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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1901
Page
8
The company urges strict adherence to sprinkler hose rules to prevent water waste and possible discontinuance of supply without further notice. During protracted droughts, consumers are requested to observe the rules for their own protection and for the community.
Brief telegraph items report Dr Joshon Miller an Indian anthropology student in the country dead from pneumonia born in Missouri. King Edward and Evelyn Baring attend privy council. Count Tolstoy weak. The Paul steamer arrives with gold for Alaska Commercial. Kansas City Buggy Company stock and building destroyed by fire. insured. International notes from Moscow St Petersburg London and Madrid cover politics, army plans, and rail and locomotive expansion. Prize fighter referee George Siler fined for refereeing a bout.
An ad style notice claims numbness and premonitions of paralysis were caused by coffee. The author reports relief after switching to Postum Food Coffee and notes improved sleep for self and husband. Also mentions a child’s nervous issues and a sister with headaches improving after the change.
New York officials report strong opposition to a ship canal plan. The sub executive committee of the Greater New York Canal association and canal committee of the exchange debated the deep waterway commission report. They decided to continue advocating state waterways improvements along mapped lines, arguing New York would not cede canals to the federal government.
William Walker, a miner, died after falling into the McAfee coal shaft six miles west of town. Night Jailer Jester at the city prison received word around 4 o clock Tuesday evening. Ambulance was requested, and Walker lay for hours awaiting aid as telephones failed to unwind the miles of red taps.
A westbound Union Traction interurban car struck a regular Indianapolis bound car in Muncie at 1 am. Motorman Willard Ellar escaped serious injury as both vehicles damaged. The special carried 135 colored attendees to a local event. several riders were reported seriously injured. In New York, Constitution beat Columbia by over four minutes on a 21 mile Long Island race.
New York July 24 Ex-President Cleveland has been invited by the city of Caldwell New Mexico to attend the Caldwell fire department anniversary on August 3. Cleveland was born in Caldwell and left town at age four never returning until this invitation.
Police court session centers on Nick Chiles with expert testimony from Detective Brenard about a McKinley club basement entry and a night of drinks and craps. The secretary and president defended the club as legitimate while the detective’s story faced challenges, leading to Chiles’s conviction on multiple counts despite defense assertions.
Governor Stanley will appoint only one county officer and will seek supreme court ruling on disputed points before further appointments. The new biennial election law allows holdovers until the next election, prompting a test case in the supreme court to determine if the governor or current officers may hold over.
In Shawnee county a libel suit seeks 70000 damages against Kansas Mutual Life Insurance officers. Attorney D R Hite accuses KR Herrick and others of maliciously alleging Hite offered 1000 to drop Phillips suit. The case, filed in U S circuits court, centers on alleged improper acts and published statements.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a Wednesday rain in Topeka that inspired a spontaneous jingle and a rousing reception. The day ended with clear skies, lingering humidity, and disappointment at the spectacle of vendors who sold a praise poem.
The readable text mentions rain to spread the earth and mentions coal, steam, vapor, and dirt. Names and clear facts are incomplete, leaving a fragmented, nonspecific weather and environmental note with no identifiable events or figures.
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