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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1901
Page
7
A blaze swept Depot Hill today burning multiple stores in Depot area. Fire crews battled flames, with damage reported to storefronts and surrounding property as investigators begin assessing loss.
At Kansas CityShow results center on a carmine Provident Money Carnation named for the president with a three inch diameter bloom. The Union Bank Note Company offered the prize and conditions were strict. Graves of Indiana won the carnation title. Prizes include 200 for hotel table decor and 100 for Missouri Kansas Telephono prize.
New York Nov 21 Secretary Jacob Solomon announces the union plans a large strike for higher wages among shirtwaist workers, involving about 490 men and women. The action aims to press employers on pay and working conditions.
Bids due by 3 p m Saturday November for 14000 cubic yards of grading on Orchard Place addition. Plans and specs available at Charles Gault office in Bank of Topeka building. Thanksgiving sale info and medical testing note included.
Kansas City report details Athena the hypnotist buried in a shallow grave for a public “resurrection” show. Spectators watch daily as he remains unmoved. a police guard times the viewing while the venue promises profits from the spectacle and hats and sugar ads accompany the piece.
Local North Topeka items list visits from Elmont residents and St. Joseph trips, church notices, and social gatherings. A Loom End sale at 827 N Kanawa ave and a Ringels quit business sale advertise bargains. Identity details cover families, engagements, and travel to Oklahoma and Cheyenne.
D R Williams secretary of the Philippine commission arrives in Washington and hands Secretary Root the commission report plus appendices detailing Philippine government functions. The document, set to guide likely congress action at the upcoming session, includes an extra monetary inquiry by Charles A Conant to aid possible reforms.
San Antonio to Santa Fe and return priced at 365.00 for nine months. Phoenix to Santa Fe excursion 365.00, good until June 1. El Paso to Santa Fe return 42.40 for six months. Gas Texas to New Mexico return 31.00 for three months. Hits of Springs Arkansas to Santa Fe return 23.00 for three months. Excursion rates to other health resorts quoted on application. Agent TL King, A T SF. Topeka bars Silk Soap fic at Whittelsey’s.
The First Congregational church in Topeka held a meeting where members adopted resolutions regarding the resignation of Reverend D M Fisk. The note praised his service and urged a smooth transition while Washburn College prepares to welcome his successor, with deacons directing the selection process.
Rock Island officials decide to extend the Lawton Oklahoma branch to an undetermined southwest point. M A Low, Rock Island general attorney, returns from Lawton where he surveyed the country southwest of Lawton with a local guide. Low says the railroad also aims to extend from Lawton northeast to Fort Worth and southwest toward an as yet unnamed destination.
The Orchard Place Lot company transfers property to Elizabeth Yount for lots 523 and m6 on Van Buren Street in Orchard Place addition. Saran Rugy and husband transfer to Oliver McCormick two lots 27 and 27 in Buchan Junerey subdivision. C Hy Martin and wife transfer to A Bell multiple lots 20 22 and 28 in Brook z Bellview. Other transfers include various unnamed parties and locations such as Shannon FM blocks 2 and 3, Bellview Primary area, and a note referencing a building association and records.
Edwin Markham delivered the chief address at the annual Society for the Study of Life banquet in New York Navy on the 22nd. He argued the old epic centers on arms and man, while the new epic is of tools and the human condition.
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