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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1894
Page
4
Daily edition delivered by carrier ten cents and work to Topeka or nearby areas. By mail three months three dollars sixty cents. By mail one year three dollars sixty? Weekly edition per year fifty cents.
Sworn affidavit on record from Shawnee County District Court clerk notes publication and readership figures. Mentions Edler and Proprietor as signatories and references a yearly increase for the period three dull summer months. Includes subscription and affidavit dates.
Forecasts for Kansas fair and warmer with Sunday improvements. Reports touch on Texas voters and a Democratic majority shrinkage, Populists gains, and party strategy. Notes on Nebraska Bayard, Renton Harbor quake, Kentucky race results, and a push by northern Alabama’s colored population toward Liberia. Mention of Tariff debates and claimant contest cases in the new Congress.
The article notes enduring heat and fevers in Africa and argues that settled coastal settlements would attract educated and colonized Black Americans. It highlights potential fortunes in developing African commerce and suggests AfroAmericans may seize opportunities, citing Mr. Waller’s involvement in Madagascar.
A garbled Kansas patch shows a mix of local items: an auction value in Daily World at 110 dollars, Wamego’s bluescued mayoral note, and a man driven out for wife beating. Reports mention a large Monterey flour mill fire, election tidbits in several towns, and varied oddities from Manhattan to Nickelson including a tailor ad and a horticultural mission at Fort Riley.
Reports from Brazil describe nationwide festivities for the inauguration of a new president, with officials distinguishing the event from an assumed dictatorship. The minister defends the celebration and confirms continued loyalty to the constitutional government amid regional tensions.
Secretary of war outlines transfers among army commanders due to General Howard retirement. Changes include Miles to New York Ruger to Chicago Merritt to San Francisco Brooke to St Louis Forsyth to Omaha McConkle to Denver Whoster to San Antonio Oris to Vancouver. Final determination hinges on General Brock's approval. Rock Island route issues special fares to Hot Springs and Topeka meetings. Coal advertising ends.
A profile of Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry a New York yacht club leader and longtime president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He is described as wealthy, influential, devout, and central to the Four Hundred, with a history of activism in child welfare and stage censorship.
The Royal Society of England plans a British Museum event to honor Edward Gibbon on his centennial, showcasing portraits manuscripts and relics. The revival of interest in Gibbon coincides with renewed theological debate over his Decline and Fall, a work once marked by controversy and vast sales.
Georgia gains Major Augustus O. Bacon as senator for the long term beginning March 4 1906 with support from colleagues including Senator Walsh. The veteran politician, once a rival for governor, is described as a prominent lawyer and seasoned public figure with deep ties in state politics.
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