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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal lists delivery by carrier at 29 cents per week for Topoks and suburbs and Kansas towns with a similar cam pher system. By mail rates are three months or one year, with a weekly edition at 8.80 per year and a 50 price noted.
The Journal presents a detailed circulation statement for the first half of 1895 showing a daily average of 9 334 for all months in 1905 and 7 980 for the first six months of 1893. It argues the Topeka State Journal leads in local circulation versus other Topeka dailies and benefits from evening trains delivering Associated Press and state news.
Chcaco Kansas forecast calls for fair slightly warmer Sunday with variable winds. The piece critiques Governor Morrill and mentions press alignment among The Capital The Breeze and The Mail. It notes potential Santa Fe appointment and national committee shifts. Also discusses revolvers for women in Topeka, Holmes trial plans, Kansas City World silver stance, Nebraska Democrats Chicago platform, silver certificates and Carlisle gold reserve questions, and Panama Tehuantepec isthmus rail schemes.
The article argues the gold reserve is weakening and the treasury will seek bond issues, with Mr. Carlisle returning to manage finances. It mocks gold backing for silver dollars, notes limited gold in the treasury, and mentions McKinley, Quay, and Labor Day in Los Angeles. It also notes Wichita saloon days ending and Kansas City stockyards influencing state administration.
A letter purporting to expose a Topeka police conspiracy alleges insurance executives arranged the arrest of a Minnesota man, William Schnell, passing him as George W. Fraker to recover funds. The Shawnee Independent printed no letter, citing uncertainty and lack of sources, while the writer claims insurance officials would reward the ruse after restitution.
N. E Bartholomew urges Shawnee County to appropriate 125 dollars to finance a county products exhibit at the Nebraska state fair. He funded last year’s display himself, winning 400 dollars in premiums, and in 193 previous year earned a second prize with a pyramid made of grain, grasses, and vegetables. This year the fair management offers no county premium. Bartholomew argues county advertising on this corn and produce showcase would benefit the county during a light crop.
State House items of interest note land funds in the state treasury amounting to 1309.53. Warden Lynch of the state penitentiary remitted 4710.95 to the treasury last month. Roy Ritebey retrieved the August statement while George Seward was in Boston. The treasury report omits deposits in Topeka banks and heating plans for the state house wing basement. Three builders are to handle the work. The Boot and Shoe Workers union filed its trademark with Secretary Edwards showing a shield with a shoe and factory number space. Militaria calls up the Feeriesa.
An elderly couple, former Topeka residents, now in the county poor farm, recount their decline. Blindness and deafness cloud their days as they recall a son in Chicago who took their money and provided no help. They linger in a small shared room, awaiting an uncertain future and a pauper's grave.
Funny London observations by Marshall Wilder include no rale and no street hawkers for Box Bolt, and signs at Indian docks prompting drivers to walk their horses. An Irish teamster jokes with a telephones clerk during a hay delivery. William G. Biller and Elisa Hobimer wed on a cooking range during the Menard county fair. A westbound Rock Inland train derailed by a misaligned switch caused a three hour yard delay.
Chicago Telephone officials ban bicycle bloomers for 200 female operators at headquarters. An edict signed by the general manager orders reporting in everyday dress and forbids riding in bloomers to the barn and revealing them in the operating room. Some workers reportedly still wear bloomers beneath skirts.
In Winnamac Indiana a diamond ring dropped at a station reunited a separated couple after forty years. Dr Charles Mott of Boston and Veral Burns recognized the inscription Charles Mott to Veral Burns as she cried out and embraced him. They left together for Boston.
The will of Joseph A. Ford of Murphy Grant Co was filed. It states that his wife acted of her own free will against his wishes and that she should not receive any portion of his estate or from his mother’s estate.
In San Francisco on September 7 the Theodore Durrant trial advances at a slow pace. Three days of testimony confirm Blanche Lamont is dead and that her body shows violence. Prosecution pushes for speed while defense delays with technicalities.
Acting Secretary Curtis writes Mr G F Curtis of Iowa Agricultural College stating no law allows free importation of sheep for scientific investigation. The policy for free entry covers philosophical and scientific apparatus instruments and preparations but not living animals.
A fragmentary archive lists a variety of grocery items with prices and weights, including sugar, brown lager, butterine, potatoes, table butter, rice, cheese, soap, coffee, canned goods, crackers, tea, salt, and canned meats. Brands referenced include Kirk, Proctor & Gambie Lenox, Arbuckle, Lion, Eagle Milk, and Royal and Price.
In Sandy Hook Kentucky on September 71 Charles Conn a weak minded man shot and killed his brother Irvine Conn during a dispute with Irvine. Wayne Carter and Robert Crisp two youths accused of instigating the act face arrest as they allegedly urged Charlie to pull the trigger claiming the gun was loaded with gooseberries and would only make him jump.
New Jersey dispatch reports a major forest fire at the upper end of Cape May county burning since Sunday night. Several thousand acres of timber have been destroyed as three thousand men battle the blaze with no stoppage in sight.
A gasoline blast in Ixper ENpEeNce Kansas last night killed Eva and Ros coe Taylor ages 8 and 13 who were alone in the house. Mary Taylor was seriously burned in the same incident as a child attempted to light a fire with gasoline.
Idaho Stage Held near Botsr on Sept 7. Three masked men robbed the Silver City and Delmar stage. They took the treasure box but found only a small package of jewelry. Tigers and mail were not molested.
Arnica beet salve marketed as curing bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores and other eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Sold by J Ey Jones at 501 Kansas Ave for 26 cents per box.
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