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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal lists delivery by carrier with a daily price of 19 cents and 3 week options to Topeka and suburbs. It also offers similar pricing in towns served by the carrier network with monthly and yearly rates.
Fragmented OCR notes recount political turmoil and state affairs around Topeka Capital for 18th and 19th centuries. Mentions population statistics, regulation rhetoric, and calls for electoral reform. cites Tompkins era topics, presidential opinions, and South Carolina’s constitutional proposals impacting emigration and voting rights.
The piece discusses the gradual adoption of initiative and referendum, citing Torrens land-title law as a step toward simplified transfers. It notes the need for voter signatures, the potential freedom in real estate recording, and critiques partisan positions on free coinage and tariffs in the broader political context.
In Lexington Kentucky a second class city charter adds a clause enabling women to rule in education. Local pastors and colored schoolteachers worked to register women voters while whites learned of this late. Reports say white women feared negro women entering politics, prompting accounts of women neglecting home duties to participate.
Rural Georgians and neighbors tour the Atlanta Exposition, focusing on delayed exhibits, the Midway, and the Art Hall while rail, building, and transport issues hamper progress. Visitors observe battlefields nearby, county fairs, and the crowded grounds with notes on customs and foreign displays.
San Frascisco notes olive growing as a rising California industry. Olive trees, first planted by Jesuits, now number about 700 000 with 400 000 planted in 1804. olive oil production yields 10 to 20 percent in processing. The article extols olives for health and diet, cites Santa Capistrano origins, and praises olive oil for skin and medicine.
Judge Hazen orders W E Dom disbarment proceedings after a formal filing. Mr Safford reviews Dumns alleged crime, the trial, and the verdict. He argues the attorney’s license should be revoked for moral impropriety and urges immediate court action. Dumn must appear Monday October 3 to answer charges.
A silver drinking cup alleged lost along the Kaw between here and Lawrence draws a $5 reward for its recovery after a Rock Island train incident at Topska bridge. Kansas City electrician A Ress is said to have knocked the keepsake into the river. The Topeka Presbytery meets at First Presbyterian with W Hanks of Lawrence as moderator and J C Armstrong as clerk. sessions include reports and youth meetings with speakers from Leavenworth, Kansas City, and Junction City.
The Vinewood Park Railway has ceased train service after months of unprofitable operation. Protests from residents on East Ninth Street prompted discussions of electrification, but no concrete plans exist yet. The road may be modernized with electricity, though arrangements remain undecided and uncertain.
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