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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1900
Page
7
Unstable OCR text reports heavy rainfall near Montrose and Mantriwe Kansas on a Saturday night. Despite garbled phrases, it suggests rain boosted crop prospects and revived local agriculture, with positivity replacing prior pessimism about crop failure.
San Francisco and Queensland reports detail a severe drought in Gregory Lake country. Cattle die in vast numbers as water holes dry up and stockmen fear herd losses without timely relief.
Dida for the new Senta Fr blackernith eon att foradey will be gaked for at or and the cuttrart bie by the eric insure work act tive bulld imenved biefore the last cen Ae is te pushed thruweh to com plewten. Tre bull will be of. Urick and avn. and will be SO by 180 feet in sta rdy estimate How Being made oe In kaw cragtiwerine department at the Ben erstamees. and with the creater portion of the $107.1 sppc upstated for Hhote Work at Topeks thh year. The sunstruction of the new Bubdle will etve erslogment to a edeidesabie Adifitional furce next winter.
Bethlehem Steel received word of a Russian government contract for 2000 tons of Krupp armor. The armor will equip three newly built Russian battleships at St. Petersburg and is said to exceed prices paid by the United States government. Delivery is required within months. testing of similar armor had impressed Russian officials.
A Washington dispatch to the Herald says General Grant sent to the war department a copy found by Lieutenant Tamas’s scouts near Situb. A crumpled note reads Aguinaldo is in the Corona mountains and the rebel group is stronger than expected. Captain Ho Roberts of the Thirty first volunteers is captured.
DUN WILL INITIATE HIS SUCCESSOR AS CHIEF ENGINEER OF SANTA FE. JAMES TROTT WILL BECOME HIS REPLACEMENT AT THE SANTA FE PLANT. A MEETING AT THE STORE ON SUNDAY DISCUSSED THE TRANSITION AND WORK PLANS FOR THE QUITRE SANTA BE PROJECT. THE FORMER WILLET WILL ASSUME CHARGE AT THE CENTER, OPEN READQUARTERS, AND THE TEAM WILL BEGIN THE SANTE PROGRAM.
Mr and Mrs H M DeYoung travel from California to Oberammergau and Paris in July. They plan to visit St Moritz and then continue to Michigan and other named locals on a short European trip.
The piece notes Mrs Carter’s painstaking work in London before large audiences. Critics praised the production but were later silenced by the overall charm of peace. The article also mentions moving pictures at Upton Pacific City and a free ticket offer.
Miss Gasser of Skaneateles New York, a victim, alleges two mediums a mother and son from Syracuse under the Willems name swindled her out of 11,000. She reports they operate across Syracuse and Canada, and police are pursuing them. She suspects the pair are now in Chicago. Thirteen sailors drowned when the Sutherlandshire grounded near Sumatra after sailing from Rotterdam.
Description of the Propylea at Buffalo 191 expo marking the northern boundary of the plaza and grand court. Two grand arch entrances flank a 300 foot long structure with open towers and vertical columns, creating a dramatic screen and view of the exposition grounds. Electric streetcars pass nearby as visitors enter through high arches for scenic approaches to the Midway halls.
A New York camera fiend provoked a clash at Newport as Williars or Vanderbilt protested a portrait. Police officer McCormick attended while Er Otrich’s camera was smashed, and the assailant threatened to sue, amid a second earlier capture of Vanderbilt.
A Lewiston Evening Journal report describes a lightning strike near Waterville during a Rome Smithfield storm. A bolt hit the Smith family barn tearing a diagonal path across ridge and fence, causing shingles damage, frightened horses, and two decimated lambs. The storm's eastern cloud edge flashed repeatedly as the party witnessed the strike from three miles away.
Announcement of a fast train from Topeka to Chicago leaving at 2:00 PM and arriving 7:40 PM, plus another service at 4:49 PM arriving 1:29 AM. Train offers free chair cars and standard tourist sleepers to Chicago. Service covers eastern connections and Michigan and Northern Lake resorts. T. S. King, Agent, Topeka, Kansas.
Tickets go on sale August 2 for Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and return via the Santa Fe. A new Chicago via Santa Fe route leaves Topeka at 2:00 p.m. and arrives Chicago at 7:40 p.m., with connections to northern lake region resorts and East Coast getaways. Carries standard and sleeper cars. free chair cars and special stopovers. T. S. King, agent.
A fragment indicates travel routes between Denver Colorado Springs and Santa Fe with notes on tickets August October and returning via Pueblo. The text references epee like terms and a running observation but provides no clear events or dates.
Fragmented OCR yields stray lines about male help and insurance like features for a year protection plan, medical attendance, and death benefits. Several job requests appear for horse care and agents, with mismatched contact hints and stray names. overall the piece resembles a mixed, garbled help wanted and insurance offer page.
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