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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1902
Page
4
Topeka State Journal announces terms for home delivery and mail subscriptions including daily, weekly, and monthly plans. The paper also notes it receives the Associated Press full day wire report for exclusive noon publication in Topeka.
Subscribers away during summer can have the State Journal mailed daily to any address for thirty cents a month. The paper will be like a daily letter from home, with frequent town chatter and remarks on politics, weather, and local events.
A solemn reflection on Independence Day, arguing the Fourth of July’s true meaning lies in the Revolution’s sacrifice. The piece compares modern celebrations to the founding struggle, honoring Washington, Green, Lee, and Putnam while cautioning against trivializing history. It emphasizes the Revolution as the righteous war that birthed the nation.
The ways and means committee calls for expenditure statements from the city clerk and convenes with the city treasurer to confront the deficit. Officials had hidden the truth, banks have aided the city’s credit, and a backbone is needed to cut leaks and curb costly schemes for voters’ pocketbooks.
A labor dispute hangs over the state house as officials dodge responsibility for closing the dome door. Governor Stanley, Secretary of State Clark, State Auditor Cole, State Treasurer Grimes, and Custodian Col. George Veale are all blamed or deemed too busy or outside their duties. The executive council has ordered the door kept locked, yet no one accepts the task, prompting questions about accountability and proper duty.
The executive council meets to insist on its independence, signaling it will not take orders from the custodian or the governor. Appointments arrived through standard political channels, and supporters refuse to bow to external pressure despite Governor Stanley's potential intervention.
The Chicago Journal notes the seven month session improved largely due to Reed rules in the House and better conduct in the Senate. It praises deliberation over obstruction, cites bipartisan progress, and predicts evolving efficiency shaping the national legislature as a governing power of a vast empire.
Riley county farmer Otto Benninghoven testifies that ground alfalfa seed mixed with corn makes a strong beef feed, potentially boosting seed demand and farmer wealth. Secretary Coburn notes possible new uses for alfalfa and predicts feasible nutrition benefits, while Benninghoven cites reduced nutrient loss when alfalfa meal blends with corn.
A fragment from a Topeka column laments the removal of a grand cottonwood once shelter for pioneers along the Arkansas River. It recalls old shade, cooking, and the march of progress from buffalo grass to asphalt, ending with a wistful wish to remember the tree’s legacy.
A fragment from a column discussing gender roles and social behavior. It notes opinions about men and women, marriage, kissing, fidelity, and social rituals. It mentions reactions to a lecturer or writer and jokes about picnic plans and fashion including straw hats. The piece ends with a humorous aside about Chicago men rejecting straw hats.
A garbled poem-like piece offers pithy musings on fate, deceit, virtue, and social roles. It rails at vanity and bravado while noting common human foibles and the limits of luck. The text mixes quips about weather, ambitions, and gendered observations in a fragmented, era-tinged voice.
A collection of aphoristic lines on modern life, work, and virtue. It satirizes social performance, job hopping, and religious sermons, noting how newer trends outpace tradition and questioning genuine friendship with the earth after shipments of early watermelons.
The text presents religious reflections from Rev. Dr. Talmage and Rev. W. W. Landrum, urging faith in Christ amid modern life. It notes the church as the most endearing institution and emphasizes practical spirituality,Christian duty across vocations, and the advance of Christianity through conviction and action.
A collage of quotes from ministers urging steadfast work as holy duty. Mentions Rev Dr Frank H Rowley Rev George C Lorimer and Rev V S Fulton. Emphasizes discipline, sacrifice and service across life paths including commerce farming teaching and carpentry.
Telegraphic summary reports Boer commander General Cronje pledges allegiance to King Edward. Other items note Jessie Morrison convicted of murder in Kansas, Rock Island stock increase approved, a Cripple Creek train wreck in Cascade injuring about thirty with one death, and Congress adjourning after seven months as fiscal surpluses rise.
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