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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1895
Page
4
The notice sets pricing for State Journal front editions in Topeks and waburbe with carrier delivery at 10 cents per week, and similar mail rates. It also lists three month, one year, and weekly edition options for subscriptions by mail or carrier in Kansas towns served by the paper.
A compact column discusses Topeka newspaper rivalries over circulation and influence, the Hutchinson festival impact, and the State Journal's stance on politics. It covers silver policy debates, the gold standard, and stances of Kansas politicians and editors with emphasis on republican and populist tensions. It includes notes on national debt per capita, Armenia warnings, and education literacy in Kansas.
Two electric locomotives being built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for experimental use. They are not on order and will test motive power from overhead or underground wires, aimed at passenger traffic, with completion in about two months.
Fragmented ad claims Beggs German Salvation ointment, the greatest pill ointment in the world, cures where others fail with a positive guarantee with every box. Sample requests and distribution through a shop at 112 and 114 West 8th Street.
A survey in Washington tracks where newly elected congressmen live and their current occupations. The report highlights the mix of professions among arrivals and notes how residence patterns reflect political connections and regional ties.
Washington citizens face housing strain as many stay only briefly in the capital. Report notes that members of the house are often renters with weak security in office and cites Indiana's Mr Holman as an example of a long public career ending in private life. Exorbitant motel rates for furnished homes add to the cost of staying in the capital.
Washington dwellings for members of Congress show wide variance from hotel suites to rented houses. The piece surveys Reed and many colleagues, noting implications of housing costs, annual salaries, and shifting fortunes as senators and representatives base homes near Capitol Hill and on K Street, including notable mansions, boarding houses, and hotel life in the capital.
A traveling correspondent visits Stratford Vermont to tour the home of Senator Justin S Morrill the father of congress. The narrative details the village streets a Gothic style house built by Morrill and his den filled with books and a wood fire. The article notes Morrill at 85 remains mentally alert and engaged with newspapers and magazines ahead of a return to Washington.
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