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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
6
Local notes recount social visits, city developments, and civic happenings in Topeka and vicinity. Mentions include lectures at Washburn, repairs on city hall and sewer work, notes on firemen events, street and sewer plans, tax duties, and community concerns with several named individuals and firms.
In Wynne Arkansas Novi Lige Wells, a black man, was taken by a mob from officers guarding a Iron Mountain conductor Mice Campbell on a train. The mob forced the officers to surrender Wells and headed toward a swamp to the south of Wynne with intent to lynch. Information suggests the mob carried out its plans.
Chicago reports Republican delegations from Gio? and Michigan back Speaker candidate Cannon. With 120 pledges, Cannon appears poised to command a majority in the House, shaping the race to succeed David B. Henderson of Iowa.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a naval crew from Washington DC in late November escorting a vessel to New York then Singapore. Mentions include Manny Byron Admiral Dawey and defense department links with unclear details about the war effort and duties aboard.
In Sullivan Indiana on November 21 a mob of about 40 to 50 armed farmers abducted a Black man identified as Moore after a vigilante confrontation over a prior assault. Lawmen pursued but could not stop the mob as they carried the suspect toward Knox County. The crowd dispersed near a Lemon farm after a telegraph pole rope was stretched and the governor ordered state militiamen to protect the prisoner. The victim was later identified as John Lemon’s alleged assailant and the mob's actions drew regional outrage.
George Tucker editor of the Pus Teka Herald wed Beeences Thany last evening at 8 at the bride’s mother’s home in East Boyroha. Rev. Me. Welle, mother of the Wits Convention church, performed the ceremony. Tucker is a county paper editor and noted figure in the region. The groom’s role, age, and further details are given amid the local social notices.
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