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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1896
Page
4
The notice advertises parish edition delivery by carrier for Topeka and suburbs with terms of three months or one year. It mentions price options and a permanent home at State Journal Building with contact details and telephone. The ad notes readers and advertisers have access to paper files.
The Topeka Daily State Journal reports strong showing despite garbled OCR. It notes circulation averages for the first six months ending June 1896, with a focus on competitive performance and reader reach.
The circulation for each day of the Topeka Daily State Journal between February 1 and June 30, 1898 is listed. The figures show daily total circulation figures for the period in Blewive.
A fragmented Topeka notice from July 1 1399 hints at speculative future dates and odd calculations. The readable lines reference a proprietor and a garbled timeline including years 3000 18H2 and 1ERs, suggesting a playful or erroneous cataloging of time or product.
The piece argues prosperity grows as gold inflows and railroad stocks rise, cereals price improve, and mills reopen. It says factory activity hires idle workers, boosts demand for goods, lifts dividends, and fuels broader national industry, predicting a self-sustaining cycle of employment and growth.
Mr Thomas B E Watson who fancied a run for vice president has not been heard from since a trip through the south and west The country likely cares little which party or man is elected The decisive issue is bimetallism versus the gold standard The rival presidential candidates understand this but Watson seems to have learned the lesson urging Indiana Populists to seek a division of electors as a result of the campaign's six remaining weeks.
The piece argues the conflict between employers and workers will persist regardless of election results. It discusses strikes and violence prompting calls for state or national intervention, arbitration limits, and the need for preventive measures. It also notes political rhetoric from figures like McKinley Bryan Corbett and Fitzsimmons and comments on campaign speeches.
A Kansas City Star critique denounces a Yale disruption as a mob action by unruly students. It pins responsibility on the youths, calls for public acknowledgment and penance, and urges Yale officials to discipline the offenders. The piece defends McKinley and Bryan as part of a broader national political clash.
Washington reports Cardinal Satolli will take two American carriages to Rome for his private use. Builds in Washington, one Victoria drab and blue with yellow trimming, a rockaway coupe lined with trench moroces and satin. Carriages will be boxed and shipped in early October ahead of his departure.
Special notice outlines the switch to a pine cash system from October 1 1896 with a motto of guide sales and small profits for mutual advantage. It emphasizes cash purchases and consistent treatment for patrons and thanks customers for past patronage. An American Woman Decorated Havana news notes the queen regent honors Marchioness de Apeseteul with Maria Luisa order for charitable works. Mineral Water is advertised with a westward rest invitation from W Phillips at 62 W Eighth Ave.
The Labor Day program lists numerous sports events and prizes. Prizes include cigars, hats, towels, a rocker, cuff buttons, a manicure set, and cash, with contests covering running races, bicycle races, a sack race, wrestling, boxing, a pugilistic display, and horse races. Entries for bicycle and horse events must be announced by September 26 to W H Culp, with Culp, Pulley, and Brown serving as judges.
Notices urge builders to report Dragon parade floats by September 21 to the amusements committee with details on character size and horse count. Height limited to 20 feet unless lowered to clear trolley wires. Also invites day parade participants to join in the general parade Thursday night and lines up float approvals with CH Titus. A travel feature promotes the Lehigh Valley Grand Trunk route from Dearborn to New York with 2:10 pm departure daily and ticketing at 103 Clark Street Chicago.
Eureka Kansas October 4 1895 Mrs C M Hull reports trying Hand's Colle Cure for child and finds it satisfactory. The advertisement notes Dr Hand's Remedies for Children sold by druggists for 25 cents and encourages subscription to the State Journal.
Complete prize list for parade entries, including best decorated horse and pony vehicles, carriages, floats, and bicycles. Awards cover cash, patterns, hats, and various accessories from multiple sponsors and local firms. Names include Major J. Hudson, C. Sampann, Sampson, Kellam B, Worley, Calvert, Babcock & Frost, Farnsworth & Ashby, Thompson Bros, J. M. Knight, and more.
United States District Judge Foster heard the Topeka Water Company tax case arguing over where the plant should be taxed. The dispute centers on whether taxes for 1864 and 1896 belong to Topeka city or Topeka township after rolls were shifted. The year’s tax collection remains unaffected as the plant is currently on the city rolls per county commissioners’ decision.
Andrew Watt, 24, and his brother Robert, 28, quarreled over money in a Rochester saloon. Andrew left to talk with friends, then Robert followed and stabbed him during a scuffle. Andrew died within an hour. Robert fled the scene. Additional details unavailable.
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