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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1901
Page
4
Incomplete column notes reflect political chatter, social quips, and household sketches. Mentions of Pat Crowe and General Funston hint at national events, while local editorials tease reforms, rail plans, and community anecdotes. Several brief items touch births and local notices amid scattered jokes.
Debated is whether Andrew Carnegie gifts stabilize Mir. athduie's donations and if they are cash equivalents or securities liable to outsiders. Critics question if Carnegie ties strengthen the highly watered steel corporation and its popularity, while noting the vast endowment funds and the impact on bonds, dividends, and national industry.
Readable lines describe a hampered narrative about a suburb and a family. It mentions a man who writes his wife to vote and an Easter theme. The passage is garbled with stray letters and inconsistent phrasing.
Boston March 2 Rev Dr William C Winslow vice president of Egyptian Exploration Society says papyri from Ogiernyohue Hemstead Toweverd universities touring sites in the Forum have been received for distribution. Papyri include Odyssey fragments and a tax return from Columbia. The Nile rise and tax rules appear in several fragments with notes on land and crops.
Boston reports Prof. Petrie and Rev. Dr. Willem Winslow announce findings at Abydos in Egypt. Unearthed tomb items include two broad bangles, a copper dinner service, ivory fragments, and inscriptions mentioning Narā Ka and a foreign king, with about twenty early rulers possibly identified.
San Juan March 29 Emigration from Porto Rico continues with 498 leaving for Hawaii and 400 for Cuba to toil in iron mines and drainage projects. Planters lack capital and work, authorities take no action to halt the exodus as the island loses labor. smallpox cases persist at Force with a slight rise elsewhere.
A woman named Omsha in Omaha borrows 825 dollars on credit from an artificial limb pawnbroker. She provides a detailed account of her prosthetic leg as security, noting injuries and changes to appearance while the pawnbroker collects fees. The exchange occurs while waiting for a man and two others to arrive.
A tale from March reports workmen at Greenwood Nebraska uncover a pit in a cellar wall containing bones and a heavy post with a tag on a pelt. The find is linked to a year old crime involving Berg Borden who allegedly caused the disappearance of his wife and later died.
Report from Manila on Aguinaldo capture noting his attire and demeanor. Visitors allowed but interviews banned. General Trias urged peace with US rule, predicting further surrenders in Batangas, Luzon, and Samar. Mrs Funston praised. pension and brigadier general appointment anticipated for Funston.
On the thirty sixth ballot Clare offered four motions to vary the monotony but Governor Stanley tabled them. The council grew solemn as they pressed on with routine tasks, then a fire scare in the state house basement prompted a brief investigation as papers and refuse toppled near sling boxes and a fake horn sound completed the ruse.
In Binghamton New York on March 29 a letter to the Greene American publisher by James H Moore and William H Moore requests new subscribers pay for a paper from now until December 31. The Moores, noted trustees, aim to fund a philanthropy through a record subscription drive. The total price for 28 years amounts to nearly 1400 dollars.
In Louisville a fistfight broke out between Dr Leslie Myer and Lowell Clark over funds and a prior insult. Myer, a former Volunteer, won in the second round with a jaw blow. The clash began in Memphis and led to involvement of Myer visiting a last year's claimant. arranged after a meeting yesterday.
The article surveys Berber life in Algeria noting hospitality and customs, and includes a second item on a San Francisco treaty style pact among Alaskan trade firms. It lists firms from San Francisco Seattle and Dawson forming a price alliance, with several named companies and locations.
City voters are called to approve a bond plan of up to 70 000 dollars for street car terminals and shops for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The mayor and council authorize borrowing up to seventy thousand dollars for purchasing sites and constructing terminal facilities. The proclamation announces election date and the official duties of the mayor and council in conducting the vote.
The readable text presents a jumbled sequence of words and names with no clear event or identifiable entities. It mentions years or numbers, places, and possible persons, but specifics are too garbled to determine a coherent news item or outcome.
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