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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
4
Full leased wire report from the Associated Press appears in The State Journal with the latest national and international news. The edition notes exclusive publication rights and includes the night report copied in full from AP.
A garbled rush of political snippets mentions Bow Sagan and rejection, Mr Maclay writing a history of the Roosevelt era, railroad ambitions, a resignation party for Senator McLaurin, and a warning about tacks on a path. It notes Carnegie's philanthropy, the silver question, Cuban elections, Mexican war news, and debates over protective tariffs and a senator's wealth.
Editorial defends City administration while detailing deteriorating Sixth Avenue viaduct repairs and unsafe sidewalks. It cites high costs, waste from Barber Asphalt work, and demands more funds for parks, sewers, and public facilities. Critics accuse officials of vanity projects, patronage, and tax hikes to cover deficits.
Interviews in the State Journal with Topeka merchants reveal a Christmas trade the largest of the year and a clear sign of prosperity. Despite some poverty, charity remains steady with Salvation Army aid and police matron distributions. Bank deposits rise, indicating savings for a rainy day, while higher prices for staples press households. Overall outlook for next year appears less pessimistic than before.
The piece discusses early ideas of telephony in public spaces and aboard ships, imagining how merchants and travelers will rely on Marconi teleg raphy and stock quotations on the move. It cites social shifts toward constant business activity and questions how future generations will view these rapid changes.
Shawnee County refuses to grant free right of way over state highways to any corporation and has issued bonds totaling 457 500 for railroads. The record lists bonds for Kan sas Nebraska and Dakota, Chicago Kansas and Nebraska now Rock Island, and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe with amounts and due years. A township also issued 7 000 for a rail road that never materialized.
The article surveys medical advances as science advances while many diseases remain incurable. It notes a Philadelphia Enquirer discussion of a claimed intestinal origin for certain illnesses and a potential diphtheria antitoxin. It emphasizes caution, past overpromises, and the steady rise of germ theory as the basis of treatment, predicting vaccines and lasting immunity may one day extend lifespans.
A clipped Atchison Globe column reflects on aging, domestic life, and playful social foibles. It quotes Dreke Watson and notes humorous quips about mince meat, cooking, peddlers, jokes, and cakes, highlighting small town manners and contrasts between generations.
A collection of witty lines on manners and life from Chicago newspapers. It muses on uniformity and heaven, self-made men, debts and compliments, fashion and hats, ambition, humor, and human folly.
A fragmentary column from the Philadelphia Record tethers humor and social hints. It features a Manayunk man seeking a name change to Wescott and snippets of quips about shoppers, newlyweds, money worries, and a footpad incident. The piece blends wry quotes and terse vignettes of city life.
A fragmentary scribbler’s note depicts a midnight scene with quoted archaic speech and miswritten lines. Characters Mr Staylate and Mian Caustique converse amid a tense, silent setting as a mysterious object is checked for function.
An essay style piece discusses marriage law and gender rights with satirical, aphoristic reflections. It critiques truth telling, privacy, and female rights, contrasting brave and cowardly men and noting women can gain rights without legislation by asserting them.
News of the week records Capt Leary's death as first American Guam governor in Boston. Admiral Sampson and Senator Sewell among prominent names, with disasters and international notes. Fire, accidents, and political moves fill a wide report including Maclay, Zacatecla, and Lehigh Valley events. Local items note reciprocity talks with Mexico, a divorce, a Christmas dinner, and teachers association elections as Kansas life features.
A fragmentary notice describes a boy revived from croup after a dose of a remedy. The text recounts rapid improvement within minutes and mentions a Christmas holiday, Santa, and ticket sales from December through January, with unclear details about rates and events.
Fragmentary notes review poems and essays about figures such as Jefferson and Jeffersonian topics. It references Garman, Bingie, and Knval, discusses Scribners editions, and quotes an Eugene Sytvelt biography fragment. It notes humor and conviviality in the author’s style and contrasts with formal diction.
Series of quotations from Rev. Rosa Rees Rev. George Fulton Dr Daniel Dorchester Rev. A R Holderby Dr. Quillian Dr H W Thomas Rev Francis H Robinson Dr W S Ament Rev R A White Rev Henry Rasmus on faith law conscience and responsibility The passages emphasize love obedience living God faith and the churchs role in society along with calls for personal integrity and social duty.
Dr Madison C Peters J Baptist leader and others reflect on faith, endurance, and eternal Father in sorrow and prayer. Quotes from Rev Kerr Boyce Topper Rev George S Hepworth emphasize Bible inspiration, spiritual unity, and the limits of human view in facing the divine.
The Baltimore Sun sketches President Roosevelt as a vigorous, sometimes grotesque humorist. An anecdote recalls his navy secretary days when a ship was named after his wife, and Roosevelt quips about perspective, gunnery tales, and a punch bowl scene amid officers.
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