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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
5
A long, garbled text critiques travel and water costs, road conditions, and public works. It references sailors, horses, carriages, and a public utility, debating burdens on citizens and the need for better infrastructure and reasonable prices. The piece laments the strain on households and suggests reforms to ease access to water and transport.
Webb Wall heads toward Meadville on AU7W business with connections to local committees and a county election recount. The discussion centers on township ballots and the county treasurer’s race as townships show limited attention to the tally.
In Townsend district notes, McFarland presses for candidacy while wresting with boundary concerns and cross district confusion. rival Ban Dyer competes for the same position as the political drift hints at shifts in support and potential endorsements.
Fragment mentions Ebene Willig and Charles candidates, dispute over tie up in the war and vinyl style wording. It references the Sixth district and concerns over trends and outside opinions among candidates, with general voter sentiment and disputes.
Washington December 98 The will of Mrs Iveses S Grant was presented for probate today in New York. The document provides a thousand year old empress of Japan gift to the museum of Arts and directs the estate to be divided into four equal shares with funds set aside for the Grant family education and maintenance and other beneficiaries including the estate of Cikeet Cran and her children. The executor appointed is General Fred D P Grant.
Councilman Griley sparks a heated session over merging the Fifth and Sixth wards to balance population. Swendson contests the plan as unfair while the committee pushes to table the measure and focus on rapid hospital preparations for smallpox cases on peat house grounds.
A notice outlines a February banquet featuring General Kyob, Wood, Funston, and Subaha, with attendees to respond to a Kapran Thaelu invitation. The event aims to present Prolabty and discuss the tonet topic during Jamsary 2 proceedings.
Fragmented OCR lists pension names and places across Kansas, including Abilene and Yales Center, with dollar amounts such as 6, 8, 14, 12, and 17. Mentions an August meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists and an annual address by President Fealley.
Councilman Nichols becomes a grocer at Seventeenth and Kansas Avenue purchasing from W. B. Osborne, entering the grocery trade for the first time. Other council members already in retail include Mr. Weber on Kansan Avenue.
Herbert, now manager of the Rio Grande networks, is named vice president and general manager of the Colorado and Southern and vice president of the Fort Worth and Denver. He will oversee operations from Denver to Fort Worth with HQ in Denver, per Frank Trumbull. The change aims to relieve Frank Utter’s workload. Harding of Denver and Rio Grande confirms Herbert’s future role and continued rail ties.
Christmas mail at Topeka post office required two wagon loads of letters and packages scattered across the floor as extra workers sorted by carrier. Officials expect heavier packages to continue for another day and after New Year’s. Judge Guthrie noted the workload felt heavier this year with three extra staff compared to last year.
Scoti Lawyers from Iwoti Kas arrive to depose witnesses in an election contest over Rtute Treasurer Frank Grimes. The dispute centers on residence claims for Grimes and others. depositions will be taken in Syrrow. Also notes the death of Captain W W ONeill and Sarony’s skating record in New York.
Mayor Parker says a test of the Sunday theater law will occur and action will come after a report in the State Journal. City Attorney Spencer offers no further comment, noting it is the mayor’s decision and that police could arrest performers if complaints arise.
Local mentions detail Mrs Lew Alexander and son visiting Mrs H A Roach, Mr and Mrs Dean Waters visiting Capt and Mrs J G Waters, and Br Fienniken family spending Christmas in Clay Center. Names include J S Becker Concordia, Hal Williams and T Williams in Holton, and Free Vesper in Kansas City. A Western Sorosis meeting is rescheduled to January 3 at Mrs Monroe’s home.
United Sinica Senator J J Burton refused to discuss senatorial issues or campaigns, saying he will act within the Republican party and oppose any move harming its interests. He arrived in Topeka and stated he plans to consult allies and decide his course soon.
The body of Dye Temple from Canterbury was moved from Lambeth Palace to Canterbury for interment in a simple hearse. A parish train carried the coffin with a small escort to the station. Also reported, Mrs. Bloom Quimby of Ness City died on a Santa Fe train en route to visit her parents during a holiday trip.
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