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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1902
Page
2
A melodrama titled Jesse James a bandit hero theater in early cinema style. The show highlights the James brothers famed outlaw lore with a Southern beauty central to the plot. Produced at Crawford by Janes Neill and Clyde Fitch with a Wednesday premiere.
A historic ad claims pile relief without knives or surgery using Paris Med Cure tablets. It promises six days to cure with one application and indicates refunds if treatment fails, presenting a bold medical claim and sample price in a period newspaper voice.
An old advertisement claims Dr. Eiese Pierce of Buffalo offers a patent remedy to cure female ailments including weakness and related disorders. The notice invites sick women to consult by letter at no cost to obtain a specialist evaluation and treatment, promising confidential service.
Jack O'Brien, the Philadelphia boy, returned from England with the heavyweight and middleweight titles, having defeated top contenders. He arrived aboard the Teutonic amid a fog and storm, bringing ten English testimonials and praise from English fans who called him the only American to win the title on home soil, with plans for future bouts against McCoy or Keegan noted.
Cincinnati reports Terry McGovern, en route from Louisville to New York for a theatrical engagement, landed blows on Save Sullivan in a bout that left both thumbs dislocated and swollen, amid efforts to explain the clinch affected injuries and a $15,000 purse share noted for Mehert.
A collage of briefs covers horse racing moves in Louisville and Paris, jockey status and reinstatement debates, boxing and wrestling chatter, Harvard coaching news, a legal suit over race entries, a Westminster dog show outcome, a rowing accident in St Paul, a Milwaukee pitcher’s fame, an Arkansas bank robbery suspect extradition, and a Toronto parlor rumor mill hint. Names include Lord Heresford William C Whitney Tod Sloan Fitzsimmons Farley Jake Gaudaur Milo Fils and Muldoon.
Frank Kelly, a Cincinnati promoter, reports a new club will be built in Ludlow with an arena for Sullivan McGovern and the Jeffries Cobbetts fights. He promises authorities will be satisfied and a bout proposal includes 35000 or 50 percent of gross receipts for a Corbett bout, plus a similar offer to Sharkey for Dave Sullivan.
Shawnee County stock brings high prices at Chicago Horse Sale as Grantville, Kansas breeder L B Jette reports on February 1 sales. The sale features multiple colts and horses with strong demand, noting superior Kentucky bloodlines and notable sires with extensive progeny.
Six teams contest the Silver Cup at Topeka No 260 grand lodge gathering in Fort Scott. Topeka No 160 won first prize with 100 dollars, Arkansas City took second, Wichita third, and Topeka No 3 fourth. Contests for recorder and grand medical examiner salaries follow.
Arkansas item reports Alle Turton, a 17 year old girl, eloping with a young man and later marrying William Hreanen at Independence Missouri as residents in Kansas City. The notice includes a separate brief on George W. Trent’s death from pistol wounds, and other local dispatches about Army deserter George B. Dunn and a Kansas newspaper man Sampson’s move to Tacoma.
Real estate transfers list several deeds including Win Porter to John Henderson for 1500 dollars covering south half southeast quarter 15-18-14 and other parcels on Woodward avenue and Taylor street. Also mentions Prudential Investment Co to John Bradshaw for 500 dollars and various lot blocks. In San Francisco racing news Bonto won Burns handicap race despite weak finish and heavy betting. Water Seratch beat Birute and Morenso as track was sloppy with showers. Caesar Young to appear before stewards.
New York reports Champion Jim Jeffries leaves theater engagement this afternoon and heads to Cleveland then San Francisco to train for the anticipated rematch with Bob Fitzsimmons. The tour and recovery from prior redress are noted as he joins a theatrical company en route to the boxing clash.
An officer in the Luzon Transportation Company describes a 165 mile line to reach the island’s rich north, building and repairing rails under insurgent fire. He details leadership of the Manila Dagupan railway, engine and car rebuilds, and daily combat conditions during the Spanish American War.
The text recounts a chaotic scene involving a failed transport plan with damaged equipment, an accident, and a furious controller. it touches on telegram errors, a missing handover, and a delayed print run. It then shifts to broader railway ambitions, including government control, freight and passenger service, and multiple companies proposing expansions and equity structures in a complex cross-Atlantic rail story.
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