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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
4
A jumble of opinions and notes on U S finance, politics, and events. Mentions Bryan McKinley Cud dy reward for kidnapping and British Boer War, with references to West Point hazing and Christmas pudding in Britain.
In a Philadelphia Record fragment from many years ago, a steamship subsidy linked to Republican leaders and the shipbuilding lobby is recalled. The piece notes exposure of alleged graft, the subsidy defeat in the House, and Senate opposition led by Morrill and Sherman amid changing trade winds and duty rebates.
Senators Morton Barian and Chandler oppose subsidies to revive a merchant marine. The Frye-Hanna plan would cost about ten million dollars yearly, while critics call subsidies impractical. Maritime policy faces resistance from Indiana Iowa Michigan leaders.
A scattered Globe column reflects on season quirks and resolutions, recalling a New Year import about peanuts and charity, mingled with odd anecdotes. It mentions a Pennsylvanian correspondent, a carousal wake up, and a curious tale of a man seeking a mirror. The piece notes a dramatic obituary image of John Good, and a Duke of Burgundy feast mockingly tied to Belgian hare eats in Finning district.
A fragmented column from the Chicago News contains assorted reflections on theater, morality, debt, marriage, and daily life. It threads quips about actors, manners, and social habits with brief anecdotes and satirical lines, including a jab at creditors and a barber’s warning. The piece blends humorous vignettes and moral musings from Philadelphia and Cincinnati sources.
The Ladies Music club has secured Mr. Wm Brigham for January 4 at the First Christian Church. He will deliver an illustrated lecture on the Grand Canon.
In hotel corridors residents discuss the boom era in western Kansas counties Brownen and Scott, where bond schemes for irrigating windmills failed, leaving bonds repudiated and a scatter of windmills not built. A Kansas City police chief recalls a missing gold watch and a hometown scoop that never ran.
The passage laments a persistent cough that returns after each cold, describing a cycle from cold to cough to pneumonia or consumption, with prolonged illness and risk to life. It notes the pattern as a familiar, ongoing struggle.
An 19th century consumer note extols Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for easing coughs and throat congestion. The remedy is claimed to loosen the grasp of the cough, subdue inflammation, and rest the parts, causing the cough to drop away.
An upcoming social event in Stagon aims to close the nineteenth century with a grand inaugural fete. The program runs 8 to 9 30 PM with entertainment, refreshments, music, dancing, and a midnight ceremony. Tickets are sold at local stores to invited guests. attendees are listed alphabetically for the State Historical Society record.
The Colorado State Auditor proposes a law to require county clerks to report land holdings owned by the state. The aim is to assess land available for a Finnish colony, amid historical tensions and shifting control in Finland. The governor sought information on land stock, and clerks supplied data in the absence of state secrets.
John J. Stanton Jr, state manager for Equitabian Insurance, resigns just before Christmas to take a position in New York City. Two interim managers, Mesure Cobb and Meon, are to assume control of the Btline in the Stormont buildings within ten days, with Stanton departing for New York City.
Topeka man L. T. Roby has gone to Omaha to serve as spece manager for the United oil works a Pl. He has long led the Topeka plant and his promotion enlarges duties after the trust absorbed the facility.
A brief notice outlines holiday rail rates for a Rock Island Route round trip to western points about 200 miles beyond the Missouri River. It lists sale dates and return limits while mentioning past remedies and public notices in a period-voice tone.
An aged transit note lists round trip fare details for a Rock Island route. It mentions a route to Potata with dates and special prices, plus additional taxi and foot notes. The fragmentary text preserves names and places but is incomplete on exact figures.
Fragmentary text from a newspaper item mentions education and community actions but is unreadable in key details leaving a vague sense of local events without clear people places or dates.
A Topeka couple believed in a true love match decided to wed Christmas travel to Ottawa. Anthony, a Santa Fe clerk, would wed Santa Walker, but delays and doubts arose. They eventually returned home and hinted at marriage while a long future together awaits family blessing.
Detroit observers report the sixteenth annual American Historical Association session opening with Peter White presiding in Michigan. Papers by George Burr Cornell Gilver Thatcher and James B Angell discuss crusades capitulations and Turkish treaties dating 1453 to present, with Angell noting Turkish claims about treaty authentic translations and U.S. treaty difficulties.
London reports a sensational move by the War Office demanding the resignation of Major General Sir Henry Colville, commander at Gibraltar. Colville refuses, heads to England, while the upheaval follows previous inquiries and reinstatements of senior officers amid a rising reform in Pall Mall. Odgers, a famed social figure and balloon honeymooner, is noted in connection with Colville’s career.
The Hague reports Senate members disown responsibility for a letter to Abram Kruger dated December 7, saying the Senate only asked the vice president to convey sympathy. The letter lauds Kruger's noble aim to stop the unjust war and hopes independence for the republics is secured. Separately, the American Physical Society held its second quarterly meeting in New York with President Henry Rowland presiding and attendance from top physicists. In Germany, British forces prepare to move against Boxers in Tianjin as German and Japanese forces secure the region and railways. Kansas County Clerks Association plans its January 18 meeting for the eighteenth annual gathering to pursue legislation affecting county clerks. Wright leads the association.
The Minneapolis Journal notes Ered and Will Cooper, colored youths tied to the Damar case, were sent to the pectors for processing. Hutchinson City foresees a forthcoming session, with members expecting a meaningful discussion on the matter and witnesses recalling a charged anniversary remark by a local figure.
The text is fragmented and indicates government inaction on claims from Japan and China. Authorities show reluctance to pressure for citizens, with governor and legislature involved but details are incomplete. The article hints at a possible authorization of a mutement by the legislature.
Chairman Hull expresses belief that the Army bill will pass after conference and stresses differences between parties on the measure. He argues for timely action within a week after the White House unit moves to conference.
A British report describes a Boer War scene where a dead man stays gripping his rifle as a Boer soldier attempts to pull it free. The weapon remains wedged in the hand, and the surrounding action ends with bloodshed and the certainty of death.
A Nature piece recounts Sir William Sirk Canale’s tale of a captured albatross in a New Zealand voyage. The bird was bound with twine around its neck, wrapped in meat cloth, and placed with three others in a port trunk. It endured ten days in snow, unable to move, then died after being removed and strangled, with its beak cap broken.
London dispatch reports the Caserta couple advancing plans for the wedding of their second son Prince Charles to the Princess of Asturias amid lingering diplomatic claims. The Paris crowd views the issue as delicate, with notes on pensions and potential royal legitimacy. A separate war brief lists Walter T. Stack of the Forty-tenth Volunteer Infantry dying from dysentery, dated Bauchie.
An elderly gentleman at a classic Philadelphia restaurant is depicted in quaint phrasing as patrons recall a longtime gentility. An old friend visits, a cashier murmurs familiarity, and a moment at Jim’s table unfolds with whispered lines about a match and a mother’s memory as Langdon and family figures drift through the scene.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses holiday travel and tickets for December 22 and January within a 395 mile distance, mentioning rates and towed carriage. It references Norway and syrup cures with little evidence. Names and clear facts are sparse due to damage.
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