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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1895
Page
4
An excerpt from a small town newspaper announces delivery by carrier in Topeka and nearby Bancas towns at three pricing options. It mentions weekly edition and annual subscriptions, with rates described in terse, uneven text. The fragment emphasizes standard mail and carrier service, urging readers to subscribe.
The article discusses Topeka Daily Star circulation figures for the first six and six months of 1893 and 1894, compares Topeka papers to competing outlets, and notes impacts of rail, weather, and political campaigns on readership. It also references local elections and voter turnout amid political commentary and editorials.
A fragmented Kansas clipping laments racial tensions in Shawnee County and notes colored voters building political blocs over murder cases. It mocks prohibition era politics in Leavenworth and Wichita, mentions a new paper Goldon in Flint Hills, and recounts assorted local oddities from Abilene to Hutchinson with garbled names and events.
A Topeka group led by Mrs Perrine and Mrs Thorpe proposes a winter program linking a women’s charity room project to an industrial school for girls. The aim is to teach cooking and sewing so girls gain skills for honorable self support. A committee will meet tomorrow at Dr Kitty’s office at 2 o'clock.
William Appleyard sold his Topeka woolen mill dressing club business to Lewis Hollman. Appleyard travels to Nebraska to visit a sick sister and plans a return to Topeka. The notice notes nearby land tracts for sale and local tobacconist product mentions.
The Anniston Enterprise describes Anniston Alabama as a booming city in the 1890s, with numerous fine residences and churches, major industries including iron works and mills, and ambitious plans tied to the Georgia Pacific route. It notes the boom’s origin, later decline, and current hopes in minerals and manufacturing amid a diverse migrant population and substantial philanthropic building.
In a comic domestic farce set in a Chicago household, Lobelia McSwat pressures Esmeralda to quit for laziness and misbehavior. After attempts to fire her fail, a confrontation ends with police involvement and Esmeralda leaving with belongings amid a noisy kitchen mutiny.
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