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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1895
Page
4
Fraser P. Mackennas presents subscription terms for The State Journal Daily edition delivered by carrier at 19 cents a week to Topeka and surrounding areas or any Kansas town with carrier delivery. Mail rates: three months eight dollars eighty cents, one year three dollars sixty. Early edition per year available.
Bruceworn presents a detailed circulation statement for the first six months of 1995 claiming the State Journal shows its greatest half year ever, surpassing Topeka Daily Capital figures from 1894. It cites the American Newspaper Directory for 1994 averages and asserts a guaranteed correction for any disproved figures.
Weather outlook for Kansas cooler in north with southerly winds and shifting patterns through Wednesday. The piece critiques President Cleveland and gold policy, mentions officials and regional politics, calls for party loyalty, and questions capital relocation and reform.
The article analyzes a special payment resumption act cited by Mr Carlisle to justify bond issuance. It notes a gold reserve target of 100 million dollars and 25 million in silver, with all specie available for redemption and bond issuance if reserves run low. It questions government policy and critiques Wichita voters, Emporia funding, and local allegiances to enforcement of laws. It also mentions Talmage sermons found after his death and a looming moral fatigue.
Mrs Emilie Charlotte Langtry asks a divorce from Edward Langtry in Lake County Superior Court citing desertion and failure to provide for wife and 14 year old daughter Jeanine. No community property. custody sought for the child. Langtry plans to return to Lake County, leaving stage life behind.
The Duke of Orleans abandons royalist propaganda and subsidies ending royalist Paris offices. A wandering exile born 1869 at York House Twickenham he faced weak support and growing republican stability. His past scandals include attempting to join the army in Paris and accompanying Mme Melba as her valet.
The article denounces Lin Ping Chang viceroy of Szechnen for responsibility in Christian mission killings in China. It claims vast corruption, 90 million population, a salary of 7 million yearly, and lists alleged bribery and misrule worsening missionary persecution.
A well dressed wife enters the Crocker building and the husband chases her through a loop of elevators. Each waits, misreads signals, and the elevator man notes the stalled pursuit. After half an hour, both remain determined to meet, while the elevator operator jokes they may meet in heaven.
A satirical letter advises an aspiring writer that spelling and grammar matter little, while incident is key. The writer mocks melodramatic plots with moon-born heroes and balloon chases, urging constant curious incidents every other line to sell a novel.
A witty exchange from an old paper blends courting rhetoric with railway gossip as Miss Perrymead faces a potential suitor while a manager jokes about telegraph lines and wind. The column funnily notes Miss Van Combe’s engagement to old Tilcott and observers marvel at her frankness.
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