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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1898
Page
4
Mixed snippets note Austrian season openings Paris Berlin and Denver unrest. Mentions battle lines on Cuban affairs tariff revisions and a possible Nicaragua canal. Quay wins Pennsylvania race while Hawaii statehood hints spark questions about Western state admissions and party unity.
Readable notes recount local salon chatter about moral reputations and community roles. The column fills with anecdotes on ministers, churchwomen, and mens and womens behavior, highlighting perceptions of virtue and flirtation in town life.
Ten years of domestic trouble and quarrels in the Atchison family stem from a wife's return from a three months sea visit, with references to a hairpin and sash, amid theatrical scenes and social commentary on vanity and patience. The narrative blends gossip, stage events, and moral musings without clear names or dates.
The piece surveys varied figures from Lady Henry Somerset in England to Count Witte of Russia, Mark Twain, and Prince of Wales. It mentions a Klondike miner Swiftwater Gates and a Port Townsend visit, with notes on health, speeches, and travel stories across Europe and America.
A garbled clipping presents a string of joke fragments and misquoted lines from various publications. It includes quips about biblical lessons and language mix ups, with references to people and places, and a stray line noting a clerical error about a doctor’s death.
A collage of quoted lines from multiple newspapers includes political, social, and personal vignettes. It features remarks on capital punishment, humorous exchanges about football, love inquiries, and commentary on political campaigns, reflecting a chaotic paste of dated clips and overheard dialogue.
The North ern Pacific United Olympic prints oriental advice from Sir Claude McDonald amid fresh China policy talks. Key points urge rejecting emperor health as a pretext, expanding reform, and protecting foreign residents, with tensions over capital punishment and Pekin security. Also notes Manila to Bangkok passport case and India tea market push, plus reports on Kang Yuwei bans and a Canton Shanghai railway concession rumor.
George Grafton, a government inspector of cattle and meats, died in Chicago likely from lumpy jaw. He had spent years preventing slaughter of diseased cattle and meats, suffering four months before death. Doctors disagree whether the illness was malignant growth or lumpy jaw, with complications noted in his condition.
George Heyman, wholesale dealer in metalic furniture and maker of bedding and couches, assigned his estate today to M. Warly Plateck with preference. Heyman has been in business twenty five years. His facilities amount to about $200,000. Assets not stated.
The official count at the secretary of state's office shows the head ticket race ending with a total for Poynter's faction and a Republican lead. Lincoln Nebraska reported the completed tally with statewide results and party figures.
General Shafter fronts a Kansas charity effort described as a relief drive for civilians. The item notes support for the cause and the mounted appeal, with local readers urged to contribute through the specified channel.
Wichita dispatch notes 1900s era tale of Miss Margaret Knorr seeking a raffle item for a charity bazaar. General Shorter replies with a button from his Santiago campaign coat and a captured rosary, reflecting WWI era valor and charity ties.
A Fort Scott list of jurors drawn for the November term of the United States district court, presided by Judge Williams of Arkansas, includes grand jurors from Atchison to Yates and petit jurors from Fremont to Gridley, with numerous named individuals and towns such as Columbus, Neodesha, Independence, Oswego, and Fredonia.
Rey cucckiss, an 11 year old boy from Burr Oak, remains missing after last Thursday when he left home seeking to go to Mankato. A search has spread to surrounding areas as cards describe a likely route toward Crewe and beyond. The boy is light skinned, wearing a brown suit and knee pants, and does not talk plainly. Two horses described near sizes.
The state’s only family with thirteen boys and no girls is discussed. The eldest is 15 and the youngest 2. A royalty of $2,000 was offered for thirteen boys in succession, but a daughter appearing terminated a man’s claim after twelve boys.
Lawrence, Nov. 23. Chancellor F. H. Snow of Kansas University announces that all of the $27 advanced by Lawrence citizens to repair the damage to the university engine house and shops from last spring's fire has been paid. Most funds were used in the Fowler shop buildings, allowing the university to minimize workshop downtime and achieve better equipment and quarters than before.
Retirement of P H Knowlton as editor and manager of the Newton Daily Kansan leads to 5 R Peters becoming editor and J C Mack named business manager. Knowlton departs for Cripple Creek California to edit the Cripple Creek Star with George H Kyner of Junction City, ex Geary county superintendent.
Dickinson county attorney had W. F. Fisher and Daniel Jones, Republican and Democratic members of the Sher rin township board of elections, arrested for allegedly preventing J. T. Leatherman from voting. They claimed Leatherman was not a Sher rin township resident.
IoOLA November 2. The smelters and brick plant around Iola pay bimonthly and payrolls are growing toward large figures though three smelters are not yet running. Yesterday pay day saw over $11,000 circulate. The season is expanding with payrolls near $95,000 monthly and expected to rise. Atchison football game and local travel news follow.
Oakland, Nov 22 coroner's inquest on Lilian Brandes 13 found she was beaten and hanged to a bed by her father and stepmother. Verdict charged the father with murder and named the stepmother as accessory. Authorities did not arrest them, fearing lynching and confinement in the county jail.
Cherryvale Nov 2 40 acres west of Cherryvale purchased and surveyed for housing laborers at the smelters. Chas Corbin to survey 20 acres in northwest corner of his farm south of town into town Lola. Homes will be erected to accommodate workers at the brick factory. Town could boom in spring as development proceeds.
Lawrence reports Wile Aston of the university has sent a London bound copy for a volume in a series on the biology of South America. The work, largely by English scientists, will feature the flea of the continent and is financially supported by Meeare God man and Slavin. Williston is among the rare American contributors.
Macon Georgia reports Merriweather was lynched in Monticello after a mob overpowered the sheriff and seized jail keys. Several hundred shots fired as the man accused in the murder of John Pope was executed outside the jail following a coroner’s inquest.
Dr H Z Gill announces that all diphtheria related diseases are quarantinable under state law. He cites a telegram from Coffeyville Health Officer Martin and explains that conditions such as diphtheritic croup and scarlet fever require the same public health precautions as the primary diseases. Collars and cuffs laundered to look like new by Peerless Steam Laundry.
Tunection City November 22 The Wood men request Mr and Mrs Mc Ginnes of Kickapoo township attend their social event. Oldest son is 15 years and all children described as red headed.
London reports that the Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says the wil tan has ordered the closure of an orphanage at Boulting sheltering sixty homeless victims of the American troubles. Managed by American missionaries and mainly funded by British charity, it draws intervention from Oscar Strauss and Sir Necwlas Conner.
Last November Joseph James of 325 W Pearl St Indiamay Ind was near death from quick consumption with lungs ulcerated and family fearing death. A china bottle of Brazilias Balm eased the cough and the doctor advised use. James’s son dismissed the doctor and relied on the balm alone. Recovery was rapid and by February he returned to work with stronger lungs and weight higher than before. The cure is praised as miraculous.
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