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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1897
Page
7
The notice promotes free ad space for estate sales and classified listings. It outlines submission timing, with ads due by midday Wednesday for Saturday publication, and encourages participation from all advertisers while praising the paper’s reach and value.
A readable fragment notes five cents per line, or a weekly rate of one cent by something. Mentions averages or derivations for the first six months of 26, with unclear scope and figures. The text preserves the period voice and hints at pricing structures and a six month tally.
A fragmented local page shows scattered items including a rental notice for a passenger wagon seating fifteen, an ad line about a beautiful horse or home scene, and several garbled entries mentioning Petwin and Der. The readable text indicates miscellaneous notices with prices and contact cues but little coherent detail.
The source notes a daily average circulation of 1,584 for the first six months of 1897, claiming the paper has the largest circulation of any daily paper in the state according to a leading U S authority on newspaper circulations.
The American Newspaper Directory is the recognized authority among advertisers. It has stood 29 years of publication and offers $100.00 for proof that its statements of newspaper circulations are incorrect.
The State Journal of Topeka Kansas is credited with the largest circulation among daily papers in Topeka and Shawnee County and in the First Congressional District according to records compiled for the first six months ending July 31 1897.
The Kansas State Journal asserts its circulation includes signed detailed statements from leading Kansas dailies. The Directory with these figures will be issued on September 1, 1897. The State Journal notes much of its edition carries no postage, delivered by carrier or express.
Mary McLean of Oakland California appointed as assistant English lecturer at Stanford, becoming the youngest woman on a western college faculty. Daughter of Rev J K McLean, she studied at UC Berkeley, Cambridge, Harvard Annex, and European institutions.
An English invention from Bauland features couples racing with a man mounted on a donkey and a partner riding behind. The left hand holds the partner while they aim to glide along the course without letting go, racing to complete the track in the best time. The event mixes novelty with risk as riders must coordinate closely.
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