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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1902
Page
4
A garbled fragment from the Topeka State Journal by Frank P. MacLennan references Saturday deliveries and carrier routes in the suburbs and town areas. It mentions terms about distribution, price, and service without clear details or names.
A jumble of 19th century clippings touches on politics, race, commerce, and regional discourse. It cites Populists in Delaware, U S politics, Chinese exclusion, a tariff debate, reform efforts by Frank James, agricultural officials, and Western city growth ideas, with scattered references to Portland, Buffalo, St. Paul, and national concerns of the era.
An analysis questions whether ongoing American prosperity can endure. It notes that past cycles show booms followed by busts and warns against assuming perpetual growth. The piece cites high factory output, strong mines, and busy plants as indicators, but cautions about unseen vulnerabilities.
The Chicago Tribune chronicles a bullish view of America in the early 20th century. It notes vast treasury strength, confident banks, growing savings institutions, and robust building and loan associations fueling optimism. It argues prosperity is broad, lasting, and tied to national self belief, while warning that external shocks could temper gains.
The item compiles short anecdotes on domestic life work ethic and social habits. It references women managing meals, men staying up late, children going to school, and observations from the Brake men’s Home Journal. A case is cited where a worker sued a company over unpaid wages, leading to a prolonged legal battle.
The passage offers a garbled set of musings on fate and society, reflecting a local column voice about people, humor, and existential aim. It references vanity, memory, and the tension between action and waiting for events.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record features humorous lines and social observations. It includes quips about diplomacy, laundry hoaxes, train robbers, and gender commentary, ending with a reflective verse on truth and rumor.
Woman's rights are man's wrongs. The liver is always fooling people about their souls. With some men economy, Instead of charity, begins at home. If a man were as dumb as an ape a woman would know when he was proposing to her. There is no objection to being married if you take care not to do it more than once at the same time.
The supreme council of the Triple Tie Hewett association of the United States adjourned without deciding a readjusted rate schedule for policy holders. A special committee, appointed by President A L Marsham, will study the question and report to subordinate lodges for consideration.
Former Attorney General John Griggs calls the Britain Japan accord a step toward U S open door aims in the Far East. He says the treaty carries Hay's 1900 policies, favors the United States, and seeks equal commerce chances for all nations in China and Korea, while noting uncertainties over Russia and Manchuria.
Ed Hawes announced he will run for the Second Ward Republicans to succeed Dave Myers. He disputed rumors of withdrawal, arguing Myers’s stance in the street commissioner fight harms the ward. Snyder appears strong for Democrats, while William Schmttendort seeks a junior seat in the Round Ward. First Ward factions worry over Miller’s anti Parker stance and potential Democrat victory amid council battles.
The article outlines a fragmented Republican primary in multiple wards with Miller facing possible nomination challenges from J. W. Blossom and O. D. Skinner in First Ward, Wever favored in Fourth Ward, and Wever’s rivals Snyder and Antgonised factions. It notes Sixth Ward contenders Tincher, Ramoey, and Tew, plus a Chicago Zeigler & Gulf railroad incorporation in Illinois and Missouri, hinting at broader political and infrastructural developments.
CBS wr o perators and first board of directors aret Win. J. Wart, Hugh Crabbe, John H. Hume, Sydney Stein and Henry R.Platt, all of Chisago.
Chicago officials test a powerful beacon on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line proving a vertical light shaft that reaches ten miles, guiding approaching trains to avoid collisions. The device uses a 6000 candlepower arc headlight with a steam driven dynamo, placed behind the headlight on the locomotive.
Disjointed excerpts describe a streetcar incident with a passenger tripping another rider, awkward dialogue between strangers, and a chaotic scene aboard a city car. Also includes clipped phrases about health and professional duties, reflecting a collage of 19th century newspaper content.
A fragmented reminiscence on the Lancing penitentiary coal mines describes vast railroad corridors, mule-haulage, and tunnel life with workers kept in tubs for years. A warden’s death, a rescue, and a grim echo about surveillance and public indifference conclude with a sharp question about privacy and meddling in others’ affairs.
State Remator and Tax Commission member Fred Burnout Smirts of Kineley notes widespread calls for copies of the tax commission report. Auditor Cole suggests mailing ten thousand copies by county, while Benator Smith worries the requests consume time before crucial interviews and prep for subsecta of grab iig shea ittor Cole. County distribution details and local addresses appear among the scattered fragments.
A brief discussion claims nerves are fat at their core and that hardening and softening create action. It suggests Scott's Emulsion nourishes these fat nerves, aiding nervousness and neuralgia, urging readers to send for remedy details from Scott & Bowne.
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