Topeka State Journal compares tariffs and politics in press excerpts
The State Journal reprints Associated Press night and New York political commentary. It notes Dewey and Schley in the campaign, Mrs. Roosevelt on women drawing, and a remark on reciprocity and tariff policy. The piece includes editorial squibs on party tactics and economic questions of the day.
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Topeka State Journal
Monthe
Eekly
Editius
Pfrmanent
Joshnas
Pine
Paul Hieck
Mec
Associated Press
State Journal
Aleu
The Coming Election Across States in 1900
The article surveys the impending November elections across several states including Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. It notes party platforms, key candidates such as Governor Nash and Colonel Kilbourne in Ohio, and hints at strategy, coalitions, and efforts to unite factions. It also cites past vote differentials and anticipated statewide campaigns.
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Goveror
Town
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ohio
Virginia
Nebraska
Supreme
State University
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Maryland
Nash
Tate
Kilbourne
McKinley
Buffalo
Lewieslature
Gorman
Brian
Pear McKinley
Massachusetta
Iowa
Ennsylvania
Mas‘echanelts
Chio
Roosevelt dines with Booker T Washington sparks southern ire
The Hartford Post reports a wave of southern anger over President Roosevelt inviting Booker T Washington to dine at the White House. Critics call it an insult and a study in vice yet defenders note that northern and southern institutions have long hosted black guests without upheaval.
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Hartford Post
South
Roosevelt
Booker ‘T. Wastington
White House
New Orleans
Staten
Megro
Harvard College
Booker T. Washington
Yale Bus
Universi
Wit and whimsy from a curious column
A stray, humorous column comments on sympathy, gullibility, and social quirks. It riffs on human foibles with morsels about lovers, grafters, a squirrel dog, and social behavior, ending with observations on manners, aging, and family.
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A collection of quips and maxims on rulers, heroes, wit, misers, secrets, lies, truth, drawing conclusions, lawyers, poets, and a grim Irish medical remark about a patient’s prognosis, illustrating sharp, morally tinged humor of the era.
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Chicago News
Quaker Reflections from the Philadelphia Record
A compact feature analyzing social foibles and urban manners. Quoteries about telephone operators, high life, romance, miserliness, and vanity reflect a Manayunk Philosopher tone. Humorous vignettes touch on dating, travel, and show business contrasts.
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Philadelphia Record
Welkin
Kises Weldom
Bjones
Mr. Esmith
Pelf
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous column on love affairs and dating rituals. It satirizes men pursuing romance by persistence and women juggling engagements, noting increasing resignation after repeated engagements and the routine of courting.
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Prom
New York Press
Mrs To Wet
Dramatic Farce Ends In Fractured Scene And Laughter
In a bustling city street a brick house scene draw crowds as a mock drama unfolds above. Zoe the actress, a cranky cook, and a laundryman become witnesses while a young man acts out a staged tragedy. The crowd, led by a boy, suspects murder until a passerby declares it all part of the dramatic art. The incident ends with the crowd dispersing and few taxpayers noting the stunt.
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C. B. Corbet
Willie
Zoe
Dina
Kansas City and Return Fare and Exhibition Tickets On Sale
Kansas City and Return two dollars sixty seven cents via the Santa Fe for the Live Stock and Horses show. Tickets on sale October 18 to October 31 inclusive, good until October 2. Six trains daily each direction. An ad mix mentions Teethina powders and Dr Thomas remedies without clear relevance.
The Small of the Back and Kidney Weakness
A reader from Sycamore, J. L. Campbell, credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing chronic backache linked to weak kidneys. He describes years of pain and having to be helped from bed or chair, then reports being well, strong, and free from pain after using the medicine.
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J. L. Campbell
Sycamore
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises to Cure and Keep Secret
Advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures illness and keeps its promise. It urges readers to begin treatment immediately.
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Hood's
Henderson Leads Santa Fe Machinery Tour to Topeka Meeting
G R Henderson assistant superintendent of machinery for the Santa Fe railway completed a westward inspection tour from Topeka to San Francisco. He met General Superintendent Hurley at La Junta and recommended improvements at division points including buildings and new machinery. A master mechanics and division meeting will be held in Topeka October 26 to discuss these plans in a school of instruction.
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G. R. Henderson
Santa Fe Road
San Francisco
Henderson
Hurley
la Junta
Henderson Oxye
Gelveston
Topeka
City funds enable opening of Kinder Street and nearby alleys
City Treasurer Haie Wuay told Street Commissioner Frank Snyder that county funds from the annual settlement have arrived in the city treasury to open Kinder Street in North Topeka and an alley between Parkdale and Lake and Lime streets, as well as Fifth and Sixth streets. The two-block section of Kinder Street between Kansas Avenue and Monde had been tied up by prolonged condemnation and a single remaining tract, but with funds now secured the city will finish grading sidewalks and open the street within a week or two, before cold weather arrives.
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Haie Wuay
Frank Snyder
Kintler Street
North Topeka
Parkdale
Lake
Lime
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Kinder Street
Kistler Street
Trafic
Kansas Avenue
Monrde
Indiana man rescues nine year abducted daughter from gypsy camp
Peter Bell an Mercer county miller spent nine years searching for his daughter who vanished from St Marys school. He followed a Gypsy group across states to Carthage where officers stopped a shooting incident and recovered the girl who said she was forced to beg for the camp’s sustenance and was treated cruelly.
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Indiana
Crawfordsville
Ind
Peter Bell
St Mary's
Mercer County
Bell
Hell's Mills
Fem
Mexico
Indianapolis
Peoria
Keokuk
Iowa
Carthage
Cartage
Armstong camp to hold open meeting in Topeka
Members of Frank C. Armstrong camp No 1 plan an open meeting at the Topeka Post G A F ball on East Seventh street next Monday evening October 28. A Manila ebony gavel sent by Major Armstrong will be presented by Mrs. Armstrong. Col Metcalf will present and Major Harvey will reply. Gen Hudson and Major W L Brown expected to speak. Twenty third Regiment band will play between speeches. Mrs J M Wright will sing the National air. Veterans urged to attend with friends.
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Frank c. Armstrong
Topeka
G. A. F. Ball
Eest Seventh Street
Manila
Armstrong
Man Found Drunk Not Insane in Probate Court
John Firtch was arrested by the police and charged with being insane but was tried in probate court this morning and found to be under the influence of liquor, not insane.
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John Firtch
Brakeman Eads Killed in Argentine Collision
Charles R. Eads, 2 brakeman for the Santa Fe, was killed last evening at 4:30 o clock when an eastbound passenger train struck a freight, crushing him instantly at Argentine. The fatality follows a rear end or siding collision reported near the town, with emergency crews responding to the scene.
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Santa Fe
Charles R. Eads
The
Deaths and Funerals: Clarence F Holland 26
Clarence F Holland died October 22 at his parents home in Muscotah Kansas from tuberculosis after six months illness. He formerly worked in C W Kouns office at Santa Fe general offices. He was 26 and leaves a wife. Funeral Thursday at 1 from the residence of Mrs WH Gunther at No 10 West Sixth Street.
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Clarence F. Holland
F. Holland
Muscotah
Kansas
C. W. Kouns
Santa Fe
Holland
WH. Gunther
West Sixth Street
Kidnap Gould Babies Threat Amid Guard of Millionaire Train
Mysterious woman in black near George J. Gould’s special train prompted police and detectives to guard the Gould party after they left a theater. The report cites an attempted kidnapping of the Gould children. Also notes fatalities in Keystone coal mine and local business activity on Kansas Avenue.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
George J. Gould
Seasonal hints on digestion warding off colds
The text links seasonal cold risk to digestion and circulation. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken after meals as a means to improve digestion, strengthen the heart, and prevent colds, pneumonia, and temperature changes. It asserts digestion quality protects health and asserts routine use of the tablets.
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Stuart
Important Meeting at Comme Club Tonight for Fair Levy
Those interested in the state fall proposition will gather at the commercial club room to organize support for the fair levy in the upcoming election. All interested are urged to attend and participate in the effort. Also mentions testimonials and local merchants offering headache remedies and tonics for stomach issues.
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Comme Club
Commercil Club
STANDARD LOCOMOTIVES FOR INDIAN RAIL SERVICE
English locomotive builders back standardization for Indian trains. They applaud Lord Curzon and Lord Hamilton for arranging a December Calcutta conference to consider uniform locomotives like in the United States. The group notes benefits of single manufacturers and criticizes stringent colonial engine inspections. An expert from Glasgow reportedly saw American shops and found their engines inferior to leading English works.
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Lord George Hamilton
India
Lord Curzon
Calcutta
United States
Han
America
Enghand
Hard Luck in the West from the Indianapolis Sun
A fragmented Western scene from the Indianapolis Sun shows a cowboy telling his partner they cannot go to town today. The dialogue hints at misfortune and a tense moment between the two riders.
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Indianapolis Sun
Uw Fisk
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