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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1900
Page
4
A garbled survey of editorials notes mixed reception to women’s suffrage. References to Colorado Wyoming and other states praise turnout while questioning political manipulation. Mentions Wolcott reelection bid and broader tax and tariff debates.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt reports public unease over proposed war taxes to subsidize private interests. Critics say eight million dollars would flow to mine owners, shipbuilders, and others, with little to none of the benefit reaching farmers or manufacturing, especially away from the coast. The piece links subsidies to private commercial gain and warns against tying public funds to private profit.
A fragmented discussion on class, finance, and party alignment fills the scene. It notes Bryan era tensions, gold Democrats returning to their party, and uncertainty about Chicago’s Republican plurality and representation, amid national money questions and urban political realignments.
A collage of social and cultural musings from the Atchison Globe including remarks on preachers wives and husbands, money saving for boys, the dating scene, and women’s roles. Laughs about tea shops, card clubs, and a rumored engagement between an actress and Jim Jeffries with playful jabs at courtship and marriage.
A compilation of witty, fragmented aphorisms on love, virtue, advice, and social manners. The piece riffs on ambition, politeness, weather, and money with ironic quips about ministers, lovers, painters, and clerks.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record hints at public attitudes toward sour grapes, a successful pickpocket who stays connected with the public, and young men who claim literary aims yet resemble cubs. The piece references a mule seller and an exchange about being mental agriculturalist with a nod to local slang.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a young man’s mother recalling coffee rituals, Charles dismissively links heredity, and an absent minded man at a railway station forgets their intended destination. The garbled text preserves quirky exchanges and family anecdotes, echoing early 20th century domestic humor.
The Evening Standard reports a major clash near Tondon as British forces led by Gen Knox engage Gen De Wet's Boer forces in what it calls a great battle. Dispatches describe heavy fighting and shifting positions with no verified outcome.
New York on December 10 reports that state penalties totaling 1 729 000 against Armour and Co and 679 700 against G H Hammond Co for alleged oleomargarine sales are to be dropped due to Frank H Platt and old political strife. The move follows destroyed records and prior settlement attempts, with Republican leaders resisting compromise amid intra party tensions.
A Kansas judge defends Jessie Morrison in a courtroom outbreak over a Castle howe case. He argues that incarceration risks death, questions the death penalty, and appeals to jurors as flowers and a letter arrive for the prisoner from supporters in Kansas City and Newtown Neck.
Governor Stanley honors a requisition from Nebraska for Willem Eval alius Joho Thorn jailed in Marysville wanted in Omaha on horse stealing. The horse valued at $16. Sheriff W. Dunn aided by officers to bring him back for prosecution.
Colonel John Jacob Astor purchases extensive acres of woodland from Farnell and other farmers. The motive is to preserve the forest from sale or exploitation, keeping the land intact for future use and conservation.
Fire at Calumet and Hecla coal shed No 1 in South Lake Linden spreads dense gas and smoke. Spontaneous combustion started the blaze and a large crew struggles to control flames near the center of the building, with damage estimated at 106000 tons of coal. New Kansas postmasters announced in Washington with four changes listed.
Topeka sportsmen including M A Lew J L B Dillon R W Blair E S Quinton W A L Thompson and G W Stansfield returned Sunday afternoon with no game after three weeks in the Wichita mountains Oklahoma Federal wardens and law prevented shipping game from the territory despite a prosperous hunt They left Fort Cobb camped in Kiowa Comanche country and wrote the district judge seeking an exception but the judge ruled the game could not be shipped They left 90 dozen quail behind at El Reno and returned home without birds
Wichita dispatch reports J A Newan sends a message to H A Mudge accusing Santa Fe officials of forging his name to Telegrams to force men back to work. Mudge denies the claim and says the company will not recall workers, noting they have deals with current staff and apply for positions.
Washington DC ruling affects appraisers by requiring consideration of improvements when valuing lots for townsite development. Previous practice limited value to land plus growth, with improvements ignored, prompting debate over occupants’ rights to 50 percent of appraised value. The Interior Department decision may broaden speculative gains and influence future developments.
Washington reports by Surgeon General Sternbure on typhoid origins and spread in U S military camps during 1898. A board led by Major Herd, Vaushan, and Shakespeare notes widespread epidemic across corps and regiments, with sanitation failures, unsanitary sites, insufficient space, contaminated water, and fecal matter spread. Recommendations include centralized authority for camp hygiene, disinfection of fecal matter, and better water sterilization. mortality around 8 percent with about ten and a half day incubation.
General Manager Mudge announced a strike action at the Kansas City depot affecting about 116 operators with many returning to work as stations report partial operation. A potential arbitration was discussed with Mr. Ripley while most trains, freight and passenger, faced delays.
Intersections of Hixth and Reventl streets with Fulmore street were paved and an application for use of the Auditorium was filed for a public installation. Two youths, cited for breaking bats on Western Avenue, were sentenced to reformatory rehab. A sleeve mapping contract for the extension of the city plant is complete. A Swedish Lutheran church ceremony united Mr Olson of Marauelte, Kan, and the bride’s brother’s family, with other local details noted.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Hynarod Bathe the ante Ne tam and related names. The text is heavily garbled with no clear events or dates. Unable to determine a coherent news item from this fragment.
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