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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1894
Page
4
Advertising text lists subscription options for daily editions and weekly editions in Kansas towns. Mentions delivery by mail with three months or one year terms and pricing references, plus a carrier system and telegraphic notice of weekly editions per year.
Fragmentary OCR data shows a Kansas newspaper boasting the greatest daily circulation at 8,806 for a three month summer period in 1804. The text is garbled with misread words and broken names, hindering full extraction of events or dates.
Dispatch notes volatile Alabama politics with clashes between faction leaders, including Kobl and southern Republicans, and a critique of Governor Oates and Dr. McCausy. The piece discusses election irregularities, militia readiness, and calls for an inauguration amid party strife and cross-state Republican dynamics.
The Wisteld Courier prints a disputed view praising populist action against Bourbon influence in Alabama. It argues farmers should curb theft and fraud by Bourbon factions, endorsing Kulb and his group to carry out the needed reform in the South.
Political tension rises as the State Journal accuses rivals of misdeeds while defending its own integrity. Debate centers on reporting fairness, alleged bribery plots, and a cholera fund scandal, with editorials criticizing Capital for biased defense and public opinion turning toward transparency.
A L Williams held a long all night raffle in Topeka before Thanksgiving. Ten turkeys were won, but the lone final turkey vanished to another room after a mistaken roll, leaving Williams to eat dinner late without turkey.
Charters filed with the secretary of state include Jane Michasd Kausan Coal and Zac of Cherokee county with capital stock and directors L ee of Stacie Deming and ES Ellis Os The Marine pearmen pomp Moline Eaness capital stock and directors John Holligaes George Har vie and CAL A Bourgen. Hair thinning and fading mentioned with artificial advert for Hair Vigor.
A rhapsodic meditation on Thanksgiving mixing turkey lore with football fever. It contrasts rural and urban celebrations, notes class and appetite differences, and lampoons extreme views while painting a nostalgic scene of family gatherings, dressing, and wishbone rituals.
Special Correspondence from Curveta sp describes General Grant's late public appearances with Boscos Conkling in 1845 and a humorous Denver letter about a drunken would be fighter who mistook Grant for a target. The anecdote ends with Grant praising a defender and gifting money.
A garbled column mentions a barber Shavar in Belleville, a Herington man stealing trousers, Murphy the Yale football player injured, names like Manhattan and Nortonville, and quirky local lore. It weaves clipping anecdotes, oddities, crime tidbits, and advertisements into a single noisy page segment with many misread names and stray phrases.
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