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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1894
Page
4
A fragmentary report discusses the Associated Press wire service and its exclusive control for Topeka edition distribution. The text mentions building credibility, capital cities, and a morning news tone without providing clear events or dates.
Weather forecast for Kansas calls for fair skies and a likely clear Sunday afternoon with light northwest winds. The piece veers into political tirades on Supreme Court judges and party dynamics, criticizing McCasey, McKinley supporters, and Populists, while noting debates over railroad passes for judges and calls for accountability, with musings on the state asylum heads and health board.
President Cleveland and Congressman Wueva urge bold tariff push in next campaign joining Major McKinley. The tariff issue clashes with silver currency, pledges of free coinage at ratio 16 to 1, and voter backlash against repeal of the Sherman law. Citizens question lawmakers’ railroad passes and demand accountability as November approaches.
A noisy miscellany from Kansas towns mentions rallies, stock figures, a woolen blanket theft arrest in Leavenworth, Beloit bands, traveling men in concert, a Chicago paper featuring Burlington riders, and cattle shipments to Nebraska. Soldiers’ reunion bread deliveries, a boy injured at Leavenworth, and a two week marriage leading to Bourbon County jail time are noted. A bicycle journey from Hiawatha hints at western county virtues, while the state fair and Keensburg press stir local attention. The Montgomery county ticket fight and the octopus debate occupy local readers’ focus.
Jeff de Angelis may star in a September 1895 comic opera. Q E Callahen plans a spring production of My Marsland. Marie Tempest returns to New York and heads to London. Alcide Capitaine to appear in America again this season. Catherine Lewis joins Augustin Daly's stock company. Edwin Milton Boyle to be produced by Friends' company midseason. Ignace Mortimiotti and Frank Tanne ll write Chasing a Fortune and star this season. de Grimm adapts The Woman In White. Rose Coghlan to lead in New York. Richard Manafield may present Arm and the Man and Japhet In Search of a Father. Madeline Pollard’s manager buys Moths rights for her debut in the breach of promise tale.
A travelogue from Yenoo Indiana detailing an old fashioned Democratic state convention scene full of food, county fairs, and farm talk. It notes the crowd’s dress, the governor's central role, the Cooper and Matthews figures, reactions to greenback taxation, and the party’s optimistic mood about future gains.
Aug 15 dispatch from Bear cererenenns Baris describes Balize as a shore town with mangrove stands and cay islets. It notes oysters, land crabs, a river, a scrubbed wooden bridge, and a diverse colonial mix including Balize under British rule and potential annexation to the United States. The account includes local labor issues, an ant menace to furniture, tropical trees and fruits, fever risks, and nighttime ocean views with bright stars. It adds a cruiser Minneapolis boiler room detail and daily routines of sailors]}</s>
Sunday notes list sermons and lectures at multiple churches in Topeka led by Rev. Searing Rev. Mehtrahan Rev. Wel pastor Rev. Sheldon and others with times from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m including sermons on spiritual life labor and civilization plus Sunday school and prayers. Also mentions a Sabbath school superintendent meeting at the Y M C A and notices about other church events and a railroad piece.
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