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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1901
Page
4
A long mixed column discusses alcohol laws and enforcement in Kansas towns, questioning municipal openness and law adherence. It notes open saloons, sidewalk repairs funded by liquor sales, and asks what state officials should do while citing press and church concerns. It references Jayhawker clubs, local weather, and community notes from Chase, Edwards, and Ness counties.
Dispatches show that Fort Scott residents petitioned to relax prohibition enforcement arguing the current law harms business and enforces unfair penalties. They urge authorities to permit saloons to operate despite state law and claim the methods used to enforce prohibitions fuel crime and property damage.
A fragmented page from a 19th century periodical contains scattered lines on theft avoidance, family duties, and social manners. It mentions a Greco doll, a warrior of friends, and musings on honesty, work, and politeness amid a world of aging references and quirky observations.
A garbled passage mentions a scheme creating something like SOsHt toward others, implying an accounting of debt. It suggests cooperation or payment terms, with phrases about appreciation and placement. The text is incomplete but points to a financial arrangement or expectation clarification.
A jumble of aphorisms and social jests on temper, propriety, money, and reform. Witty asides touch Atlantic City dryness, ball games, neighbors, and a string of colorful vignettes about human foibles and courtship.
Fragmentary front page prose discusses reputations and social judgment in a barroom setting. It notes women' s reactions to how people behave and the impact on servants, reflecting gossip and public perception.
A chaotic night at Gypsy Camp when four horses screamed toward the home stretch broke the track and bolted into a crowd. Six people were severely injured and spectators, including a seven month old infant, were trampled in the panic as many fled for safety amid injuries to Johns Kearney and the Simpson brothers.
George A. Clark, secretary of state, declares candidacy in a heated Republican contest. The veteran official, linked to state charities and printing, faces Arthur Brener as his rival in the battle for the gubernatorial nomination and control of the party apparatus.
A district court session in Reno centers on Lone Wolf and Judge We M Springer challenging President McKinsey’s plan to open new Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands to settlement. The case hinges on a treaty and the register of the Reno office, with two applicants for registration appearing as the matter continues.
Two Topeka residents died from heat in a harsh spell of summer weather. Stump McMichael a local man with a police record died at 45 after a stint in court while Oscar Hocker a patient at the asylum died Sunday of apoplexy. He had a wife in Aus Vista Kansas and authorities arranged for burial at Topeka Cemetery. Funeral plans were set in motion with arrangements noted for services today in Topeka.
Local items report Hayden returning to sick at Bis com icosmell Grove and Lattimer Grimes heading to El Reno to register in the land draw. Labor Commissioner Johnson tours southern state on business as the Modée club attends old soldiers reunion. Carpenter heads to New tutti Michigan for summer. Superintendent Baker consolidates Whifield Free Press with The Advocate. Mail lists and land, forestry, and court news follow with mixed notices of lawsuits, county labor, and public events.
Investigators report counterfeit notes from a defunct Beck bank of New Brunswick New Jersey printed on bond paper and used from New York to San Francisco. Fewer than all passers can be prosecuted under federal law. state fraud charges may apply. About 3 million dollars in counterfeit notes are said to be in circulation, with Canadian frontiers used to pass them as genuine New Jersey issues.
On July 22 Attorney General Knox declined to issue an opinion requested by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Treasury says refunds will proceed immediately, based on the Comptroller of the Treasury ruling that the department has authority under current law. The total duties refundable amount to about $2,000,000.
A dispute concludes with the resignation of Sir Beheerer, Secretary to Governor Whitmarsh, amid a commission’s censure for violence during a Tarrot Ibexmen public meeting. The event involved Ssheever declining to act as secretary, while Servant Ge allowed interference at the gathering by American authors.
A Posey County farmer, J. L. Witkoeineea, proclaims he will imitate Andrew Carnegie and donate all his wealth before his death. He recently deeded Cynthiana and the Merom college at Sullivan, indicating long planned generosity and a shift in his estate plans.
The Santa Fe store laborers in the police department will work nine hours per day instead of ten during hot weather. The order affects about 25 men.
Luke, a dairyman near Christ Hospital, was arrested after humane officers accused him of denying cattle water. He reportedly failed to connect two wells to city mains despite orders, leaving about 25 cows to drink sewer water from hospital wells.
Reported unrest shows 160 men out as conductors and switchmen walk off. By night, trains resumed with all on time. Police officials warn governors and Hawes of suspected rag incidents as strikers’ motives remain unclear. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, iron workers strike over a 25 cent wage demand, affecting over 400 men as mills in the district positions shift.
About 200 collar cutters began a strike in Troy New York today as the union refused to meet demands related to employment apprentices. Nearly all major collar firms are involved in the stoppage.
Pittsfield Mass July 22 James Pouburg brother of the accused testified in a Fosburg case. He described waking to a shriek and finding his father’s room disturbed by a wounded body, a sister’s death scene, and efforts to summon a doctor as the district attorney’s examination unfolded.
Fractured text describes a major strike affecting workers and employers in the city. Readers glimpse disrupted services and rising tensions as organized groups push for concessions. Officials attempt mediation as public sentiment shifts toward a swift resolution.
A flood of archaic barter questions asks if readers will trade items such as a horse for a piano or a bicycle for a camera. The list also pairs goods like a gun for a bookcase, a wash roller for a bug, and a stove for a refrigerator, ending with a dog for a rooster.
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