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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1898
Page
3
A late 19th century observer notes rising bachelor and spinster numbers in Kansas towns. He links social pressure to marriage trends, recounting customs at weddings such as old shoes and rice as couples begin married life, while citizens debate causes and consequences.
Buffalo Jones arrives in Topeka after seventeen months roaming British America near Hudson Bay. He details battles with Arctic wolves, musk oxen, and Esquimaux, recalls dangerous rapids and harsh winter camps, and says no musk oxen were brought back though five calves were captured. Major Henry Inman will help turn data into a forthcoming book.
The Orange Judd Farmer reports a record small apple crop nationwide with 27.7 million bushels vs over 40 million last year and 70 trillion in 1596. Michigan leads with about two thirds of its usual bumper yield while New York and other states suffer near failure. Weather and pollen loss blamed for poor fruit set across the Great Lakes and Ontario.
The Atehian Globe reports J. M. Price wanted to vote for Horton but was unable to cast his ballot. Unclear details and names appear garbled, but the item reflects a voting frustration or obstruction affecting Price and Horton within the reported political scene.
In a garbled 1578 court of records style report, Horton schemes to influence the Topeka senate race. Stevenson travels to Topeka to pivot votes for Price while Ingalls is elected US senator in a tense legislative sequence. The piece hints at party maneuvering, vote trading, and political pressure within the Republican ranks.
Reported from Chicago via Tacoma to Amoy by special dispatches recounts fierce battles between native forces and Japanese troops on Formosa and nearby islands. More than 200 killed in one clash, with further attacks at Mankyo and Taso. Chinese influence aids rebels, while floods in Shantung cause mass displacement and famine looming for over a million people.
An old advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet as a radical cure for acid indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims quick relief, restored appetite, and harmless action without harming the delicate stomach. The Marshall, Missouri firm is cited as the producer with a price of 50 cents per package.
Mindiesboro Kentucky October 24 Will Coombs shot and killed Wild Bin Turner, a famed moonshine operator who ran a saloon on the state line. Turner reputedly killed several men and was the sixth Turner brother slain, leaving the family extinct.
In Pana Illinois October the union miners feel buoyant after strike actions. Notices say no insurance would be pal. Pit Pose Franklin resigns over safety fears with wireless negro miners. Henry Stephens, leader of a riot, leaves for Alabama. A preacher and church are formed and a negro school will open with an instructor from Alabama.
Washington reports Otis mortality dispatch from Manila listing soldiers by unit who died of causes including gunshot wounds typhoid fever meningitis dysentery and pneumonia between October 16 and October 21. The note cites nine named individuals plus additional cases aboard the transport Rio de Janeiro and a hospitalcarby.
The Tribune reports a suspect, jailed for stealing $2,900 worth of dressed skins from Shubert's, aiming to fund eye treatment. He traveled from Seattle to Omaha in custody, nearly blind and led by deputies. He admitted the robbery and claimed the plan to raise money for doctors in New York.
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