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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1895
Page
7
Local editor known as Blowhard Bradford leveled loud charges against the Journal, sparking debate over press bias and fairness. Readers weighed his remarks as editors defended their reporting standards and independence.
City council hears Bradford role in anti diphtheria inquiry. Report asserts quarantine is strict, but findings suggest disease spread tied to schooling and ignored by some, with blame placed on Jovanat articles and political motives. Council votes on bills, taxes, and sewer work as debates over health measures continue.
Councilman Bradford attends a sanitary inspection while neighbors complain of a cess pool in his yard. The pool allegedly drains into a nearby area, prompting calls from Mayor Fellows for sewer connections. The rumor spreads as the council debates how to address the health threat and enforce plumbing regulations.
A fragment from a 19th century exchange questions the nature of forces in achieving stable balance. It features a quip about Milton’s Paradise Lost and a mathematician’s remark on its proof, cited in a humorous climate of learned debate. The notice ends with a playful jab at readers to subscribe for more news.
P P Elder, longtime Populist figure, has been ill for six weeks and grown steadily weaker in Ottawa. Secretary KR Semple notes Elder’s dangerous condition as friends fear he will not recover. Elder previously served as lieutenant governor and was a key speaker during early Populist governance.
The board grapples with diphtheria in city schools as enrollment dips and quarantines rise while text book changes stir conflict with publishers and teachers. Superintendent Davidson cites improved conditions prior to diphtheria and petitions to close public schools during outbreaks, with decisions on staffing and insurance reforms discussed.
Ex congressman O Neill of Missouri in a city hotel kept awake by a visiting Frenchman who lured him with late night chatter then staged a bluff about catching an early train. A comical argument ensued as the Frenchman urged wakefulness to meet a supposed clerk and the plan to prevent oversleeping was revealed.
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