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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1901
Page
4
Leased wire report from Paul Block details Topeka State Journal coverage of a permanent home plan and related political notes. The article references New York and mentions Mar. with Associated Press context.
A fragmented column reviews political endorsements and public service, noting Roosevelt’s decency standards and the ongoing legal questions around Roland H Molineux. It also cites British shipping trends carrying American wheat, Kansas manufacturing growth, and a skeptical view of politics blamed on prosperity.
The readable bits mock fashion etiquette and stage life with stray lines about dress suits, a concert featuring a contralto, and remarks on amateurs performing before audiences. The piece comments on reputations and social interactions in a humorous, fragmentary tone.
A Texas prisoner faces a pardon linked to a Kansas case. The gang includes Henry Bond Jack Modlin and Fussell Caster. Lewis plans to turn state's evidence to convict the gang. McBride Stanley was named in extradition paperwork this morning.
The Topeka Choral Society plans a series of university extension lectures by Penny George B. Penny of Suite University. Lectures will be held Tuesday evenings from 7 15 to 9 30. The society plans a spring carnival with regional choral groups.
Banta Fe freight traffic representatives held a delayed meeting after W B Biddle, Chicago based freight traffic manager, failed to arrive. Eastern delegates were still arriving, while division superintendents worked on new time cards and proofs, with several days of sessions planned in Santa Fe.
Charles Ts Seagraves the Santa Fe agent who escorted eastern doctors to New Mexico hot springs last week was given diamond cuff links by the excursion directors as thanks for the courtesy shown. The Santa Fe supplied doctors with exclusive Pullman car use and covered all trip expenses including a three day stay at the Montezuma hotel.
Homocopal church names Dean Sykes candidate but body notes no Ora to fill vacancy. Grace church struggles to meet ministerial salary and likely will call an eastern man not a Kansan. Canon Bywater to conduct services until Nowet, with P Paugh slated to lead pulpit.
W W Clark sells 220 acre Spring farm on the Burlingame road five miles southwest of Topeka to EW Poindexter for 32000 dollars. Clark has resided on the property for 33 years.
A. Magaw is in Denver on business as the Trepublican Flambeau club meets tonight. Inspector S Al Spencer tallies receipts at 1,953.03 dollars and a 1,300 debt recovery warrant is in district court files.
The article argues catarrh is bloodborne and cannot be cured by local treatments, warning neglect harms health. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and provides tonic help, citing a California Junction man who recovered appetite, sleep, and general health after using the remedy.
Advert reads Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure and urges buyers to act now rather than delay treatment. Shows strong promotional tone highlighting reliability and immediacy.
In Georgetown Kentucky on October 16 threats to Judge Cantril rise as a cat is placed at the courthouse for protection. Frank Heeney, a key witness who witnessed Goebel fall, recounts the crowd from the mountains and a meeting at the agricultural building outlining plans to move forces to the Capital hotel. Walline testifies about a possible mobilization and instruction to arm masked men, while Hinck warns Caleb Powers against taking mountain men to Frankfort. Miss Ella Smith testifies Powers offered to kill Goebel if the decision favored him, a point contested as her statements were claimed to be prepared. The court overrules the defense objection to her testimony.
Charles Cathers fourteen? thirteen year old son of R B Cathers a well known local butcher lies in critical condition at Stormont hospital after tumbling thirty feet down an elevator shaft in building A at the Wot in Tallin.iee jen. He sustained multiple fractures and internal injuries with blood seen at his ears nostrils and mouth. The accident occurred about five o clock Thursday as he chased a moving elevator on the second floor losing balance and tumbling into the shaft. He is under constant care but in grave danger. He resides with his parents on East Fifth Street.
A dramatic city petition from Topeka's New Jerusalem asks for Patrolman Pavey to be removed from the police force. The text criticizes his conduct amid a drunken moralistic debate and cites alleged neglect of duty while accusing officials of misusing funds from horse theft prosecutions and beer raids.
An article recounts a conflict involving Mayor Hughes Evangelist How I Was, Col Hughes, and coal donations. Devlin and Devlin’s headquarters are mentioned as a plan to supply two tons of coal while negotiations stretch and promises falter amid political and church tensions.
James Moore of the Santa Fe treasurer's department left today in the pay car to cover the Chicago and eastern divisions paying off longtime employees. He will be away about a week. The railroad still uses pay cars periodically to keep in touch with workers and guard against crooked payrolls.
Washburn football strengthens for Saturday’s game with Kansas University by adding Mehl and Thompson who played last Saturday at St Joseph with the Ensworth Medics. Nixon Renews plan to use Ruehle at center and a full line of backs and ends as listed. White may not play due to Washburn protests if he joins K U or not.
The grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Kansas will prosecute its abscounding secretary. A committee from Severance Cottonwood Falls and Sedan met with Schenck representing the Hou t family in settlement attempts. The family failed to raise funds to save the order and offered no further proposition. The committee will offer a reward authorized by the grand lodge for the defaulter’s capture. The surety company bonded the case and expects to locate Mr Kent for trial.
War Hearth and Home opens today at Crawford with matinee and night showings. The production features dramatic lights and shadows of New York life plus innovative scenic and electrical effects. The evening promises pathos and comedy, with a strong cast led by Arthur Dunn and Celeste Wynn, as Gus Sun's Minstrels perform Saturday matinee and night.
The Topeka Gun Club held its regular weekly shoot at the traps in Topeka yesterday. In addition to the blue rocks competition, an inter-town match of ten pairs was contested with several scores noted. The meeting of Elliott’s senators tonight will hear repairs of various commissions, urging full attendance of shooters. A thanksgiving tournament recount and strong club turnout are requested.
Marcus O Frost a Topeka printer wed Mise Matte E Cline at English Lutheran parsonage. They became newlyweds at noon after obtaining a license and returning to work by one oclock. They will live at Twenty fourth and Adams streets. Cline is sister of C W Cline once type operator in Topeka now in Milwaukee.
The YMCA night school opened its first session with crowded classes. Bookkeeping, taught by Mr. Van Horn, enrolled eighteen students, while twenty-five men attended penmanship and arithmetic led by Mr. Roudebush. A new bookkeeping system gives practical business practice alongside theory. Mechanical drawing will be added with Mr. Frank H. Benton as instructor. Classes meet Thursdays at 7:30 for men in machine shops and metalworking trades.
Sherit AF Edwards of Labette county faced a civil suit over a deputy sheriff W. A Disch involved in a 1808 shooting of John Byram after a disputed arrest at Parson, with payments claimed by Byram and a statute of limitations ruling by Judge Flannelly leading to a supreme court appeal.
Ambiguous text from OCR notes a prisoner named Pool Grinstead in Troy Jail with confusion over release terms and a referenced “Bos lerenatum” phrase. The garbled lines mention freedom, a monetary amount, and names Kentend Tucning and Dumeelble, but no coherent event or date is discernible.
Payton Bristow, age 14, died Monday evening of Bright's disease four miles north of Topeka. Remains to be sent east for burial. Fred Hackett, Santa Fe brakeman, injured in a Wakaroma accident, is at Hogan's undertaking. His remains to be sent to Kansas City for burial.
The Northwestern Christian Advocate reports the church's new constitution, adopted by a close vote of 7378 to 2450 after 11 conferences, with about 260 votes yet to be heard. It would allow women to be elected to the general conference, a change that could reshape governance.
A readable fragment notes Peter Delkd Fang of Ice houses in La and B. Betts of Topeka awarded contracts for construction of ice houses at Emporia, Wellington, and surrounding area including Hutchinson. Details are incomplete due to damaged text.
A partial OCR fragment shows Bay City and Jackson references in a race for the Tenth Michigan district. It mentions candidate George D. Cramp, the Democratic nominee, conceding defeat to a Republican rival amid a special wake of vote counts and a tainted context.
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