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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
3
A garbled recap from the Topeka State Journal mocks political figures and events. It references Beveridge, the Umot as, the British office, Daniels, the Utah case, Secretary Taft, the National City Bank deal, and Senator Goebel with notes on Lincoln and Pullman will executor pay.
A memorial tribute to Dr. Ranard Meglyn honors Rev. Edward Meglyn for opposing Dorerty’s crusade and defending public schools. The document notes his disputes with Archbishop Cortiza, excommunication, and steadfast refusal to recant. It praises his actions as preserving church privileges and loyalty to friends amid political pressure.
A fragment discusses a man who respected church discipline yet resisted renouncing beliefs he viewed as truth. It references a transformation from a former stance to a new interpretation in conversation and reason about submitting to church authority.
A jumble of society notes, curiosities, and moral observations from the Attison Globe. Topics include women’s time use, a Young Ladies Society polish of Silverware, a shy suspect in a short cash shortage, and reflections on private versus public schooling. Also recounted are a fire at Joseph Pullexer’s home with many servants and Kansas social contrasts.
A collection of witty aphorisms on life money and love with playful wordplay and paradoxes. The quips touch on luck, friendship, self love, loans, weather, and human folly, endearing readers with comic truth and homespun wisdom.
A humorous reflection on bachelor and married life. The piece jokes that women give more gifts if men were always truly in love and notes how married women insinuate knowledge, while a rejected girl leaves a man feel downhearted enough to threaten police amid a drinking scene.
A winter social at Mex home honors Red Cross nurses Anvebe Manwal Wal Yandese Travorcemeene and others who served with Portieth United States infantry. Mothers of boys present praising volunteers with Twenty Kausay and rest, a notable community gathering led by Mrs Harkter of the red cross.
Prof Erasmus Haworth's findings map a NE to SW gypsum belt across Kansas, 240 miles long and up to 25 miles wide, with three main districts centered in Blue Rapids Dickinson and Medicine Lodge areas. Deposits near Peabody Burns Marion county, Geuda Springs, Manhatan reservoir links, and mills at Hope and Dillon station reflect varied beds and quarry history.
An epidemic of measles sweeps northern Reno County with several Hutchinson cases but few serious outcomes. Five children in the Humphrey Crow family are ill on West Eleventh Street, two Conway children in the northwest city area are reported affected, and Nickerson reports more severe spread with school closures noted as of Monday.
Anthony man F J Oyler of Dexas City contests a board of health order requiring vaccination under penalties. Mandamus seeks to force a school board to admit vaccinated pupils. Oyler argues pupils have a personal right to refusal while the matter draws attention in Harper county.
A fragmented line of text discusses abstaining from vaccination, invoking terms like free and independent and referencing a board of health. The message appears garbled but centers on health authority and personal choice in vaccination.
A joint health and Mercantile club committee in Kansas City Kansas decided to vaccinate all residents, focusing on packing house employees. Doctors will operate free clinics at police stations 2 James street and 9 Kansan avenue from 10 AM to 4:30 PM, funded by the city.
City Attorney J B Ziegler instructed by mayor and council to settle long running waterworks dispute with the water company. Case has lingered in court for years, once tried in federal court with a receiver. Receivership switched, Superintendent A Harper and then W H B Whitford, salary arrangements noted. Ziegler to act at once.
Lawrence Journal notes at Commercial club banquet that reopening of the barb wire mill is likely soon. Officials cite rumors of a larger operation and Henry Fenley linked to prospects not yet public, suggesting Lawrence may gain a major new mail industry.
Wellington residents report a puzzling light west of the city seen by the Wightman family at the water works pump house. Every third night a fireball appears on a hill near the Santa Fe and Rock Inland tracks, rising to about 60 degrees, flashing white blue green and red, then descending twice and repeating for about half an hour around 7 p m.
Coffeyville resident W H Henderson a drayman and his wife narrowly escaped injury when a firearm was fired at them through their home window around 6 o clock in the evening. The bullet struck near Hendersons head missing by about four inches and caused no noise or warning prior to the shooting. No arrests or motives are reported in the fragment.
The Pittsburg Western Coal Mining Company sent 175 colored miners back to their homeland from which they were recruited. The move appears prompted by unprofitability of Black labor, with rumors of white southern workers replacing them. The company claims to have exhausted all anti union measures.
A party of about fifty Germans from Roso County, living near Pretty Prairie, traveled to Hutchinson yesterday by Santa Fe to move to South Dakota. Twenty-one will settle near Parker, two near Bistiee, with Rev. Flickinger accompanying the group. The trip cost the Santa Fe a handsome fare, tickets totaling over an unspecified amount.
Pensions granted to Kansans and others including Dickins Hewamin Newman of Valley Center for 5 dollars, James Trae of Oatville for 4, Edgar Bogart of Holton for 6, Tohu Kinyon of Hamlin for 6 to 3, Aurelius Mace of St. Francia for 38 to 11, and Frank Lawhead of Sterling for 12.
Washington January 12 a Senate privileges and elections panel began hearings in the Clark case. The prosecution sought bank deposits from the Thomas Cruse Savings Bank of Helena Montana for A J Davidson and a man named Toole. Witness J P Vetter a Missoula dentist described campaign ties to E P Wood and Clark manager Bickford. Letters and financial transactions suggested pressures and promises in exchange for influence.
Kansas authorities consider a quarantine against Kay County Oklahoma after reports of several hundred smallpox cases in that county. The state board of health W H Swan says the issue has moved to Cowley and Sumner counties. If ordered the measure would be enforced with local funding due to no contingency fund.
Collier's Weekly recounts Captain Welbey's inland Africa journey near Walamo a haunted land said to harbor evil spirits. He observes lush scenery while his party experiences madness and violent episodes as natives claim devils seize those they watch during meals.
A. J. Myatt leads in federal court with an answer to the telegraph injunction suit. Western Union contests, arguing the Kansas rate act is fair but the trust claim alleges the system is a nationwide restraint on trade and con mer ce and violates federal and Kansas law. The brief asserts the trust seeks federal aid and that the company lacks standing due to alleged violations.
General Manager Mudge of the Santa Fe, returning from Chicago, denies a Chicago telegram claiming a 15 percent raise for airmen would cost 450000 yearly. He says pay per mile remains the same as the old schedule, with minor changes for extra pay on loaded stock, deadheading, and freight mileage in work train service.
A fragmented reminiscence describes a trek with an older hunter J Hyde and others halted by a distant rifle shot. The narrator recalls discussing why turkeys perch on hills, noting the smoker’s tobacco ritual and the odd comparison of eye and retina anatomy without clear conclusions.
Fragmentary OCR describes a hunter named Corshane D ieruger in a tense scene as a turkey is startled and shot. The account mentions an old person inviting someone to a night carp outing, with cautious observation and a looming gun.
Descriptive narrative depicts a hunter named Kruger or related figure with a scarred hand and amputated thumb from a rifle accident. The account details facial features, attire, and a rough appearance as observers discuss his hunting prowess and a hawkish demeanor.
New York on January 11 reports Letia Severance of New York gave 2100 to German official for a new chemical laboratory. The purchase includes a building and operation of the lab, details unclear due to damaged text.
A medical notice offers free examinations for eye wrinkles and related vision concerns. It mentions scowling facial lines and brow shaping as potential problems and promises detection of defects or glassness issues with no charge.
Local optical practitioner Chas Bennett operates at 730 Kansas Avenue with a longstanding storefront. The brief notice notes establishment and address, indicating a steady presence in the downtown eyewear trade.
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