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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1897
Page
4
The State Journal announces home delivery options through carriers across Kansas towns at the same price, with a permanent Topeka base at State Journal Building. Advertising and reader access details appear, including office contacts and staff notes.
A mixed batch of comments from New York dispatches covers Tristian ideals, humor in the Senate, and social mores. It notes a quirky claim about Mr Talmage, critique of Senator Mason as a humorist, debates over death penalty for train wreckers, and odd international mentions including France tobacco and Africa’s three wives. The piece also recounts ex Senator Ingalls’ dramatic return to the chamber and warm, wary reception by Kansas figures.
A catalog of alluring feminine types from the past, describing the dreamlike beauty drying hair in sun, the country girl scholar, lithe governess, poverty worn maiden, dainty gingham girl, brown tressed heroine, proud beauty scornful of artists, nightingale singer, wandering actress, and a woman who ensnares multiple suitors with a single gaze.
The text argues for using legal force to compel Henry Havemeyer to testify, criticizes the Senate and courts, and warns that unchecked wealth could override laws. It calls for strict accountability and predicts growing public anger if presses fuel discontent.
From the New York Tribune this review discusses A Young Scholar's Letters by Byron Caldwell Smith edited by D. O. Belors. It portrays Smith as a diligent thinker who rejects provincial pretensions, seeks universal standards, and aims to unite intellect with disciplined emotion in pursuit of the infinite.
A critical assessment of Professor Smith blends sentimentality with rhetoric as the author questions his editor’s praise for revived art of letter writing. The piece critiques Smith’s reliance on tests of taste, his travel notions, and his selective admiration of American culture, arguing his voice falls short of true culture and lacks lasting depth.
A jumble of short notices mentions Hash named as steward in the Virginia tent water and hints he is right for the post. It notes quotes about strikes in New York and civic idle chatter in Gotham. It also cites a young Cowley County man educated at a state normal starting barber training, and Kansas hens and cows drawing attention from speakers. The Maid of Athens protests she is not money and a claim about Russell Gage at a New York free water fountain is denied.
Phoebe W Couzins denounces connection to the Fair will case claiming no letters from the late Senator James G. Fair exist or were shown. She rebukes lawyers for using her name to support a widow’s claim and recalls suffering public exposure in a prior California incident.
Chauncey Depew, in an interview in New York, discusses why he lacks humor, recounting a remark from the late President Garfield about his storytelling and the effort he put into cultivating wit. He says he now cannot tell a joke without it being explained. A brief note on an English motor race from London mentions Laden to Birmingham with Buick prizes.
A long, florid verse from Mary Elizabeth Lease extols Queen Victoria, praising her lineage and virtues while lamenting public misfortunes. The piece reflects imperial prestige, warning against debasement and urging endurance for Britain and its throne amid political storms.
Topeka residents upset as Water Company refuses to sprinkle Holliday Park grass unless local residents pay $20. Park at Western Ave and Taylor St, near Twelfth, owned by the city. Citizens plan to seek relief at the upcoming council meeting.
John D. Bissell, a long‑time Queensland representative, arrives in Denver as the colony’s commercial agent. He plans to study American methods, promote Queensland opportunities, attract investment, and encourage emigration, noting vast resources, wheat potential, and state railway management.
In Warsaw Indiana Mrs Warsas reports years of poor health including asthma kidney and heart concerns. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla she improved markedly, no longer bedridden, and now praises the remedy to others. She urges others to get Hood's and notes it as the best blood purifier.
Readable catalog style listing menswear items with new model prices across shirts underwear belts hats and accessories. Highlights include percale shirts 50 to 75 cents each belted straw hats and elastic suspenders with emphasized sale pricing and broad assortments for men and boys.
A speech by the Queensland official details government control over railways and roads, with deposits required for sawmill additions and a refund on freight charges. It praises mineral wealth including silver and manganese, sugar, and farming, noting public land ownership and government-funded road paving from consolidated revenues.
President McKinley told Senator Baker he has not tendered the Leavenworth warden’s position to Co James at Jackson or anyone else. The office remains under civil service and the incumbent is not molested as he conducts duties. Also reported are a farmer dying from potato bug poison near Jeffersonville, Amelie Rives ill with nervous prostration in New York, and Mexican Central figures touring northern lines with Hilston Alden Nickerson accompanying.
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