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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal official Topeka city paper issue details show a twenty second year publication with carrier delivery. Subscription options include daily edition 10 cents weekly, three months, monthly and yearly rates. Also lists weekly edition prices and terms for surrounding towns.
A garbled OCR snapshot from Topeka’s Daily State Journal recounts circulation records for 1895, references Topeka and Shawnee County, and cites the American Newspaper Directory. It mentions Judge Foster, Bowker Washington, Georgia election results, and misaligned financial data with claims about currency and gold standards.
The piece argues about gold and silver as money, noting gold's scarcity and price dynamics. It highlights currency expansion during demand, wage trends, and cotton and iron price rises. It discusses political stances on the gold standard, campaigns, and public sentiment in Texas and New England.
Report on Durrant case proceedings with counsel Deaproy highlighting Graham’s denial of improper notes, Durrant’s claim of having no notes, and possession of Cheney lecture notes by Gen. Dockinson. The exchange emphasizes potential evidence to challenge Graham and notes references to local advertisers.
The piece profiles Theodore Ledyard Cuyler veteran pastor and prolific religious writer from Brooklyn born 1822 Jan 10. It notes his long ministry at Lafayette Avenue Church Brooklyn until retirement and his vast output of books and articles with wide global influence. It mentions his education at Mendham New Jersey and Princeton College and the shift from pulpit to pen after retirement.
A portrait of Edward Wilmot Blyden, renowned scholar and educator, tracing his early life in the Virgin Islands, arrival in New York in 1850, studies in Liberia, and rise to professor and Liberian minister to Great Britain. The piece highlights his linguistic mastery, published works, and views on an African exodus, reflecting his influence on black intellectual thought.
Fragments recall a Southern mountain chase with a traveling inn, a grizzled hunter, and a San Francisco attorney seeking protection after a trail pursuit turns violent. Vivid snippets mix humor and danger as townsfolk react to the unfolding commotion and a nearby camp meal becomes a talking point.
A garbled OCR fragment presents quoted lines and stray phrases from poems and a New York Sun forgery reference. It includes archaic spellings, partial lines, and disjointed dialog about breaking stones and tender hearts, with scattered names and era hints, though no coherent narrative emerges.
Warren M Crosby & Co announces a special corset and skirt display featuring Thompson’s glove fitting styles and Warner’s corsets. Highlights include extra long Jean and French lateen waist options priced from 50c to $1.75 and multiple white, drab, and black variants with sizes offered. Sole agents in Topska for these wares.
A local ad showcases J C Corsets presenting several lines and prices. Notable items include No 265 medium length white or black sateen at 2.75 dollars, No 533 short hip corset white duteen at 2.76, No 640 black Italian cloth curve at 2.55, No 60 extra long waist 6 hook corset in fine French sateen at 3.50, plus children sizes at 0.50 and various tables and ladies fust black at 1.25.
Catalog style list of boys and babies waists with open fronts lape buttons suspender waists for 3 to 10 years. Numerous skirts in sateen moire and silk with prices from $1.50 to $10. Includes American Beauty Maline Illusions sewing silks and veils.
San Francisco theatre writer Wil Laurel Harris criticizes New York audiences and critics for lacking culture and refinement. He praises Bohemian Club influence, cites misreadings of Runnymede, and argues New York audiences demand cheap sensation over substantial drama. He attacks rushed interpolated lines and poor staging that undermined serious works.
The state convention of the Rangas Young Men's Christian association will be held in Topeka Thursday through Saturday. Delegates are expected to gather with plans for future work. eminent speakers include George D. Rogers, J. C. Geach, John Calwell, P. S. Brockman, and university leaders.
A group of Montana sheep men plan to go to Washington during Congress's next session to obtain a protective wool tariff. Senator J. C. Powell and a state convention in Helena on November 11 were announced to support the effort.
A letter from Omaha Nebraska dated February 16 1806 praises Prof SamuelS as a skilled glasses fitter who improved a customer’s sight eighteen years ago. It notes his current permanent location at 605 Kansas Avenue where he offers consultations daily.
Ada Cavendish, widow of Frank Marshall coeditor with Sir Henry Irving of the Irving Shakespeare, and famed in America as Mercy Merrick in Wilkie Collins New Magdalene, has died. Her stage career and links to Irving Shakespeare were well known.
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