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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
7
No. 2 leaves Kansas City at 9:50 a.m. as a solid vestibuled train to St Louis. It includes smoking car day coaches reclining chair car seats free and a Pullman parlor car. Connections at St Louis union depot with eastern lines for New York and Atlantic coast points.
Stave Pokagon, sole surviving son of late Potawatomi chief, traveled to La Porte Indiana en route to claim a 10 acre land patent. He asserts the government under treaties with Indians grants him possession and seeks enforcement of rights from historic treaties dated October 35 and January 10 1546. Local inquiries note involvement with federal officials and questions over title and entrenchment of court proceedings.
Charles Gould of Albany was named Yale captain after a restrained vote at a December banquet. Only one balloting candidate stood against him, Perry T. W. Hale, with Gould, Chadwick Broomer, and Heir among the few academics in the field.
Fragmented advert paragraph touts a “cure” by a Dr Ries Decatne with a purported universal treatment. It mentions Mr Tawrence Oliver and others, claiming a permanent effect after short treatment and urging readers to apply to Dr Hace for the method.
The fragment hints at a Yale football player Gould returning after two years at left end. It notes freshman year standout play and college prep at Albany Academy. It mentions medical school plans and Hillis aiming to finish graduate work while continuing football.
Four masked men robbed the private bank of John Burehuck in Rhunesville four miles west of Canal Dover after dawn. Citizens armed themselves but were repelled by the burglars who looted the wrecked ante hand. Gunfire erupted as the robbers fled in a Wheelie and Lake Erie vehicle, with bullets striking in the area and pursuit underway. Local speculation credits the Ladies with decisive action.
A stranger inspecting western parts of the county for weeks is identified as a Standard Oil official. He called a meeting of landowners to hear propositions to lease thousands of acres for oil development. Reports say Logansport to Visconsin paths indicate rich territory, with landowners demanding high prices.
Plan to form a pineapple growers trust in Florida met January 23 in Tampa. Leading organizers include John C. Heard and W. L. Straub of St. Petersburg and Judge MC Heldell of Port Tampan City. The group aims to control production and ship to a central depot. Immediate help is requested to advance the state organization.
Battle Creek Mich Dec 12 Mrs Jerome Jorden waited two years for her Klondike husband who went there and divorced on the ground of desertion. He has now come back with bags of gold dust said to total 100000. The reunion was moving as both had written letters never reaching each other. They reconciled and remarried.
Mrs. Ross of Chicago offers a full line of Standard Works at low cash prices with easy payments at the Blower House. See Stoddard Lectures with 4100 pages of travel engravings and world facts. Call or visit evenings or Saturdays. examiners paid for time. Also notices Pain Balm offers prompt relief for rheumatism and back pain.
The Overland Pacific line promotes faster service between Missouri and San Francisco with double drawing room sleepers dining cars and berths. Adm Beresford praises the dining car and Aston Pacific train appointments while Fulton, deputy agent, advertises healing antiseptic applications amid counterfeits warnings.
Dec 6 Berlin dispatch reports a Savgent official telling Tagene that free harbors and waters are closed. Only hospital ship Savoya and transport Palatila remain icebound at Taku. Also noted is a Beulah Chapter No 4 O E S meeting on Saturday afternoon and two remaining cases of Morrison's annual Silverware sale.
North Topeka column lists residents and movements including Mrs Holcomb of Elmont in town shopping and Julius Botz of Meriden visiting the North side. A blanket sale offers 0 percent off and Costley and Post promote handkerchiefs and a china counter display. Community events note the Evening Dispatch Whiet meeting at the Bowman residence and plans for a farmers rest room committee chaired by Mrs Nicholson and others to push after Christmas.
At Louisville opening of the American Federation of Labor the slate for officers is seen as likely to prevail with Samuel Gompers as president Frank Morrison secretary Joan Lennon treasurer James Dimman and others named for vice presidencies. Debates cover eight hour workday and hat factory labor protests alongside anti trust and monopoly concerns.
A convention endorses a reform package with a large majority vote. Resolutions support congressional taxations, pensioning for disabled civil service appointees, and public ownership of production and distribution. A committee report introduces three resolutions and a substituted position denying public intent.
Former lightweights Terry McGovern and Joe Gans have been placed under arrest and kept under police guard ahead of their Chicago bout. Promoters and officials assure safety measures including a ringside justice and prompt bond releases if needed. McGovern trains in Milwaukee and Gans stays in controlled setting to make 335 pounds limit as bookmakers post odds.
An ex Army guard recalls a dramatic Alcatraz duty shift and a confrontation with a prisoner Caldwel l during a 24 hour watch. The account details routines, meals, the prison kitchen, and a tense moment when Caldwel l threatened the guard, illustrating harsh life on the island.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions remedies and cures for indigestion and traperels with references to Rex ibs and price per package. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent context but implies medicinal claims and consumer pricing. No identifiable people or organizations are clearly established.
The fragmentary text lists establishments and items for rent or sale including furniture and household goods. It mentions FOR RENT and FOR SALE in a jumble with references to shops and locales, plus vague product notes and prices. The legible entities include FOR RENT and FOR SALE phrases and scattered item mentions.
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