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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
6
The State Journal advertises Lost and Found, Want ads, and small notices with three days free insertion. It urges readers to place classifieds for buying selling renting boarding situations hiring four men or two women and trading goods to reach Kansas readers and attract customers. It touts low costs like 25-cent ads for stock sales and broad public exposure.
Read text urges business owners to announce new goods or changes in advertising at 50 cents per week. Encourages careful investment in advertising, claiming it will pay off. Mentions a small advertisement in The State Journal testing a line over two days.
Police officer Hall brutalized A Rubinwitz during an attempt to rescue his seven year old son from alleged kidnapping. Rubinwitz alleges Hall struck him, arrayed with ununiform conduct, and jailed Rubinwitz until his wife secured release. Eyewitnesses report the assault as unprovoked amid a crowded street scene.
Police report a disturbance at a Kansas Avenue resort involving Sergeant Carpenter and driver Adams. A heated argument escalated to a melee. Carpenter allegedly removed his authority emblem and Adams drew a revolver, which was seized by an officer after a tense confrontation.
In Topeka Sergeant Carpenter commands the police while Chief Stabits leads the force. Officer Boyles and motorman Hurst clash after a freight train blocks a street crossing beyond the four minute ordinance limit. Boyles removes coat and star and threatens a fight. Hurst refuses and the altercation ends with the train being removed.
AP correspondent reports in West Virginia flood scenes along Tug and Dry Forks. About 100 dead feared as towns like Bradshaw and Welch suffer extensive wreckage. Bridge losses, drifting corpses, and stranded survivors create a dire humanitarian crisis with food shortages and ruined infrastructure.
Paris June 7 A dawn to dusk procession of bicycles and auto mobiles began the Paris to Berlin race with crowds along Champigny and toward Berlin. Foxhall Keene started at seven o'clock in a new car. He promised to do his best though anxious about the machine. M Fournier led the field reaching Aix la Chapelle at 7 p.m. ahead of rivals, completing 265 miles.
Mrs Exe Blankart Funston wife of Brigadier General Frederick Funston arrives in Oakland to stay with her parents following her return from the Philippines where she accompanied her husband at his headquarters near Manila. The report notes her health and the journey back through California.
The Royal Arcanum held a 24th anniversary celebration with a program featuring quartet performances by Warner, Helbig, and associates, violin solos by Diet-Eckstrom and Gustafson, a trio led by Warner, and a cream and cake reception with speeches and musical interludes from several named performers.
Carrie Nation Day drew two long-distance attendees who traveled over 100 miles and, short of funds for gate fees, were assisted by management. Nation spoke, sold Sinnheimer's Mall items and hatchets, amid rumors she would smash saloons, heightening audience interest.
Elia Buckner, known as Ela Buckner, was arrested this morning on Route 2300 for highway robbery involving a woman in California Fries. Local residents near Chuster Kaus report the incident as Barnes records the market square transaction and mentions Hen Jordan. July dates unclear in the scrambled text.
Fire at the Lehigh Valley freight house on Buffalo creek destroyed the structure this afternoon. Several men were driven into the creek by burning lanes and drowned. At 3 30 only known injury is Lewis Cassin, s Cana.
Shortly after noon today a switch engine in the Santa Fe yards collided with a passenger engine at the south end of the Kaw river bridge. The switch engine moved slowly, no serious damage occurred, the bumper was torn from the switch engine and torn loose from the passenger locomotive. Neither engine was derailed.
Four fatalities and many prostrations reported in Chicago as a scorching heat wave touched the city. The temperature soared to near ninety five degrees with heavy heat stressing residents and officials. Names of the dead include George, Emma Jefferson, Walt St. John Voleman, and others from Minneapolis listed in dispatches.
The State Journal records a defense by Rev. B. F. Foster against recent charges about his anticy, asserting his ministerial standing and nonpolitical motives. Also noted is a concert by Steinbere's orchestra at the Chancel Lawn and an advertisement for New Fire Works by Coughlin Martin HDS Co promoting “Satin-Skin” products and a Santa Fe observation car trip to Colorado Springs.
W Hull arrives from Morton as president of the Kunsan State Spirit association formed in Topeka a month ago. The item details local market activity including pork, cream, and grain receipts, with prices and trends for cattle, hogs, and dairy products, and mentions broader shipments and town trading activity.
Reports from New York and major centers describe a cautious market with reduced activity and mixed signals. Bond yields shift, cotton and rail shares show uneven demand, while traders watch key indices and corporate outlooks for guidance.
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