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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1900
Page
2
A lengthy里OCR readout presents a preacher denouncing orthodoxy and religious superstition, arguing that honesty, reason, and inner power alone guide morality. He attacks Christian dogma, mocks biblical miracles, and claims rationalism and naturalism replace faith, urging self study and personal reform.
Qu htee Atchison Kansas March 12 1900. The writer denounces liberal preachers as foes of the church while defending orthodox doctrine. He criticizes infidels inside and outside the church, questions clergy titles, and contrasts Tom Paine and God Ingersoll with modern dissenters.
Garden City Kansas March saw the Finney County stockmen inaugurate a 1500 capacity dipping plant. The large No 16 galvanized steel tank, 12 000 gallons, will dip cattle to kill ticks and parasites, improve coat gloss, and reduce eye injuries. Capacity tested at 4600 cattle daily with feeding and drainage systems to minimize waste. Plant at A H Wayners place, north of town, under G H Moore supervision with local help, claimed to be among the most complete in the United States.
A Kentucky memory recounts Taylor and Goebel figures through the lens of a former Confederate captain now in Blue Rapids. He compares the Taylors to familiar foes, recalls a schoolhouse past, and notes how the era’s politics feel entangled with old rivalries and regional tensions.
An old speaker recounts an event where confrontations with the Taylor family led to violence and an arrest. He recalls being spared by the judge and his wife warning against the Taylors. He rejects the idea of a Taylor gang in a Goebel killing and defends Kentucky gentility despite the clash.
W S Perrin of Camden Point Missouri, now Shawnee Oklahoma, was picked up in Fort Scott after a week of wandering with no memory. Police traced him by his key-ring and contacted his banker brother in Camden. Perrin, a Mason, had set out for Joplin with 150 dollars, believes he was drugged on a train and robbed, and his wife and daughter remain in Shawnee while Camden relatives worry.
The home of J C Fox of McPike and Fox wholesale drugs in Atchison burned shortly after midnight with most contents lost. The $19,000 property was partly insured. An incendiary is suspected amid months of anonymous harassment including stones through windows and a narrowly escaped injury to a servant. A watchman stood guard and neighbors report a porch ignition observed by a chachman who chased the prowler and fired twice without hitting him.
Neighbors awoke a family as the Hoest residence in Atchison burned fiercely, filled with smoke and rare furniture. Jared Fox, living nearby, notes no known enemy. several stones reportedly hit thin windows while neighboring homes remained unmolested.
Pratt March 12 Court Brown stockman of Liberal shipped five white faced bulls from Nebraska. In a corral the bulls fought and twenty three were killed before separation. The animals, valued between 150 and 250 dollars each, were the stock’s loss.
G A Griffith state reservoir superintendent reports increasing coyote numbers near the reservoir. He says they roam a large weed patch by day and emerge near the reservoir at night, frightening residents of Boylanville though they pose no direct threat to him.
Burlington reports the drowning of 18 year old George Baker son of Joe Baker while duck hunting eight miles south of town on Sunday afternoon. He waded to retrieve a duck and disappeared. a companion located his tracks but could not locate him. The Neosho river runs high and swift with about ten feet of depth.
A major fire in Augusta wiped out the principal business block. The hardware store and jewelry/ drug shop suffered total losses. Valuable stock at the drug store was saved, while Bechtel and Brown reported no immediate figures. Odd Fellows property suffered complete loss with no current estimate of their damages.
Blue Rapids Presbyterian church to host Sheldon week observance with a revival service Sunday evening Rev Frank Darets to be awakened by Robt Cartwright of Leavenworth Cornet selections planned during the services in Galena Pears Johnson and others connected with the event. A local report covers pensions and restorations impacting Kansas residents, listing several names and increases.
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