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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1902
Page
6
The page fragment references Dudley Pratt family notice, local tribute prayers, funeral speakers, and brief election results. It mentions Mrs Dudley Pratt and O A Pratt, with side notes on local clergy events, church services, and a March election recount.
Fragmentary OCR shows names and addresses across North Topeka streets including Mrs Debi Speer, Mr and Mrs A Keats, and Mrs Margate Wikewe. It mentions property moves on Waren Street, a wedding vow, and community names. details are incomplete and unclear.
Shawnee county official tally shows Charles Curtis highest statewide with 6477 votes while D. H. Heflebower tops Democratic totals at 2138. H. F. Mason leads state ticket with 8278. amendment for legislature pay failed county results. A. T. Lucas sheriff 5109. Galen Nichols county attorney 4429. Other offices listed with totals and plualities.
Fay Tincher daughter of Coenebiung Tincher of Topeka leaves for Chicago this week to study dramatic art at the Chicago Musical college under Conway and Peongyit. She will finish the course in July and hopes to secure engagement with Mrs Fiske or another noted star.
An Arkansas fishing trip tale recounts a tent stay near a lake where snakes thrived. The narrator recalls waking to snakes writhing from boots, a vivid episode amid a hot drought and a party-weary camp. A friend confirms the sight, revealing the snakes were real and not a dream.
Smith county elected a full Republican slate for the first time in 12 years with a slim majority for the treasurer. Dr John B Dykes of Lebanon, previously a Populist candidate for Congress in the Sixth district, is reported as a candidate for railroad commissioner to replace James Pike.
Advertisement notes railroad fares on the Chicago Great Western Railway to St Paul and Minneapolis. Mentions double berth option at 138 with requests for details from Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago. provides contact for further information.
Rev John M Jackson of Sanday replies to criticisms from a newspaper column. He denies personal violence or retaliatory intent while challenging the writer for distorting truth and manipulating public sentiment amid political tensions with the county attorney and the party of McKinley and Roosevelt.
The executive committee of Washburn College offers a 25 dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of those who set fire to a building on the college grounds on the morning of Saturday November 1. Posters on fences and poles advertise the reward as campus pranks are investigated by authorities. There is suspicion among students about who joined the crowd but college leaders condemn the recurring pranks and seek to stop them.
A prominent Sixth district Populist blames M. Cole the interunion candidate for congress for his defeat. He asserts the committee was filled largely by Democrats and notes Turner of Jewell county helped secure the Democratic nomination while Populists claim they were sidelined. The Populist critic says many old-time Populists refused to support Cole.
The text outlines Jim Pike's influence over Republican interests for a decade and cites Democratic candidates in Mitchell, Cheeta, Linenks, and Decatur counties from 1892 to 1900. It notes a Populist challenge and mentions Congressman Reeder facing a long incumbency, implying no unease about the political realignment.
At a Yonkers First Methodist church Men’s Guild session John Bristen Walker urged caution on speed, citing a Yonkers judge’s trolley and auto accident decision. He warned that speeding shows reckless intent and endangers lives more than horse drawn carriages, calling racing machines dangerous in crowded streets.
Norton Kansas November 10 The ometat board reports A C T Geiger won the judge race by two votes over J St Hamilton Geiger carried Cheyenne by nine and Awawar by two Deentar by eight Philtive by eighteen Hamilton Norton by great margin not specified The result reflects a tight district contest with Geiger prevailing in key precincts.
The Rev 3.3. He con tie aeronaut accompanied by official representatives of naval authorities aims to crest the channel with a balloon fitted with steering aids and a trailing rope. The gunboat Renard follows for help if needed. The balloon moved northeast as officials monitor the crossing.
The report describes a Northwestern cell wave extending over the upper Mississippi Valley and Midwest, expected to reach the middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the interior of New York and England during the night. A mention notes the appearance of a "Good Indian" at Stansfeld's drug store on November 10.
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