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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
8
Jap Rose soap mentioned with James 5 and Kirk and Company in a compact listing. The readable fragment presents brand mention alongside company name, implying a product advertisement or catalog entry. No dates or locations are provided.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a state officer showing a device or furnace related to an extinction or burning process. It mentions a base 35 insertion and chemicals thrown onto the fire, but the passage is incomplete and lacks clear context or outcomes.
Admiral Schley appeared frail yet greeted a long crowd at a public reception in Basshnge Hall. A continuous line stretched around the hall and down the stairs as Mr. Taylor introduced speakers and the admiral offered thanks to Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Schley.
Chicago reports J. M. Walsh charged with burglary barricaded a door in Toom Fevers House early today as police closed in. He died by self-inflicted gunshot, a phrase implying he threw out his brains. Stolen trinkets referenced in the chaotic scene.
Washington scenes recount a White House dinner in Miss Alice Roosevelt’s honor followed by a musical program. Tenor George Devoll and baritone Edwin Ashma performed nine numbers as elaborate floral decorations accompanied the high society attendance.
The body of an unknown boy about 12 was found frozen on Snake River bank eight miles east of Winfield. Coroner Holcomb ordered the body brought to Winfield for investigation. Residents cannot explain how he came to be there or the cause of death. they suggest he may have been hunting and fell asleep exhausted.
Harry M. Welden, noted sporting writer and former sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, died at his Circleville home after a paralysis stroke. He was 45 and left a daughter.
The Town Congress of Mothers held its first business session in Des Moines Iowa and sent delegates to the State legislature urging laws prohibiting child labor establishing compulsory education creating juvenile court and prescribing penalties for kidnapping children.
Four men in the west have tendered their resignations to take effect Saturday. J J Boras steps down, opening a vacancy in the western district.
A schoolroom inquiry links habitual coffee drinking to pale complexions, nervous irritability, sluggish intellect, and overwrought imagination. The writer recalls years of severe headaches from coffee and says quitting brought relief and improved mental steadiness.
A Topeka senate chamber audience hears Mrs. Robinson hailed as pioneer writer with Kansas women praised for literary impact. Mrs. Hudson is noted as a leading author with translations, poems, and prose shaping state literary history across names like McCarter Wilder and Nellis, while others such as Jarrell Whitcomb Snow and Allerton contribute notable works reflecting Kansas life and culture. The talk celebrates women editors, librarians, and teachers fostering libraries and local publishing roots.
A vivid snapshot of a snowy day as sleighs and cutters flood the city streets. Riders glide past Fifth Street as sleds and bogies flash with iron hoops and improvised repairs. Pedestrians face slick sidewalks while drivers boast fashions, rattle about in cutters, and recall past seasons as snow fuels a lively, humorous scene.
More snow than for years blankets Omaha and eastern Iowa as a storm that began yesterday continues. Depths reach seven inches in places, winds ease, trains arrive late but not seriously delayed.
A promotional piece lauds Prof. Phelps and his life work at Yale Dartmouth and Vermont for developing Paine's celery compound. It claims the remedy cures nervous debility sleeplessness indigestion biliousness and a host of related ailments by strengthening nerves and blood, with national figures endorsing it.
Merriam reports from Providence notes on the Midwinter exposition closing at 11 tonight and seat sales for the Innes band engagement starting Saturday. Attendees include James Chisham and Mayor Donald of Atchison, E Ames of Norton, Rock Island official J Sebastian, plus other regional figures. Reports cover local commerce, bowling, theater matinee, snow clearance, and Kansas State Postal Association adjournment with plans to meet again in Topeka. Marconi announces his arrival aboard the Philadelphia en route to New York.
Historical report notes a foggy January morning as the wireless telegraph transmits unexpected items, detailing a puzzling event near Southampton and a planned departure at one o clock.
Fragmentary note references Kansas building commission and Governor, unclear on dates or actions. Mentions pursuit of access and stake in St. Louis area, with minimal readable details.
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