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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1895
Page
4
Daily edition offered by carrier for Topsks Roberts and nearby towns. Three month and yearly mail rates listed with price details for home delivery and annual subscription.
Fragmented notes discuss weather hints for Kansas May 18 and winds, then pivot to politics and economics. References to Mr Addlicke, New Jersey senatorship, McKinley era wage changes, irrigation spends, and Topeka manufacturing growth amid broader national debates on silver remonetization and fiscal policy.
An opinion piece argues the nation holds about 100 million in gold and condemns silver demonetization under the Sherman act. It claims silver is undervalued, urges open minting of both metals at a fixed ratio, and calls for full legal tender status to keep metals in circulation. The piece contends current policy favors silver foes while wishing to preserve wealth represented by gold.
Kansas Paragraphs sketches quick takes from towns like McPherson Leavenworth Abilene Alma and Wichita Beacon on topics from exams and licenses to library secrets church warnings and new baseball uniforms. It mixes humor satire and small city concerns with a local newspaper voice.
The Women Voters of Topeka plan to secure the city attorney position for two years hence not Mr Bird but the office they aim to influence candidates across parties. They hint at supporting Mrs Lucia Case as a Republican choice while pleading for party unity. Gronlund to locate in California with long term stay, teaching rhetoric in Oakland.
A Western visitor compares Boston with New York Chicago and Washington. He notes Boston’s narrow streets make it look small yet capable and clean, praises the statehouse addition, and recalls the public spittoon along the senate staircase as a striking sight. He warns against underestimating Boston’s size and importance.
A London observer describes a May 6 visit to the House of Commons. He notes the empty grandeur, ornate hats, and rambling speeches on bimetallism. He contrasts the polite refuse of debate with the tedium and tension felt by the working classes back home.
George T. Fairchild, president of the Agricultural college and irrigation board member, will travel to Europe this summer with a party including Mrs Kedzie and the Popenoe family. They depart Montreal June 22 on the Parisian and return late September. The state board asks Governor Morrill to issue a commission to investigate irrigation in Europe, though the state will not cover Fairchilds expenses.
Ex city engineer Lewis Kingman now chief engineer for the Mexican Central railroad. He has assumed duties, based in Mexico City. His family remains in Topeka and plans to move in three to four weeks. Salary details are not known locally but widely believed to be substantial.
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