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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1900
Page
10
Fragmented report recalls a military funeral for a unit engaged in the Philippines. Names and ranks appear, with references to surgeons, camp duties, and a possible burial or memorial plan. The text is garbled but suggests formal proceedings and a call for remembrance.
A speaker recounts leaving home at twelve to learn by experience and rejects church dogma as the source of truth. He criticizes Watson and Drummond writings, endorses natural law, and argues modern religion rests on intelligent reform rather than orthodox doctrine. He notes a shift away from orthodoxy and calls for a religion of simple universal truth.
The passage lists renowned figures who rejected orthodox faith, from Voltaire and Darwin to Emerson and Harriet Martineau, arguing that true learning often opposes church orthodoxy. It laments slanders against free inquiry and urges believers to abandon complacent sermons for warnings that illuminate the dangers of wrong.
Hutchinson March 17 reports expose a scheme paying for coyote scalps in Reno Rice Barton and adjoining counties. A bogus bounty collector assembled twenty five to thirty two scalps in multiple counties, prompting clerks to track the fraud and warn authorities. The incident highlights suspected wolf farm activity and widespread deceit in scalp payments.
Report details suspected crooked wolf scalps deals in adjoining counties prompting the county clerk to require identification. A man calling himself John M. Miller claims relation to Jacob Miller of Walnut Township, with officials hoping he is honest and not tied to the broader gang.
Dave Leahy has led a two week strike against his own Wichita Register for refusing to work in a non union office. He demanded union re establishment after the paper substituted non union printers. Leahy vows to quit journalism if wages fall below living costs and rejects working for less than fair pay, declaring he will switch lines rather than accept a cheap paper.
Abilene hosted a report that Mrs C S Moore of Abilene will be supported by the Kansas delegation as national W B C encampment president candidate. Ida Wilson Moore, wife of Judee O Te Moore of the Eighth district, has accepted the call after years of urging. Coffeyville messages note John Wanamaker remembered a Gad ops Organization and mention Wanamaker a Philadelphia merchant and ex postmaster general.
The report covers Leavenworth pension grants to veterans with varied amounts, a light plant valuation note from St Louis, and local mishaps including a brakeman’s injury near Pleasanton and a Kansas man robbed in Chicago. It also notes church rebuilding plans with velvet carpet donation and a guilty pleas outcome in Emporia.
An advertisement touts Theumstism Cured is a Day and Mfystic Ware for cosumstism and neuralgia, claiming instant cure as the cause disappears after the first dose. It lists Swift & Holliday druggists at 525 Kansas Avenue Topeka and quotes a testimonial from Seth Sell Addison about relief from coughs and infections.
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