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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1894
Page
3
Daily edition notice advertising delivery by carrier ten cents a week in Topeka and suburbs and same rate in nearby towns with a carrier system. By mail three dollars ninety cents for weekly edition. one year in state.
The State Journal asserts a daily circulation claimed as greatest in Kansas at 3,500 and reports a June to August rise of over fifty percent. The editor notes verification via sworn statements, legal notices, and district court references Shawnee County Kansas. It champions Associated Press full-day affiliation and stamps its prestige with a New York Eastern office and Perry Lukens Jr. as manager.
Weather outlook for Kansas predicts rain, snow, and colder air tonight with colder conditions Friday as northwest winds shift. The political chatter mentions Republicans aiming to seize the house and senate in upcoming cycles, plus voter speculation about Lewelling’s election and criticism of John Martin. It also covers local disputes, family tensions in the Botkin case, and observations on corn versus wheat price trends impacting the agricultural belt.
A jumble of isolated items from Atchison and surrounding areas mentions a Twilicht band, a pensioner dying in Clay Center, a minor theft in Holton, a barroom brawl near a keg, and various oddities. The column references political chatter, election prep, and civic quirks with scattered names and places, reflecting a noisy mosaic of local life.
The American Book Company publishes An Introduction to the Study of Society by Albion W. Small and George EK Vincent. The volume surveys frontier village town city life with four colored plates of Topeka’s evolution from farm to city and notes its frontier ambience plus unrelated local ads and notices.
English corduroy and Bedford cords remain popular with moire fabrics for elegant gowns. Wools suit utility wear as the season shifts to winter. Ermine trimmed capes in velveteen and satin Grocade by leading importers, jet trims in wraps and gowns. French slippers with gloves, ornate braiding on coats, and new redingote directing fashion. Velvet textures and color weaving, Boeaster crowns, and simple walking gowns mark the season in New York fashion discourse.
A Globe Democrat excerpt surveys exiles and displaced rulers across Europe and beyond. It notes 22 ex-sovereigns living in various states, mentions the Bourbon princes in France, Papal exiles, Charles V in retirement with culinary preoccupations, Eugenie in England with Victoria, Mme Bonaparte's movements, Isabella II of Spain in Paris after exile, and general patterns of exile and return.
A collage of historical tidbits covers royal sepulchres in Egypt, Korean hats, Turkish burial reverence, African American lawyers in major cities, British peers’ House of Lords seats, club charity rules, Oklahoma black population, evaporation rates, Berlin elevated rail plan, Lake Shore Electric Railway, and Hazleton Lehigh Traction employee insurance to safeguard workers against injury or death.
In a Chicago Tribune column fragment a pretty young woman aboard a car teases a small girl and endures a playful, affectionate encounter with a soldierly woman. The scene includes candy talk, nosy questions, and a mistaken identity moment ending with laughter as the car stops and a girl twists away in embarrassment.
A garbled OCR style fragment from Chicago papers mentions training, a druggist, a case of hair invig orator, and a bedtime prayer for Johnny and Billy Holliday. It references phrases like How do you know and the Future Practice of Lazy Men, with stray names Strawber Singerly and Thompson in a chaotic collage of humor and gossip.
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