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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
4
Full leased wire AP report from Chicago outlines campaign day scenes and political bids. The State Journal provides a complete copy of the eight report, with fragmented OCR text noting a party stance and coverage details.
Subscribers away during the summer may have the State Journal mailed daily to any address for thirty cents a month. Changes of address welcome. The item also notes Kansas farmers busy with the corn crop and offers light, era-appropriate observations on national affairs, Topeka, and political chatter with local color and a tease about Kansas Derby Day in September.
The article advocates creating an annual Kansas state fair with broad exhibitor participation. It urges the legislature to fund substantial fairgrounds, pavilions, and buildings to attract visitors from neighboring states, noting private effort would be slow and that state aid mirrors Des Moines examples.
The Iowa State Fair showcases livestock as exhibitors present entries while the Kanass Exposition Company begins formal steps. The legislature is expected to consider support and funding, with the requested identification and assurances in review.
A Topeka discussion questions replacing aging asphalt streets with vitrified brick. Critics warn of massive costs and trust issues with asphalt suppliers while noting burdens on property owners for brick paving. A gradual, decade long plan with temporary fixes is proposed to preserve the city’s street prestige.
The rural trolley movement gains momentum from New York to Chicago with electric coaches and express cars. Farmers replace wagon trips, hauling eggs fruits and vegetables to markets by rail like routes. Projections imagine a broader network from Topeka to Dover and even Denver to Boston within a decade.
The piece envisions electric lines powering farm pumps and machinery with trolley cars delivering produce to markets. It predicts private trolley cars for travel and homelike comforts, plus electric heating and cooking. It links rising prosperity to education, noting universities will enroll more students as many youths support families during better times. It highlights the impact on access to higher education for those from modest means and expects fall enrollments to exceed prior records.
Francis Lewis a 66 year old crippled soldier was struck by a carriage on Fourth Street near Kaneas Avenue. He was left dazed as Officers Parcells and Chas Lind aided him. Lewis claims one officer spoke of knowing the driver while both denied knowledge or filing the driver’s name. He suspects police shielding the driver and questions the officers’ conduct.
Fragmented local jots describe autumn scenes in Clay and Wellington areas with comments on leaves, wildlife, and rural life. The column mentions a dog incident, a Winfield fathering twins joke, El Dorado politicians in the woods, and a man’s trip to Manhattan with casual rural reflections.
A fragmented Atchison Globe column surveys carnival antics at Winfield and local absurdities. It ponders weather lore, skeptical crowds, tea stores in Atchison, and humorous quips on love, marriage, and daily life with scattered names and observations from readers.
Labor day celebrations span the country amid unusual enthusiasm. J Earleston author of The Hoosier Schoolmaster dies at Jones Lock St George NY. Widespread incidents include a Utah hanging condemnation of Peter Mortensen and unrest among miners on Flat Top WV coal field. Martinique threat from Mont Pelee noted while wrecks and ship disasters occur in Alabama and Port Elizabeth Cape Colony. Church notices detail services across multiple congregations with sermons and locations.
A report notes a doctor being appointed to sue a late secretary general over actions of the recent act. Judge Albert Horton dies, marking a notable county legal and judicial moment.
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