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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1898
Page
4
A fragmentary chatter cites Lena Graft arguing women can defend themselves against male annoyance. It recalls a café free lunch counter scene and ponders if women may respond with force or influence. The piece questions neighbors and social norms in a provocative, dated voice.
A collage of brief notes mentions Jacob Coxey’s daughter and travels in the West, Joshua Slocum's world voyage interview plans, and state figures like G. Flaine placed in Augusta’s rotunda. It notes Prof. Trentmove’s statue, Maine political links, Mrs Craik’s play reception, and a German publisher courting readers. Governor Hoge of Texas hosts a reform gathering with cultured dress, featuring watermelon refreshments.
Wuite Booth 213years old was arraigned in Justice Bergs court on charges of assault and threatening to kill his mother with a butcher knife. He was found guilty and sentenced to the reform school at Topeka until age twenty one.
Fractured wires describe war weariness and political tension as leaders weigh peace terms and fiscal moves. Reports note potential peace tactics, negotiations over the Philippines, and debates on war taxes while markets, shipping and naval matters surface amid a volatile global scene.
A sermon will be given by the pastor Rev. SW Brown with assistance from the tory sermon. The new church building is nearly finished and targeted for completion by September. Oak pews are ordered, arriving August 33. Seating totals 700 with 240 in the auditorium and 460 in the gallery, upgrade possible to 800 with extra chairs. Estimated final cost around $4,000. plans include dedicating the structure debt free.
From a fragmentary note the piece discusses women and guests who dress well and compares a first concert to a first love affair. It mentions the average woman worrying about church and men and ends with a line about kindness.
A quirky collection of local proverbs on human kindness and marriage days. The piece contrasts bravery, possession, and blaming, noting a man may plead guilty after spouse influenced actions and a young woman may hesitate to say yes to a suitor.
An unclear report notes a thief in Monte Carlo who stole about 1000 from a clerk near Alay, and a separate incident where an Englishman in Paris was saved by Schmidtz before a move to Transvaal for business. A London contact Trina Losdon is mentioned in connection with England.
Mrs Janene M Carr of Arnold Nebraska describes two years of misery from weak stomach heart trouble and temple complaints. After starting Hood's Sarsaparilla she slept well and felt better from the first doses. She praises the medicine as the best purifier and urges others to take it.
Nova work titled A Story of the Old South to be completed by Lt. Richmond Hobson and Virginia Spottswood Osborn. The project traces Southern roots from the Civil War era to a modern reader, with themes of loyalty and national identity. The collaboration, amid wartime constraints, plans to depict the South and its people through historical and literary lenses.
Washington dispatch reports that preliminaries for a new Cuba settlement are understood. Spain will shift to terms with the United States as talks consider withdrawal and a formal reorganization of Cuban governance. The administration hopes a rapid accord will ease tensions and avoid a broader conflict with Spain.
Paris August 3–10 Emile Zola’s expulsion triggers a major rift as Jules Turbier resigns in protest and editor M de Prossency follows, denouncing a system that harms law and justice. In Cripple Creek Colorado July gold output reached 121552, with record monthly gains and deeper mining yielding richer ore.
An amusing Leavenworth soldier in San Francisco shows practical ingenuity. Faced with delayed clothing for Kansas troops, he cut his worn bathrobe nightshirt into a fancy-fronted negligee shirt and two towels, turning misfortune into a clever, morale-boosting solution.
A local lawyer predicts the Osborn divorce suit will become highly sensational. He says J W Osborn will file an answer claiming Jessie Osborn seeks divorce as a cold blooded ploy to rob him and that Hartford men influence her. Osborn, 62, and Jessie, 15, eloped and married for his wealth, and he will claim the petition's facts are highly scandalous.
The Women's Relief Corps of Logen urges Kansas to honor Mother Bickerdyke with a painting on the state capitol dome. The resolution commends her patriotism and care for the wounded, and asks the Kansas corps to press the proposal through the department president toward victory.
In Coffeyville on August 3 a fine new Christian church building nears completion. Rev. Dr. Harlian the state evangelist from Topeka will deliver the dedication address at the ceremonies.
Cannady and Lockwood grocers on Main Street faced mounting debts after a sudden cash loss. Lockwood fled with the cash leaving claims totaling over a thousand dollars. Attachments by Tate and Tryon and by G A Wadleigh followed as deputies seized stock. Joe Canady left for Arkansas for health. The six month old firm is described as going to the wall.
Aug 2 notes recount a cloud burst that flooded Chapman Creek in June 1804. A baby fed to a tree top by a rescuer after the flood survived nine hours. The infant, then seven months old, later learned by a stranger who appeared after thirty years, while Mr. Barney ruined the mill and Peter Bergman saved the child with a shirt.
Elmer S. Bennett foreman of the Bennett wagon line returned from his brother's office in good health then suffered a severe headache and rapid delirium. He toppled furniture, attempted to harm himself, and took a poison beneath the bed. Mrs. Bennett and her mother were alarmed. Dr. Black administered sedatives and Bennett's condition improved but he remains in danger with violent brain fever.
Mr Mehanns proposes a cooperative creamery in Fort Scott with ten surrounding milk stations for collection and fat separation. A $5000 capital stock aims to fund a modern plant and annual business of $250000 to $310000. Three fourths of stock already subscribed. remaining likely to be taken by Fort Scott citizens. The plant would serve a 40 mile radius.
William Hardin of Leavenworth sues Eva H. Hardin for divorce alleging extreme cruelty including neglect to cook, desertion on June 15, and a domestic assault incident. He notes their marriage on November 24, 1897, and contrasts her weight and health, claiming she once threatened to kill him and tried to set the house on fire with a lit coal.
Mrs. Horace P. Schell of Weet Sixth Avenue was scalded when steam from a hot syrup can sprayed her face while making coffee. Her injuries threaten the loss of one or both eyes and she endures severe pain and facial burns.
A man who had served his time in Sumner county jail for violating the prohibitory liquor law jumped his bond in Sedgwick County. The incident marks the first time such an act occurred in the county.
Police action and court proceedings mix with early 20th century crime notes. O'Conner and Schultzier face joint bonds in Sumner and elsewhere as authorities pursue liquor violations and a Cheney case. A Wichita move to extradite O'Conner follows, while a separate Aug. 2 incident in Emporia involves Policeman Randolph arresting Frank Newell after a struggle.
Fort Scott notes discuss plans to transform Stockwell Place into a hospital amid a casual report of a policeman’s self-inflicted injury. The piece also mentions an incident with off-duty officers detaining women near an eyisent, and a traveler seeking aid for a sick family in Dodge City.
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