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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1902
Page
4
The State Journal relays a digest of Associated Press reports noting Carnegie’s health, Bryan’s potential third bid, and Democratic hopes for controlling the next House. It references Cleveland’s mayoral speculation, West Point forestry plans, and foreign news on Waldorf Astor. Also mentions Duluth bears, U.S. politics, and industrial paper making milestones.
An outspoken critic describes patient abuse in private asylums and urges state intervention. He argues private facilities mistreat the insane, favors expanding state institutions, and calls on county commissioners and the state board of charities to shut down the Bedwell asylum and regulate or suppress private care.
The Kansas exposition concluded with praise for the fine stock exhibit and the Derby field, while noting no record-breaking races. Complaints centered on poor starts and cool night attendance. The writers urge better advertising, proper press stands, cleaner grand stands, and adherence to prohibition rules.
Kansas cattlemen praise the beef exhibit at the fair featuring Shorthorn Hereford Med Polled Gallaway and Aberdeen Angus. The article notes Kansas as a major beef producer feeding the nation and Europe and contrasts modern high grade beef with past Texas longhorns. It highlights advances in beef science and cattle breeding improving meat quality.
The article notes rising demand for refined cattle stock in Kansas and Wisconsin, emphasizing improved breeding science, profitable dairy and beef sectors, and small farmers benefiting from Guiry trees and better cattle handling. It highlights the role of dairy expansion and beef advancement, urging Kansas to lead in both sectors aided by recent exhibitions and feed resources.
President Roosevelt tours the nation pressing the trust question as the defining issue while facing opposition from eastern party leaders led by Thomas C. Platt. Platt warns the New York convention against endorsing Roosevelt, yet national Republicans largely back Roosevelt as core supporters rally around his principled campaign.
The St Louis Republic notes that Eugene F Ware, the U S pension commissioner, faces scrutiny for favoring merit over politics. Ware promoted civil service ideals, forming a promotions committee to fill vacancies by merit, even admitting a Confederate veteran after inquiry.
A fragmented report discusses public office reform, the ethics of horse racing, and local curiosities. It cites drivers racing in lower classes to avoid future losses, mentions a fatalistic view of honesty in racing, and lists assorted local snippets from Hutchinson and surrounding towns with brief vignettes on weather, court trials, sales, and social events.
The fragmentary item notes a journal discussing a home and a beret crease in an ideal context. Names, places, and dates are not clearly readable. The readable portion centers on a reflective scene involving personal gear and domestic setting.
Disjointed lines reference truth, horses, and figures like Hook and Suave. Phrases mention Chicago, Paxeen, Sivorosd, and Scribbier amid garbled dialog. The text hints at discussions of manners, racing knowledge, and stagecraft through scattered names and quotations.
A jagged paragraph from the Chicago News offers tangled musings on classics, charity, weather, love, and poets. It weaves odd aphorisms about home, luck, and dreammakers, with misspellings and fragmented thoughts suggesting a playful, derailed editorial aside.
Absurd reflections on bachelor life highlight the social trap of staying single versus family life. Jokes target fathers, insurances, modesty, and domestic roles, portraying mischief and satire about marriage and home duties.
Prof Rudolph Virchow dies in Berlin. Miners strike in Kanawha and New River fields ends with workers told to return to best terms. William Bartholin found shot near Riceville Iowa. note in his handwriting admits killing his mother and Minnie Mitchell. Fort Winthrop magazine with 12000 pounds powder. One killed five injured two missing in mine blast. Miners strike enters eighteenth week with no settlement. Anthracite shipments for week total 100080 tons against 1,000,000 normal. Murrell of St Louis municipal boodlers confesses. five indicted, bonds set at 40000. Five thousand regular army troops, Nebraska and Kansas units to participate. Philippine crisis deepens. Sumner ordered to advance on Macab strongholds. Roosevelt completes southern tour addressing Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Chattanooga. Killick’s Hayti gunboat Cretez-Pierrot sinks. crew rescued. German surrender noted. British and American forces engage, 60000 soldiers involved. Colorado political contest: Populists and Democrats nominate separate tickets. Teller vs Walcott for Senate. Chamberlain center-cee includes pean event for Boers widows and injured burghers. Rosa La B Dauphin indicted for embezzlement of 254900. Prosecution against Jacob Rynerson in Ogden area. Marshall bar threatened over labor dispute. September 28 next organizational event by the Commercial Club entertainment committee plans.
An OCR fragment notes a 77 year history conference of the Christian churches of Kansas in Topeka. It mentions the Board of Trade and calls for finishing drives and walks around the state home grounds, and references Vinewood Railway camping.
Fragmentary note discusses ongoing BE franchise line work and a stated aim to continue repairs to ensure the Reed alignment and curing right. No clear dates or entities clearly identifiable from the readable text.
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