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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1902
Page
3
A garbled track event recap notes unclear times and participants. It mentions McChewnsy McChes and Brilliant one, with 106 pounds Up and a back stretch incident affecting Buchanan. The ending sequence is incoherent, indicating a disrupted field and possible accident during the race.
Harvard defeats West Point 14 to 6 with key drives and a late score after a fumbled punt return. The game featured sustained Harvard possessions, advancing inside 20 yards twice, Jones scoring a touchdown and Trimind kicking the conversion as the first-half momentum carried Harvard. Other college results listed follow in a roundup across several cities and teams.
Report recounts Del Toro from Cleveland involved in a crowded racing scene with horses and handlers. Mentions extreme weight claims and high expectations, plus details of training, ownership by Emery of Cleveland and Patron, and a long career arc through events and sales.
An advertisement promotes White Ribbon Remedy described as odorless and usable in water tea or food without patient knowledge. It claims to cure appetite issues and other ailments, urging secret distribution by doctors druggists or by mail as a medicinal tonic with testimonials and trial packages offered.
New York boxing talk centers on Terry McGovern facing top heavyweights. comparisons to Jeffries and Sharkey appear, with notes on McGovern's punch and endurance, and speculation about potential opponents like Tunney and Dempsey beyond his era.
Cincinnati October reports champion wingshot Br. Elliott, famed world record holder, hospitalized at Seton Hospital. He suffers radar effects, a fibroid tumor over the clavicle linked to his shooting career after he claims thousands of weapon firings this year.
A pension clerk named Ware is promoted from a unit paying 96 a year to a position at 3.30 a week. The promotion follows merit recommendations by Hieckter and Wiggins of Georgia. The commission is urged to disclose Ware doctoring his pedigree and service record, with deputies Davenport and Kelis supporting the move.
New York reports an extraordinary remittance involving President Lamubet, the Marquis de Mares, and banker von Hoffman. A widow asks France to pardon El Khair, condemned to death last July as her husband’s killer, to serve as a witness in a broader murder case. The Marquis asserts the true assassin is protected by powerful tribes allied with an expedition linked to De Mares. De Mares resided for a time on a northwest cattle ranch. the war claimed a life during a French government expedition among Arab tribes.
In Wichita on October 20 a semiannual Dunkard service on Hast Fifteenth street drew over a hundred members and curious townspeople. The rite featured feet washing, a full supper, and strict gender separation with women north of the house. Rev C H Brown explained the Bible reading guiding the observance, ending with a communal meal of bread, meat, milk, and vegetables while officials wore white aprons and caps.
Ottawa Kansas Oct 2 Mathew Wright a colored man was killed last night. The body was found along the Banta tracks at Eighth and Walnut with a bowl knife and necklet nearby. Coroner Hifort noted two knife wounds on the scalp and a broken left arm. Wright had visited his sweetheart near town and may have been struck while crossing the tracks after leaving her around midnight. The scene lies near town outskirts with no lighting. police believe he was murdered and run over by a passing engine. An arrest request has been issued.
George Bousfield of Midway, seven miles northeast of Pit, fired on a man who approached with what was believed to be a gun. The stranger, killed by the shot in the neck, was found with two names in his pocket, Russell Harriman of Booneville and W Dixon of Wintersville. The intruder had been wandering the camp for days.
Arkansas City reports a boy died after a sliding mishap when a waxed plank slipped freeing a load during a carnival act. Todd Brooke, five, was fatally injured by a splinter in the hip after weeks of pain. Agnes Kirchner, heir to Newton’s Carnival Queen, is named as potential queen. A sympathy strike in Parsons involves Katy road workers following a walkout over pricing and labor disputes at Mineral, Kansas.
Agricultural College President E R Nichols was honored during a reception at the Manhattan auditorium on a visit tied to the southern agricultural expositions and the Atlantic City convention. About 1000 students and citizens attended with Judge Sam Humble delivering an address. Students drafted resolutions denouncing opposition to Nichols and pledging support for his administration.
Oct 20 report from Clay Center describes a jail break when a prisoner freed himself in the corridor after Sheriff Need and family were away. It notes this is the third escape from Clay County’s new jail and questions potential effects on sheriff’s reappointment. Saline also reports on a women’s missionary society meeting and officers elected.
Sgt Zink of the United States regular army sent for Fort Reno with Freeman Sowers who deserted from the coast artillery last July. Sowers enlisted last April and deserted, later surrendering to the recruiting officer. He faces a guardhouse sentence of three to six months. Also notes on Fort Riley siege gun arrival, memorial services for Rev. Bernitz, a new trial motion in the James Dalton murder case, and Holsington hunter killed by accidental gun discharge.
Dr Holt warns against feeding infants table food before age one and endorses Holden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk as the safest infant food. He advises avoiding unknown brands and suggests sending for Babys Diary for guidance.
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