The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-13
BIT OFF A FINGER. AT DODGE CITY. CALLS 1T DRVEL
Great DOings of State Journal
There.
Topeka CircuIatOr Almost Gets
Into Jail.

u 0tAs
Dodge City and intervening towns
got the news Saturday evening: The
big news of its own big Democratic
convention. 1t had a lively evening pa
per on sale during the blizzard.
The Topeka Daily State Journal, 20
pages, one in colors blue and red with
black, noon edition, was on sale at
Dodge City, 2S5 miles west of Topeka,
at GAS o'clock in the evening.
This paper contained the full and
complete speech of Champ Clark
speaker of the house. and prominent
Democratic presidential possibility.
This speech is regarded as a Demo-
cratic keynote, and appears to have
been first printed in the State Journal
and exclusively So so far as any daily
is concerned. This is an independent
Republican paper-a newspaper, but
not a political organ.
Probably no one was more surprised
than Speaker Clark himself when he
stood at the Dodge City station about
O'Clock Saturday evening preparing
to take train east when a boy rushed
up to him stepping from train
Just pulled in from the east. with
State Journal containing his full
speech, a picture of the speaker and a
concise report of the proceedings Of
the convention. accurate and complete.
including the resolutions, the endorse
ment of the speaker for president be-
fore the Democratic national conven
ton, etc, etc.
How in the world is this possible?' p
said Speaker Clark in substance. to
Harry Miller. the circulation man
which the State Journal had sent to
Dodge City with 500 papers. Miller
sold 500 papers; Speaker Clark bought
twenty. The crowd alr-ost mobbed
Harry in order to get the papers, so
eager were they for the latest and best
news, the full report of the conven-
ton, and a page of colors. For. as
was remarked on a previous occasion
in these columns. the Topeka state
Journal is the first and only newspaper
in the world printing a page in blue
ana red and black. one rundred days
100 cents by mail only, postpaid. on
sale by newsboys and at nearly all
news stands in Kansas. Price two
cents every day no matter what size,
except for Saturday double number
and expensive features. price five cents.
On news stands the price is always FIVE
cents.
CircuIator's Graphic story.
Harry Miller gives the following in
teresting details:
Mr.. MacLennan had told me that
under no circumstances must not open
the packages which were in my charge, !
as a representative of the State Jour
nal, until after II O'Clock; but / de-
cided I would not open the package un-
til reached Emporia, so the first pa
pers of this edition were sold in En-
poria about 1 o'clock
L left Topeka on No. 8 of the Santa |
Fe, the California Limited at 1850 /
Saturday morning. and got to Dodge /
City at quarter of O'Clock that even /
ing. At every stop made I sold from I
10 to Is papers. At Emporia I got off I
and started over towards the news /
stand but the train began to move be-
fore 1 had time to look around there. \
Anyway 1 sold Is papers.
The train stopped at Hutchinson at
4:15 and I sold a dozen papers. I sold /
fifteen papers to one of the news
agents at Kinsley. At GAS 1 reached
Dodge City. 1t was dark and the win
started to blow my papers away. but
SAC PCCPAC 'eNAtNA inc RoRtAS do last
as 1 could hand them out.
I sold 100 to one news dealer. and
one man at Harvey's stand bought
twenty. The first news man didn't
seem to like to have me selling papers
at the Harvey house, so 1 went up
town making noise, and an officer
got after me, and wanted to know
what 1 was doing making all that
noise.