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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1899
Page
4
Obscure aphorisms and quips about social life appear in a column of scattered adages. The text mockingly reflects on advice, legal guidance, marriage, amateur baseball, and maternal themes with fragmented, satirical observations.
Kansas City May 1 report from Frgent Burkitt on the national Baptists meeting shows debate over a referendum on president and vice president. Executive committee favors no fusion with rival national groups, urging unity and no compromise.
In Leavenworth on May 17 Bishop Fink purchased 40 acres of the Whitaker farm south of the city from Charles H. Miller for $10,000. Located opposite Mt Cavalry cemetery, the property will host a colored orphan asylum run by the Oblate sisters. The mother superior from Baltimore and Father Downey with others inspected the site and approved it, with immediate improvements planned to house the growing number of orphans. The Oblate Sisters have managed the Orphans' Home on Pottawatomie Street but needed a larger facility due to rising admissions.
Hutchinson May 17 The Kansas musical jubilee opened with about 1 000 in the crowd and 500 arriving the previous evening. The concert featured 325 voices from Kingman and Halstead choruses and a soloist who sang and played. A standout was Little Marnard Fowler a one year old violinist from Kansas City daughter of E and Mrs Fowler. The morning included a piano recital by Prof Allen H Spencer and a lecture and chorus drill by Frederick W Root. Miss Esther May Plumb the Chicago contralto sang two selections. At 2 o clock the interstate soprano contest ended with eight entries from Ohio Michigan Oklahoma Kansas and Kansas City Kan Miss Laura May Lamport Winfield Miss Emma Dent Ottawa Miss Htta Minx Lincoln Miss Aivie Fitch Walker Wichita and Mrs H Whitteside Hutchinson. The violin solo contest followed with seven entries including Vendla Wedderstrom Lindsborg Ed H Gahnstrom Assaria G 2 Holmberg Lindsborg Carl Groeshner Hutchinson Miss A J Hood Sabetha Miss Margaret Fowler Kansas City Kan and Miss Hisbeth Ehrsam Enterprise. At Leavenworth For Homeless Colored Children. Buy 40 Acres Of Land The Mother Superior Of The Oblate Sisters Comes From Baltimore Paid 10 000 For Property.
A chaotic Kansas to Washington dispatch covers political talk in Chicago and Kansas, noting extortion records of a showgirl, potential amendments to laws against presidential travel, debates on river improvement for Chicago, and scattered editorials on senators like Petfer. It reports on lynching statistics, Funston and the Twentieth Kansas, and census enumeration challenges in the South with racial identification issues.
A collage of satirical maxims and clipped phrases appears, poking at money, honesty, ambition, and social quirks. The collection blends wry observations with humorous proverbs about life, love, work, and politics, reflecting a mid century newspaper style.
A witty column observes gender contrasts and the quirks of love. It notes a woman who laughs at love often cries inside and a man clings to childhood beliefs like Santa Claus. The piece hints at married life and self‑centered excuses by husbands.
May 1 1i commemorates Sir Thomax Moore eleventh baronet and heir Stephen Moore, both tied to inability to pay rent for a week’s accommodations. The line notes the heir lives abroad and hints at a succession context within the Moore family.
A heated dispute over where to host the Twentieth Kansas on its return from the Philippines pits Topeka St Louis and Mound City against Kansas City. Editors mock rival plans from St Louis and Topeka while railing at Kansas City for seeking glory, urging unity to honor Kansas grit.
Trustee C J Brown announces the college may join the sidewalk plan if city residents supply 1 000 toward pavement costs. Citizens offering 700 in contributions were refused, leaving the 1 000 needed to fund the share. Petitions have been given to the council, and an injunction proceeding may delay the paving.
United States senator Lucien Baker visited Topeka and urged Governor Stanley to appoint George Molybet of Leavenworth as deputy warden of the Kansas penitentiary The probable appointee is W A Thompson Wan ser of the Republican representatives from last winter.
May 1 report from Pretoria states seven alleged revolutionists were arraigned on high treason charges and remanded for two weeks. affidavits claim 2,000 men enrolled for service and to be armed in jail to retake Johannesburg for 24 hours. government calls incident local and notes reforms to be presented to the volksraad soon.
Buffalo May 17 Four elevators are operating and freight handlers move cargo while coal and ore docks remain idle. A proposed union amalgamation agreement between Contractor Connors and Lubector Dan evan is likely to be submitted to strikers later today for approval. If accepted, workers will resume duties under their pledge to return to work until freight, coal, and ore handling grievances are resolved.
Governor Pingree proposes an extraordinary legislature session to enact a constitutional amendment on taxation and to create a state board of assessors plus an income tax law. He asks voters to approve the amendment at the upcoming election and cites a court ruling invalidating the current act.
A letter from Sam F. Woolard of American Central reveals plans for reduced Kansas insurance rates. The alleged schedule appears to violate Kansas antitrust law as individual enterprise purportedly governs the new pricing, with agents instructed that these lower rates are now being promulgated.
Under the new Santa Fe time card effective May 31, Kansas City express No. 113 arriving Topeka from Kansas City at 10 30 will now arrive at 10 45. The train time here is five minutes. This will be the main passenger change. One through passenger train will run through Topeka east and west bound via the cut off from Emporia to Kansas City.
A fragment cites the Brotherhood of Halfway Trainmen seeking fewer brakemen on Santa Fe eastern division, with layoffs imminent cited by Train Master Tice. It also references ancient and modern pearl fisheries across warm seas, detailing oysters, methods, and historic uses of pearls in Greece Rome and by the Chinese, with notes on value and production.
Rock Island eastbound freight No 98 narrowly escaped damage after a wrecking during switching at Willard station west of Topeka. The train was halted instantly with no damage. In Berlin May 17 banker Rudolph Riese, who fled with 200000 marks and was arrested with his mistress, committed suicide by poison.
A government sale in Macon Georgia on May 17 lists tents and supplies to be disposed of tomorrow. The site will serve as the scene of the Spanish American War camp incident. Government warehouses have been sold and arch assets sent to Chattanooga and other locations. The park will be deserted as Capt Clark and assistant quartermaster general rejoin their regiment in Cuba within ten days leaving no traces of the soldiers.
Piano purchasers are invited to inspect and buy twelve makes of standard pianos at low prices. The TJ Washburn Piano House in St Joseph Missouri advertises bargains in secondhand pianos and organs. Contact H W Hank at 20 West Eighth Street Toteks Kansas for details.
Oswego May 17 The jury found Robert Simons former president of Neosho Valley Investment guilty of defrauding buyers in land sales. One juror fell ill delaying proceedings and a possible retrial or appeal to the state supreme court looms. Epworth League convention in Garden City featured lectures and anniversary addresses by W B Shute and W J Martindale. Republican Editors Meet in Iola Chooses next meeting site and officers with J T Bowersock and H J Allen speaking.
Lowlen council may approve a shallow underground electric railway from Westminster to the Bank of England similar to Boston systems. Traffic concessions become a serious problem due to the many omnibuses cabs and carriages in heavy cross traffic amid Breeth. Noah H. Swayne announced his candidacy for Ohio governor at a Republican meeting in Toledo. American Steam Laundry advertises repairs and sewing on buttons.
Kansas City May 17 Ignatius Donnelly blasted the Democratic party as treacherous and warned against fusion or any form of alliance. The afternoon session elected Frank Burkitt president and a slate of officers while an editors’ report was debated. A Lyceum Hall talk by Donnelly and others urged no fusion, no compromise.
Joplin May 1 report says Austin Corbin of New York plans a trust to consolidate leading zinc and lead interests across the Missouri-Kansas mineral belt. Corbin, among several millionaires drawn to the district, visits camps and gains attention. US zinc mines rise while European output wanes, with last year s exports of zinc ore 21,040,000 pounds and zinc pig 21,000,900 pounds.
A New York Journal report from Lourdes describes the height of the annual Lourdes pilgrimage with about 40,000 sufferers and attendants present. More than 5,000 arrived in a single day from Paris as trains delivered crowds to hospitals and the grotto area amid scenes of hardship and illness.
Victoria B C May 17 According to News received by the Empress of India China will resist further aggression by the powers. Orders have been sent to mandarins and taotaos to concentrate fighting men and prepare for war. Arsenals ordered to push arms and munitions. A late edict places viceroy Liu in charge. German missions have been treated and German expeditions are said to punish natives as Germany expands toward a German kingdom under Prince Henry.
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