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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1901
Page
8
News from New York reports King Edward seeking rest while battle plans for Tri eta Palace are prepared. A famed courier arrived from Homburg detailing potential moves as Vienna and other regions see tensions rise.
Indianapolis bound Senator Mur bahhp Jirsiped and District Attorney Robert Eran a Trewritae escaped serious injury when their carriage was attacked by a dog. The senator was knocked unconscious after a fall and buried in debris, narrowly avoiding death as the vehicle collided with a fence and overturned.
A chaotic incident at a hotel involves Whlillyhary and a party clashing with staff led by Mr Sanderson. A confrontation escalates when a blows are exchanged, followed by a group departure as police or authorities respond to the disturbance.
Fragmented OCR text references sheriff Eng Als Hepaty and railway lines, mentioning roads, rivers, crops, and cents per bushel. Unclear details and names. Likely a brief local update with scarce readable facts and no clear events or dates.
Aug 19 at a Weat Twenty-Brat street saloon in Chieves, Powell Phiscoph fired into a crowd of boys in front of the prince bant night. Three were wounded. two later died. Victims named Henry eeplenesaeieg and Lard Seafeetd. One man, aged 27, shot through left arm and side, taken to county hospital in critical condition. Saloonkeeper arrested.
Baseballdays in Hoxie Kansas feature two games between Sheridan and Gove counties for the championship. First game ended 5 to 6 for Sheridan, second tied 12 to 12 after 12 innings. Large crowds attended both contests amid disputed events.
The Selina carnival presents a belching Mount and imitations of Pompeii on September 1. The show will feature loud aerial pieces and cannon weights over 86 pounds.
Aug. 19 The Spanish Red Cross society plans to document the history of the Spanish American War focusing on the work of the Ted, Creas in Ubat. The report notes a rise in orders as supplies and medicines are distributed to public and trade sectors.
The narrator recalls a faded lamp that once lit a Velvet Foot stage and a spectral figure urging belief in the unexplainable. Florence appears, urging the Story Teller to trust mystery as he recounts a past personal encounter with a distant child and a promised sign in three days.
A conversational fragment traces a narrator and listener recounting tales of ghosts and superstition. An aunt in a house with a dying friend, a Bishop Wilberforce ghost, and a priest haunting a library reveal shared fears of immoral writings shaping eternal echoes.
A local advisement outlines imminent city dump operations with plans to hire two dumpmasters and a wash crew. The city will appoint a chief and support staff to manage hauling, barrel shortages hinder work, and a payments system may offer up to twenty dollars per day for a capable team.
A fragmentary police bulletin outlines a male suspect, described as bald with a thin moustache and a dimpled chin, wearing a hat and tan clothing. The note lists facial marks and a distinctive left eye condition, urging caution until located. Authorities reference pension bureau connections and a potential desertion report.
Denver and Rio Grande railroad will soon announce a new official for the purchase of Ye Flo we je Western. R. Robertson, division superintendent of the Sotteelie and Rushville line, will be transferred to Denver through support from General Mann Metcalf of the Rio Grande system. His transfer signals important developments in Rio Grande operations with duties in the tariff department in a subordinate yet special jurisdiction of the Western division.
In Youngstown on August 19, seven of 14 workers injured in a National Steel company blast furnace explosion have died. Two more remain in critical condition. The disaster was blamed on a malfunction in the hot metal handling by machine operators at the plant.
Chaplain Harry Jones reports at the New York training slip that most of the 433 men and boys slated for the cruise are from various parts of the country, with little prior service or professional life experience, and that many wear guest uniforms. International families and personal backgrounds blend as the crew prepares aboard the facility in New Bert.
New York dispatch reports a movement to award Admiral Cervera a loving cup for kindness shown to prisoners at Santiago. Arthur Bird of the Sidney Record is credited with starting the campaign, with letters and testimonials arriving in support.
From London dated Aug 19 Lord Kitchener reports a South African constabulary action near Middleburg Cape Colony. A 110 strong unit surprised a Boer force of roughly 600 to 800. They could not press the pursuit and retreated, with one constable killed and several wounded or missing.
A fragmentary report notes Mr Kroger rejecting a privateer proposal, while the setters of a privateering plant claim rights to pursue recourse concerning Tiger prisoners captured after September 15. Sugar prices show a drop as markets react to uncertain developments amid ongoing promotions.
A tale recounts a narrator and a friend who claimed to see photographs of a beloved manor house. The owner’s family once lived there, and a distinguished East Indies army officer had connections to the property. The photos were developed in London, but one image titled The Man in the Chair remains disputed and described as dubious.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art gains another collection following the death of Mrs. Field in Paris last November. Her daughter Mary Colonna of Rome inherits, while William Field becomes residuary legatee. Several unimproved properties in Chicago tied to Mrs. Field are noted.
A Denver meeting of a bi state commission group formed to study a uniform divorce procedure act and uniform insurance laws. Judge Leman Brewster of Danbury Conn chairs the conference allied with the American Bar Association. Delegates from multiple states will attend in Denver as part of broader legal harmonization efforts.
New York Aug 1 Bigamy Michael and Floyd McFarland prepare for a 14 man motor paced race at Madison Square Garden tonight. The event features top professional sprinters and marks a major circuit championship with Kra mer leading, Taylor and Lawson among the contenders.
Report notes 4000 female workers in New York planning a strike over pay and working conditions. Details describe the executive board discussions and proposed wage adjustments, with emphasis on a protest lasting into the next day. The piece references broader labor tensions and city workshops affected by the action.
The government has decided to teach swimming and life saving in all city schools. The Life Saving Society method is adopted and 2,000 handbooks and charts have been issued for headmasters and teachers. The handbook outlines the course for classes schools and individuals and has been translated into Swedish and Italian.
An experiment by a Frenchwoman used chocolate as the sole sustenance for sixty days to test its sustaining powers. She reportedly lost two pounds in weight during the period.
The notice lists appointments across services including War Department artillery officers John Be Myrick and William Arthur Murray, with ranks such as Second Lieutenant and Captain in artillery and infantry. Navy names include Howard Gage and William Burdick, plus assistant surgeons and other ranks.
Report from London dated August 19 notes Boer women recently taken to concentration camps, speaking for victory as their husbands command. They claim European mediation will come soon and that Boer men on the front rally. wives of surrendering foes face insults, while burghers in Tehideral seek to rejoin the fighting, showing resolve despite hardships.
A sequence of property transfers lists numerous names and parcels across streets such as Woodward Avenue and Navarre, with buyers including McLillan, Gabor, Abbott, Dodd, McAdow, Prowdit, Lit- Vichelann, and others. The fragmentary itemization references prices like 60, 50, 100, and 200 dollars, and mentions parcels in various additions and quarters, ending with unclear trailing text.
Engineers and insurers observe a 13 by 20 foot fireproof mock building in a Northeastern test. Under Professor Norton of MIT, a timberless reinforced cinder concrete frame with a fur nace layout with kerosene saturated wood reached about 2000 degrees F. The roof sagged three inches but held, and the structure ultimately endured a two hour blaze with no collapse despite a large iron load.
A whimsical estimate claims Londoners ingest about 1.29 billion pitta of tea annually and imagines a vast trapet to hold it. The note uses playful exaggeration, placing the imagined containment across the area of St Paul’s while avoiding precise details or sources.
Special notice states a round trip via Santa Fe and Cleveland to Buffalo with fare 21.56, good returning. The Cleveland and Buffalo Transportation Company plans a direct Lake Erie trip for the Buffalo exposition, enabling attendance this summer with a single daytime charge. Agent A. T4245 handles arrangements for fall itineraries.
In a perplexing local report from the Pennsylvania area, authorities confirm a death under unclear circumstances at a site identified by partial OCR text. Officials say investigations are ongoing to determine cause and sequence of events surrounding the incident.
Harvard Observatory staff at a Tamneles high altitude station report water scarcity in the winter and rely on dew collection from eaves to supply drinking water. Professor Pickering coordinates moon atlas publication from the site while noting telescope details and changes in lunar appearance. An Englishman aged about 34 years 3 months is also mentioned in the text.
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