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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1899
Page
3
A collage of fragmented notes discusses the Afghan and African conflicts, censorship changes in Prilince, and American political debates. It mentions Quin Paul, Otis lifting censorship, and a yacht race under uncertain winds while referencing Ben Harrison and Dreyfox Guerin.
Residents returning from Kansas City and Chicago urge Topeka to build and extend parks. They cite low ground costs if done soon, using district buyouts and existing city parks to create breathing spaces and lasting health benefits for a growing population. Local group met on Fillmore Street backing a park from Thirteenth to Mightwenth, beyond a block.
A garbled column from the Atchison Globe discusses morals of speaking ill of the dead, a boy’s school day lessons, and a mother accompanying a boy in town. It hints at excuses and social expectations, with partial phrases about teachers, payments for lessons, and a dry goods store encounter.
Daysey Mayme Appleton returned to Atchison and saw girls in rainy day skirts. She quickly wore a new style skirt from an old sister, attracting double attention as the fashion choice sparked local chatter and curiosity.
A fragmented Omaha style text offers wary maxims about advice and perception. It hints that real modesty hides insecurity and that judgments about others may be unreliable. The piece emphasizes listening to counsel to later prove the advisor wrong.
Humorous reflections on money power and vanity with playful observations. The note surveys male bravado after success, misfired moon metaphors, and light jibes at domestic life and social polish. It pokes fun at aging and the quirky habits of neighbors.
District court yields to Fort Scott street fair while diverse notices humor rural life and politics. Reports cite Leavenworth dialect, Ottawa evangelists, university football hopes, and a Fort Scott Mr suing a farmer over cider. Letters from Jaro, Philippines describe comfortable quarters with fine grub, a piano, and a $200 mirror.
A disheveled man buys half a pound of arsenic at a Kansas avenue drugstore. The clerk notes the man’s family trouble and anger, remarking the customer may harm himself or others, and wonders how the clerk knew the outcome.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a man accused of selling corn starch for arsenic erupts. A bystander offers limited help while a remorseful seller defends the prank. A sudden door slam brings a distressed man, described as wilder, charging in and shouting accusations before a tense confrontation. A Topeka lawyer is mentioned as connected to the case.
A woman recounts long infertility, heavy menses, and back pains, seeking help from a physician and patent medicines before writing to Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After following the guidance, she reports relief and renewed pregnancy prospects, praising the remedy’s effect.
Federal authorities transferred Willam Hales the German, who allegedly posed as a young widow to defraud people, to Leavenworth for trial. John Gray, an accused counterfeiter from Shawnee county jail, was also moved. William Roe was released after being charged with opening others’ letters, and Tom Willis, a Black man, was accused of robbing the post office in Scandis Republic County.
Word reaches Prisco Ohio that 200 Cleveland soldiers of the Fourteenth regiment who did not return from the Philippines are stranded in San Francisco. Their Manila pay has been spent, and efforts are underway to locate them and arrange support or return.
Oct 14 in Dumfries marked the laying of the iron stone for a free library presented by Andrew Carnegie, granting the town the freedom ceremony. A speech praised civilizational work while condemning inhuman acts and using Christendom as a context for addressing national disputes.
In Sterling on October 14 a Wichita style market note shows about three quarters of the broomcorn crop sold with buyers bidding $75 to $100 per ton. The whisk broomcorn crop is predicted to be about 600 tons lighter than last year, signaling an earlier market trend as harvest nears.
Ottawa prepares to welcome Company E Twentieth Kansas Regiment Volunteers returning from the Philippines. A memorial gate costing 2 dollars funded by local subscriptions stands at Forest Park. A civic procession will escort the unit from the depot to the park with a banquet and speeches follows. The town plans decorations and reduced railroad rates for the visitors.
Fort Scott hosts the twelfth annual Kansas State Bankers association convocation with nearly all Kansas banks represented. Officers named include President Charles M. Sawyer of Norton and Secretary James M. Harper of Conway Springs. The meeting opens Wednesday at 10 AM with an address of welcome and a response by J. N. McDonald. The president’s annual address will follow as routine business fills the morning.
At 2 20 pm J M Naftzxer president Fourth National Bank Wichita discusses Interest and Exchange Vedder president First National Bank Port John speaks on Banker and Agriculturist Jamies H Hekies ex Comptroller of the Currency now Commercial National Bank Chicago will address The Banker and His Customer Thursday morning papers cover Legislation and Finance Bank Currency and Government Paper Bankers Interest in Legislation and Cattle Paper Afternoon program includes committee reports officer elections and introduction of the new president.
Colby Oct 14 Thomas county Republicans nominate a ticket with three slates and fusion between Democrats and Populists not present. The Populist Free Press declined to publish their resolutions while Republicans have yet to claim them. The Thomas county high school under Prof W G Histe thrives with full seats. Colby housing and business space is near full capacity. Talks with Republicans mention H B Grissler Oakley as state senator candidate. A grand jury may be petitioned for at the upcoming November term.
Lawrence report of E C Turner a junior at the state university arrested for stealing $25 worth of books from the university bookstore. He claimed poverty and that he needed them to pay for his schooling. Turner, from Salina, was sentenced to 20 days in jail and fined costs.
In Fort Scott on October 4 James Bish, a young man described as deranged, shot his sweetheart Clara Stainbrook but did not seriously injure her, then killed himself. He died instantly. authorities could not determine a definite motive. A neighbor found them in the Stainbrook yard with Clara crying for the man.
Garnett Oct 14 Spratley shot and fatally wounded Howard Hester on a public road near Lone Elm after a long standing feud over road work. Spratley, seated in a buggy, fired twice as Hester tried to dismount. He surrendered in Garnett and awaits the outcome of Hester's injuries amid high excitement and public sympathy for Spratley.
Junction City reports contractor Sayier Dalton, aged near 75 and a quarrelsome younger man, charged in a baspera with violating the eight hour law. Commissioner Johnson filed the complaint seeking Supreme Court review of the law's constitutionality. The men, laborers on the $20,000 courthouse project started June 1, are paid hourly and seek ten hours’ pay per day.
A 20 year trend shows teachers increasingly traveling by town to reach distant schools. In Fussell County many ride or wheel to work, some as far as nine miles, helping keep married men in teaching and reducing early retirements.
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