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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
3
An election record notes disputes over voting rights for men brought from Oklahoma and alleged nonresidence in Kansas. It cites claims filed, preliminary hearings for violation of election law, and references tensions between populist groups and residency intent under state statute.
The piece laments a growing fad urging vegetarians and others to abandon cooked food claiming raw fare improves vigor. It argues digestion suffers without hydrochloric acid and peptones and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy sold by druggists nationwide.
A Kansas newspaper recounts arrests and legal actions tied to illegal voting in a 1909 election. Officials faced warrants and bonds after judges found ballots cast illegally, with claims of partisan influence and prosecutions for felonies amid shifting allegiances among Carpenter, Bryan forces, and local groups.
Kansas man Captain Charles W. Vanway wounded in action in Luzon as news arrives from Manila. The casualty list notes Wounded in November reports from Subic Bay and allied stations include Elmer A. Price and James Oc Conn Le and others. The War Department confirms Vanway’s injury amid ongoing campaign actions.
Article fragment notes Baldwin and Evelyn involved in a projected North venture and a saline steamer prior to a sealing voyage next spring, with references to requisitions and a state journal. Readers are left with unclear details and incomplete names.
An official commentary on the recently completed census notes Oklahoma records a 7.7 percent population increase. Railways see benefits from opening up the territory, with views that rail access will lift regular revenues and support settlement despite concerns about cheap rates and shifting traveler classes.
The St Louis to San Francisco railroad filed a $230 mortgage on the Midland in record one bi mortgage. The borrowing raises two hundred thirty dollars to support its financing, with New York Trust Company named as lender.
A confusing notice discusses a mileage plan linked to a rebate, mentioning Timex and westerns. It references a threshold of 7 900 miles to be traveled and suggests a reward or exchange when the limit is first reached. The wording indicates a public or official inquiry into the plan’s feasibility.
Railroads may face a plan to curb passenger charges, with a proposed $1 pay rebate and mileage scheme under consideration. Western legislatures may back limits on maximum passenger rates, potentially two cents per mile.
Rock Island railroad will operate gumbo kilns at Wellington for about a year and a half to burn ballast under a large contract awarded to the American Ballast Company. The plan includes pits at Lawrence and ties into the Pecos region via a route from Pines Well east and north of the Rock Island. Ballast work will improve track service with reduced grades where possible, while stock yards are proposed for Atchison pending city council approval.
The scrambled report mentions Chief tor Ramedes with arters at Topeka and an old friend of the morning after thirty days away. It notes Senta Fe in the air brake car in St Joseph and an expected return, plus engineer Frank Sweeney with a forty day leave.
November 1 report on Tammany Hall committees meeting where Richard Croker announces plans to quit for health and Europe and joins Isadore Straus in urging suppression of vice on the East Side. Straus urges evidence of vice links to reform and revenue concerns to spur committee action.
Government awards contracts for 72 ton capacity and related supplies. Bidders face potential reduction if any company fails to furnish as required. Approximately 15,99 tons of material now available. new tons added by navy pending tests and delivery logistics.
From fragments a dramatic program unfolds at Cran Gore tonight featuring Seahara Borgiarsst Exterprise and the Vi act. Local readers are urged to attend for a likely memorable performance and dramatic developments.
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