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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1894
Page
4
Advertising text outlines pricing for daily, weekly, and mail subscriptions in Topeka and surrounding areas. Includes delivery by carrier and regional pricing for Kansas towns served by the paper, with rates shown for three months, six months? and yearly terms.
Weather notes for Kansas predict tonight and Saturday cooler with warm spell and southeast winds. The piece mixs local gossip about McKinley event crowds near Capitol Square with counts ranging from 12,000 to 15,000 attendees. It also mentions a Farmers National Congress session in Brennerhassatt Island WV debating Sunday railroad rest and livestock transport rules.
A reflection on Senator Preston B. Plumb and the silver question. The piece recalls his 1890 amendment for free coinage and silver tender, links to 1893 panic, and argues the Democratic party and McKinley era politics delay silver, while Cleveland vetoes free coinage and party promises falter. It stresses enduring Kan sas sentiment and the critical 1890s coinage debate.
Short Kansas items note Hutchinson flock safety, Meyetta taffy season, smallpox in Leavenworth, a Madison man’s suicide over unemployment, Holton brick blocks amid weak markets, a Lawrence temperance evangelist to inoculate KU students, Branner Jackson County school applicants, Wichita police praised for lack of drinking sneaking, Salina Sans fan club report, a young man in Troy said to be county’s strongest, Cy Leland county question, a September horse thief jailed at Westmoreland awaiting trial.
A scattered column notes a petty larceny charge and a $10 fine for stealing cigars at Leavenworth. It reflects on Wichita fortunes, a preacher’s son in Lawrence entangled with horse racing, and Sumner County teachers debating whether to use policy in teaching while mothers in Lebanon discuss the topic.
An interview from San Francisco October 5 describes Japanese mothers praying not for mercy for their sons but for victory. The writer notes widespread sympathy for Japan in the Orient, contrasting English and American views, and asserts Japan’s humane treatment of Chinese captives and restraint toward Corean civilians as the army advances from Hiroshima to Korea. A local oyster supper advertises at 1004 North Kuasas ayenus.
The Grand previews By Wits Outwitted at two nightly shows by the Hennesy Le Roys company, followed by Squabbles. Yale’s Davis’s Auction arrives Oct 10 with a 60-person cast and a ballet corps, plus new divertisements and the Midget Dancers. The Silver King headlines Topeka theater tonight with Browne's Dramatic Company. Rusaway Wife run and matinee tomorrow. Also ads for Boys’ Habit pants and local merchants announce ready-for-sale goods and services.
A freight on the steamship Janeiro bound for Yokohama and Hong Kong carried 200 tons of pig iron destined for Japan. The shipment includes lead for car parts and a large cargo for Japan and China, plus 200 tons of wheat for China described as the first wheat shipment to China in flour form. Unclaimed freight notices follow with depot dates and pickup details.
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