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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal announces home delivery by carrier with two week introductory terms and a single price offered across Topeka and nearby suburbs. It confirms service options in Banzas towns where this paper circulates.
A garbled history of the Topeka Capital and Topeka State Journal circulation figures is presented, with references to the American Newspaper Directory 1915, sworn statements of issues in 1994 through 1996, and claims that the Capital outpaced rivals in postal payments and reach. The text also touches on political commentary about Cleveland, the silver party, and Democratic defeats, all in a dubious OCR render.
Fragmentary column quotes political leaders and public figures on looming congressional action. It notes presidents and parties may clash. mentions gold shipments and banker schemes, legal cases, and local items from Leavenworth to Lawrence.
The Jekyll Island Club hosts affluent visitors who winter on the Georgia coast. Members and guests enjoy exclusive resort facilities, social events, and seaside leisure as they escape colder northern climates.
Dr Charles H Parkhurst of New York is the island club’s sole honorary member and may mingle with its wealthy founders. The Jekyll Island Club, off Georgia, began with shares at 000 each and now seats 100 members whose aggregate wealth reaches about 500000000. The four story brick and marble clubhouse fronts the marshy isle, offers a veranda, observatory, and rooms for formal balls. Members pursue riding, fishing, yachting, and costly villas with plans for a $50000 casino and multiple cottages as winter retreats.
The Kings Queens and Suffolk Railroad proposes a Brooklyn to Far Rockaway line using an elevated electric car concept with overhead wires and a bicycle style carriage. The plan eliminates grade crossings, aims for high speed, and claims safety through an overhead design. Davin A. Curtis notes Long Island’s market, contrasts with the incumbent monopoly, and questions feasibility based on local freight needs and passenger patterns.
Dr Annie W Patterson as secretary leads revival of Feis Beltaine in Dublin reviving ancient May Day Irish songs dances and games. Prominent UK musicians including Sir John Stevenson and Charles Villiers Stanford back the festival with prizes to foster new Irish composers and preserve age old tunes through publication. Patterson a County Armagh native and multilingual composer helps steer the revival with a cantata Fe pola and other works in a modernized minstrel era.
Merrill Edwards Gates is introduced as the new president of the American Missionary Association and head of Amherst College. The obituary-like summary traces his birth in Warsaw New Jersey on April 6 1848 his lineage to Jonathan Edwards his education at Rochester University and Princeton and his rise from Albany Academy to Rutgers Amherst Oberlin and major civil service reforms.
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