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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1894
Page
3
Teems of subs or edition delivered by carrier at ten cents a week to any part Topokis or mbures or at the same price in any Bansaz town where this paper has a carrier seat.
The State Journal claims the greatest daily circulation in Kansas for the three dull summer months of 1894 with an increase over prior periods. It touts its Associated Press service and notes its modern web press, with Eastern office at 73 Tribune Building New York and Perry Lukanz Jr. as manager.
Weather hints for Kansas include fair and moderate winds with Wednesday cooling, while political commentary discusses Christian Endeavor factions, silver questions, anti-pass sentiment, and notable Kansas figures. The piece references Senators Teller Wolcott and Dubois, Topeka journalism, and local races, interwoven with humor about pass practices and public discourse.
Special correspondence from Lepaxon Ohio reports Tom Corwin, famed statesman and wit, wrote to cousin Hon Robert G Corwin that he planned to resign as minister to Mexico and return home. He framed his reason as old age and failing health and asked to secure a district school to teach, fearing he might never reach Lebanon again. He requested a limestone monument be placed at his burial site with an inscription, if he died along the way.
The obituary reflects on Tom Corwin a disappointed figure who died poor despite legal earnings. It recounts his lack of ambition to be president his strict views on wealth and charity and an anecdote about his note endorsements. It notes his death in Washington his burial in a new cemetery and surviving daughters.
Local column knits whimsical Kansas notes from Elie City Osawatomie and Chanute. Mentions Posey Hanes Warnibrodt and a new paper at Thayer Garnes Goodwin. Pop culture quips include polyandry jokes cider schemes and a joke about a teacher asking why men chew tobacco.
A fragmented report notes a race flavored dispute in Africa and Syria over the cost of horse hour usage. Abraham Green huss stable along the river, Solomon Zadea and Thomas Shaden operate a camel shawl trade. A bond of friendship and ancestral feuds color the tense scene as pricing remains a flashpoint.
The article recalls Dr Horace Wells of Hartford and the 50th anniversary of his laughing gas discovery. It notes a bronze tablet to honor Wells in Hartford, plus the Morton Wells controversy and the spread of ether in surgery. It also covers related biographical notes and a brief political sketch of Senator Percival Jones.
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