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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1898
Page
4
A garbled dispatch surveys political funds, banking labels, and public debt while referencing yellow fever, Congress, Manila, and Admiral Sampson. It mentions media turmoil, Crushed speech on Dewey, potential evacuation, and shifting party dynamics intertwined with comments on milk production, imports, and exports during a turbulent period.
An analysis argues that a dominant trust has acquired control over local plant and goodwill, costing 3 000 000 for goodwill and a separate price for the plant. It warns monopoly power could curb competition, urging public regulation to prevent monopolies from governing the people. The piece calls for action to curb the trust’s influence.
A garbled poem like note from Atchison Glebad discusses marriage and love. A man advertising for a wife received only three replies while claiming some women prefer not to have children unless forced into it.
The piece notes army romances after the war and describes a Push ing Heceptions social push by merchants and professionals to entertain townspeople. It mentions women eager for marriage benefits, a season of activity, and an Atchison girl famed for being invited everywhere to stir excitement with lively conversation.
A quirky collection of proverbs and jokes from Chicago News Provers. It riffs on human nature with pithy lines about love, marriage, and wit, featuring sharp one liners and humorous exchanges. Names, places, and dated humor fill the snippets, including a Portland delivery boy pun and a Washington Star market joke.
Ex secret ary Joan W Foster la kaid lauded as top amateur. Sarah Bernhardt bathes atop Belle Isle warracks while sun and air charm. Langtry courting mischief as rumors place Leo of Beletum in her orbit. Utrecht appoints Katharina Van Tussenbroeck as professor, firsts noted in Europe. Zoln han eyed to lecture in America on Dreyfus, with a $4000 contract deposit. Miss Lotta Burns, Klondike pioneer, headlines as white pioneer rider grabs Dawson bicycle asset amid mining bids.
Katherine Raith Walsh of St Louis, a vivacious society girl living on Delmar Avenue, made her stage bow Sunday night in the Davison theater production Men and Women. She spoke of dreams of wealth and fame, admitting she may not stay long if public life proves unsuited, and noted her Milwaukee connections while hoping to keep family and society readers uninformed of her career start.
Justice Sabath heard a private suit as Gussie Carlson, a Catholic who married Protestant barber Carl Carlson, challenged her proscribed access to her dresses and belongings. Her parents, opposing the union, locked her out after the September ceremony, prompting a suit for possession of her wardrobe and personal items.
Captain Henderson of the Volunteer Salvation Army was jailed after obstructing public thoroughfare by returning to a corner site for outdoor meetings at Fifth and Delaware. Police had ordered the group to move. Henderson refused to comply and was held after pedestrians complained. Florence report notes Webb McNall addressed a local audience, touching on war, old soldiers, stock yards, school books, strip art laws, and grain inspection.
user D L of Merion Kansas credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing severe stomach trouble catarrh and impure blood after five bottles. She notes repeated use for family benefits and warns to buy only Hood's. Advertising claim highlights price one dollar and six for two dollars.
Paola Kansas reports an inquest into the death of 1 year old Frank Sherwood, son of W C Craton, amid malaria and stomach congestion. Neighbors condemn Christian Science parents for delaying medical care and potential arrest for inhuman treatment.
Smith county man Alex Christie faces murder charges after a neighbor demanded payment and was shot at his home. Christie surrendered after the incident, and the assailant later died from his injuries. Christie plans to seek self defense at the next term of court.
A busy week in Clay Center features events with Woeatmen Log Rolling Association hosting trials Thursday, speakers Friday and Saturday, and W. A. Calderhead visiting Tuesday. Rumors place B C Achenbach as a likely post office appointee, while enforcement tightens on liquor sales and law violations with county attorney promising action.
In Mitchell County a family tale unfolds as the son, recently married into Cy Grimm's kin, is urged by his grandfather to save earnings for a farm. The elder influence presses Charles to invest in ownership over renting, as the young man contemplates his financial path and future obligations.
A cautionary tale follows a grandson who admits lack of funds. An elder returns with six hundred dollars, explaining it covers his parents’ loans and his saved earnings. He praises restraint, thrift, and generosity. The narrative closes as the youth makes a six hundred dollar payment toward an 50 acre farm.
Leavenworth October 12 A Kansas soldier known as Reddy Sanford of Company B Twentyeth infantry returns from Roosevelt Hospital New York where he was at death's door for days repeatedly reported as dead. A nurse placed a red screen around his bed to signal imminent passing but he survived and told her not to fear. Sanford praises Helen Gould for helping the regulars and recalls her visits and aid to injured soldiers.
A letter from Wesley Woodford in Alaska describes ongoing duties as guide on the Valdez Pass, carrying mail for over 100 men at one dollar per man per month and five dollars per guide at the landing. He plans to continue until winter, notes abundant blackberries and wide varieties of game, and mentions a planned expedition to the Yukon country with Bert Pollard next spring.
Wichita Beacon reports Duel, a young man shot in the eye with powder and mud during a sham battle in Augusta last week. Dr. Hamilton removed his right eye, Duel aims to return home by tomorrow. He holds an accident policy with American Aid Association and a policy that pays four dollars weekly during disability.
Wichita on October 12 reports a push to form a Wichita branch of the Negroes National Professional Confederation led by D L Robinson editor of the Tribune. Eligible are color workers and professionals, with a growing list suggesting success. Abilene coroner office seeks a candidate as no one has been named. Pittsboro Apple venture harvest in McCune area employs 50 to pick and barrel 160 acres with 1,600 barrels sold at 2 dollars each. Independence arrests: R B Jones and J J Murphy held on quarantine law violation. bonds set at 500 dollars each.
In Salt Creek township Reno County a 100 acre field on the John Sutter farm, seven miles west of Hutchinson, produced about 2,500 bushels this season with average yields around 28 bushels per acre.
The wheat crop showed strong quality despite not having the largest yield. Frank Sellers, among the county’s top farmers, notes the overall crop is good considering grain quality.
A Leavenworth peace jubilee committee meeting read a letter from British Vice Consul Burrows of Kansas City offering services. A. Kelley and J. Hart were named to obtain a hall while H.E. Coombs, Coombs and Capt. J.T. Taylor were named to secure speakers.
United States Indian Agent George W. James reports a contract with Thompson & Stroh for a new office building at the Pottawatomie mission. The structure will be neat and provide ample space for ongoing business. The appropriation effort has succeeded after months of effort.
Bronson hardware merchant Freeman offers to drill a gas well if residents subscribe 3400 dollars, he contributing 500 and agreeing to fund and control the operation if gas is found. If dry, citizens lose 400 while he loses 500.
Wichita hosts the Southern Kansas G A R annual meet beginning with nearly a hundred tents in Griewald park. Mayor Hoss and Col Tom Fitch address attendees. Former Senator Peffer and Governor Leedy are slated to speak during the event. Osage City Miner Killed in Shaft Fall at Mount Carmel Coal Company shaft No 24.
Edwin Gould, head of opposition to the Diamond Match Company, arrives in Rockford to organize and conduct a campaign against the trust. He tours Grahne Bros factory, cites investigations of processes, and notes mixed progress in mobilizing a wider fight.
A partial OCR fragment mentions a pursuit or hunt related to factories opposed to the Diamand Bf feech COMPAR Y. The text includes obscured names and places, offering little clear context or verifiable facts in its readable portion.
Augusta couple Mr. and Mrs. J Benjamin Hanksteen live across the river in a well to do household. Their four infant deaths haunt them as the mother endures grief without tears. Their latest loss a baby boy named Jayjay died September 8 at age three months. The bereaved mother had the body embalmed and stored in a metallic airtight vault within the parlor for weeks. Visitors are shown the deceased infant as religious rites and burials are planned.
Mrs. M. Langton of Logansport Indiana credits Morrow's Kid-no-olds with curing years of kidney backache urinary disturbances and swelling after doctors failed. She reports improved sleep and reduced nervousness after using three boxes and invites others to write for information about the remedy sold by Swift & Helliday and chemists in Springfield Ohio.
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