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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1901
Page
4
The piece surveys wire service practices and national topics citing The New York World stance on Payne's cabinet role and speculation on aerial warfare. It notes British medical voices on dancing distances and references diplomacy, patriotism, and American policy with a critical tone toward cowardice and opprormor.
Washington correspondents note strong and widespread talk favoring Mark Hanna for the Republican presidential nomination in 1904. The era’s undercurrent favors his candidacy though few want explicit statements. Letters from the Boston Transcript reflect mounting speculation about Roosevelt’s successor and rivals like Fairbanks Spooner or others as possible Grim.
Congress and postal banks were discussed in Chicago News as efforts to set up a postal savings bank faced opposition from Secretary of the Treasury Gage. He argued the timeliness of action mattered while signaling hostility to the postal savings plan and urging a settled fee standard of value.
Secretary Gage urged considering a postal savings bank system for small earners in the United States. Despite steady need, action lagged as Congress debated issues from the Spanish American War, but proponents pressed for early action and a roll call in at least one house.
Witty local observations on aging, social roles, and holiday dining reveal a string of playful jests. The piece riffs on manners, marriage, and lingering curiosities about public figures with a light chamber of humor and gossip.
A collection of witty aphorisms and observations on human behavior and society. The piece jokes about fame vanity and perception, with quips on time money and social norms. It blends satire and reflective lines to critique modern attitudes and relationships.
Short, satirical verses on idle talk and idle people with a traveler’s quips and odd wordplay. A spoof dialogue riffs on excuses and money, ending with a humorous image of a man seeking a hat and raglan.
The piece notes that winning is best when others are in love and money hinges on avoiding losses. It critiques optimistic plans, hints at mortality planning, and includes scattered ad-like lines about health cures and a satin-skin cream. Spaces indicate a damaged, low-coherence excerpt.
Kansas farmers report higher sugar beet yields with 11 800 tons produced this season and a one dollar per ton bounty up to five thousand tons. The Arkansas Valley warrants will be handled by the state auditor next year, with remaining funds carried over. Farmers caution about scaling small plots for sugar beets, noting effort and care needed to match alfalfa and cattle operations.
Kansas City dec 1 the Kansas City Suburban Belt railway the Consolidated railway terminal and the City and Independence Airline were sold at auction for 2 000 000 to Max Pum of New York representing the Marriman Goula interests who bid the only sum They will be used as terminals for the Kansas City Southern railway They were originally promoted by Arthur J Stillwell The Guardian Trust company noted a claim of 500 against the properties Later in Kansas City two steel bridges and packing house terminals of the Union Terminal company were bid in by Max Pui for 1 500 000
Health department reports three new smallpox cases, including Edwin Bell near Seward Avenue and Daisy Morris on East Locust Street, with a third case in a Branner Street family. A separate note mentions a severe stomach issue treated via operation and a testimonial praising bitters.
Sence G Lagerstrom will locate ae The Santa ae shops will be closed all day tomorrow MM Crawford has retired from Leavenworth ae sight service at City Park ae North Kansas avenues to et The coming of the new year will be observed as usual at the Euclid Avenue Methodist church tonight by a water service which will begin at 9 o'clock and be the Grat of a series of
A prudent man swallows daily Scott's Emulsion after his mirror complains of sallow skin and scales show weight loss. His friends scold, yet the remedy brings a ruddy face and weight gain, as a quirky true-seeming 20 page fable tale from Scott & Bown in New York.
A theatrically titled foreigner who bilked merchants in Jefferson and Perry counties has been captured at Alma, cited as a professional scammer who posed as a captain of Imperial forces. Deputy Thompson of Jefferson County detains him as investigators trace a string of draft and check frauds tied to a St. Louis consulate draft.
Secretary Gage stated the treasury shows an unprecedented strength with year end receipts exceeding ordinary expenditures by about one hundred million dollars. He noted bond redemptions and a reduced public debt, a cash balance roughly twenty million dollars higher than a year ago, and a larger money supply both in total and per capita since March 1897.
President Roosevelt announced full support for the second class mail regulation enforcement led by Mr. Madden. He told Chairman Loud the policy should stay in effect during his administration regardless of changes in post office leadership. Loud warned that penny postage would create a 35 million dollar annual deficit and opposed its adoption.
Louis Bitzer, a 36 year old jeweler in Turners Falls Mass, shot five people, killing his clerk Ida Columbe and his five year old son and wounding his wife Christiana and two daughters Annie and Carrie. Neighbors and police describe Bitzer as insane and say he attempted to shoot himself but was arrested before harming himself.
The board of education sues the bondsmen of Charles E Sockler in district court for eight thousand eight hundred dollars for failure to fulfill the Lowman Hill School contract. United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company of Baltimore is named the defendant. The Lowman Hill project, bid at thirteen thousand seven hundred sixty five dollars, was to be completed by October 10 but remains unfinished. Several large bills totaling about ten thousand have been paid, claimed to exceed what is due by three thousand three hundred. Pain was brought by Greed Ware & Reed.
The Rock Island line selects W H Davieson of Topeka as chief engineer of the system and W Day promoted to assistant, A C McColl named roadmaster of the eastern division, and Thomas House suffered finger injuries in the freight car sheds when caught between car wheels.
A letter from Lafe D. Weathers, a manager at Enterprise, extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as indispensable for stomach troubles. The ad-like testimonial notes the product costs $1.00 per bottle and is sold locally, praising its effectiveness for a child and adults alike.
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