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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1901
Page
4
Incomplete OCR fragment reports a wire story from the Associated Press about a property or estate matter. The readable text is fragmented and lacks clear names, places, dates, or events to form a definite news item.
Subscribers can receive The State Journal daily at 30 cents monthly with address changes allowed. The column reflects on politics, labor unrest, and economic concerns including steel strikes, tariffs, and housing while celebrating the home as a social and moral anchor with calls for better living conditions and opportunities.
A compact fragment describes parks enriched by Se and a streamside fountain, praising a genuine civic enterprise with commercial and educational systems seen as equal to modern training formations.
A garbled Kansan community digest reports on county fairs, poultry dealers, a circus, drought impacts, a street singer chased from Sylvan Grove, and a Leavenworth prize fight plan. Includes references to Greenwood, Doniphan, Pratt, Sherman, Eureka, Halstead, Dighton, Ellsworth, and Rooks counties with scattered names and odd spellings.
Odd column notes scarce fruits and vegetables this year as readers mock grocery lines and dating woes. A humor voice riffs on men, women, marriages and street corners, peppered with quirky phrases and local slang about Atchison life and small town romance.
A garbled page from the Philadelphia Record features fragments of quotes and overheard opinions on weather, baseball umpiring, swimming lessons, beverages, and social opinions. The text includes dashed dialogues and stray lines reflecting a miscellany of everyday chatter and public discourse.
A fragmented passage argues about women's speech and influence in conversation. It notes a capable woman may command attention without slang, while men assess a woman as an orator who can hold an audience for long talks.
A witty, provocative reflection on love and gender roles recounts how romance is treated as a risky game. The piece critiques women's expectations and men's self sacrificed labor, arguing the chase and misaligned notions shape modern courtship.
Mica Carrie Jones, daughter of Gov. Thomaz Jones, was struck by a street car while crossing in front of the executive mansion. Eb, age 30, witnessed the incident. Aug 5 Montgomery Ass. report.
Real estate transfers include Daniel Rokert and wife to Barker for 3200 with an unspecified lot description. A E Strauss and wife to RE Matthewen for 200 securing four and five feet at Mulvanest toward College Hill. The American Sunday School Union transfers to B Croft for 7000 involving property near 246-33 Tindoia Street.
The city reveals an important item in its monthly financial report detailing payments to the Ice Trust. The figures show 1410.5 in aid distributed across fountains and facilities, including Sheldon Fountain and sites on Kansas Avenue, East and Ban San Avenue, and Norths and Panel Avenue, totaling 14105.
Ringling Brothers crews travel from Kansas City to Topeka via Santa Fe and unload at eight o clock Tuesday morning at eighth and Washington streets. Grounds set in the Douthitt tract with entrants at Thirteenth and Tyler Streets. Circus departs over the Rock Island to Clay Center then on to Denver. A parade is scheduled for ten o clock.
A damaged OCR fragment reports a horse death and mentions two young men near a gr aati area, a stream, and references to a fatal or violent event. Names, places, and exact actions are unreadable, preventing a precise reconstruct.
Fragmentary OCR recounts Winifred Prescott contesting a stepfather’s claim with mentions of an official stance and a fraud allegation. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
The city engineer discusses addressing a nuisance garbage chute location north of the current facility. The plan, uncertain and evolving, contemplates a route near the present drainage and city dump with a north Topeka power opening noted.
In Kansas City a blaze destroyed the old Exposition building during a Ringling Bros circus performance. Firefighters quickly soaked the tents to prevent damage while side shows and animals were moved to safety. The afternoon show continued after a brief delay.
Death notices for Lena L Wear wife of J W Wear aged 54 of Clay Street and infant son of Mr and Mrs C H White died, graves at Topeka Cemetery. Thomas Francis, 22, of 7 West Laur ent Street, funeral at Solene ah Church of the Assump. Admiral Dewey to rest a month. leave for north pending appointment of Kimberly's successor.
San Francisco August news reports a quiet strike situation with no further developments yet. If unrest continues, a general strike may be ordered once union negotiators complete their next round of talks.
Local items report C A Fellows going to Lawrence and W F Gilluly visiting from Ou kalooge. Notes mention pension day, post cards used in Topeka, and officials from Santa Fe and river works. Several social and civic items include meetings of the Spanish American War veterans in Lincoln Past hall, equity commission on a new courthouse, and a junket by state railroad commissioners to Oklahoma.
Fragmented dispatch reports dispute over sending men from Topeka to Mancus City for Southern Pacific work to Los Angeles. Funds offered for theft, delays, and direct Topeka routing. police guard at a horse race in London details. Also notes dockworkers at San Francisco and ticket prices, with beauty product advertisement embedded.
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