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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1901
Page
4
A compilation of miscellaneous items from the Topeka State Journal includes negotiations around Pat Crowe, political graft concerns, and international news. It references Miss Stone, a Brazilian aviator, and a ransom tale, along with local crime, court, and social notes.
A garbled Globe Light column from Atchison Glade critiques vanity in thought and writing. It discusses how men write letters offering favors and the expectation of moral cures, and hints at women seeking companionship and marriage, all in a muffled, partial text.
A satirical note reflects on men lacking means needing grace for self improvement and love, with opinions on pride, mistakes, and relationships. It comments on conflict between two women and advice offering reconciliation as a theme.
A collection of brief, quirky aphorisms and jokes reflecting social foibles and wordplay. Snippets touch on careers, love, humor, and everyday observations, including names and playful mishearings.
Fragmented reflections discuss social judgment and self perception. The piece notes laughter as a mirror for others reactions and hints at mysteries not needing explanation. It mentions social reputation, a neighbor with a fixed reference, and a woman’s behavior tied to consistency.
Professor G. B. Penny of the state university will give ten university extension lectures on speaking and singing voice at Miss Tracy's studio, every Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. Tickets for the course cost $1.
A dyspepsia sufferer from Boston writes that eating is perfunctory and sour stomach with headache plagued her for years. Hood's Sarsaparilla is credited with restoring appetite and vigor after two bottles, curing the long illness.
An advertisement asserts Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures illness and urges readers to buy two bottles today for quicker relief. It warns against delay if symptoms worsen and emphasizes rapid action and product efficacy.
An unnamed narrator recounts a voyage where he contemplates marrying Miss Latimer aboard a steamer. He seeks the captain’s aid since the captain is the ship’s clergyman and authority. The captain reveals he is already married, leaving the narrator in a socially tricky, unresolved romantic situation.
London reports candidates for the papal consistory around Christmas rise with distance from Rome. In the United States Archbishops Corrigan and Ireland, plus two more aspirants, compete for the Red Hat as four cardinal vacancies exist. American prelates are seen as unlikely to gain more than one new cardinal to avoid friction with the wider church.
A vivid report describes a group of colored women entering a pew in the Broadway Bar fist church on Sunday and moving unchallenged to sit near the front between Andrew Froaddus and Mrs Froaddus, evading ushers and creating a notable scene during the service.
Police investigated a false murder claim at 11 Quincy Street in South Topeka. Two Kansas City women, Pearl Case and Annie Hubbel, arrived, explained they were en route to Oklahoma, and described a pie eating episode before the confusion ended.
The government awards mail carriage contracts to the street railway company for routes from the Topeka main office to sub stations A E and C at Potwin. Seven daily deliveries to station A and six daily to Station E and six daily to Station C. Three holiday deliveries and two Sunday runs.
Georgetown Ky Oct 21 Powers testifies on county court day that he held no personal key to his office except for Leo Davidson who kept it while Powers was away January 12 to 17 He suggests the secretary of state's office could be the source of shots while denying any conspiracy to harm William Goebel or other Democratic officials.
The Interior Department settles the Fort Hays military reservation dispute in favor of Kansas. It declares the state’s title good and ends claims by various settlers who sought to establish an agricultural college there. The case had blocked state plans and moved through federal review for some time.
Washington Oct 21 two opinions by Justice Shirae sustain Tennessee law requiring store orders be redeemed in cash The Knoxville Iron Co v Samuel Harbison and Dayton and Iron Co v T A Barton were decided with the law upheld for state and foreign corporations respectively Justices Brewer and Peckham dissented in both cases
P H Coney has amended his endieas chain letter aimed at blocking Cyrus Leland from reappointment as pension agent. The updated message includes a postscript denouncing Leland as offensive to H Clay Evans and claims his removal would strike at Evans.
Washington Oct. 21 The president made appointments across Navy ranks including Lieutenants J Reeves Frank B Opham Roscoe C Moody and Chaplain Charles M Charlton with Lieutenant commander TL Harlow James H Hetherington and Gunner Thomas S Averson among others as the era notes Waterson’s political ambitions and a claim to presidency.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a resident named Willan Eadhey Footie on Batur Vimarvin sophaiseran accepting a likely offer or action with dates and rates unclear. Names and places are uncertain, but indicates an acceptance by a local resident in a dated context.
Washington October 1 Marquis Ito the Japanese statesman visited President Roosevelt at the White House. He came with Japanese minister Takehira and secretary Tendzuki and joined in a cordial luncheon. Roosevelt showed interest in their discussion. Ito spoke on constitutional government and Japanese finance and industry. The president hoped to host a dinner for Ito on the 26th but Ito declined to honor a conflict with a Yule bicentennial engagement. Afterward Ito and secretary Tendzuki visited Secretary Hay and Assistant Secretary Hit.
In local notes many brief items: Seneca State Bank charter amendment raises stock by 5000 dollars. Santa Fe officials, including Frank Wagner and H C Sturgis, travel for business from Cincinnati to Emporia and Los Angeles. A Halloween social is planned by First Presbyterian Church. The Hyperion lab plans a ballroom opening at Steinberg's hall. Samuel G. Sheaffer is appointed Ness Valley probate judge to fill a vacancy. Charter board grants a capital charter of 100000 with listed incorporators. A Topeka visit by WH Johnson and others from Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe is noted. Las Vegas auditors travel for the system meeting. J Webb and McLellan anticipate a Chicago posting. The fragment ends with a medical note about croup and a remedy.
A Quebec letter to the Chicago Record-Herald describes one of history’s greatest underground fires in Nova Scotia near New Glasgow. Originating in 1880, it burns a 30 foot thick coal seam in a mine with a 100 foot shaft. Efforts to flood or bypass the blaze have repeatedly failed.
The Dernock House in County Antrim bears a 1765 inscription W. McK. The 1798 insurrection yielded arms for William McKinley a homesake and McKinley relative, who was arrested in Coleraine, court martialed, sentenced to death and shot in the market place. He was buried in Dernock churchyard where a headstone remains.
From the London Chronicle a note on Strand and Regent street tailors courting American visitors. Windows advertise fall and winter suitings and full goods ready. The piece questions whether “fail” appears due to readers misreading autumn and if the term autumn will ever gain common use.
In London Mme Eames considers singing for charity but sets a condition. She would perform for free only if each wealthy benefactor contributed 300 guineas to the charity. She notes she earned about 200 guineas for other engagements and would forego pay if donors meet her stipulation. Lady Beresford reports two wealthy ladies pressed for her free appearance, highlighting the humorous premise.
A fragmentary tale from the Grand Hapids Herald shows an old man guiding a youth to the cellar to discuss meeting Eliza by moonlight. The rustic dialogue hints at a moonlit rendezvous and parental counsel, ending as the man leads Charles up the stairs.
In Springfield on Oct 21 Rev George W Oteted pastor of the Methodist church at Tower Hill pleaded guilty in federal court to sending obscene letters through the mail to multiple men and women. He faces a two year sentence in the penitentiary.
A Johnson City notice reports a change involving Knoxville and local firms. The piece mentions Carnegie linked activity and a crew with an avant company, noting shifts in leadership or operation and indicating a secured arrangement.
Report from Tokohama notes The Marquis Ito’s party stirring aerated support for a strong movement. Anticipated feportant pele feal developments loom. A daughter mentions literary people expected, while a mother cautions vigilance about meeting them. Dialogue questions how to distinguish men and women among new acquaintances.
A garbled excerpt discusses dangers when warm shifts to cold, noting higher lung illness and mortality this season. It mentions tablets after meals aiding digestion and heart strength, then trails into unclear lines about remedies and arguments to prove the point. The fragment lacks clear names or dates.
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