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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
2
Sporting notes detail a Manning of Washington loan to the Western League and a Wyandotte County prodigy who dominated last season. The piece mentions salary terms and a player seeking to finish studies, reflecting a busy transfer period.
A disrupted search for a young player linked to Curtin and Manning spans multiple towns and teams, tracing a transfer attempt toward Kansas City. The tale covers the boy’s origins in Kanay pei ot 'tee Pio Pacifio rali at eater Chy, a winter school stint, and pitches for Olathe while shifting between institutions and professional aims.
A Kansas report notes a clash where one side armed with corn knives engages in an improvised weapons conflict. Details on participants, location, and outcomes remain sparse in the accessible text.
A long running dispute between the Tranberger family and the Reeds escalated into a clash as D B M Reed and his son returned from Parsons. W A Tranberger and his son Frank attacked with corn knives, W M Reed fired from the wagon with a Winchester, killing W A Tranberger instantly and mortally wounding Frank. Reed surrendered claiming self defense.
The first sale of new soft wheat in Winfield priced at 65 cents per bushel with a 62 pound test, while millers report a promising harvest and better quality overall. In Wellington A Graf began threshing on a ten acre tract delivering to Kramer mills, wheat testing 60 pounds, Roe milling grade, with countywide quality expected to improve over last year.
Mrs. Dr. Bekridge of Emporia announces the engagement of her daughter Mattie Eskridge to Mr John Steele of Kansas City Star. Eskridge is well known in Emporia and once worked with her father at the Emporia Republican, a Kansas newspaper circle note.
Augusta June 4 G W Brown banker of this city has gone to the Philippines to investigate conditions with a view to making substantial investments in funds. He will be away about six months and is described as the first expatriate of Kansas seeking investments in the new possession. His trip follows his ample capital and belief in American prospects abroad. The article also notes local criminal and legal notices.
A mosaic of short items from Salina and surrounding towns reports trials and legal notes, local obituaries, weddings and engagements, pensions and public notices, accidents and crime sketches. Highlights include a second trial for a crime, Elks lodge applications, a skeleton unearthed near Peabody, a railroad official accident, and local editor clashes in Columbus.
In Saline Salina Kansas June 2 a claim arises from late Wousekeeber and Rafferine Behalister who seek to reprint the estate for $4,000 for services as the houseJane Sie the late prient for 2 period of 2 years. Harvesting in Saline county today with some wheat already cut and machines running. More labor is needed in the wheat belt and wagon hire has risen to $2 a day. Clay Center Kansas June 24 Laray ett silles a male settler and prosperous farmer shot himself at his home four miles southwest of Vining. Coroner and sheriff on site, inquest unnecessary. he had been acting strangely for three weeks with over $900 on his person.
A single unidentified male, unmarried, was found dead by section men two mules west of here. The body was discovered within twenty pods of his home following an incident involving a vehicle and two mules near Marveavile on a June day. The report notes the deceased was killed by the cars in a rural setting.
The Morrison case in El Dorado Kansas will go to the jury Tuesday night after Judge Aikman set aside one day for each side to argue. Rumors that jurors had reached a verdict circulated but could not be substantiated. Saturday marked the anniversary of Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle's killing. the El Dorado band performed in the square as Olln Castle, whose wife was slain, held a baritone horn near Jessie Morrison's brother Heyward who played bass drum.
New York June reports the Protective Association of Professional Baseball Players re elects Charles Zimmer as president amid stormy discussions. Zimmer resigns, Tom Daly of Brooklyn elected president, Dale Gear named secretary. The vote declares the option or reserve clause nonbinding for future contracts, aligning with a Philadelphia court precedent. The piece also advertises Colorado travel ads and various 1901 rail-tour offers.
Adelbert S. Hay, Yale senior and son of Secretary of State John Hay, died in New Haven in a fall from a window after a night in a room at an undertaker. The body was found in pajamas with a ring on the floor, and investigators call the death a likely accident. Hay, noted for athletic prowess and bravery, had planned trips with friends and was connected to Yale and broader New England social circles. His father arrived in New Haven in distress, with medical staff attending as officials and family members mourn the loss.
Pennsylvania University oarsmen now in England train for the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta on the River Thames. They confidence high for a win as races are set for July 2, 3, and 4.
A diverse set of garbled phrases mentions names and places in a chaotic OCR extract. It references Mr Hay, Sproule, and other individuals in unclear contexts, with scattered mentions of prescriptions, malaria, and Colorado Springs. The text lacks coherent events or dates.
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