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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1897
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal announces delivery options for daily and weekly editions, with carrier and mail subscriptions. It provides prices, the newspaper’s Kansas locations, and contact details for business offices and reporters.
A Kansas weather forecast calls for showers this afternoon and tonight with eastern regions seeing clearing by Thursday. The item also touches on local politics, public notices, and comments on national figures, including remarks on governors, a Sagacious Senator, and road festival plans tied to the Fall Festival in Atchison.
The Senate committee on tariff policy outlines views shared by the Senate and House. Senator Aldrich argues that protective policy must ultimately yield revenue from other sources once American producers gain the domestic market. He notes the need for reliable government revenue and mentions increased taxes on beer and tobacco as a revenue measure.
A narrator speaks of personal pain and isolation, detailing mental and physical distress. A doctor in New Orleans discusses melancholy and death as well as Swederbors and compensation, shifting the narrator’s thoughts from pain to perspective. The piece blends medical reflection with existential unease, hinting at unseen powers shaping life and fate.
A collage of skewed lines and snatches from various papers mocks law, manners, and public life. The item compiles quips about a Wichita man jailed for pawning a stolen umbrella, university policies, and political friction, with biting asides from multiple papers.
A Bryant penned essay on financial distress and social duty, noting how economic storms awaken selfish impulses then shift toward shared suffering. The piece, reprinted from a New York Evening Post captioned The Mural, discusses pride, prudence, and providence during market turmoil and the need to rely on fellow citizens.
A collage of tidbits profiles prominent figures from politics and society. It notes Mr McKinley besieged by office seekers in Philadelphia, Mr DeHoe becoming Kentucky's Republican senator, Sir John Lubbock's public service, King George’s diamond gesture and a royal appetite for cucumbers, plus stories of educators and travelers.
Fragmented notes reflect sayings and maxims on human character and virtue. The text cites Drake Watson and Bane Sir with aphorisms about money, credit, enemies, and honesty, noting common views on blame and kindness.
Reports from the Chicago Evening Post tease Lillian Russell as potentially becoming a bride again or pursuing a notable October wedding. The piece hints at a divorce from Johnny Chatterton amid rumored domestic discord and suggests Russell may seek a new partner while remaining optimistic about her future.
A sketch of prominent literary blondes with Mayle Corel and Frances Hodes Hargett noted for their delicate appearance and Romantic era fame. The piece mentions Mayle Corel’s multilingual works and quotes from Love Letters The Romance of Two Worlds, highlighting Queen Victoria’s admiration and a playful anecdote about a royal bedtime. It also references Mary Wiking and Irma, described by friends as pale and graceful, with connections to contemporary European literary circles.
The piece profiles John Philip Sousa as a famed American composer and bandleader born in Washington in 1854 of Spanish and German heritage. It notes his early violin talent, leadership of the Marine Band, and later baton of a premier unit, praising his prolific output and global fame as “March King” with over 200 works including marches, songs, symphonic pieces, and the opera El Capitan.
Mrs H Whitman urges inviting schoolhouse entrances and harmonized interiors with evergreen yards and vines. She prescribes color schemes for rooms, ceiling and woodwork treatments, and practical wood finishing options including Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers as a recommended product. Subscribe for The State Journal.
News from New York notes that architect plans for the new public library are due. Helen Keller, a blind and deaf 17 year old, may be appointed librarian in charge of the library for the blind. she has learned to read via touch and use of a typewriter and has studied at Radcliffe.
Albany May 26 New York's state Capitol has cost the state about 22 1 2 million in construction and roughly 100 thousand annually for maintenance. Governor Black plans to push work on the capitol before his term ends, but New Yorkers doubt completion before public sale or transfer. The article notes the Capitol's size and expense compared to Washington, with ongoing public skepticism about state management. It also reports a New York City scene in Central Park with a public display of eccentric dress, detailing an equestrienne in a bright plaid costume and white hat among curious onlookers and park police.
In New York on May 26, interest grows in reviving sedan chairs as a stylish short travel option amid the horseless carriage era. A firm produces these relics for decorative use and stage work, not practical transport, with new color schemes and interior cleanliness emphasized for evening gatherings and short distances.
Paris May 26 French editor Georges Clementeau predicts Cuba and nearby islands will come under American influence as satellites of the continent. He says Cuba Porto Rico and the Antilles are bound to the United States and may not escape that influence, contrasting with Napoleon and Louisiana.
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