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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1895
Page
4
May 24 weather bulletin for Kansas signals generally fair and much cooler tonight with probable frost and northerly winds. The column then shifts to partisan debate, naming Don Cameron as a Republican presidential contender and critiquing Democratic candidates, with discussion of gold standard and tax policy amid the era’s fiscal arguments.
The Dodge City Star Journal champions broad news coverage and criticizes both party factions. It notes Governor Morrill’s administration, the persistence of ex convicts in Leavenworth, and calls for impartial enforcement across towns like Atchison and Wichita. The paper touts its own role in exposing party errors across Populists, Republicans, and Democrats.
A collage of odd Kansas clippings recounts local quirks and misprints. It notes Atchison wealth, crowded county races in Allen, stray jokes about Strawn, Lakin feuds, and a quiet town week. Humorous vignettes cover Indpendence band concerts, Hewins whisky, LaCrosse land deals, Sedan school days, and tongue‑in‑cheek provincial gossip across towns like Fort Scott Eureka Lyons.
Alma pianist and former Washburn student Otilie Schmitz receives a merit certificate at the Hutchinson jubilee. Professor Losboeck praises her performance though notes some tempo and high note issues, while commending her soft singing, trill, and coloratura. The article also mentions the National dining room as well lighted and ventilated for Sunday dinners.
Miss Lottie Preski, 19, chair of the United Garment Workers button sew ers branch, campaigns to organize 160 of 3,000 workers to demand shorter hours, higher pay, and cleaner workrooms. She describes brutal conditions, cites wages as low as three dollars weekly for ten hours, and vows to continue despite hostility from bosses and apathy among some workers.
John R McLean the Cincinnati editor who bought The Morning Journal from Pulitzer enters New York journalism as a enterprising and wealthy figure at 46. Son of Washington McLean, he rose from small Enquirer paper to wealth and influence, owning Cincinnati real estate and rail stock, with a 2 million net worth. He married Emily Beale in 1884 and once played baseball, later suffering an eye injury. Variegated Lake Maggiore in Italy shows three colors, east brick red, north green, south deep blue.
A Sevastos Sevastos Sevastos account recalls Anna Dickinson, once hailed as the “glorious girl” and “new Joan of Arc,” facing a trial in which her wit and sarcasm roused handles of opposition. The piece contrasts her youth’s acclaim with present lament, noting how crowds hushed as she spoke and how the jury reacted to her dramatic testimony.
A Baltimore fiancée edits a Trilby copy to suit religious beliefs, a Waldman band member shifts to the Pat Roonsy company while others vanish, and assorted ads offer Electric Bitters for female health, Beggs Germen Salve for piles, and a National dining pitch.
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