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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1899
Page
4
A collage of clippings discusses Mayor Jones in Toledo, Filipino and cabinet politics, Vanderbilt house fire costs, street paving, wheat markets, and Kansas resilience. Mentions Cleveland, Altgeld, Carter Harrison, and the Peoria Journal with a Kansas trial, plus municipal ownership debates and war-era sentiment.
A string of short Atchison items covers women and society quirks, a moral tale about a preacher’s wife, and a rumor of an angel’s food cake in an oven causing street detours. The notes touch on fashion, singing lessons, funerals, and quirky neighborhood scenes with local color.
A humorous collage from the New York Press and Chicago News sketches social foibles. It juxtaposes bachelor romance with satirical lines about marriage duty, honesty, love, and etiquette, pairing wry quips on women, men, and household life.
A testimonial style piece extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a miracle blood cleanser. Readers are invited to trust the tonic for purity and vitality, with multiple named correspondents claiming improved health, strength, appetite, sleep, and relief from various ailments after using the product.
Mr Dooley notes the wedding of a millionaire’s daughter in New York enlivens the city. He jokes about wealth, press, and guards, while guests toast with gold and bonds. The ceremony features rapid transfers of wealth and a parade of bankers, with reactions from onlookers and reporters.
New Jersey results show Lawrence Eugen Democrat elected mayor of Jersey City by about 1300 over Whitans, with a Republican and an independent Democrat on the council. Frank L. Tentrock Republican won Asbury Park mayor, Paterson reelects Hincholdt Democrat, and Newark sees Republicans claiming city control with council gains.
A brisk farce titled A Bachelors Honry by Ware & Backett features Walter Avallier and runs tonight and Saturday at Crawford theater. The plot centers on a bachelor who hides his marriage to avoid complications while a mistaken policy enlivens the home front and city intrigue. Also tonight at Crawford Joe Ott in a new breezy act follows the main show with Mlle. C40 last seen here.
The article notes a legal remonstrance filed by attorney A. G. Harger against the state board delaying reopening plans. It mentions charts and applicants as the process waits for a decision, with uncertainty on when permits will be granted.
A garbled OCR fragment references Roches and a device or beam with a draught, mentioning board steerer Enerete and peculiar terms. The readable items are names and vague technical phrases, lacking context or a cohesive event.
Pleasanton April 10 The greatest mining sensation in zinc and lead near Pleasanton emerged yesterday as miners extracted over 400 pounds of nearly 90 percent pure lead ore from sixty feet depth in a drift near the shaft. The find spurs rapid mining, leases of field land, active prospecting, and a visiting delegation from Foster Missouri preparing to organize a company. Crowds gather and ore shipments promise major activity. miners report large, high-grade veins and the potential for chunks over 100 pounds.
April reports from Topeka and Emporia presbyteries describe sessions with over 50 ministers and many delegates, led by retiring moderator Dr. Page in Topeka and Rev Dr N C Johnson in Emporia. Marion banker Mason seeks a new trial after a guilty ruling on banking law violations as court actions continue.
United Mine Workers representatives from Alderson and nearby towns appealed in Topeka for aid to about 6000 striking and locked out miners across Arkansas and adjacent regions. They noted wage disputes, operators’ refusals to recognize the union, and recent efforts by the trades assembly to assist, with limited success in Leavenworth.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a name Ane Whine London and partial phrases about a free event at a location Shothela with a promise of quick participation. Details are unclear and entities are uncertain.
In London the stock exchange introduces an electric call board with 60 numbered squares and glass florets to signal waiting clients. Brokers form a bank, posting odds on numbers with favorites leaning odd. the device offers endless speculative chances despite uncertainties.
Andrew Carnegie sold the block front of vacant lots on Fifth avenue between Ninetyfirst and Ninety-second streets for about 380000. The 13 lots, bought four months ago for around 400000, include streets and were part of a larger block. Buyers unnamed brokers say two prominent residents of New York will build houses on the corner plots. Carnegie plans a private park on the upper block.
The Topeka Industrial Federation plans gardens for the poor to grow vegetables. A federation meeting discussed securing vacant lots, seed potatoes, and garden care, with 70 members including Dr. Palmer as president and Rev. M. Long as secretary. North Topeka reports 25 families eager to garden, and an upcoming Crawford entertainment will raise funds with music by the Commonwealth club.
Washington reports detail a Baltimore woman Delphine Ardhison who, after a romance with a Spanish lieutenant tied to the Cervera prisoners in Annapolis last year, traveled to Madrid to join him. Rejected, she returned to Madrid and killed herself with a pistol on Calle de Montera.
Washington April 12 Gen Fred D Grant has been ordered from Porto Rico to the Philippines It is possible Gen Wheeler will also be ordered to the Philippines This dispatch notes a potential second transfer to the theatre as of the date specified.
Ground broken on a steel grain elevator at West Superior for the Great Northern railway. The contract for the foundation goes to Schmidt Bros of West Superior for 55,000 dollars. The plant will hold 6,500,000 bushels of grain and cost over 2,000,000 dollars, with completion targeted for next January.
John Wilson, president of the Great Western Manufacturing Co., orders immediate foundation work after southern trip. If weather permits, workers will start excavations this morning. The walls require 250000 bricks and will include an upper and two lower rows of windows, giving a two story appearance.
Labor unions in Hutchkins Hutchinson ordered a boycott of Swift packing goods on both meat and buttering Saturday. Notices were served today by union members. They allege Swift employs nonunion workers and has discharged union men. Local merchants show support for the unions, which count about 800 members in the city.
A London Mail report recounts a Kimberley miner's tale on diamond efficiency and value. It notes vast labor yields tiny bulk, with a ton of rough diamonds rivaling 20 tons of gold in value, and cites spectacular finds including a 44 carat stone. It also covers luck stories of fortune on the Vaal river and Kimberley claims. The second piece describes Dillon’s Murray leaving his Dillon Republican print shop to join the 20th Kansas at Abilene, with the office kept in trust for his return.
R L Collins of Oxford buys half interest in the People's Voice newspaper. The firm becomes Naugie Collins Neugie with Neugie as editor in charge and Collins as associate editor, maintaining current paper policy. Collins served as a lieutenant in the Twenty‑first Kansas volunteers in the late war and is well known in Wellington.
A Topeka produced baking powder markets itself as equal to the leading Gypsy Queen Baking Powder, asserting superior quality and comparable performance for household cooks seeking reliable leavening in daily bread and pastries.
A New Orleans report recounts a Central American visitor's tale of revolutionary powder bought via agents in Mexico. Investigations found the supposed powder to be mahogany shavings mixed with graphite to resemble explosive gunpowder, exposing a staged plot and fraudulent procurement.
An excerpt from a letter by W. S Cooper of the Twentieth Kansas describes trench life. He recalls a nurse near him who helped with ammunition and notes bullets flying close. The Kansas gist and a name Les Abee Spradlin appear in the text, with mentions of enlistment and duty in the Rechiegt area.
A church car was built for the Central Asiatic railway to aid traffic on the new line. A chaplain will travel in charge of the car, which will be detached from the train and watched during its operations to meet ceremonial requirements. The car marks a milestone in Central Asia railway service.
Leavenworth notices that on May 1 the Welln Purge Express company will withdraw from the combine with Adams Pacific and United States Express companies. Reorganization expected affecting Atchison Salina and likely Kansas City.
The state prison commission awarded a contract to install new electric lighting at Frankfurt and move the old electric plant to Eddyville prison. The project aims to illuminate each cell with fluorescent lighting and involves relocating facilities to improve operation.
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