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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1894
Page
4
Fragmented weather and election commentary describe winds and forecasts for November and a feverish political climate. References to Kansas Missouri and New York governors show farmer concerns about wheat, tax costs, and party dynamics. The piece also notes debt measures and silver debate shaping policy.
A political letter, likely from a Democratic paper, argues that $3,004,009 in gold has been withdrawn from the treasury amid bond issues and federal politics. It contends President Cleveland seats patronage to curry Congress, notes New York whispers, and predicts two more years of turmoil unless Congress acts. The writer cites Republican alignment with business and criticizes Kansas City scandals, claiming Governor Boris faces a reshaping agenda and looming institutional changes.
The clipping notes diverse items from Rev. Fry in Wellington to a burned house at Welliston, a Willita ranchers meeting on November 28, and Stockina s new singing society. It mentions a Daughters of the Revolution appointing a regent, a Phillips county job offer, gospel wagon revivals, and hardship stories from Alma and Musests, including a mishap with a child and clothes wringer.
A disjointed survey covers D W Caldwell’s 42 year railroad career culminating as president of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, a Beltzhoover Bellamy colony founded by Samuel Duncan Karns, and local political and social vignettes with vivid character sketches and era figures.
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