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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
3
A fragmentary column surveys various topics from canal schemes and presidential messages to census hints and currency debates. It notes reform tendencies, the Kansas outlook, and comments on national figures, elections, and economic conditions with scattered references to cities, governors, and political actors.
Fragmentary text from the Atchisay Globe describes outdated views on marriage, gender roles, and propriety. Mentions of control, courtship, and expectations for women, including dress and behavior, with references to married life and social punishment. Names and coherence are unclear due to damaged OCR.
FF. M. Baker recently received a five ton keg of whisky and distributed it among Atchison friends. They say it is either the best or the worst whisky they ever tasted, and they are not certain which.
Reflections on marriage and women mix witty maxims about trust and fate. The piece riffs on male choices and womanly perception with playful, if irreverent, observations. It weaves humor with cultural references, hinting at social norms and foibles.
A garbled Chicago page offers a string of proverbs and curiosities on money politics and virtue. The collage includes rambling aphorisms about honesty, pride, and mischief, with stray misprints suggesting a satirical take on public manners and personal conduct.
In Mewankee Wisconsin over the Christmas period Mrs Josephine Dolmen died from a heartache while her late husband’s body lay in the room. The doctor arrived as she fainted and she passed away shortly after in distress from a peculiar ache in her heart. Her son W T Dohmen summoned relatives to the bedside as the couple is to be laid to rest together.
A 16 year old boy in San Francisco attempted suicide by inhaling gas after a failed plan to steal and starve himself. He told reporters he faced a life he called a farce and feared ending up on the streets, but survived and vowed to keep fighting.
An American, Paul Konak, is jailed in Mohil prison Berlin on lese majeste charges after a public insult to the Kaiser. A Berlin restaurant outburst described as vulgar and dangerous led to police intervention. local censorship limits full details.
The narrative notes his first realization came in a police station. His conviction seems likely, but a drunkenness plea may be deemed a mitigation. The judge may impose imprisonment, possibly six months, with release after a shorter period.
Miss Rose returns from two month trip to the United States and Hawaii. She recalls arrivals in Hilo with regiments and bands, a grand welcome, and praise from Topeka for her royal reception. The Topeka Carnival queen received broad attention and gratitude from Hawaiians and Kansans alike.
Promising American actor Mr Digby Bell brings a strong company to Crawford Theater for Augustus Thomas latest play The Hoosier Doctor. A quaint character sketch with humor and pathos, Bell plays the gentle hero who hides a marriage as townspeople misread him. Seat prices 1 75 60 and 35 cents, on sale at Rowley Snow’s drug store Friday morning.
In Grant county Golden residents hear a political wager tale between Miss Lucy Withers a schoolteacher and Harold Owens a ranchman over the Simpson Long contest. Owens bets thirty head of cattle valued at 1060 that Long will win and Withers counters with a thousand kisses payable weekly until the debt is settled as witnesses listen.
A Congregational church clears a $2,400 debt after a four to five year struggle. In October a rally raised $1,100, then $2,400 was reached with cash payments and a $2,000 mortgage payoff by Mr. Burhans. A jubilee service is planned next Sunday with Rev. Le. P. Broad of Topekin delivering the morning address.
In Pittsburg on December 5 coal mines operate at full force with day and night shifts. East coast strikes funnel work to Kansas operators and Nebraska Oklahoma Missouri towns. Prices rise to 1 cent per pound in Pittsburg as dealers struggle to meet orders.
Western Kansas farmers vow action after a Wyoming federal court ruling in the Howell Johnson case fuels a fight with Colorado irrigators who draw water from the Arkansas River. They insist on a prior right for sub irrigation and will press their claim in the Arkansas Valley dispute.
Industrial Commissioner Davis of the Santa Fe visits Atchison and meets with a 40 member committee. He declines to build a switch to the vitrified brick works but offers to supply tails at 12 dollars a ton and cover half the material costs at regular rates.
Dr Weeks of Caldwell was fined $10 and costs totaling $22 in Justice Chaddon's court for violating state health laws by failing to report births and deaths. County Health Officer Martin swore out the complaint. Sheriff Hestent arrested Weeks, who paid the fine and returned home.
In Emporia this week J E Hinshaw reported two bushels of dead fish found along the Cottonwood river on his farm. He suspects dynamite was used and notes several buggy loads of fish have been taken to town previously. Fish Warden Newton is investigating today. Next, Atchison aims to halt Sunday liquor sales by deploying a covert officer to monitor saloons and arrest violators for weekend and weekday sales. Public schools in Atchison will close December 25 for holiday vacation through January 2, with a plan to extend the break and adjust the spring schedule. Hutchinson hosts a third annual poultry and pet stock exhibit December 20 to 24, with Geo Reitz and FP Sheilabarger among organizers and judges.
Parsons hunters who left the city two weeks ago for the south returned home with five deer and over fifty turkeys. The game was on display yesterday as the finest collection any hunting party had brought to Parsons.
The Revue des Rheumatamis, a new French venture by Alexandre Heppe, aims to present cures and remedies for rheumatic complaints. Contemp orary writers Brancuis Comes, Aurelian Beholt, Armand Sylvestre, and others contribute. The magazine invites afflicted readers to describe remedies and symptoms, a feature already tried in preceding issues.
Nashvlle Tenn December law allows a bounty for sparrow killings in December January February. City officials oppose it arguing the statute is unwieldy and city ordinance will block executions. They note sparrows foster pest insects and despite state payments there is no drop in sparrow numbers.
Governor elect Theodore Roosevelt may speak at the University of Chicago convocation on January 2. The former Rough Rider is invited to choose his own topic and is expected to address themes tied to the Spanish could be inferred. Roosevelt has previously spoken at Chicago as New York police head, with notable remarks on success and reform.
Promotion for Wonderful Beggs Little Giant Pile claims it cures weak stomach digestion liver issues sick headache constipation and female ailments with no rival. Advertises substitution and urges asking for Beggs at all druggists.
Newark December 3 John Schrade a widower killed himself at Woodland Cemetery after his wife’s funeral. He lived at 361 South Mightsepth Street. At the ceremony he appeared inconsolable and later took poison in a room upstairs. A son failed to alert him in time as mourners moved to the cemetery. The tragedy followed his remark that he would die after his wife.
In Sitka region, the Pande Basin Gold Placer Co of New York plans a major Alaska project next summer. A 60 foot lake tapping, a 5 foot width shaft, and a tunnel are under construction with 40 men employed. Assays show high values per ton and potential veins across 1,500 feet depth. General Henry J. Wiley oversees engineering.
Green Bay Wisconsin reports a church reform at First Methodist to remove hats during service so attendees may better see the preacher at the altar. The measure, requested by Rev W M Forke, is voluntary for parishioners and not a church rule.
The article notes a shift in church practice with hats allowed in pews, drawing mixed reactions from young and old members. A new pastor, Rev. Forkel, formerly of Rock River and Cicako origins, leads the congregation since October 4. Attendance runs about 256 each Sunday as a plan for church funding via weekly payments and fairs proceeds, with support for the method growing.
Pittsburg residents packed Ninth ward as Robert J. Dermott known as Hota, mascot of the Troth Pennsylvania volunteers, arrived from Union Station after a long ride to 73 Pike Street. Police kept the doors from bursting and crowds pressed to see the hero who wore a new uniform gifted by Admiral Dewey and a trunk of relics. Dermott recalls a newsboy past and a Manila battle era, earning a public reception before.
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