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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1901
Page
4
A collage of readings from the Topeka State Journal includes commentary on subscriptions and editions, references to Associated Press dispatches, and assorted opinions. It notes tax debates, sensational claims about Dreyfus, and discussions of public figures, policy, and social issues with a mix of opinions and headlines.
County commissioners face unpaid personal taxes totaling about 55000 with amounts from cents to hundreds of dollars. They consider publishing a list of delinquents with penalties to compel payment. The sheriff would collect, exposing many who owe but can pay.
A humorous dispute over Chief Stahl and Sheriff Cook features in a pithy critique of the Topeka Journal. The piece mocks editorials, disputes city printing patronage, and quips about Colonel Hughes and the council while recounting the convicts capture episode near Pauline and its sensational treatment.
The piece discusses the liquor question in New York politics with Seth Low's mayoral bid, Tammany opposition, and calls for enforcing Sunday closing laws amid a large German and foreign-born population. Clergymen and journalists weigh in on whether open Sunday saloons or strict enforcement will define Low’s support.
Debates rise over the new ballot law as regulations, ambiguities, and retirements spark vigorous protests. Critics say strict rules disenfranchise voters and invalidate many ballots, with examples of marks deemed invalid causing wide concern and satire about voter education.
Voters are cautioned about six faults including crosses protruding beyond circles, voting for too many or unnamed candidates, marking beyond allowed boxes, keeping ballots at home, and using improper writing instruments or inks, with strict adherence to pink head pencil and square rubber at 45 degrees.
Reports from consular offices highlight American locomotives in Germany and elsewhere. The machines impress with size and interchangeable parts enabling quick repairs, though fuel use remains a concern. Experts urge fluent language staff and broader European agencies to promote American locomotives and other American-made goods.
Emporia Gazette and Archiean Globe condemn talk of a new newspaper aimed at abusing Calvin Hood. They praise Hood as honest and useful, warn against malice, and predict failure or disappearance of any editor who starts such a paper. They stress local business support for Hood and call the plan empty and disgraceful.
The speaker praises Major Calvin Hood as a great and lovable man whose citizenship would be an honor in any city. He notes public scores of actions remain private, while a small group of alleged enemies merely create noise. Emporia would suffer a big loss if Hood left, though the community will continue to cherish him.
Rev. George A. Gates argues ministers are not mere defenders but evolving leaders. The piece notes clergy widening roles across Milwaukee Des Moines Wyoming Kansas and Charleston, showing campaigns against corruption and gambling, and plans for a regional exposition opening December 1.
Tom Johnson referenced Hazen S Pingree of Ohio in a quip filled column. The piece jokes about fashion, habits, farmers, streetcars, love, and public schemes, noting how fortune seekers chase patent medicines while laments and puns fill the page.
County commissioners ruled Friday that election judges may be reimbursed $1.05 per mile for carrying returns from polling places to the county clerk. Judges who claimed mileage from home when farther from polling places were instructed to be paid from the polling place, not from home, travel.
Fragmentary public notice text appears garbled mentioning bottles and a date near Mey seventh. No coherent entities or actions are extractable. content insufficient for a fuller summary.
Book notes discuss The Pines of by I A Mitchell from Life Publishing New York with a green cloth binding. The plot involves Miss Marshall an heiress and Pate exiled son returning to sister’s home, their boat meeting, a mysterious island graveyard, rescued by the deceased’s daughter, and a hinted romance leading toward a convent.
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