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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1897
Page
4
The Topeka Daily State Journal reports its first quarter of 1867 surpasses all prior circulation records. The notice highlights unprecedented readership for the period, noting the newspaper’s expanded reach in the Topeka area and reflecting on the paper’s historical growth trajectory.
The fragment describes the State Journal Kansas circulation figures sworn by a notary, including annual averages, per-issue copies, and growth under current management. It details printing processes, location, building features, and carrier distribution, noting circulation exceedances and verification efforts by the Associated Press and Paper Files Association. It mentions business layout, street corners, and a brick building as context for the operation.
Editorials warn that retirement of greenbacks could force bond sales and contraction of currency, risking economic disruption. The New York Journal debates whether banks would suspend cash payments or retire notes, while Chicago and Topeka discuss pension appointments and local civic events as the nation eyes monetary policy.
Weather forecast notes cloudiness and warmer trend in central and western areas for Tuesday. showers expected with easterly winds. Mineral Water. The State Journal publication by W. Phillips at 612 W Eighth Ave. Subscriptive line appears.
Colonel Higginson recounts a notable dinner for Atlantic Monthly contributors at the Vere House Boston honoring Mrs Stowe who reportedly refused wine. Guests included Harriet Prescott Spoffard and Miss Prescott, with lively but strained exchanges about Tom Jones and a new edition of A Woman’s Katrine. The meal proved keenly observed yet not a great success.
A historical note praises New England women as true helpers who manage farm duties, assist with cows, care for families, and even undertake small ventures like hens, bees, and gathering spruce gum. They support neighbors in sickness, balance schooling with farm chores, and aim to keep farms viable as younger generations plan futures beyond the woods and fields.
Frang of Chroma Fame surveys a coming revival of lithography in England, France, and Germany. It notes artists like Jackson De Carin pursuing color-rich studies, urges fixed color in ceramics as in Oriental works, and advocates teaching color in public schools to foster appreciation of vivid, permanent hues.
A mosaic of quips and snippets from periodicals such as the Yonkers Stateman Chicago Record Truth Puck and Harper's Bazaar. It blends tongue in cheek banter on marriage honesty and dream machines with market pitches and social chatter. The collage includes cryptic lines about fidelity gadgets furniture and fashion.
A garbled column references Sir John Lubbock and Eugenie while naming figures like the Princess Sultana and Senator Foraker. It mentions education on ants, a governor’s children, and various historical names, with scattered references to Washington and Booker T. Washington, all in a scattered, era voice.
The Globe surveys two decades of popular songs showing a shift from morbid sentiment to bold, topical subjects. It notes dated silhouettes giving way to modern titles like Mie Johnson Turn My Love and A New Bully in Town, reflecting changes in culture and race, with harsher depictions in newer texts.
A fragmentary column discusses social pretensions and gender roles, lamenting old fashioned virtue and public manners. It rails at vanity and hypocrisy, referencing mothers, wives, and a German woman, while questioning journalistic restraint in reporting wartime events and urging clearer truth.
Rose Field reports rising Grecian sentiment in Chicago boosted by a Protestant clergyman who funds anti pro prophet followers. Chicago reserves sail toward the Orient with munitions, aiming for Thermopylae or Athens defense. the writer, while sympathizing with Greece, would bet on Turkey if pressed.
A humorous Seneca Kansas fragment describes a nightmare where a red dragon with a pea tail and giant eyes menaces the narrator and spouse. They wake to find the wife fanning him with a bed Star, chasing a cat, and yearning for prunes over apples to ease digestion.
The monthly statement shows at April 10 the treasury cash at 008.214132 million with a $5.7 million monthly decline. Net debt totals 1,986,234,610 with various categories and certificates offset by cash. Cash by metal shows gold 762,488. silver 515,496,103. paper 149,10,538. with balances and corresponding outstanding machinery against a net treasury cash of 208,000,51.
A meeting in Topeka planned to form a Taxpayers League to organize strong supporters behind city officials in seeking lower property valuations. Promoter M Heery said Tuneke valuations exceed those of similar cities, spurring plans for tax relief and auditorium funding was not the movement’s aim.
Minneapolis artist Mr Washburn son of ex Senator Washburn has two paintings accepted for the Paris Salon of 1897. He travels with master William M. Chase to Spain where he has worked in Madrid and southern Spain. His painting reflects the locale and themes of Spanish painting.
The Kansas division League of American Wheelmen calls a board meeting at Copelandt hotel in the city Wednesday forenoon at 8 o'clock chaired by Charles M. Irwin of Wichita. Members include C. M. Irwin W Barnes Dr E W Wagoner J F Olinger and Dan E Myers. The purpose is to select dates for the state face meets.
Denver report quotes Senator Teller opposing the arbitration treaty arguing the Senate cannot surrender its constitutional prerogatives. He warns Britain would not go to war unless it serves its best interests and questions if a treaty could block war in two centuries of British history. The piece ends referencing Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a noted discovery.
May fourth in Boston marked the third annual People's Party of Massachusetts banquet at Arcade Hall with about a million attendees. George F. Wushburn chaired. Marion Butler delivered the principal speech critiquing Democratic and Republican policies and urging an American system protecting labor and industry.
London reports a dispute in court over the Princess of Wales and the Greek question. She arrived from Copenhagen this week and has urged government support for her Greek brother, King George of Greece, amid potential embarrassment for the Danish royal family and concern over Lord Salisbury's stance. Her influence is debated as to whether it will shape policy toward Greece.
Hindmarsh, now manufacturing his patent bicycle, returns to Topeka praising the city as the finest place on earth and hoping to open a Topeka factory someday. The Kansas Postmasters appointed Saturday afternoon include C W Spencer Athol Smith for Smith County Henry Abels Eudora William Palaw Galvesture Neashe county Alonzo Morrow Garfield Pawnee County J 8 Hanway Lane Franklin County C B Bradshaw Lenexa L B Kinne Morantown Allen County T F Gand era Oneida Nemaha county Liver complaints cured by Beecham s Pills.
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