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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
4
Topeka State Journal details subscription options and prices for daily and Saturday editions, with city and suburban delivery, rates for other towns in Kansas, and notes on the paper's leased wire service and Associated Press affiliation.
Subscribers of the State Journal could have daily mail delivery at thirty rents a month with address changes as needed. The item also covers Chautauqua notes, political opinions, postal service issues, and labor disputes including a miners strike impact on coal prices and broader government policy debates.
In Topeka labor unions push for broader membership and education at lodge meetings. They condemn misapprehensions about unions while urging peaceful action and arbitration when possible, reserving strikes as a last resort to press for workers’ rights.
In Topeka the push to build a second Kansas avenue streetcar track to handle fall crowds meets injunction threats. Residents on the east side oppose shifting the line widening the street by a center track, fearing invasion of their homes. City process and franchise rules raise questions about council power and railroad rights amid plans to pave Kansas Avenue southward.
A fragment discusses public sentiment and the idea that traditional street emption will not significantly alter the outcome. It hints at a broader social dynamic where civic perception may diverge from legal or formal proceedings. The text remains brief and non-specific.
A society note rails at the Four Hundred as Miss Gladys Deacon of Boston is linked to Frederick William, heir to the German throne. Reports claim the prince would renounce his claim for marriage, with German mockery and English American press excitement. Deacon, debutante at Consuelo Vanderbilt’s wedding, is linked romantically to several men, stirring vivid speculation about her fortune and status.
The Buffalo News notes evening newspapers grew in prestige and circulation, now forming two thirds of dailies. It cites census figures showing evening editions meet urgent demand, deliver almost official election returns, and report daily events sooner. The morning paper faces shrinking relevance as evenings evolve.
A garbled collection of local blurbs mentions Dr. Carver in Fort Scott Ottawa society maids abandoning parties and a Cha nute oil wells adoption. It notes a 1857 first white child born in Leavenworth visiting after 30 years, a Smith Center club contest, and various scattered items about burglars in Pleasanton, meat price reductions, and political ticket rumors.
A garbled Kansas newspaper fragment lists varied items from a pickle factory in Topeka to a wreck on a new road near Harper. It mentions street incidents, a dog poisoned after a tax, a whisky theft, converts in Mound Valley, and odd local curiosities including ice cream sales and a Beloit apron shower.
A quirky Atchison Globe column riffs on romance gossip and everyday quirks. It teases livers, tom boys, fleas, dressmakers, and odd market rules with light humor and local flavor. The piece folds in playful questions about marriage, taste in ties, and a melon deal moral.
A fragment states jesse DE UNICEGO NOWS with odd observations on eggs colts and humor of the judge. It hints at aphorisms about fortune, health, dogs, bees, rain and speech, with a satirical tone on gender and thought.
A garbled assemblage of quips and character dialogue appears, mixing remarks on society, light, and culture with displaced notes about boxing, music, and clothing. The text reads as a collage of overheard conversations and literary musings without a clear narrative thread.
Fragmented prose ticket reads like a satirical column about bachelors and women. Jumbled lines touch on temper, generosity, and domestic life with dated phrasing and misprinted words. The snippet suggests a humorous or editorial fragment rather than a complete feature.
A fragment notes Sema and Beris in a tense moment on a couch as they were engaged, suggesting lingering uncertainty about their relationship and plans. The sentence hints at a dramatic interaction that mirrors past events.
The article portrays Marshall Field as amassing a vast fortune through diverse ventures. It notes annual wholesale and retail goods sales surpassing 50,000,000, with factories across Europe and Asia, and extensive holdings in railroads banking and mining. Field is portrayed as the largest individual stockholder in Pullman Car Company and a cautious yet expansive investor, famed for a cash-based, debt-free approach.
Richard Linthicum extols Chicago Cleveland Detroit Duluth and other Great Lakes cities as engines of commerce. The piece touts Chicago as world food market and inland hub, Cleveland as iron and steel center, Detroit as boat capital, Duluth as lake superior ruler, and notes Milwaukee and Chicago’s shipyards and port power.
A New York Tribune summary notes Europe shows no major innovation in auto practice until trials of alcohol in place of gasoline. French and German efforts spur alcohol use, with France testing mixed fuels and government support, while Germany explores alcohol driven engines. Economic and agricultural motives drive interest in beet and fruit spirits as motor fuel.
A fragmented excerpt critiques a New York Tribune campaign against preventive measures, labeling it a wide effort extending beyond its city to national influence. The text references terms like extortionate and reports on persistent sensational framing by unnamed sources.
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