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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1900
Page
4
The column blends weather chatter, elopement note, shirtwaist talk, and global tensions. It mentions Topeka reactions to publicity tours for W. J. Bryan, shipping plans to China, and Washington yardstick politics, with local weather, water, and wheat remarks. It notes excitement over Fitzsimmons and Jeffries and teases upcoming events.
The St Joe Gazette discusses servant conditions and the idea of forming a labor union as a potential outlet. It questions the sincerity and effectiveness of such a move, warning that mere organizing without dedication to reform won’t yield results.
The dispatches note ex Speaker Thomas B Reed will not stump for the Republicans as President McKinley faces a tough race. The piece cites Reed's influence and potential party impact, while a later Topeka column laments dangerous street driving and calls for city action to curb blockades and public nuisance behavior on Kansas avenues.
A citizen urges strict immigration limits citing the fiscal year reports from the immigration bureau showing the highest arrivals since 1392. He argues literacy tests, financial self support for three months, and stricter enforcement are needed, noting many arrivals are illiterate private individuals and that German migrants still come in large numbers.
A fragment notes Italians and Poles as examples and warns that four more prosperous years without immigration limits could bring over a million "ignorant foreigners" while contrasting them with responsible business people. The text labels a question as urgent and needing attention.
The fire bell issue is debated before the city council as essential for Topeka, arguing the bell guides Chief Witmarth and crews when away from headquarters. Without it, response to alarms and station logistics would suffer, hampering drills, meals, and access to wagons, causing serious handicaps to the department.
The piece recalls Kansas statesman John J Ingalls arriving in Topeka on Labor Day, riding an electric car to the Copeland hotel, and posing on Kansas Avenue during a parade. Unlike earlier visits, his final public reception was subdued, leaving a lasting sting among Topeka residents and eulogies by locals.
In a garbled Atchison page fragment, readers glimpse a mix of life vignettes and odd anecdotes. The text mentions a woman visiting a larger town for a photo, a Texas man nicknamed Cyclone Davis, medical operations with unclear outcomes, and scattered notes on daily life, societal press, and local chaos from a dramatic event in Chicago, all conveyed in a fragmented, era-tinged voice.
Readable lines discuss dishonesty and social mores, noting a husband’s alleged misconduct and a teacher in Ohio facing lurid accusations. The fragmentary text references origins and deception, with a stray mention of a professor and infidelity. It reads like part of a sensational era column.
A fragmented humor column from a Philadelphia source blends quips on wealth and morality with snippets about stage exit plans and job hopes. It interlaces social exchanges on manners, flirtation, temperance jokes, and a playful take on relatives, editors, and love while preserving dated newspaper tone and light satire.
A periodical notices several new titles including The Lane That Has No Purning by Gilbert Parker in autumn release from Doubleday, Heart's Highway by Mary E. Jeines, Mistress Mary Cavendish set after Baston rebellion, Bath Comedy by Agnes and Fuerton Castle, The Girl at the Halfway House by E. Hough, and Concerning Cats by Helen M Winslow. It praises The Bath Comedy and The Girl at the Halfway House as engaging late eighteenth to nineteenth century settings and notes Winslow's practical guide on cat care as valuable for readers.
A review highlights the forthcoming 15 volume library set on history, politics, art, music and science, noting strong early demand with 2,000 orders. It praises The Biography of a Grizzly for its intimate, almost Kiplingesque portrayal of a grizzly bear, Wabb, and its vivid illustrations.
A moving Van fitted as a saloon stopped near Furitas Springs temperance picnic grounds at dawn. The wagon served beer and whisky from a roadside bar while locals repelled a raid by the bumlat sar and his assistants as the barkeeper drove away toward the lake.
Wilkesbarre, Aug 18. Arnold Smith, a bald man, used molasses on a palm leaf fan to soothe biting flies in a lakeside tent. His wife, covered in molasses, attacked him with the fan causing a scene. She filed assault charges. Smith appeared before Alderman Donohue who sent them home and ordered a week's delay for further word.
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