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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
4
A chaotic mix of notes from New York London and Chicago outlines campaign chatter and political maneuvers. Mentioned are Bryan’s potential Maine lead, Croker and Plett seeking influence, and ponderings on senate ambitions. A coal miners strike looms with warnings about policing costs and miner profits. Kansas crop data and farm wealth signal national economic tones.
The Boston Transcript notes signs that the trust movement, strong in 1898, has faced a decisive check. Fewer charterings in August, shrinking trust formations, and declines in shares point to a waning consolidation. Of 23 trust stocks, only one rose in value. the others fell about 17 points on average, totaling a loss of $167,000.
The New York Journal of Commerce cites three point six four five billion dollars in industrial capital formed since 1900. About one fifth, or seven hundred million, goes to new companies, signaling renewed competition against large consolidations at the height of the trust movement. Competition rises as stock exchange actions shrink trust values and small rivals emerge.
A miscellany from Globe and Chicago News includes observations on theater seating and fame, wealth by gas use, candlelight at night, hornets, and women keeping trinkets away. It notes a Atchison anecdote about house priorities and a bride-to-be delaying marriage. It closes with aphorisms on temperance, effort, frankness, and health.
A long, garbled account recounts an incident in Fort Scott where a man accused Breidenthal of wife desertion and fraud. The crowd derides him as unfit for governor while Breidenthal remains unmoved amid the insults and public questioning.
The scene revolves around a heated exchange as a man insults a relative and a woman claims visitors are in Port Scott. A bystander recalls Breidenthal marrying her niece while a crowd escalates, the man fleeing toward a box and down an alley as police or officials respond.
Oscar Tillotson of Valley Center Kansas plans two greyhounds to race an automobile in the International exposition race at Washington Park starting next Tuesday. The five mile event offers a cash purse. Local interest centers on a Friday race among Chicago Automobile club members with women entrants and two gold medals awarded.
A speaker asserts many animals recognize pictures, recounting a white cat named Tom who, after seeing his reflection, stopped rolling in dust and grew vain. The tale shifts to politics, noting party fatigue and a revival by imprisoned tramps led by hymn-singing jailer, then ends with a poet’s fragment about the sea.
Salina Kansas September 14 reports state that H D Lee a well known wholesale grocer may leave Salina to relocate to New York City Chicago men have visited to evaluate the field and a sale of the business appears likely unless renewed interest arises The owner says the firm opened the field at a fixed price ten years ago and held against river competitors the syndicate would headquarter in Kansas City if the deal closes and the Salina house would be reduced to distribution only
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