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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
4
A garbled wire service report from Topeka outlines a city political shift with references to officials and reforms. Names and specifics are unclear due to damaged text, but the piece hints at changes in leadership and policy direction in the local government.
Subgerriters of the State Journal offer daily mail delivery to any address for thirty cents a month and paper service while away. The page discusses newspaper circulation, a wheat crop outlook, coal industry tensions, and political movements, naming several states and figures, including references to Washington Post findings and farm concerns.
The piece, written in a period voice, laments mob pressure and regulatory disputes, warning that shutting off essentials is intolerable. It mocks gossip about Atchison and social tensions, noting gossip about widows, petitions, and local ward disagreements.
A garbled wartime column gives fragmented musings on theater, medical students, detectives, strawberries, and social norms. It presents a mosaic of quirky asides and satirical jabs about everyday life and vanity, with occasional aphorisms on happiness and reliability.
In a fragmented reflective piece men seek bargains and status while a husband hides truth from his wife. A neighborly shade and owlish wisdom color a tale where deception and affection shape choices about marriage and moral guidance for daughters.
Fragmented notes discuss politics and opportunity with sarcasm about age and wisdom. The text hints at social contrasts and clever lines about leaders, reforms, and personal feelings amid unclear context.
London announces that 64 Trantvealers surrendered yesterday, bringing total writhe riders for all colonies to about 190m. The report emphasizes a widening surrender trend and ongoing colonial conflict dynamics.
A garbled maritime note describes Chesapeake being floated near Baltimore Maryland in June. It mentions a rival vessel that ran aground off land and references movements toward Anchapgita after a sequence of events near the Cheshepmke area.
Washington June 12 The House after Journal approval enters the Committee of the Whole to resume debate on the irrigation bill. Grosvenor offers substitute limiting allotments from public land proceeds and directs deficiency payments from the treasury. sugar beet and irrigation arguments feature prominently as beams of reform. The Senate. president calls for broader measures and debates fiscal implications for acts of 1890.
Investigation by the grand jury targets the Continental Reemurchy Redemption company and the Birmingham Debenture company, both defunct. The fund has been redirected to these concerns amid fraud allegations and asset inquiries.
The article notes rising assessed valuations and increased taxes for Ishide and local carriages, with last year’s total tax 49.70 and this year 614, due to higher valuations. It mentions PSP exemptions and shifts in mill rates, highlighting a year over year rise in tax burdens.
In El Dorado on June 1 jurors were questioned regarding potential bias as the state sought cause. Defense challenged four jurors and excused two over failure to disclose news reports. Court grapples with whether newspaper coverage tainted jurors before deliberations.
Forecast calls for continued damp conditions with clouds and showers. South wind around five miles per hour. Overnight temperatures near 63 Fahrenheit. Readings show minor rainfall and a cooler Friday with potential for thunderstorms later.
Fragmented OCR text appears to recount a plea for help with pension benefits and a local legal or crime item. It mentions a widow seeking funds, a murder case, and listed prices for goods, all in garbled form with several proper nouns uncertain.
Correspondents report Kilau a on Hawaii erupts anew with flames and smoke at the crater for the first time in ten years while in Washington Internal Revenue Commission Yerke n settles the question on artificial coloring in oleomargarine raising the tax. Walter Smith of the Honolulu Paokotia Commercial Advertiser is ordered jailed for 30 days for contempt after publishing cartoons about Judge Geer. A Trenton murder case follows jealousy and a midnight shooting.
In Portland Oregon on June 12 a trail of convicts Tracy and Merrill Tina Beet remains lost since yesterday afternoon. Three companies of militia and citizens continue the pursuit aided by bloodhounds.
A fragmentary note mentions Congressman Bowersock Sechea and June Bowersocke requesting free delivery. The record shows government officials signaling a desire to pursue a free delivery policy, though the text is garbled and lacks clear details or dates.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference concerns over losing shops and a local struggle or protest. No clear people, places, dates, or organizations are readable enough to identify specifics. Summarization limited by readability. core theme is economic stakes in local retail.
Fragmented copy reports Reeder mocking opponents with Uncle Joe Cannon jests and railing against progress as part of a speech in favor of the Iron Bill. Scattered items note a July 19 court decision and a June 12 towboat sinking near Riding Sun, with crew saved and injuries reported.
Te and Hany Heding of Se Wearsey announce a handicap golf tournament at the Keith course beginning at 3 pm Saturday. Port Noble and Port Nore J figures are noted alongside other local lines, while a separate report from Chewter Pa notes two drownings in the Delaware River with two rescued. Washington reports treasury ad warrants and property details in Kansas and Lawrence, including lot measurements and land descriptions.
The notice lists postmasters resigning in various counties with dates and locations, including Kanes and Osceola, noting resignations and new appointments as of the end of the month. The fragmentary item mentions names such as Dons and Scotts with scattered street and area references.
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