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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
2
A historical preview weighs the fortunes of boxers from Sullivan to Jeffries, noting Sullivan as likely America’s richest spender and McGovern near a six figure bank roll. It cites Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries and others as savers, with varied ventures, saloons, and stage pursuits shaping enduring wealth.
New York Feb 27 Rob Pitesimmone Frimanera 19 Bath Beach today, where with tity nr net. Govorn has not gone back by any trans, if Tam any Jude The mere that he landed on Sullivan's jaw a number of the saga did not knock Ki ar Yan can stand more than any sun that McGovern ever met, and Chast blows on the ian did not lay Pir ont. Las Land. Those two Dogs put up the best Hisht I ever caw between little tetlows ane he was Worth going long eee, a mars that the Lonlevill Lexington statement wade here today. ty. We Price Neva Sim compan seen bores by Simsone-Neva by.
A Salina Kansas spring wing shooting meet drew a large crowd with 40 crack shots. Winners include clears Davis for first area birds, Ed Brien for beyond every year, and Firth event winner Dave Eliott. Multiple shooters from Junction City, Minneapolis, and Kansas City placed in events.
In Louisville the McGovern versus Sullivan bout drew near 10000 spectators with gate receipts near 10000. Sullivan earned 2520 and McGovern 4680 with Bob Fitzsimmons receiving 500 from the club and principals. Pay per minute figures show McGovern earning 320 per minute and Sullivan 356 per minute for the four minute fight.
Tent February 27 E and Gard sold to John Madden the colt Trade Wina by Imp Tithonus from Cal s Trade Wind. The youngster was bought previously by Gardner for 6000, resold for 600. Sired by Imp Tithonus, the colt is a half brother to Gothasa and Fath Finck, a winner at two in 1656, and is aimed at the Cony Island Futurity of 3902. Also notes Prisco San Francisco racing events with Dunblane and Galanthes incidents and a long shot victory by O Connor’s horse over Archibld ball.
Lawrence Kansas February 27 The Hastert Indian basketball club arranged two season finale games at the Indians school gym. Friday Nebraska wells meet the Indian team. Saturday Nebraska faces the University of Kansas on the same floor both games under Indian management. The Kansas athletic board rescinded its arrangement with Nebraska. Judge J W Green was deputized to discuss with Nebraska and seek a final answer. Madden bids for Marechal Neil in Lexington Kentucky as a horse sale note from The Commoner. also mention of Derby week plans and Jack Doyle release in New York sports briefs.
Hutchinson Kansas Feb 27 Miss Hattie Taylor secured a marriage license and two railroad tickets with her own funds for a hurried ceremony. The wedding took place at the home of the bridegroom, amid a blend of past relationships as the groom had been paroled from a reformatory. The couple then left for Mitchell county to start their life together. The bride had previous marriage and her former husband has since remarried his own ex-wife, making the bride's new union momentous.
Chapman farmer shows feeding cows for milk is practical by milking nine cows in December. He hauled milk to a creamery earning $: and produced 40 pounds of butter and used 20 gallons at home. Cows fed on rye and wheat pasture with alfalfa hay yielded 30 gallons of milk, about $18 value in butter and milk, totaling around $52 for the month. Low feed cost with wheat products valued at $62 suggests feeding for milk is feasible.
Mayetta Kansas February 27 The Home Dramatics company will give an entertainment show to benefit a local charity. The event aims to provide a home for those in need and showcases community talent with performances by local actors and musicians.
The passage describes spring humors affecting many people with pimples boils eruptions appetite loss fatigue bilious spells indigestion and headaches. It advises prompt relief and building up the system by taking a remedy mentioned in the next line of the notice.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as a powerful spring medicine. It promises unequaled strength in purifying blood and claims radical permanent cures for scrofula rheum scald head pimples and all kinds of humor psoriasis blood poisoning rheumatism catarain dyspepsia. It urges readers to accept no substitute and to get Hood's today.
Port Scott Feb 27 The Seventh Kansas district reported a slate for the AO U W grand lodge with officers chosen including Grand Overseer Charles Stash Dodge City Grand Trustee WoW Freldenhurs Atchison and Grand Foremen Joseph Cohenberner Leavenworth. Pensions for Kansans announced with several increases and names including John Bogey Thomas Holliday Leavenworth James Lynch and Noah Standiford. Corporal Whaley at Fort Leavenworth attempted suicide by cutting his throat in the post tool room and was wounded. he was treated and is expected to recover, with a wife and four children in the area.
A prominent Columbia Kansas farmer, aged 27.3, was found dead near his farm northwest of town. The death, attributed to a shotgun discharge, is considered possibly accidental or self-inflicted amid personal crisis. He was known as prosperous and highly respected.
Wichita, Kansas story reports mail carrier George Chouteau shot his stepson Albert Corbett Wednesday after learning Corbett assaulted Chouteau's 1 year old daughter. Corbett wounded in the leg. both men jailed, later release granted due to Mrs. Chouteau’s serious illness. Fort Scott tale notes Birdie McCarty, a blonde about 20, arrested for horse and buggy theft from Hervyman, now held by Baxter Springs officers. tied to a criminal gang operating in the area.
Hutchinson, Feb 27 An early evening fire destroyed the First Baptist church just as a revival concluded and baptism was to follow. The blaze started in the furnace room and spread rapidly. The lens suffered partial insurance coverage.
Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman in Avensta Ga says he received wire requests from fund subscribers to present a sword to Major Micah Jenkins of the First United States Volunteer Infantry. Tillman notes a letter to President Roosevelt and urges acceptance of the Charleston visit sword presentation.
The Santa Fe announces Topeka and Las Vegas offices will consolidate. A mid continent quadruplex relay will be built at La Junta reducing relays from Chicago to Los Angeles. Gulf line relay office to be added with two new assistant superintendents.
Mary B. Burch of San Bernardino sues Santa Fe railway for $3,000 to cover injuries after alighting a train that started, throwing her to the ground. She contends neck injury, liver dislocation, two broken ribs, and mental anguish from the incident on the December night last year.
A Monterey dispatch reports Wells Fargo Express will absorb the Mexican National Express company, adding about 1100 miles of Mexican National railroad track to its system. The absorption would place the Mexican National Railroad under Wells Fargo's control, affecting the governing interest in the line and aligning with Southern Pacific considerations.
A Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad plan envisions a ninety mile cut off from Fairbury Nebraska to Herington Kansas creating a direct line from Rock Island to El Paso and shortening the route by about a hundred miles to Herington. The announcement hints at negotiations with local authorities and mentions ongoing discussions as of February 27.
Feb 17 report outlines a $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 rail and terminal development in Chicago by the Pennsylvania system. Proposed megastructure includes grand Dulldings and terminals rivaling any in the United States, aiming to connect rail lines with the lake and waterways, plus a large mall transfer facility.
A condensed update notes several railroad staffers in Topeka and Wisconsin, including carpenters, blacksmiths, and machinists, with many off duty due to illness, injury, or recovery. It cites Wednesay actions, hospital stays, and factory duties, and mentions Santa Fe preparations for summer tourist rates and new decapod engines, plus shifting rail materials and repairs.
A long fragment describes Dr Lyon's Perfect Tooth Powder as an elegant toilet luxury used for over a quarter of a century. It mentions Mitchellw Range, potential movements westward, and notes about individuals named Cambeck and others, with scattered references to trains, industrial plans, and local economic activity amid a turbulent, noisy OCR landscape.
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