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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1901
Page
4
Frank P. MacLenk ar column discusses Roosevelt and MacArthur factions, Cuban occupation, and senate implications. It notes talk of war fear, judicial views on Cuba, and the political climate, with references to Tilden, Vanderbilt, and the press as a platform for politicians.
The twenty second annual convention of the Kerms Fietarical society in White City is today. Officers will be elected. John Francis B. Colny is a candidate for president, while George W. Marthes is considered for secretary.
Dispatch describes a state committee meeting about transportation bills and road work with references to a security incident and a lecture series. It notes plans for work crews, timing of a ceremony, and a burglary at a bank in South Teena, Mich, with mention of a Raycrofter course and community notices.
The Committée of 200 plans another meeting as friends of J W F Hughes and Charis H Nettles seek endorsements. factions favor or oppose candidates, with Warner and others discussed. The liberal element remains noncommittal and hopes for a decision around early December.
In Leavenworth on January 16, Sheriff Everhardy and deputies moved to return Alexander to the county jail. Local governor ordered protection, warden Tomlinson to withhold custody without written protection. Widespread fear of lynching follows as National Guard units assemble in Lawrence to move toward Leavenworth.
A garbled OCR snippet lists individuals like John Sergent, Herbert, Chas. EC, and Geo. Klein with partial titles and affiliations. It appears to describe committee roles and responsibilities, mentioning chairmanship by BL Crosby and references to a club or organization. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
When children get their feet wet and catch cold, give a hot foot bath, a bowl of hot drink, a dose of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and bed. They will be all right in the morning.
A garbled OCR fragment lists names including Wallace Crmmene Willis Hitaon Harrison Low Hilson Bertie Crane and others, scattered with stray initials and commas, lacking clear context or a defined event or date.
Thomas M. Patterson was elected to the United States Senate by a joint caucus of Democrats Populists and Ba with 4 of 87 votes. The ballot was held last night and the results will be ratified at a session tomorrow.
Fragmentary notice describes a Munyon’s Dyspepsia Cure event or display at a Broadway location in New York. The readable lines hint at a free health-view or demonstration near West Broadway, mentioning a weakened old-style remedy and a storm on action related to assemblies or clinics.
George Prisbie Hoar was re-elected today in both Senate and House of the Massachusetts legislature to a successor to the co states.
Washington reports the Venezuelan government seized two steamers of a company during a cable from Caracas. The ships operated between Port of Spain and up the Orinoco, with no officials identified.
Miss Edna Parkhurst, 37, Topeka, died last evening at her home after a battle with typhoid fever. A member of the Congregational church and the Ladies' Music Club, she was well known in local musical circles. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:20 PM at her residence, with burial in Topeka City Cemetery.
Three new supreme court justices A. J. Greene A. H. Eliamens Pollock and Doster administer the oath Chief Justice Doster presides Cunningham arrives later to take the oath The Topeka club names Col A J Johnston G H Gutber FR Lewis E J Dallas J G Blonecker and others as officers for the organization Municipal Railway plans to move 10 miles for ownership and commission to representatives and senators report cites political intimidation and impacts on transit policy
Edward Grifstrom a Santa Fe mechanic travels toward Denver via El Gorman freight agent for Santa Fe and AW Lew Rock Island official plan calls. Fannie Furi of Taylor stress recovery follows. Missouri payday and Rock Island payroll noted amid court actions and theater mentions. hubbub over upcoming events and figures fills the page with scattered names and places.
County commissioners raise the official printing rate to ten cents for delinquent tax lists to keep sales legal while other county printing is bid cheaper. The legal print list totals about 1,253.3 dollars in 1899, with other county printing around 200 dollars yearly. Also notes a Chicago woman speaker and a patent medicine advertisement promising relief for skin diseases and piles through a remedy by DeWitt's.
Vague OCR snippet discusses hunger and nourishment with gendered imagery. Mentions a farmer and his wife, and the idea that care without replenishment leads to breakdown. Lacks clear events, names, places, or dates.
Reports of Herr Strauss illness were denied as he announced plans to conduct the Vienna Orchestra in Denver and later Kansas City. Managerial statements say he will direct here and in Denver, amid earlier talk of sickness and misinterpretation. Also noted: changes at Cleveland Leader, a bank robbery in Jamestown, and assorted temperature notes.
The article catalogs gown styles with finned yokes cambric ruffles and embroidery. It lists Marguerite dresses with embroidery insertions, tucks, and various fabrics like muslin and Ince insertion, noting price ranges from 50 cents to $1.50 and up to several dollars.
Atlanta January 15 trains Chicago and St Augustine preview. Northern agents report average speed about four miles per hour between Atlanta and Chicago as connections with Southern Nashville and Chattanooga lines adjust schedules. Oceanic passenger list includes Mrs Arthur Paget Sir Wim Orr Dickinson and Lady Pearson plus Robert Jaine en route to New York for theatre role.
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