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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
4
A fragmented early Topeka State Journal page notes subscription terms and a wire service report. The garbled text references the Associated Press and sale notes, with unclear dates or details but indicates standard subscription information and wire content.
State Journal offers a summer home delivery option at thirty cents per month with flexible address changes. The piece comments on party coalitions, trust issues, mint production notes missing Kansas data, Vermont whisky campaigns, and prohibition views, noting drunks affect anti temperance support.
The Treasury Bureau of Statistics details Alaska’s gain from gold, furs, and fisheries in a new monograph. It notes 150 million in product value since purchase, with 50 million in precious metals and 60 million in fisheries and 60 million in furs, plus growing investment and transport networks. Nome City now exceeds 12,000 residents as Arctic mail expands and towns rise.
The article reports Thomas T. Kelly's defense amid embezzlement findings by Miami County commissioners. It details alleged record alterations, contested warrants, and Kelly's denial amid a GOP repudiation. It notes the commissioners found clear shortages totaling 1824.99 and that Kelly faced potential criminal action.
A garbled passage appears to resemble an old ad style about Hood's Sarsaparilla and a chaotic line of phrases. It mentions Sidneys, reins, Telus, and driving into trouble, with unclear connections. The readable portion hints at a medicinal pitch rather than a coherent event.
The passage notes Stands’ conviction for misappropriating public funds and argues Kansas voters should reject Kelly for state treasurer. It predicts a strong Republican majority but notes many Republicans plan to scratch both Kelly and the party ticket to rebuke a thief backed by a Republican board of examiners.
A careful reading shows Mr C Teily offers a denial rather than explanation. The county commissioners found missing vouchers and Kelly refunded the funds. He claims large support in his county but faces a decisive 180 to 28 defeat in the county convention. The opposition vows to use ammunition in the forthcoming campaign against Kelly and the Republican target overall.
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes Hanna Sage have ended efforts to end the anthracite strike. Miners seek arbitration. operators refuse, rating Morgan’s position as obliged to settle. The piece frames a broad national clash over the strike and accuses operators of bullying the country. Also reports Rev Sam Small collapsing during a temperance lecture in Vermont and admitting drunkenness later, mocking his expenses.
Chaute conti to gush over ranhers and local events across Kansas towns. Normal professors golf between sessions at Wa-Keeney, an Atchison man offers 25 dollars for poison clues, Cimarron terms weigh 40 pounds, and Trego county hosts a camp meeting on ponent creek. Larned church bells, Gray sorat candidates, Dodge City pastor’s Newton move, a 96 car train on the Missouri Pacific, and Lyon county old settlers wagon push all figure in a mosaic of community life with carnival cake bake and strong local voices.
A jumble of dated quips and anecdotes from the Atchison Globe sketches social roles and marriage, noting women’s burdens and men’s conduct. It mentions a Don’t Worry club opening, two engaged girls, and a young man juggling two worlds, with humorous asides on reading and chores.
A collage of quips and sayings on time, debt, trust, love, and humor. It weaves OS-like aphorisms about mortgages, ships, castles, and bargains with lines about barbers and waiting for wives, ending with a philosopher’s tip to count to ten before speaking.
A collection of wry withering lines and witticisms from the Chicago News mocking modern vanity faiths and marriage. It savages phonographs and doctors while noting a woman's loud bill and a man’s duty to pay.
George Framer named foreman of the Santa Fe blacksmithing department in Topeka with effective date Septem ber. Formerly employed in Topeka shop he is noted as an excellent mechanic. vacancy followed Rendle Congdon’s realignment. Modern Woodmen event and local notices describe deaths and community activities in Baldwin Kansas with reports of contests and speakers.
Miawathe and Kam lead the Fusionists in the First district race with Aug 27 reporting. Brown, a former Republican county clerk, is a possible rival though his shifting stance on the silver issue complicates his bid. Brown once led the Twenty third Kon Ferment unit during Governor Leedy’s era.
Preliminary hearing in a Kickapoo case questions if Littia Simons, a citizen Indian not on agency rolls and lacking government ward status, can testify against Cave, Curtis, Woods, and Clough for selling liquor to Indians. Court faces whether government ward criteria apply to non ward citizens in liquor sale prosecutions.
An 8:30 am crowd gathered for a grab sale at E B Guilds Music Store as envelopes with item slips were chosen. Prizes ranged from guitars and mandolins to sheet music while many left with small discounts. the sale precedes the business move to 722 Kansas Avenue.
Jago Holbein, the English swimmer, started at 3:20 PM on his third try to cross the English Channel from Cape Grisnez France. A north wind blew while the sea lay calm. Frank Holmes of Birmingham plans to sail tomorrow to meet Holbein en route to France.
Judge Horton's condition remains steady as he listens to President Roosevelt's speeches with clear mind and focused interest.
D A Valentine of the supreme court returns from a long trip north of Toronto, Canada. Mr and Mrs Joseph N LeRoy and Ottoson of Chicago visit Mr LeRoy and Mrs Davies in town. Cal Cate Ausitor Cole, ill for days, remains weak and away from his office as newsfocused observers note the delay in official duties.
The Journal reports district residents oppose current plans arguing the district should be enlarged and lots farther from the improvement be taxed fairly. They urge adjustments to ensure proportional costs and avoid overburdening distant properties. Attorney General Knox sails for New York today.
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