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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1894
Page
4
Daily edition delivers by carrier to Topeka and suburbs or other Kansas towns at the same price. By mail rates include three months for 8 80 and one year for 3 60. Weekly edition priced at 80 per year.
The column notes plummeting temperatures and brisk winds forecast tonight through Friday. It discusses election talk, census progress, and political speculation in Kansas with references to Governor Lewelling, Republican candidates Reed McKinley Harrison Allimon Morton, and issues on labor rights and suffrage.
The writer questions the use of the army to enforce the interstate Commerce law and urges bold action against violators. It compares potential military restraint to past summer events and hints at ongoing political disputes involving Mr Reinhart and Moke Smith amid Oklahoma and Pacific Express company matters.
A call for a national libel law arises to curb attacks on World's Fair winners. Dr Price's Baking Powder is cited as receiving top awards for leavening power purity and general excellence at Chicago and other fairs. Officials dispute competitors' false claims and urge legal action to deter misleading statements.
A selection of anecdotes from Governor Curtin era recollects a county jail keeper praised for humane treatment of prisoners who worked them to farms for harvest. A convict seeks an immediate release citing cruel conditions, while other maritime mishaps and odd railroad humor echo the era’s moral tales.
A jumble of rural Kansas items from Iola Register era notes: a drought of headlines, odd thefts, political snippets, and local follies. MentionsRush county wagon train to New Mexico, RawlinsCounty candidate arrest, Hammond’s “poor house” plans, Hillsdale burglary, and quirky editorials. Several small town notices hint at civic life and election chatter.
Cornelius Vanderbilt opens his new Forty eighth street duplex with a society ball for his daughter. A $15,000 grand piano will be installed in a grand parlor, built to prevent warping and decorated by an eminent artist.
The report notes lower cables and dull demand in grains with wheat activity weak and prices fluctuating. Oats stay steady while pork and beef futures show mixed moves, and receipts and shipments for corn, wheat, oats, cattle, and hogs are listed with weekly estimates and prices from various markets.
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