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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
4
In Fee mac feckiy wilition, one year: EREMANENT HOME. The piece discusses Democrats and the gold standard debate, mentions Bryan, Hill, Towne, Addicks, and Dickinson, and touches on the 1900 tariff effects on Puerto Rico imports and exports, with data on agricultural and manufactured goods from 1897 to 1900.
The text itemizes a long list of exports including agricultural implements, books, clothing, chemicals, coal, gunpowder, machinery, paper, rice, and wood products. It compares five month export growth to Porto Rico with general U.S. exports, noting a 53 percent rise versus 68 percent. It also presents a column of brief anecdotes and pointed paragraphs from various sources.
A garbled Philadelphia Record column uses aphorisms and witticisms about money, politics, ambition, and society. It references wind, jokes, war, and modern woes as it riffs on human foibles with portraits of philosophers and common misers.
Lawrence nears retirement as W Reed, a longtime Lawrence merchant, announces he will quit business after four decades. The letter cites a dull summer and worsening town prospects with no future trade, noting closures of Huts Clothing and Norton and a string of business exits across Douglas County. The piece argues farm delivery changes and reduced mail service hurt commerce, and predicts a prolonged downturn unless conditions improve.
London reports the Jockey Club adjourned without ruling on Wishard the trainer and Lenter Test, while Lord Durham’s charges of pulling Mr Richard Croker’s The September 11 at Doncaster seem unlikely to be sustained. Derby meeting saw Lenter Kelly ride Orvis Hoot to win the Dickenson selling and Shade win the Doveridge stakes with Johnny Fell.
In Emporia on November 16 two Mormon elders plan series of talks at the Twelfth and Peyton schoolhouse. The meetings follow a dispute with the Church of God and a brief debate over the proper day to observe the Sabbath. The remaining elders will travel, while the two in town will minister locally.
Eldorado Kan November term of court will hear the murder case against Jesele Stortison charged with killing Mrs Olin Case on June 23 by slashing her throat. County Attorney Grumback was served notice to deliver to defense attorneys Mrs Castie’s statements or any other statements from the deceased. Preliminary defense motions to admit the statements were denied, and a bond was ordered in the defendants’ favor.
A damaged report describes a fortune teller, a Dr Taylor medium, allegedly fleecing Black residents in Richton. It claims a colored man complained to a policeman about losses as the healer allegedly used deception and threats to collect money from families, with a possessive husband mentioned.
Nov 16 report from McPherson notes Marshall Lamer heads to South Africa with a newspaper man. He will depart New Orleans for Cane Town last Friday or Saturday, claiming strong footing and a Marshall connection to the McPherson county boy. Also mentions local poultry and bee markets with prices, and a jittery jail escape near Ellsworth describing county events and farm commodities including apples and bees.
A group from Atchison plans a long trip to Algiers to work on bridge construction spanning the Kajdle river. The crew expects a multi month assignment with no fixed end date, as they prepare for a demanding field project away from home.
A woman named Mrs. Taylor recited a tale of dire need and boarded a train to a distant city. She packed a trunk Friday afternoon claiming relocation to a new boarding house but instead vanished with the local boardinghouse’s creditors left behind. An elderly woman wept upon learning she had left town, still owed for laundry.
A failed bank robbery at the State Bank in Morganville Kansas on November 16 began with a front door breach and a nitroglycerin blast. The vault was soaked, robbers fled after a loud explosion and Sheriff Neely arrived from Clay Center. three men were later held at Palmer on water. Captain W M Fletcher and his son Frank Fletcher are among those named in the pursuit.
Arrangements have been made to present medals to members of company 1 Twentieth Kansas at U. W. hall Abilene on November 20 at 1 pm. Rev D Sheffer will deliver the address and relatives are invited to attend for medal presentation amid other ceremonies.
Poultry news from Lyon County highlights chicken raisers reaping harvests as Armour Packing Company ships and other factors influence output.
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