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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
4
The text provides a garbled AP leased wire report with scattered phrases about the Star Journal and exclusive coverage. It mentions a town, daily news value, and a night report but contains no coherent events, dates, or identifiable names to summarize as a concrete article item.
Residents on East Eighth avenue near Jefferson street protest Blackman brick used for paving, citing premature deterioration and crumbling blocks from Monroe to Madison. City engineer defers to council. debate centers on contractor choices and brick manufacture versus material quality.
A rough clip notes campaign events in Vermont and statewide financing. Mentions government officials, a gubernatorial race, and a speech delivered in Manchester. Includes a reference to Lady Francis Hope and a legal matter about a railroad right of way in Vine Park.
Subscribers can have the State Journal mailed daily to any address for thirty rents a month while away. The column also notes politics, industry, and finances, including Goebel unrest, Frick joining Rock Island board, Schwab salary woes, and U.S. shipbuilding data from the early 1900s.
The data from the trans ary bureau shows midyear internal commerce in meat producing stock across five western markets Chicago Kansas City Omaha St Louis and St Joseph. January through June receipts totaled 14 7H6S55 head, down 700 283 from 1901 and 347 682 from 1900.
The report details eastward shipment flows from interior centers and southward movement secondarily. It notes 527,000 tons of provisions moved in the first 20 weeks, up 13 percent from last year, and an average weekly tonnage around 5,400. It also cites June stock levels at packing centers, with cats meat totals near 245 million pounds versus 211 million last year, a decline of about 13 percent, and Chicago stocks well below the prior year.
A collection of satirical quips on marriage money and gender roles from Chicago News, mocking courtships and domestic life. Observations touch on affections, bargaining, independence, and the fickleness of both men and women in early 20th century society.
Young married couples quarrel is fate. A woman can love and vanity on earth but not one of humility. Few women become lawyers. they fail to break the habit of giving free advice. You skim the milk and keep something sweet. love and what’s left is bitter. A man should allow his wife to have her own way rather than force her to submit.
A fragment shows dialogue with a frontier flavor. The speaker asserts a claim about a distant act and mentions a looming “ogro mer” in the S’inin’ county, hinting at a local mystery or tale. The traced vernacular evokes rural speech and a regional setting.
Fragmentary OCR hints at fashion notes on jewelry and dress worn by ladies. Mentions color sequencing and a parure. No clear names or dates to confirm full details.
Evelyn Baldwin, the Arctic explorer, arrived in Monningsveng Norway reporting his men in good health and ready for further travel. The Baldwin Ziegier polar expedition, one of the best equipped, carried provisions for five years and was trained with dogs and reindeer for ice travel amid intense cold and snow.
The Farmers Advocate publisher Hon Gaines faces a demand from the American Book Company to retract statements deemed libelous. Attorneys assert the company properly demanded a correction before filing suit. Gaines contends the notice appeared on only minor items and will issue a formal retraction next week.
W. H. Davis of the Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile Company, chairman of the Commercial club committee appointed to take up the matter, promised relief and action in a forthcoming meeting.
The Baldwins prepare an ice worthy fleet with electricity, a gasoline launch, two large deck boats, and forty two crew including ten scientists. Evelyn Baldwin, 36, Kansas native, leads a Norse crew toward Archangel and Franz Joseph Land to begin a perilous polar crossing.
Santa Fe firemen at Argentine walk off jobs fearing heat from giant locomotives. One man overcome between Emporia and Argentine yesterday. Firemen seek work on roads not using Santa Fe’s Gulf One engines. Reports say Newton machinists resist Santa Fe orders to work Gulf One units. Other strikes noted at Point Richmond and San Bernardino area as crews protest pay and conditions.
Senator William P Frye tells of catching large trout during a summer outing and disputing Agassis on ichthyology. Frye claims an eight pounder and nine pound trout, while Agassiz insists the fish could not be a trout. The exchange ends with science prevailing over sensational tale.
Spokane dispatch from Ellenabure reports a special Chronicle item stating that the boys Tracy story is false and not credible. No confirmation of any real incident or named sources provided.
A fragmentary report mentions a girl named Rather Garrett in Topeka with an eye injury and possible home placement concerns. Kansas Book Company expands into new space on East Street as stock transfers proceed, while Mrs Thrope, police matron, works to place the child with a private family. Payroll figures for July total about $125 in recurring expenses, leaving near $860 in funds amid ongoing crime coverage.
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