State Journal wire digest on politics and industry
Topeka State Journal reprints a wide wire digest touching on Parker’s narrow mayoral win, rail and iron plans, Nicaragua route politics, Orient railway steel contracts, Australian ballot legality, and social commentary on marriage roles from Indianapolis and Minneapolis papers. contrasts and brief notes on potential future political shifts.
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National House
Jathrilan Vana
Nicaragua
Stilwell
Orient” Railway
Helchum
United States Tops Wealth List in 1902 London Review
The London Dairy Mail Year Book 1902 ranks the United States as the wealth leader with £14,250,000,000, far ahead of Britain and France, and notes debt shares and relative economic trends. It observes a mixed opening to 1900s, with U S growth steady while England and Germany face declines, and cites U S dominance in world wheat output for 1901.
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United States
Europe
London
Treasury ‘Bureau of Statistics
France
Germany
Russia
Uste
Iye
England
United States Tops World in Pretron and Steel Output
The article notes the United States now leads as the world’s largest producer of pretron and steel. It points out that the United Kingdom showed reduced production, totaling about 24,749 tons less than in 1000, with Britain at roughly 21,889 tons. America’s total dwarfs Britain’s by nearly 6,000,000 tons.
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Ight
United States
United Kingdom
Great Britain
America
Fragmented memories from the past era’s debates and daily life
Disjointed reminiscences describe political figures, social tensions, and household strains. The text mentions Hanne, Lysander Appleton, and a crying baby amid hints of local quarrels, poverty, and changing customs, reflecting a community grappling with values and behavior.
Guaker Reflections From a Philadelphia Record
A series of aphoristic lines critique habit, ambition, and crime with wry humor. Snatches touch on insomnia guilt progress and social contrasts, noting the indolent burglar, marriage, and law enforcement with ironic observations about modern life and work.
Fragments Reflect a Tangled Patchwork of Sayings
A jumble of aphorisms and stray phrases appears, touching on wealth and poverty, gender, calendars, and ambition. The garbled lines hint at social observations, political envy, and a scattered commentary on human nature and gossip.
Bachelor view from the New York Press fragment
The fragment presents a jumble of lines about early birds voids, furnace cellar stoking, drownings, and arguments ending in swears. It references a woman who smokes and a man who doesn’t drink, contrasting paths to success. The text is garbled and literary in tone with no clear event or figures.
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Ero
Wwe Ueicago
Bachelor
New York Press
Pare
Japanese Join Strike at Union Iron Works in San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 13 twenty nine Japanese mechanics at Union Iron Works were placed among American strikers demanding shorter workweeks. Japanese Association of America officers ordered the workers out, with the action linked to the Trades Council influence. The report notes the shift as part of broader labor tensions and race dynamics affecting the plant.
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San Francisco
Union Iron Works
Bess
Lodge News From Sunflower Woodmen Camps and Odd Fellows
Sunflower team of the Modern Woodmen reorganized and Saxon named captain for 1902. Indiana Indianapolis national encampment planned. Odd Fellows Relief Committee organized with officers listed. Shawnee County Woodmen officers installed and a 1902 foresters slate announced. Local lodges to host visits, officers, and up-to-date drill teams amid plans for the 61st log rolling and the national camp at Indianapolis.
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Log Rolling Association
Woodmen of America
W. Saxon
M. W. Saxon
Sunflower
Topeka
Roy
Wit
Evergreen
Rossville
J. B Shaffer
Shawnee
Topeu
S. A. Herrick
O. K. Swayze
G. N. Ray
O. B. Hatch
North
Berryton
Auburn
North Topeka
Willard Woodmen
Fellows Union Relief Committee
David Sy
UN Bae J. J. Schenck
H.C. Stevens
TL Ae
A. M. Russell
Union Relief Com
MW. A
George W. Porter
Leutenant
E. G. Baird
Ea Mc. Kiernan
WR Service
E.G. Montmory
Gus Fogel
H. H. Halterman
J Miller
A. L.chamberlain
Woman's Day at Midwinter Exposition in Topeka
January 2 marks Woman's Day at the Midwinter exposition under the Topeka Federation led by president Mrs A H Thompson. The program at Ursinia begins at one with notable speakers from Lawrence Hutchinson Topeka and Wichita plus tributes to pioneer women and maternal organizations. A visitor reception and rare china exhibit follow from four to six at the executive mansion with a half fare rail rate for five days starting January 1.
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Jane Ane
Margaret bin Metarter
Topeka
Sar T. D. Hobbson
Lawrence
Helief Corps
Jenntene
Goocland
the Star Spangled Nea Murte
W.eere RP. Hutchinson
Hutchin- Pree Gece
Lida “H. Hardy
League of American Mothers
Federation of Clubs
Co. C. Goddard
Leavenworth
Strs. Thompson
Misa Lucy Th Kingman
Mra. MecLennan
Mra. W
Alfalfa to Be King in Western Kansas Says Senator
Senator E B Peterson of Norton told the state board that alfalfa will become Kansas crops dominant forage, thriving in semiarid western regions. He cited thousands of acres under cultivation, yields of about four tons per acre in Morgan County, and Norton County shipping large quantities of alfalfa hay to Kansas and western Missouri. He warned of risks from bloat and favored early spring sowing despite frost, noting alfalfa’s potential to boost Kansas agriculture and sustain the state’s standing among the great farming states.
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Peterson
Kansas
Sessons
State Board of Agriculture
E. B. Peterson
Norton
Kansas Herald
Norton County
Morgan County
Colorado
Norto County
Ube
Wmte
Missouri
Benator Peterson
Mysterious stranger repays old $5 debt at Pierson Milling
A man entered Pierson Milling and offered to repay a $5 overcharge from years ago. He handed two five dollar bills and claimed to return the sum plus five for interest, but Pierson could not identify the exact payer before the man left. The incident appeared in the St. Lawrence Journal.
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Slinger
Pierson
Ea Pierson
Hanlon Signe Flood Joins Brooklyn Baseball Club as New Infielder
Hanlon Signe Flood of New York joins Brooklyn as a second baseman for the coming season. Described as a top California league infielder, Flood is noted as a speedy, 300 hitter with strong fielding, joining the National club from the Golden State.
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Hanlon Signe Flood
New York
Janie Mendwered
Haemon
Brooklyn
California
Flood
Beanes
Political gossip on Kansas candidates and party factions
The Abilene manager for Senator Burton predicts J B Burrow will win the secret ary of state without opposition while Kansas City sources name T Kelly for treasurer Joe Burrow for secretary of state and C Coleman for attorney general. The Alma Signal backs Curtis for US senator and debates Kennedy and Miller for governor contenders. Wells and Wilson are two proposed state auditor candidates with local factional support, as Bourbon and Burton factions stir intra party contest.
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J. B. Case
Abilene
Burton
J. B. Burrow
Smith County
Kansas City
T. ‘T. Kelly
Joe Burrow
C. Coleman
Mr. Coleman
Harry Bone
Judge West
RC. McCullough
Alma Signal
Congressman Curtis
United States
Osage City Free Ens
Beth Wells
Erie
Kan
Wells
Dot
Seth Wells
Welle
Erie Republica
Or Harbaug
D. Y. Wilson
State House
oMce
Wilson
Republic County
Wiin
Bourbon County
Barton
J. S. Weat
Jo ‘West
Political shifts and appointments loom in Democrat and Populist races
The Populists and Democrats withhold talk of offices as they await whether Populists join Democrats. Taylor Riddie doubts Populists will bow to Democratic leadership. Senator Button secures Arthur Dayner’s clerkship on the Dawes Commission. A. J. White denied as candidate for governor, Charley Ridgeway also denies insurance superintendent bid. Civil Service extensions loom in Washington as laborers join federal departments.
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Taylor Riddie
Button
Arthur Iayner
Fort Scott
Dawes Indian Commission
Charley Ridgeway
Washington
Jen
Government Department
Forged Roosevelt Name In Livingstone Convict Plot
A 1900 Montana case outlines a plot to secure parole for convicted Livingstone. A forged petition, claiming Livingstone was a rough rider from the distinguished Roosevelt family, names several New York men and prominent figures to back the release.
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Helens
Mont
Jas
Livingstone
Silver Bow County
New York
York
Cube
Hugh J. Grant
A. Jeal W. Astor
Minor Washington Notes Discontinued Post Offices
Archibald F. Watson of Galina Kan appointed to the position in the postal service department comptroller of the capital with a pension of $25. Conover Pet by Wallace Bic Pack a note lists discontinued post offices Kansas Pansy Pleasant Hill Franklin county mail to Pomona Lorena Hutier county mail to Auguste Qastx Senithoun ty mail to Fortis Patmos Coffry county mail to Burlington.
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Washington
Kansas
Pleasant Hill
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