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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1894
Page
4
The notice details subscription terms for The State Journal with carrier delivery at 10 cents weekly to Topeka and surrounding suburbs or same price in Kansas towns with carrier systems. Mail options include three months for 8.90 and one year for 32.40. A weekly edition is also offered at 60 cents per year.
The STATE JOURNAL reports a over fifty percent rise in average daily circulation during the three dull summer months of 1994, marking it as the leading Kansas paper. The article credits the paper's Associated Press polling, and notes the paper's modern web press and eastern publicity, with Perry Lukens Jr. as manager.
Wanutsarox October 9 forecast through 5 pm Wednesday calls for fair weather in Kansas tonight and Wednesday with colder temperatures and a shift to northwest winds. Amid political chatter, Kansas Democrats boast a rallying push by Anthony, Topeka jokes abound, and national figures loom over elections as sensational claims and reactions fill the pages.
Ex Governor Russell criticizes his party in a convention speech, calling Massachusetts naturally Republican and condemning Democratic handling of national affairs. He notes silver policy failures under Sherman law and argues the party risks wrecking prosperity, urging reform to regain public trust.
Local tidbits from Hiley county to Manhattan report curious events and small incidents. Mentions a pig in Pairyiow, a 1 000 0 obere of the AP.A in Brown county, a caw depot plan, a new church, and a Grant marriage. Also notes London move, Leavenworth chaplains discharge, football chatter, saloon talk, and a cow rescued from a well with a derrick.
Chicago marks the great fire anniversary with ringings at Lincoln and Grant statues, Old Fort Dearborn site, Columbus monument, and city buildings. The First Regiment L N G occupies new armories, hosting a parade and civic festivities. Banquets are planned by the Marquette club Chico League club and Lone of New York. Winter Lay Hebon Horses blankets advertised by Covemses Boost Co. Corn Poppers Eitchell & Marburg Shirts headlined by the Peorleny.
A Boston social column surveys the long list of authors who hid behind pen names from Junius to George Eliot and George Sand. It traces how celebrated writers and poets used aliases to shield identity, noting the public’s fascination with uncovering real authorship and listing numerous famous examples with brief biographical hints.
A London correspondent notes renewed debate over wives promising to obey husbands. The Primitive Methodist leader Rev John Wenn condemns the obedience clause as outdated and harmful to women. Meanwhile Mrs Julia Rice Seney is named superintendent of Toledo Post Office registry, praised as fitting by the Toledo Sunday Courier and endorsed by Postmaster Brand as a milestone for women in such roles.
A garbled collage of brief newspaper items includes a sedan chair style exchange about an umbrella on a train, a broker fearing a borrower Bondby is near ruin due to indigestion and rheumatism, a farm chicken joke, and a gender equality quip. The text reflects mixed humor and social columns from multiple papers.
Casiirper Mass October 9 The University press John Wilson Son has assigned for the benefit of creditors The concern is one of the oldest and largest printing houses in Cambridge Established in 1890 It employs many personnel The matters unclear but likely financial troubles affect the company and its workers The note indicates a restructuring event affecting a major regional print house in Cambridge Massachusetts
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