The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-23

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other items in this paper, if You are
nos interested in the sort of thing
which follows and is simply contin-
uation OF a matter partly covered, and
possibly sufficiently 50. liz the issue
of this paper on Saturday last under
heading 'sPersonaI.-
1.-THE following manuscript is small
portion of a large roll which was appar-
emily dropped at the Rock Island station
at midnight last night by a party VINO
seemed to be leaving the city in haste and
with trouble his mind. The reporter,
who picked up the roll just as the passen-
ger was taking the moving train was a
stranger from The Wichita Eagle and who
just Joined the State Journal forces yes
terday and knew nobody on the staff but
Managing Editor kiene. This reporter
said that the party boarding the train had
a suit case with the initials F. p. NJ and
closely answered to a description the re-
porter had read in the Eagle of the new
president of the Saturday Night club OF
Topeka. There is much mystery about
the case. He learned later that the party
had checked a trunk to San Francisco and
was bound for Japan; was going as Tar
from Topeka as he could The manu-
script was hastily prepared and it was
labeled "Reminiscences of Journalism IN
Topeka in 1911"
The first installment of this work, or
rather preface, was published Satur-
day evening. This paper prints tonight
CHAPTER III.
This chapter deals with the exciting
chase of Lena undt Loui. who are fol-
lowed by .'Ardur and Franc The chapter
is sensa tional and closes with the latter
receiving a solar plexus blow from a four
dollar dictionary, which was 20 cents, in
New York, now IS cents, in Topeka
IThe chapter was illustrated by Parsons,
the famous Journal cartoonist-l
The chapter begins:
The editor of this paper was certain
" worried Saturday last. He had a
tremendous burden on his mind. He
seemed to be under the savage charges
of another newspaper man who was
apparently trying to break all the
known rules Of success and build his
own paper by pulling the State Journal
down. Here was a competitor who
was going into almost every conceiv-
able business in Topeka and going into
it strong; selling everything from mis-
sion clocks, dictionaries and carpet
sweepers in enormous lots.
Now the State Journal sees no rea-
son why its rival should not expand its
business, but it does not see why he
should do SO to the detriment of any
other business in the city. If the mer-
chants of this town desire that the To-
peka Capital deal in everything they
do and sell it at cut rates, when they
try to receive a fair price and make
a fair profit. that is all right, but they
should recognize that if the Capital
be encouraged to go into this sort of
business. the state Journal should also
be permitted to sell clocks, jewelry,
real estate and books in competition
with the regular dealers. The dietion-
airy proposition, the identical one now
offered by the Capital. was turned
down by the state Journal on the
score that we were not in the book
business. simply running a newspaper.
not even a political organ. The same
dictionary is sold in book stores in
New York City now for 65 cents
How long is Mr.. Capper and a gang
of irresponsibles to be Permitted to run
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