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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1901
Page
4
Fragmentary 1901 era clipping reports on railroad, currency, and political issues with references to Turkey, Greece and U.S. state matters. Mentions consolidation, subsidies, and public works, plus scattered names and locations suggesting a broad urban news digest.
The primary outcome favors Hughes aligned voters over Warner with women pivotal to Hughes nominating, and marks a setback for supporters of temperance aligned with Warner. Chief Stahl’s confirmed election and Spencer’s temperance backing reflect broader party tensions and law based outcomes.
A fragmented Atchison Globe column riffs on Mars humor and social trends. It mocks fashion, manners, and a range of domestic foibles, noting witty curiosities about women, letters, and old customs with a breezy, humorous tone.
A Cincinnati minister recently prayed for several members of the congregation during a service amid reflective remarks on virtue and community. The scene focused on spiritual guidance and shared devotion within the church.
Dallas March 11 a cyclone hit Ware Point along the Texas and Pacific line destroying about twenty five buildings and killing two children of the Rev Cloud and a child of W W Williams. The school and grain mill were wrecked, livestock killed, and several people injured or missing. Ware Point, a city of about five thousand, lies forty miles east of Dallas on prairie flats. Communications with northern points were cut. storm described as general and severe.
An advertisement touts B B By Blood Balm offering free trial treatment and claims it cures blood poison scrofula ulcers bone pains and other conditions. It lists addresses in Atlanta and Tope and urges readers to describe their trouble for a free medical opinion.
A Kansas movement to unite wheat growers to resist the Grain Trust forms, led by Walter Allen’s Farmers Federation and local delegates. The plan calls for mass meetings May 15 in Galion and coordinated action by cooperative elevators and grain shipping associations to reject the trust’s terms and protect growers. Representatives Buckus Oakley Thomas County Ed Gren Hackney Cowley James Buller Topeka are listed as contacts.
Louise Ogilvy, an 18 year old Topekan in Corea since May, writes of Pyongyang New Year open houses. Corean officials in gala dress ride in a lion-skin chair while guards clear paths. visitors bow and are fed, with magistrates and a majestic procession marking hospitality and ritual life.
The observer describes a hillside site with a round mound and turtle marker, a carved sacrificing table, and stony carvings. A tablet near the royal grave identifies the deceased, with crowds watching imperial rites and offerings during a period of ancestral worship. The writer notes visitors’ curiosity about attire and ranks.
Hall buys property on Topeka Avenue in WN to erect a modern residence. He will construct a house near the common summer and connect it with the family. Hall is from Hall Lithographing Company and now resides locally.
A disturbance erupted at the First precinct coed ward polling place Saturday evening. An official reported a fight between a polled group and roughs, with one man named Hutton wielding a club as others retaliated. Despite the chaos, no serious injuries were recorded and a patrol wagon was summoned afterward. The incident underscores tense election activity in the ward.
Fragmented report describes criminals placed in cages without food in Canton and Tacoma. Murmured testimony aboard a cruiser mentions money and sailors linked to a brial plot. Reports reference mechanised rebellion and actions by gunbeate Ball and Suey, with efforts to subjugate subordinates and terrorize the public.
Sunday morning snow reached one inch nine tenths with rain totaling sixty one hundredths inches. Weather predicts generally fair weather by Tuesday with warmer air tonight. Northeast winds ease to eight miles an hour from the south as nerves case and local assault arrests are noted in the Second ward. Hutton remains off duty.
Quick Cure products claim effectiveness for colds with three locations cited in 256 SC. Availability listed as 31.00 price. Distribution through druggists and Atlantic Ave Co in Lowell.
Mills Dry Goods Co announces new lace curtains and other novelties for 1901. The release highlights decorative fabrics and related home accessories. Local deliveries and showrooms in the city are expected to boost seasonal sales.
The notice lists deaths of Fran cena Helen Carr aged 20 months daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Carr with a burial at Monroe Street home and service led by Rev Mr Cramel. Arrick Liew age 60 died at his home on Washington. the funeral will be at his residence. James Stansfield funeral at Bethel Church with burial at Tupelas cemetery.
Joseph R. Hania remains in Topeka as he supports the Fifth Avenue hotel upgrade led by Hankin. The property will be renovated to become a premier example of its class with new toilets and office space. Hankin, long known in local business, plans to attract traveling customers and restore the hotel’s standing.
A fragmented local notice mentions Bayerson of Bort and War Runs a Me, with unclear surrounding context. The garbled text references a feud and possible plan or action but lacks readable details or dates.
A jumble of damaged notes reports a young man involved in forged checks and assorted urban roving. references to addresses, banks, and a West Eighth Avenue site hint at a financial crime. Separate items mention a chancery ruling on injunctions, a Carnegie Library mention, and steel and wire company actions.
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