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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal describes its printing and publication logistics. The issue notes the paper’s distribution through the day and its night report, with Associated Press coverage and exclusive publication practices.
Readers away for the season can have the paper mailed daily to any address for ten cents a month with flexible change options. The notice contrasts travel challenges with home comforts and comments on weather, public baths, and the beet sugar industry, noting large crop areas and the impact of reciprocity with Cuba on bread and manufacturing sectors.
The first volume of the census bureau report on American farms highlights 5,784,607 farms, expanding cropland and improved production areas, with farm values rising to about 20 billion dollars and annual farm income near 5.0 billion. It notes shifts in centers of population, value, and production across the nation, including movements toward the west and the central regions, and provides averages of acres per farm and value per acre.
Data from 1889 to 1904 reveals manufacturers materials forming nearly half of total imports in 1903 with steep growth vs other imports. The pattern shows manufacturing goods importation doubling from 1881 to 1902 while nonmanufacturing imports rise modestly, highlighting shifting trade composition and peak total imports in 1903.
Parson’s town establishes a free reading room and local updates mention a Warper county tooth extractor’s office style, a clear record for Mr Sloughter’s Osage county auto, and various ethanol era notes about local happenings, personalities, and small civic quirks. The item reads as a compact collage of period local color with names, places, and transient events.
In Atchison Globe style, a local item reports a bulldog named Dick Seis causing trouble near the orphans' home. The piece notes the dog's aggressive behavior, with townsfolk expressing concern over the danger to residents and property.
A fragmentary editorial tone critiques women’s dress and public taste, contrasts men’s and women’s fashions, notes a boom in male styles failing, and laments social crusades. It mentions school strikes, family dynamics, and a sheep-killing dog versus a rabbit reaction, ending with a biting remark on women’s looks.
A column of witty aphorisms on gender roles and society. It notes how foreigners face domestic troubles, the power of a silver-tongued orator, and smiles on romance and fate with light, humorous observations.
Aug. 15 Council Bluffs report of the nominating committee named General Irving Hale of Denver for president of the gallery of the army of the Philippines. Vice presidents include Colonel J. W. Pope of Colorado and Brigadier General Wilder S. Metcalf of Kansas. C. 43. Lewis of Colorado was elected treasurer and Rev. Charles Mulley chaplain. St Paul chosen as next year’s reunion site with date to be set by the executive committee. Portland and other cities competed. future reunions to rotate among states of original Eighth Army regiments.
Local color items report plans for organized unions in Topeka and a speech by Prof Inman Page to ministers. Treasurer Phifins notes a substantial quarterly rise. Heat fatalities include John Schuler and others. Drowning victim red Simmons found near Sardou Avenue. City court fines, expulsions, and liquor cases involve Indians and locals. Property disputes, adjourned trials, and vagrancy arrests fill the docket with several divorces sought and a restraining order sought against a railroad right of way.
George Reuter, a Kansas Avenue resident, plans to petition the city council to block a temporary double track beside the present line on the east side of the existing track. He argues the second track would shrink the street and threaten property values, while the company contends it is temporary and needed for state crowd accommodation. President Baker predicts the council will defer jurisdiction to the city engineer.
The supreme court opens Monday October 6 to hear a large docket of 65 cases. Notable items include the Collins case from Stanhee County with Judge Hazen, the murder case of Detective Montgomery against Coffelt, and Reynolds v Board of Education over school integration. Also listed are cases against Gates Chesey and Frits Darvin, Sheriff Daniels in Cowley County, Webly Med v Metropolitan Life, and A. F. Pogle appealing his theft conviction.
George W. Pinch, an alderman of this place, was found dead on the public road three miles east of town after his team ran away. Payatine, Wirestt, Courter: he fell in the path while trying to rest. The incident occurred this morning with witnesses nearby.
A garbled Brookish Eagle item reports rail travel concerns between Chicazy and New York with fading details on speeds and safety. It notes a New York State travel scene and a Cherryvale robbery last night where an operator and ace at Prisco were held up but the robber failed to complete the crime.
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