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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
4
The article itemizes political missteps and legislative fights from Cuba to Illinois, notes on senators from Indiana and Colorado, a Bosschister trial, boxing denouncement, and a rise in capital markets. It cites Rockefeller versus Vanderbilt wealth, Newport weddings, and casualty tallies in the Philippine campaign.
Fragmented column notes from the Atchison Globe covering public notices, sermons, household economies, fashion observations, and brief anecdotes. The piece includes commentary on education funding, parish life, and reflections from other papers, with stray jokes and social observations.
The readable bits sketch a jumble of names and phrases with unclear context. Mentions of places and people are faint and scattered, offering no coherent event, date, or outcome to anchor a news item. The fragment ends without a clear narrative or conclusion.
A garbled Kansas wire offers a mosaic of odd items. Mentions downs county printing bid, a county seat loss to Douglas Tribune, a couple falsifying ages for marriage, and Eb White the Osborn pioneer noted as a local celebrity. Also references a town scandal in Ottawa and quirky local curiosities attracting crowds.
A new bank in Lane County is reported to be closing its business soon. Citizens' Bank in Lane is setting a closing date while none of its operations show substantial activity. The town notes interest in the bank dispute and a breach of promise suit involving June 15 against George Ka.
The article notes the arrest demand by parents of a boy named Bubb in Shannon over a red painted scene and a lynched or beaten confrontation. It mentions more lace makers for Zion and a Liverpool bound route under John At Joing Gander. Washington reports rural delivery service being reset.
Frank Harpster’s defalcation looms around $25,000 with insurance all payable to his wife. The bank’s cashier used false entries over years, the commissioner’s probe reveals, and a fatal self-inflicted gunshot ended the cashier’s actions. Depositors fear 30 to 40 cents on the dollar. life policies may be voided under death by own action rules.
A Kansas memorial project describes a monument with the state coat of arms in bronze on one side and a total height of 26 feet with a base measuring 26 inches. The design calls for an eternal fire tribute honoring patriots.
In Wichita, reliable sources reveal a plan by the McLean faction to push a central state presidential ticket while a western bloc backs a different candidate. The scheme centers on two votes for David Leahy in Topeka, tied to a national convention strategy and alleged coordination across states. Leahy claims neutrality on the two votes and Bryan support, unaware of who cast them.
In Wichita on January 18 Temple Houston now of Sam Houston. He discussed using pepper to prolong life and contrasted it with salt. A medical man reportedly uses pepper as a prolonger. the account notes Houston’s remarks about pepper versus salt in health claims.
In Beloit the Call transfers ownership of the newspaper plant for 1730 dollars cash. Seward A. Jones, who bought the former Parkyes plant months ago for 17500, enlarges operations while Chubble will devote himself to editing duties.
The Call newspaper along with Royal Neighbor and Daily Age announce continued publication, adding a new weekly Messenger for the W. U. in Topeka. Circulation for the Royal Weather journal grows to 16 pages monthly, and the Dairy Age expands after a state convention. In Lyon County, judges face opposition as political tensions rise amid arrests, while arms buying surges in Leavenworth as communities brace for unrest.
Beloit dispatch reports Mayor Hunter resigns amid council members failing to leave a church revival for city business. Quorum issues hinder transmission of city business as officials discuss printing office applications and local appointments. The item notes a Beloit era press and mentions marriage notices in the Beloit Gazette.
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