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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1894
Page
4
Daily edition price 10 cents a week delivered by carrier to Topeka and suburbs or any Kansas town with carrier. By mail three months 800, six months 369, one year 800. Weekly edition per year 50.
A Kansas City periodical claims the State Journal leads the state with an 8806 daily average, plus an editorial tangle on journalism, smoking, and labor history. The piece notes weather from Washington and muses on 14th to 18th century uprisings, comparing past revolts to modern labor movements.
A fragmented Kansas column notes oddities and local curiosities from towns including Fort Scott, Medicine Lodge, and Manhattan. It mentions speeches on suffrage, a Denton debating society, weddings, a joke about hanging, a lost satchel, and a newspaper feud over a dime novel claim. The tone mixes humorous vignettes with brief notices of social events and local incidents.
New York voters in October expect gains for the Populists and Prohibitionists, with the Socialist Labor party also boosting activity. Populists target a rise from 35,000 to 75,000 statewide and a sixfold city gain. Prohibitionists cite past results and vigorous year-round campaigning. Socialists dispute alien citizen claims and project 80,000 statewide and 12,000 to 15,000 in New York City.
R M Frazer and two others were found guilty of disturbing the peace at a recent Second Baptist Church colored meeting on Flat Street. Each fined 25 dollars. Prazer accused of striking the minister Rev Gideon. All convicted men out on bond. case to be continued. The report notes church dispute over resolutions and table seating during the riot.
An eccentric showman travels Oklahoma prairie with a five legged wolf and rescued menagerie. A confrontation with a woman over the wolf ends when the man sells the outfit for cash and props, planning to use panoramas to boost his act and attract audiences.
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