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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
4
The State Journal notes public interest in the Dreyfus case and a wealth of topics from war fever and yellow fever to meat prices and political opinion. It references Capt. Carter, Gen James B Weaver, Mr Croker, Tom Reed, and the fireworks planned for Dewey as New York marks his arrival.
A detailed Glasgow letter in the New York Tribune describes how public sympathy for underpaid tramway workers led to a municipal takeover. Wages rose from 19 to 27 shillings weekly, hours shortened, uniforms supplied, and fares kept low. The city reduces work hours to 10 daily, expands service, and converts to electric operation, aiming to curb labor unrest and improve efficiency.
A scattered collection of humorous snippets and opinions from old Globe reflections. Notes touch on lighting plants in Manchester and other cities, jealous musicians, overworked workers, blunt social commentary on clever women, and a quirky line about a Discontented club meeting.
A witty era piece muses on gender roles and marriage with satirical lines about women and men. It contrasts foolishness and restraint, praising those who marry or avoid marriage and noting the paradoxes in social expectations of women.
A garbled paragraph set lists aphorisms on prudence and social behavior. It mentions saving for tomorrow, police presence, fiction, and hunter ethics, with stray lines about agents, credit, railroads, and self-views, all in a fragmented old newspaper voice.
A jumbled Kansas excerpt notes 283000 more cattle this year, colleges expect higher attendance, and farmers urged to harvest fall wheat. It mocks politicians and lumber trades while listing whimsical local items, clubs, and odd anecdotes from Wichita to Atchison and beyond.
Fort Scott August reports a Bourton county colony on the Osage river bottom near Fulton and Stapleton. Organized two years ago by Baley and Benardi the group uses a labor exchange plan. About 40 residents, all but one married, live on a common 160 acre base with 75 cents per day script.
Ramona scene recounts how Joe Nelson, 10, son of Mr and Mrs James Nelson, died after being drawn into running wheat at Strickler Son's elevator while two boys tried to see who could go deepest. It took fifteen minutes to reach him as workers cut a hole in the side to release the wheat. The Urie boy attempted to help but could not reach his companion in time.
The grand lodge of Colored Masons of Kansas closed its session in Atchison yesterday afternoon with D. G. Lett presiding at Mt Vernon cemetery. About twelve hundred excursionists arrived from Topeka Kansas City Leavenworth St Joseph and other places. D. Leit was elected grand master of the Mustas in Kansas. Succeeding officers named include S. G. Watkins of Topeka as grand master.
Barta East secretary notes about $2,000 aid to widows of twenty colored members during the year and $4,009 in the lodge treasury. A plan to build a home for old and ceremonial Masons and their bath is proposed at the same institution. Neat stagsite in Topeka and pensions listed for Henry T. Geers Belott Sedgwick Susan Hickle Barnard with amounts.
D O McCray lately returned from Yellville Arkansas mining districts where Kansans eye zinc opportunities. He describes Morning Star mine zinc deposit, 14000 pound carbonate, transport routes via White river to Chicago, and a venture boom led by Kansans from Fort Scott Pittsboro Topeka and Iola. Prospecting expands as Standard Oil Company enters Marion county with ore purchase offers and potential railroad construction to haul tonnage. The article touts Marion county zinc, marble quarries, and cave prospects, inviting northern Kansas investors to visit via Memphis route through Mountain Home to Yellville.
At a Rockford picnic an estimated two hundred people were poisoned after drinking lemonade. The Modern Woodmen of America event drew about two thousand attendees. Many became ill in the afternoon with several treated by doctors from nearby villages. No fatalities reported at this time. Authorities suspect citron acid in the lemonade salt at one stand caused the illness.
A St. Louis group led by Beare Campbell has closed a major mining deal buying the Laura S and several smaller zinc mines near Carterville Missouri. The purchase signals a consolidation by local business interests into the zinc sector, with details on price and remaining properties undisclosed.
J. W. Baker & Co. of Joplin purchases mining properties near Carterville, Missouri for seventy dollars. The mines are on the Get There lease and are described as highly valuable with the ura Shas paying large dividends regularly and viewed as a great investment.
The Topeka city council will review an ordinance granting a franchise to a gas and electric company in which W. J. Faulkner’s name appears. The measure sets maximum rates for gas and electric current, outlines annual payments to the city, and requires significant plant and expenditure milestones within several months. Faulkner plans to organize the company and expects incorporation after council action.
Sir Charles PupPER, ex Canadian high commissioner, in an AP interview, accuses the United States of delaying Alaska settlement for miner and coast city gain. He says no settlement is possible while US blocks talks, and proposes a British rail line from Kitima to Dawson and exclusive fishing on the Yukon. The Dominion supports St Wilfrid Laurier’s stance.
The weather remains warm with forecasts calling for unsettled conditions ahead. Today’s max reached 89 with a low of 71 and humidity at 48 percent. Southeast wind around eight miles per hour.
City council ordered removal of the wall in front of property No 1p on North Kansas avenue from the tax roll. Joshua Martin owns the property. Morse claims a lien of 877.21 against the city electric light plant due from contractor W M Thimpson. East Sixth avenue viaduct repair costs estimated at 2539.10, bids for lumber to be invited. Henry Wadlington from Carthage Taunts featherweight challenge, claims recent wins at Webb City. Mullen meat market advertises baked Mistletoe ham.
The city council approves paving alleys bounded by Firth and Sixth streets along with Jackson and Van Buren, and between Twelfth and Huntoon, Western and Fillmore, among others. It also authorizes curb and pavement work on Greenwood, Thirteenth, Fillmore, Went, Garfield, and several other streets, plus alley paving between Seventh and Eighth streets and Harrison. Assessments for sidewalk repairs and related charges are included amid dense property listings and street action.
Superintendent Joy reports Mrs. Sandy Short cannot remain at the farm due to disruptive behavior toward inmates and an alleged infectious disease. She was moved from Bedwell's asylum to the farm, but Probate Judge Burman will present the case to county commissioners to decide her fate. A separate dispatch notes the Burnside’s safe arrival at Matanzas.
Legal notice from Fiest Pobiteded at the state level appears in fragmented text. The readable portions indicate a formal notice to authorities or the public within a governmental or legal framework, but specifics such as action, deadline, or involved parties are unclear in the OCR excerpt.
Ordinance No 2064 outlines a special assessment on all lots and pieces of land in a defined Topeka area for street improvements. It names streets including Sackens street and Sapp avenue, specifies assessment scope and establishes the method of collection and apportionment by the city.
At the Nottingham summer meeting Richard Crookne’s Sweet Chimes ridden by L. Reiff defeated Rulane with Martin up in a dead heat for second in the nine-date betting field. Recruiting at the Cape Town frontier sees daily military sentinents leaving for the frontier with active enlistment.
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