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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
6
A large audience witnessed the play Way Down East while MR. SHELDON denounced Sunday theater as Sabbath desecration. He cited an ordinance prohibiting performances on Sundays and urged adherence to religious duty, arguing public morality relies on upholding the Sabbath. The sermon pressed the community to resist secular entertainments and maintain church tradition.
A pastor speaks against desecration of the Sabbath and warns of civil disorder if city officials enforce limits on worship. He calls for faith and unity, urging congregants to resist what he terms unlawful restrictions while defending church authority and communal discipline.
An advertisement extols SSS as a universal cure for contagious mood poison, describing internal and external symptoms and criticizing mercury and pritches treatments. It claims SSS is a vegetable remedy with years of success and offers free home treatment and medical advice from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
Officials report that a committee of experts has been chosen to advise on the reorganization of fees and departments. The slate includes the secretary of the treasury and other high officials, with the aim to streamline commerce and transfer duties to the new department.
A Chicago era report recounts a Masonry initiation for Admiral Robley Schley amid controversy over his victory, with two ballots opposing him and the grand commander invoking supreme authority to admit him as a Mason. The incident underscores factional rivalry and the friction between naval triumph and fraternal ritual.
Waehineten Dee and Senor Craehs han relieved the minister position as Dr. Thoume Herren, present Secretary of legation, is named to succeed Senor Concha. Herren is charged with guiding negotiations for the canal treaty under full government authority amid intensified efforts.
A fragment reads about a poker game broken up near Herington Kansas with references to wartime era figures and a train schedule for the Golden State Limited from Topeka to Chicago. The OCR yields garbled dialog and mixed details, but notes a failed poker session and a famed railway timetable.
Rev Francis L Hayes pastor of First Congregational Church spoke on temperance urging that if it is wrong for a man to drink it is wrong for him to buy liquor. He cited biblical warnings and noted temperance societies formed in 1749 and movements across Europe. He highlighted Britain and Scotland signatures and claimed temperance affects employers and labor, urging Christians to stand against酒 and urging personal principle.
The December sitting of the supreme court declined to require county commissioners of Atchison county to reconvene and recount votes or exclude ballots from railroad workers. The court ruled the board is the appropriate body to determine constitutional validity of returns under law and that mandamus cannot compel it to perform duties outside its prescribed role. The appellate decision favored the defendants in the contested election for member of the legislature.
Holsington Kansas December reports a new railroad building to be finished by January 15, 190%. It will house 25 rooms for railroad men with reading rooms and baths, plus nine bedrooms and a furnace heated system. Contractor TD Cork to oversee construction begun December. Reflector notes unusual December decorations, violet banks along Mud Creek, and local apple tree harvest. Garden State Limited train schedule to Topeka, Chicago arrival at 10:20 AM.
Local notes report Dr Mulvane’s trip to Chicago and several visitors in Topeka including J K Forbes Ottawa and G Pipp Burlingame. Mentiones about weather friendly for building, a cooperative telephone project, and a political and civic event calendar with town outcomes and arrests.
A military bulletin reviews Prohibition effects in army posts, arguing beer and light wine bans push soldiers to disreputable taverns and violent behavior. It highlights Fort Riley maneuvers with multiple regiments and National Guard contingents, praising joint training for improved efficiency and officer camaraderie, and notes potential for expanded participation if funding allows.
The steamer St Louis reached New York from Bourhampton and Cherbourg after a severe storm. Passengers included J Ailian Wowen and General Ben Lir Wiljorn. The voyage featured heavy seas, damaged decks, and crews working to secure lifeboats amid high waves and gusts. Archbishop Walsh and Irish hierarchy clash over nationalist education stances in Parliament.
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