cemetery sections and Russia, plus stray notes on street name changes in Louisville and a Kansas cyclone relief mishmash. Names, places, and dates are fragmentary and largely unreadable.
A Kansas state oil inspector case alleges misused funds and partial reporting. Governor Morrill questioned Kelly’s late quarterly returns and the $315,000 annual figure linked to deputy inspections, with testimony about delayed reporting and expense handling across the office.
A fragment from the State Oil Inspector’s office argues for reform. It calls for a deputy inspector in each county with bond and mandates a fixed fee cap to prevent corruption. The note asserts abolition of entitlements and insists the office conduct its duties honestly.
Howard Gould and Katharine Clemmons sailed from New York to St Paul aboard the St Paul bound for Southampton. Gould avoided confirming marriage plans when questioned, while Clemmons remained with him during the voyage and after departure. The couple reportedly may travel to India and later to Boston or another destination for marriage.
The distinguished son of a notable father, William Lloyd Garrison, will lecture at Hamilton fall next Wednesday evening on the port. John G. Whiter, in the interest of the Industrial Institute founded by Edward Stephens and Miss Fundick, Sir. Garbon Hiteike will discuss the work and support the advancement of the Negro race. The Topeka Institute will be noted and a short address on its work will follow. Admission is free.
A disjointed note claims captors in the area terrorize locals. A resident handed the item to Chief Higgiss as authorities, including police, investigate possible traps and caves along the Eau Claire and nearby settlements. The message hints at danger to women and ongoing surveillance by unseen assailants.
Real estate transfers involving L A Stevins C J Evans and Gentral NAXOM bank with multiple lots in Williams Dillon addition and Lane Street. parcels on Van Buren Street and other specified plots exchanged between named individuals. trustee W Hi Rossineron transfers to Flor byes Born Som Apedicn in California. notices include a miscellaneous sale and a generic advertising line for a cold remedy and newspaper subscription.
The First Baptist Church of this city voted unanimously to urge the American Baptist Home Mission Society to take a stand against liquor trade. The memorial addresses prohibition, condemns saloon activities, and asserts that prohibition enforcement is superior to license laws. It asks Baptists to pray alter and vote for prohibitions as the nation’s moral remedy.
A bull panic hit the Chicago stock exchange as demand for New York Biscuit stock surged. In ten minutes over 7,000 shares changed hands, with trades reaching 15,400 and a price rise from 33% to 101% before opening today at 104. The floor was crowded as brokers shouted and the stock climbed rapidly to 20635 within minutes.
Representative Baker of New Hampshire introduced in the house a concurrent resolution demanding an investigation into Secretary Gilerton’s late seed purchase. The preamble alleges charges by the Chicago firm and contends the secretary and assistant secretary have dodged acknowledgment and inquiry, accusing them of mishandling seed stores and favoritism toward kin in Congress. A Perry Oklahoma item reports Sheriff Hansen Seis’s arrest of William Hooks William Totes and Sidney Bowers for beating and wounding Rev. G B Meney, the cowboy preacher, with Meney seriously injured. The column also touts a local vaudeville novelty show on Quincy Street featuring a dog and pony act and the Fur Forts and a steam laundry offer.
Three men were arrested afternoon by the police who claimed they were tramps but had evidence they were not. One carried a revolver and money, another had cash, a third was insolvent. items found included fishing gear, a baseball, gloves, a bottle of mixture, a novel, and soap. All three were released.
The Owners of the New York Publication ask it receiver for the Times Publication Company. An application in the Supreme Court named Alfred Elyskelver as receiver and John H. Judge as referee in proceedings for dissolution. The debtors state capital stock at 1,250,000 with 16,730 in open book accounts and a loan of 84,000 noted.
May 2 Albuquerque notes the women’s suffrage convention of the Southwest meeting yesterday at the church. Attendees include Mrs Misa and Mrs Cur mings of San Marcial, Mrs Allop Rice of Las Vegas, Mrs Laura M Jobas from Minnesota, and others. Jobas spoke inspiringly as attendees heard calls for unity and continued support for suffrage efforts.
Cape Town May 1 The Doceers News of Johannesburg says Barnato bitter over Transvaal authorities handling of reform prisoners and the sentences imposed on them. It reports Barnato is seizing all dead ground belonging to the Barnato company as part of his protest. Also from Uniontown Kansas a note on a baby care bottle remedy claims no benefit from a sample bottle given to a child and warns of dosing similar to the doctor Hand remedies for children from MU Cruggists.
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