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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
6
A noisy urban election commentary weighs the mayoralty race in New York City. It contrasts candidates Seth Low Tracy and Croker aligned with Tammany, warning that a Low victory would empower reform foes and urging readers to back Tracy to block Croker.
Vivid public anger over graft in New York politics surfaces as fears about Croker era rule mount. Meanwhile a new large format book typewriter promises to record in broad volumes with ease, enabling far faster transcription beyond standard machines. The Vermont creamery claims the world’s largest scale, processing twelve thousand cows’ milk into ten thousand pounds of butter daily.
Winter in the Klondike is no holiday as Dawson City and surrounding shanties freeze into isolation. Experienced men doubt winter routes and food runs, while Johnson Edward J. Boyte recalls choosing to abandon prospects to survive. Shanties on Hunter Creek and Eldorado Creek endure fierce cold, scarce provisions, and relentless work as miners thaw ground and live in cramped quarters through months of darkness.
English shooting estates replenish stock via vast pheasant nurseries run by Dwight at Great Berkhamstead and Montague Robb at Petersfield and Liphook. Mehmet the yards cover hundreds of acres with extensive nets, pens, and moving grounds to raise six to seven thousand pheasants per season. Staff of six hundred manage laying bins, watchers, and field huts to protect stock and ensure continuous supply for the season.
A New York Times excerpt describes a two-part industry of using birds of prey for shooting games, detailing egg prices from 25 dollars per hundred to higher later, caretaking by keepers’ wives, and the timing from mid-April to mid-June. Birds are watched as leaves yellow and fall, with skilled sportsmen resisting outdated customs and traditions.
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