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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1900
Page
7
A brief notice in The State Journal details items reported lost or found, urging owners to identify and claim them. The report lists locations and dates as readable, with emphasis on timely retrieval and contact details for the office.
A brief notice offers a free three day classified advertisement seeking a situation and help. It states the advertiser seeks employment or assistance and invites contact through the newspaper office for placement. Readers are urged to respond promptly.
Promote property for rent or sale and attract buyers. An inexpensive advertisement can reach readers across the state. A small ad, five cents a line, may yield strong returns and draw customers for goods or services.
Voters head to polls Tuesday amid a hot contest over a $350,000 park funding measure. The ballot poses the question: shall the mayor and council borrow $10,000,000 to acquire and improve a park and related development for Topeka, with wards and precincts reorganized and polling places listed. Strong emphasis on the park issue and shifts in ward boundaries mark this decisive local election.
In Chicago on April 2 Assistant Secretary David J II spoke to University of Chicago graduates urging support for government policy and education funding. President Harper announced a $3240,000 raised since January 1 and noted Rockefeller's $2,000,000 pledge if the university raised funds. The ceremony also granted associate degrees to 16 freshmen and sophomores, a new practice praised by some colleges and opposed by Harvard.
Fragmentary OCR notes list clerks and precincts with names such as Verne King and Craft Morgan. Mentions sixth precinct, vote counts, and election process cues, but details are obscured by garbled text. Likely a municipal or ward election briefing with official names and precinct designations.
A dreamy, fragmentary essay argues for universal liberty and natural rights, tracing faith in mankind through references to civil consent and divine charter. It asserts perpetual pursuit of freedom beyond borders, urging adherence to eternal laws guiding human progress.
A Topeka Fourth Ward gathering at George Gayden’s home featured county attorney candidate Jetmore urging support for Galen Nichols and his deputy Tom Deen amid barbed exchanges with Nichols. Speakers accused political rivals of temperance attacks. crowd drank freely as names and loyalties were debated, while some local African American leaders denounced the event as an attempted manipulation of the colored vote.
Rev Charles M Sheldon attended a ministerial meeting and faced criticism from two Brockner members over his plan to publish a newspaper. Dean Sykes led Episcopal views against the venture while Sheldon prepared a lecture titled Journal of the Future and urged restraint amid criticism.
A discussion among ministers centers on Brother Sheldon and his newspaper. Dean Sykes defends Sheldon’s motives while criticizing publishing practices and political religious entanglement. He urges honesty, temperance emphasis, and caution against turning faith into a daily newspaper agenda.
A jumble of declarations shows candidates like A M Callahan in Hazen announcing for Third Judicial district judge, and Thomas F Doran, county attorney, joining the Republican primaries. Other names appear as pledges for county offices and supervisor roles with dates indicating upcoming primaries in Topeka area wards.
Variety of items offered including a hundred Hust Sintete bakery product, a 34LE sale of work team harness and wagon, Byron avenue address for pickup, second hand lumber and doors windows plate glass fronts and harness, storage and tailoring services near North Van Huten street, and a telephone contact for inquiries.
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