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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
3
Woodmen of the World district convention draws members from the Southwest to Kansas City for a busy gathering. Delegates plan sessions, talks, and social events reflecting fraternal activities and regional concerns.
Reports show growing membership in the Woodmen of the World across the Midwest and Indian Territory. Delegates will be elected to the sovereign camp meeting in Milwaukee, with plans to strengthen local lodges and honor departed members with monuments.
Fragmentary text describes an order affecting officials in a state body and a leadership transition. It mentions 22 March, a named figure, and a successor not yet named, but details are incomplete and uncertain.
A chaotic digest notes bribery claims involving WG miners' unions at Sorgenten Pa and a mine foreman, plus duties on tests to be withdrawn. Obituaries include Monroe Bailey, father of WW J Hailey, and a mine disaster at Lehigh Wilkes Barre. Weather and cold waves intensify in New England states with several deaths. Several political moves and appointments unfold in Kansas and Oklahoma territories as states prepare for new terms. A wide array of local items covers rail, finance, and civic events from Topeka and Santa Fe, including public notices, road work, and cultural happenings.
A Detroit Free Press fragment describes a ruddy farmer noting that the only local telephone makes his house a rural post office. When town neighbors call, wives journey across fields to relay messages about visitors and plans, causing friction between town and country residents.
Local church notices list services across several parishes led by pastors including Rev J A Rennick Rev J D Counterming and Rev H A Ott. Programs feature morning and evening sermons Sunday school prayer meetings and choir offerings across First United Presbyterian Westminster First Lutheran and First Congregational churches with various times and sermon themes.
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