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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
7
Classified note states pricing at five cents per line or two cents per line for a week and sixty nine cents monthly. It lists an average six month circulation of forty eight thousand, indicating an ad rate and readership metric for the publication.
A Kankakee county venture, 64 miles from Chicago, experiments with a modern form of communism. The branch colony markets farm products and emphasizes toil and study. Founder leads this cooperative enterprise in Hopkins Park.
In Chicago spring 1594 Professor J Edwards leads a cooperative community near Momence Kankakee county. Forty seven colonists in seven families farm a 200 acre tract, share profits by hours worked, and pursue schooling for those unable to pay. The project, begun as People's University club in 1896, aims to self sustain and reduce debt while offering education to all.
Walter Thomas Miles and a group of 28 organized a cooperative sales operation in Chicago, running a printing office, grocery store, carpenter shop, restaurant, and a general teaming business. They publish a weekly paper The Better Way promoting community interests. led by C J Bowars.
Havana reports cold reception to Marechal Bianco as discontent grows across parties. Autonomists demand limited autonomy, opposing Bianco's plan to amalgamate parties. Conservatives warn of Weyler-era rule, reformists feel unrecognized, and opposition leaders attack U S figures amid a crisis over autonomy and annexation prospects.
The Journal and Advertiser reports that of 42 men who landed with General Maceo near Baracoa Cuba, only three survive after two and a half years. Two survivors are Frank Agramonte and Julie Sainz, both around 24. They were released from Castle Bioro through U.S. Consul Dr. Polaski Myatt and will sail for New York next Saturday. Agramonte is son of Prof. Emilio Agramonte, and Sainz, an orphan, is aided by Dr. Hyatt from a $70,000 relief fund for Americans in Cuba. The pair, both about 24, sailed with Biacco after a skirmish in which a goldine and a Spanish officer were killed. They were separated from companions and captured days after the engagement.
Mrs Annie Belle Hogan a widow and music teacher in New York is in Bellevue Hospital to be examined for sanity. Her 1 year old child Morgan appears normal. Her mania grew from interest in the mayoralty contest and she opposes all candidates insisting President McKinley is the only man for the post. She threatened to cut Washington and arrange with the president to assume the mayoralty role.
Adolph L Luetgert denies that former Missouri Governor Charles P Johnson will join his legal team for the upcoming second trial. He reiterates that his attorneys will be Vincent and Phalen as in the first trial, claiming they understand the case and satisfy him. Also includes ads for Bucklen's Arnica Salve and One Minute Cough Cure with local retailer references.
Market data from Associated Press shows wheat prices rising on December futures while changes vary by exchange. Corn and oats indicate mixed futures, with daily activity reflecting weaker cables and ongoing adjustments in grain prices.
Fragmented OCR notes show livestock prices and market activity with references to cattle, sheep, receipts, and shipments. Mentions of totals, openings, and holds indicate a busy auction period and evolving pricing across categories and breeds.
Market gossip notes wholesale prices and receipts from Chicago and Omaha. Mentions wheat figures, corn and oats, rail and port shipments, and anticipated arrivals for next day. Names limited, with scattered references to traders and markets.
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