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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1894
Page
4
The State Journal lists home delivery at 10 cents per issue with carrier service across Topeka and suburbs or Kansas towns served by a carrier. Mail subscriptions offer three months for 80 cents, six months or a year at standard rates, and weekly edition pricing at 50 cents per year.
A damaged OCR shows a sworn statement from Sworn to maid aubgor in Shasney County. The text references months of 1934 and mentions a total number of fet would ts navel, with garbled names and signatures including a signer initials Ff.
The note recounts an $8,600 fireworks expense and a charity donation named by Abiove, while denouncing a claim of $4.00. It cites Will Winfield Courter and Mise Arrituny on safeguarding women of Ken nev and predicts a future suffrage amendment with or without party backing amid Populist Republican clashes.
Lawrence Gazette argues that city government should operate on pure business principles rather than party lines. It compares municipal governance to a stock company where citizens have a voice and stresses that national political debates should not influence local officers or policies.
A garbled Mississippi Valley style column lists scattered notes from various papers and towns. It mentions a carpet social near Sterling, a Mr Worst visiting, Laura the Pauper, emigrant wagons from Waverly to Galveston, and stray references to Colby Tribune and Miawatha World among oblique social gossip and curious facts.
A report from the Associated Charities visit describes plans for Thanksgiving relief for the needy. Officials discuss winter work, distribution of offerings, and a bureau that has secured employment for several women. The effort aims to keep children in school and ensure attendance where possible.
Edie James Liddle of the TP m0 Previon killed himself by leaping from a bridge after writing and publishing his own obituary article as the day’s headline “LIDDLE DEAD.” He left a note asking his mother and sister to forgive him, then staged the suicide to fulfill a planned financial restitution and life insurance matters.
A faulty gas line at the Second Methodist Hospital Church in East Livexroon caused a dangerous leak last night. Several people, including Mrs. Marah and Mrs. Randall, fainted or were overcome, with others in critical condition and many more affected but expected to recover. The church organist and pastor RF Seay were among those incapacitated as residents evacuated.
Delegates from 29 states and 450 cities will gather in St Louis for the Transmississippi congress beginning November 3. The four day meeting will discuss silver remonetization territorial statehood irrigation river and harbor improvements mining laws and railroads with Henry Whitmose as president and Milton Butterfield and George Morgan in key posts.
A Venice letter argues for funeral reform across five levels from an elaborate pall and canopy to a pauper’s simple cortege. It notes torches, bearing mourners, and wax costs, with cremation urged due to uncertain grave permanence. Graves are leased 10 to 100 years, then bones burned if renewals lag.
In reminiscences by Dr. Hunter McGuire, Stonewall Jackson is found sleeping under a tree as officers discuss McClellan’s morning attack. When roused, he remains calm and says there will be no enemy in the morning, a forecast later proven true. The anecdote, cited by Youth's Companion, highlights Jackson's uncanny resolve and trust in sleep amid war.
Fashion influence drives fur trade as ermine resurges after years of stagnation. Demand increases, prices rise, and suppliers like China adjust, with 10 000 skins traded at spring sales. Meanwhile Kansas Medical College hosts an evening session on pharmaceutical chemistry.
Pianos, organs, sheet music offered at Rednerd with upright pianos from 259 to 300 and up, second hand uprights and squares, organs from 45 and up, a Lyon and Healy upright at 100 and others at 135 100 175. Banjos guitars mandolins and strings reduced, plus sheet music and violin music at low prices.
A distorted excerpt mentions condemnation of a federal act and a political programme for a federation of unions. It notes refusal to consider the programme and asserts the right of LEUG to consider the matter, amid a brief comment on a socialist bloc committee.
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