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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1895
Page
4
The notice advertises home delivery in Topeka and surrounding areas with carrier service six days a week. It lists pricing options for three months, six months, and one year with rates and terms for printing and mailing.
The Daily State Journal presents a first quarter detailed financial sketch with a daily average around 9,606 and notes on circulation growth, printing year figures, and historical data. It includes political commentary on Kansas politics, criticism of spending and laws, and remarks on coinage and labor concerns.
The writer laments two innocent girls jailed in Wichita for a crime likely committed by others and warns against precedent that could fill prisons with innocents. They critique law versus justice and reference fiscal debates on silver standards, gold standards, and wool market news including U.S. and Mexican sales in May.
A collage of brief items from Kansas towns records oddities and local color. Judges ride bikes, church crusades demand banners, and youths ride to Yellowstone on ponies. Reports note street fashion, misheard weather, and quirky local ads in small papers like Chetopa Advance and Lawrence Gazette.
The Dover Township census shows a total population of 1103 with 606 males and 497 females, including 48 colored residents, 236 families, and 225 dwellings, noting a population decline since 1840. The piece cites Atherton’s reform stance and references a contested contract offer.
W Flower sells his interest in Mills Flower Adams Dry Goods to the remaining stockholders and will retire in June. The firm name will stay unchanged for now. Bir Flower has not decided his future business path.
The Santa Fe shops prepare for their annual excursion with a likely first Saturday after June 16 pay day. About 1500 to 2000 participants, including women, may travel to Kansas City, Leavenworth, or Paramount Park for a day of quiet away from commerce.
Charles Race formerly cashier of the Burlington bank fled to Chicago after an indictment for misappropriating funds. He came back to Burlington to surrender when the U S marshal arrived to take him into custody. The district attorney warned he did not know the charge. Race planned to bond once papers from Fort Scott arrive.
On May 21 and June 11 round trip tickets to South Missouri Arkansas and the Southwest via the Memphis Route Kansas City Ft Leon& Memphis RR will be sold at one fare with a minimum of $7 Tickets allow stop-offs at intermediate stations For details time schedules and promotional material on Missouri and Arkansas stock-raising and fruit growing regions contact 4 E Locswoop G P T A Kansas City Mo
Former Kansas militia major general Thames M. Carroll once Paola business and state senator vanished from Paola two or three years ago. He allegedly embezzled nearly 20000 from institutions to support his family, who remain in Paola. Carroll was active in Topeka and Republican conventions before his disappearance.
An alarm from 7111 West Fourteenth Street reported a Saturday evening fire that badly damaged the house and furniture before firefighters arrived. The home, owned by Mrs. B. E. Roberts, sustained about $150 in losses. RB Sims, a colored porter for General Manager Frey of the Santa Fe, received $50 from Mr Frey to secure a temporary home for his family and to find a new residence quickly.
The silver syndicate that bought the New York Mercury shifts leadership with Thomas B. Kirby becoming managing editor, replacing James F. Graham. Kirby, ex Washington correspondent for the Journal of Commerce, joins amid new investor names including W. P. St John and Senator Pettigrew, with Daly touted as the heaviest investor.
Ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker plans to build a city hotel offering free meals and lodging to any visitor at no charge. Friends say his personal income exceeds one million dollars annually, a figure he has surpassed for over a decade.
A wealthy donor plans to spend his fortune on a home for the homeless, feeding and sheltering all who come. The hotel will have no income and require external support to operate, but the founder promises a plain, substantial, comfortable, friendly inn that will not turn away any needy person.
General C E Kely leads a Coxes army detachment to Washington with wife and two children in a prairie schooner. He aims to gather signatures for a memorial prayer to Congress amid a hungry crowd on the capital steps, delivering lectures along the route.
Marshall’s band, acclaimed as the best amateur group in Amados, is likely to be the office band for the Kansas Knights Templar at the national conclave in Boston this August. More than 100 Kansas Knights are expected to attend. The band, praised by musical circles and even by John Philip Sousa, has a strong Topeka reputation. The Morgans will close with a final Topeka appearance tonight at Library Hall with a new program titled Adorations.
A brief note from a family expresses sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy and assistance during the death of wife and mother Vanniton Kexnepy arp Curmores. Local readers are thanked for support and kindness.
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