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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1901
Page
4
A garbled OCR of Topeka State Journal content discusses political reforms and legislative matters. It mentions Frank Jones, Hawshan delegate, Mr. Cleveland, and tax and finance topics. It references gifts to universities, churches, and libraries, including note of Pitt University and St Louis donors.
A muddled House handoff delays the bounty and army bills as Senator Frye blocks adoption of ARS measures to proceed. The delay keeps the pension and tax-reduction provisions in play while partisan tactics threaten to stall major legislation until early March.
Fragmented wording discusses congressional session and potential impact on taxpayers. Mentions longer bill debate, costs to Ameri can taxpayers, and shipping to foreign trade. Reflects public money concerns without clear outcomes or named entities.
A garbled column discusses fashion, politics, and social trends with references to women’s attire, ghostly derision of politicians, debate topics, and holiday preparations. It cites Atchison society notes and etiquette observations, noting pumpkin color, sleeve fashion, and a playful critique of public figures.
A garbled set of paragraphs presents shaky musings on fate and freedom, social satire, astronomy versus astrology, manners, and advice about relationships. The fragments reference overacting actors, umbrella theft, chorus roles, and cautionary tips on trust and marriage, with stray phrases about fashion and propriety.
Quack prose touts a Root of Evil cure for scrofula and related disorders. It describes glandular tumors, abscesses, skin eruptions, sore eyes, digestive woes, and a consumptive tendency as vanished by using Sarsaparilla. A testimonial from a Mrs Fernsey of WeWarsing, N. J. is cited, claiming skin pores healed and no recurrence.
An advertisement touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure, urging readers to ask their druggist today and accept no substitute, promising reliable relief. The copy emphasizes trusted efficacy and brand loyalty with period marketing language.
A collage of light verse and column miscellany from the Philadelphia Record style pages. It blends reflections on Quaker life with humorous vignettes from rural commerce, sport, and society. The pieces reference oarsmen, a car shipment, banked aspirations, and local happenings in small towns, with characteristic newspaper whimsy.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a man seated inside a modern home on wheels, smoking a pipe. A door with two final holes cut through its upper portion is shown or described, with the mechanism for operation implied, as the onlooker notes the scene is contentedly calm.
A sketch notes irrigation efforts in the South where progress is satisfactory but not yet scaled to demand. It cites wells and a hoped depth of 2000 to 4000 feet to access ample water, while some 3000 foot wells pull salt water. The overall aim is to secure sufficient water to lift agricultural development and end drought-related hardships.
The court increases by four judges and reassembles the court per law from the last election. The Murphy case from Leavenworth County ends with confinement in the penitentiary for an incorrigible reformatory dischargee. The complete list covers Doster C.J. and others in decisions from Bourbon, Lyon, Wyandotte, Isso, Wilson, Cowley, Reno, Cherokee, Doniphan, Montgomery, Marshall, and Hutchinson districts among others with reversals and affirmations including State v Eastman and several rail and bank cases.
A Bethel Bible College near the Stone Mansion west of town faces scrutiny as students profess tongues and foreign phrases during prayer. S.J. Higgins and Kansas City visitors describe the school as a faith based operation led by Rev. Charles F. Parham. Reporters observe students speaking in unknown languages and writing unfamiliar glyphs while Parham defends the movement as a divine gift and outreach effort.
Nat Taylor resigns after several years as a teller at the Bank of Topeka. He plans to relocate to Great Falls Montana to join two brothers in law in banking and pursue a business venture there.
London obituaries quote Sir Thomas Lipton praising D Armour for his simplicity, industry, and boundless charity. He notes Armour gave to the world and paid his fortune's roll. An American item reports Secretary Gage advising $1,000,000 in appropriations for Chicago federal buildings for 1902.
The obituary notes the death of Me Hackney once a fireman and machinist in Milwaukee and at rail lines including the Santa Fe. He later held supervisory machinery posts in Omaha and at Union Pacific. Survived by a wife and a son, with ties to C D Skinner and Herbert Hackney.
A Wednesday night gathering at the North Topeka fire station seeks backing for a Kaw River bridge at Fairchild. Residents want bonds voted to fund the project and connect to Oakland with an 15 minute street railway route, improving local transit by laying track over the new bridge.
The court opened a new line of inquiry on whether the United States can levy duties on goods moving between the mainland and Porto Rico. Five hours were allocated to each side as arguments in consolidated cases including Delima v Gol sector, Downs v Alector, H W Dooley v United States, and Darios Armstrong v United States. The issues cover US power to impose duties on imports into Porto Rico and double questions of direct and monte simpliciter directives.
The Hartford Times notes deer are returning to Connecticut in increasing numbers and spreading across counties. Sightings include area suburbs and even encounters with domestic cats as wolves vanish from New England, prompting reflections on the deer population and its future. A separate item mentions a senatoric caucus called for 2 pm with Gamble and Col. Stover named for the election.
In Frankfort Kentucky Justices Paynter and Gutter of the Kentucky Court of Appeals were told of Sena’s transfer to E W Carmack a representative from the Pent mI Judges Draw Lota. The ruling names Tate as chief justice and notes the decision will affect the first year.
An obscure notice recounts a journey via a grim route sea with arrivals at Colpenda and Buiver Tat. The fragmentary item hints at travel or shipping movements. Names and places are uncertain but suggest a regional transport or migration snippet.
A partial health note discusses coughing and fever affecting appetite and eating habits. The fragment mentions tone of concern and a slow fever with vague recommendations. Names, places, dates, or clear actions are not present in the readable text.
North Topeka notes list of visitors and relocations including George Harein of 24 Van Buren and Mrs W C Steele visiting relatives in Jackson Street, Mrs Camp and son Bertie returning from Kansas City, Nellie Heker arriving from Lark, Kanwan for a sister, and Mr John Hale taking a position with St Louis inks firm. Also mentions Dr Thomas Nosto in a Turkish government context and a note about De. Ny.
A fragmented local item notes a value theme centered on worth and cost. It mentions persons and places obliquely, with unclear specifics, suggesting an old society or business reference without clear names or actions. The readable portions imply a short public notice or opinion snippet.
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