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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1898
Page
4
Across several states the results reflect shifting political tides with Croker and Taft figures amid mixed support for Pendree and Populist themes. Michigan shows strong opinion against certain reforms, while Kansas and South Dakota push for suffrage and curbs on big money in politics.
A fragment from the Chicago Record hints at domestic roles and social ironies. It mentions a wife wanting a well qualified husband, contrasts public shopping with private conflicts, and notes a Saturday outing and Monday morning price contrasts, all in a satirical, clipped tone.
Reflections on love and reputation compare a man’s capital to a woman’s. The piece notes that reading someone is like reading a book and that love emerges when a man is ready to commit, not merely when tempted by excuses.
Ex Governor Waite of Colorado grows rich in mining with several claims paying well. Britain weighs inviting Major Marchand to London and awarding him a Royal Gold Medal for his Fashoda journey. Khalifa’s Nile reach stretches across 1190 miles, with uncertain expansion. Cornelius Vanderbilt supports a new freight engine test promising 20 percent heavier loads and fuel savings. HA. W. Tabor, once worth $10 million, now promotes patent medicine. Augustus St Galliens nears completion of General Sherman statue model for New York. a Paris visit endorsed the work.
Newton, Nov. 12 The plant and franchise of the Newton Light and Power company have been purchased by a new company to be known as the Gaz and Electric company of Newton. The institution is now entirely in the control of Newton parties. Officers are Don Kinney, president, John Nicholson, vice president and treasurer, James D. Nicholson, secretary. The plant will be improved and enlarged.
A testimonial touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for impure blood and painful ulcers. A Kansas reader, A. Wallax of Winfield, claims four bottles cleared ankle ulcers and improved sleep and work ability, praising the medicine as the best and urging buyers to use Hood's Pills as well.
Kansas Experiment Station at Manhattan reports analyses of about seventy five beet samples. Hollis in Cloud county leads with two samples at 37.21 and 13.22 percent sugar. other counties like Kearney Reno Harvey Greenwood Washington and Clark report 13 to 16 percent. Future industry costs of factory building and operation are the next major question.
In Leavenworth on November 12 a growing push for a public library grows from the Eddy will. Provisions allocate 2000 dollars to the Y M C A to aid building on Delaware and Sixth. An adjoining lot library near M G A building contemplates 1500 dollars with conditions, separate management.
A traveling showman posing as a doctor duped Wakefield residents into paying a dollar each. About twenty men bought a double return, then he vanished after a staged bow. The crowd, realizing the scam, tallied losses as he rode away with the crowd’s money. Nearby reports note farmer H. Bosworth’s year of dairy profits from Cloud County. He sold 22 cows producing 147,983 pounds of milk and 6,068 pounds of butter, netting $1,225.74 in revenue and about $1,019.74 profit after feed, an average 45.9 percent per cow.
A Holton Record item claims Balie Waggener of Atchison traded for carriage teams then tried to rescind. A St Louis dealer allegedly forced a compromise after ferrying a carload of horses to market. The tale labels the act despicable and criticizes a railroad attorney for misconduct.
The Ottawa firm expands its telephone operations to Xola and Galena, extending service beyond the Ottawa area. Officials announce plans to grow coverage and improve connectivity for local customers.
The article notes planned rail lines extending to Kan sas City and to the Jack mines to feed smelters. It highlights Tota’s rapid growth drawing company interest, with Galena and Iola rising in population and Oliawas, Galena, and Iola poised as key mining towns expected to drive business.
Manhattan College will celebrate Chrysanthemum Day on November 17 with a large exhibit. Plants from the college greenhouses and private owners will be shown. The Manhattan horticultural society will convene in the afternoon with readings by Professors Payile and Mer Sam Kimbie, and stereoscopic views of chrysanthemum varieties will be shown.
Warden French of Leavenworth Federal Prison got authorization from the attorney general to buy a six mold brick machine from a St. Louis firm for 6446 dollars. He recently returned from a tour of cities where he inspected machines proposed to the government.
Mound City reports a local man Jacob Heckman died after a sudden illness on the morning of November 12. His wife, long in destitute circumstances, remains with a daughter in Kansas City and another in Holton. The article notes a presumed self inflicted crisis.
Invitations issued for the Karnival Knights ball set for Wednesday night November 2. A list of patrons includes Mrs. A H Horton Mrs C G Foster Mrs W W Mane speaker Mrs John Moon and several others. Tickets limited to 200 to avoid crowding. committees named for hall and floor duties.
Tacoma broker McHale reports Washington apples moving east from Tacoma to supply the Minneapolis market and eastern shipments. Freight rates drop to 80 cents per 100 pounds, enabling competition with California. Early sales show prices from 45 to 75 cents in tax, with strong demand as apple production expands and the market opens for Washington fruit.
Notice of engagement sales for Robert Downing at Crawford theater next Tuesday with ticket prices from 25 to 75 cents plus box seats. Feature programs include The French Marriage and Nero in The Gladiator. Redmond Comedy at Grand Opera House opens week at popular prices with vaudeville acts, free opening night for ladies, and other city performances including Three Hats at Crawford and a 1492 presentation.
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