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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1894
Page
4
The State Journal announces subscription terms: daily edition delivered by carrier at 10 cents, two weeks to any part of Topol or suburbs, or same price in Kansas towns with carrier service. By mail, three months for 0.80. yearly rates listed for weekly edition and other options.
The State Journal boasts greatest average daily circulation in Kansas at 8806 for the summer quarter of 1994. Editor and proprietor notes the paper’s status, with mentions of Associated Press daily reach and affiliation, plus details of staff and offices in New York and Kansas.
The Emporia Gazette reports unstable conditions with forecasts for Saturday. Lyons court fines a man $110. A colored boy in Emporia faces jail labor after a fight. Quarantine at Leavenworth Soldiers Home lifted. veterans feel relief. Local items include a Populist rally bill naming Osburn, college pranks at Baker University, scripture quotes, engagement farce, and commentary on Topeka fashion changes and press humor.
A lengthy critique links political upheaval to revolutionary times, citing Hugo and a gruesome moral on guillotine justice. The piece laments calm voters, laments lottery ties, and warns that reform rhetoric clashes with base actions, urging Honest voters to reconsider leadership.
A compact Kansas page reports Henry Watterson to lecture at Mo line on October 24, local marriages and social notes in Doniphan and Clay Center, and village banter about Lybus boys and Troy sidewalks. It notes Sedgwick County offering a $50 reward for horse thefts, and mentions Julia Marlowe canceling Troy appearances while Bendew Dramatic Company visits. The Consolidated autumn meeting of Congregational ministers meets in eastern Kansas, with Emporia Methodists joking about their pastor and a winter forecast.
A district court petition asks to appoint a receiver for the custody of Ella C the famed trotter. Owner M S Hayes seeks dissolution of the partnership with A A Townsend alleging equal profits and that Townsend is unfit to care for the mare. Hayes claims he spent 294 in season care and seeks an accounting and prize distribution. The mare’s sale proceeds would repay debts first, then Hayes and Townsend equally.
Dr Dougan Clark of Earlham College Richmond Indiana faced a Quaker trial after undergoing baptism at Damascus Ohio against George Fox by the Holy Ghost teaching. Elders condemned his act as apostasy and he was stripped of pulpit duties while awaiting formal proceedings.
Rev William G Clarke pastor of Campbell Park Church in Chicago rose to prominence for bold anti gambling campaigns. Biography covers birth in 1881 Adrian Michigan, education at Northwestern Chicago Theological Seminary Princeton, time in Europe and Asia, writing a book. He led a 1890 raid with four lawyers and detectives, aided Civic Federation, declaring further action if evildoers did not reform. Also notes on Frost’s strength against ice.
The ninth reunion of the Southwestern Soldiers Association at Cory, Kansas drew larger crowds on the final day as Cowley County residents joined in. A U S maneuver drill by Kansas National Guard units followed a speech by Hun Patrick and Lvl. A W. Smith. The event closed with a large camp fire led by Tim McCarthy of Laurert, Kansas.
Cuicaso October 12 Vice-President Howard of the American Railway union once Debs' prime minister told police he lost about twenty railway passes in a pickpocket incident. He reported the theft to police headquarters after the operation.
Expert Little is tasked to prepare the annual report for the Atchison Company, aimed for delivery at the stockholders meeting on October 25. Topeka township GOP primaries set for tomorrow at 2 PM. Masonic bodies plan a special train to Leavenworth for Grand Blucher Dwight Byington funeral. Oakland church to hold lovefeast communion and feet washing tomorrow at 7 PM with 4 PM preparatory service. Buck Sawyee arrested after a drunken assault on Ansa Dupree. warrant issued. police court tomorrow. Kaw Valley lodge No 0 U S W members urged to attend district and anniversary picnic this Saturday at 1 o'clock. Rasen, M. W. L E. McGrew, Recorder.
Wheat eased on lower cables and record state yield, corn dull as local receipts lag estimates, and hogs and cattle markets mixed with steady to weaker tones. Prices moved with futures declines and variable cash quotes, while railroad and regional markets showed muted activity.
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