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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
11
A reader advised on skin care, arguing the key to clear skin is pore treatment and avoiding drying soaps. The message warns against free alkali in soaps and praises Ivory Soap for lacking free alkali and for floating.
Report notes mills and factories reopening after a lull caused by a Gulf storm and broader downturn. Steel rail and coal pier contracts signal export strength while shoes and textile prices recover. cotton markets surge amid uncertain demand and potential election effects. Trade overview cites failures, rising optimism in steel, shipbuilding, and farm goods with mixed regional activity and continued price volatility.
Fragmented text references enforcing health laws and shouting warnings. Mentions stop signals and warnings from authorities. Contains garbled phrases and unclear individuals or places.
Topeka craftsman Paul Battey secures a high brace in Chicago with General Electric. The Topeka man is chosen to head company work in the Illinois head office, marking a notable climb in his profession.
The Kansas Republican campaign machinery is praised as the closest and most perfected in the United States. Local workers, five per precinct and county committees, mobilize crowds by taking neighbors to rallies. With 7 300 precincts and 106 counties, a robust local force energizes speakers and sustains voter turnout, while Populists admit strong crowds despite claims of apathy.
The text suggests a discussion of an effective rate and a combined Kansas system influenced by Mark Hanna, implying a broader national or world impact. It references reform ideas and integration of systems, signaling a period of political or economic change.
The excerpt shows a partisan scramble with Governor Pingree denouncing Bryan and McKinley as he weighs currency policy and party loyalty. He predicts McKinley’s election, criticizes alarmist rhetoric, and admits voter reluctance to align with either party, while labeling himself a Lincoln Republican.
Susan B Anthony the well known suffragist is ill at her Rochester home on Mailison street after a recent evening illness. D. BA Anthony of Leave worth Kansas and wife of Leave worth, Kansas, visit Anthony with other family members say her condition is not alarming. She is 80 years old.
Valley City N D Sept 15 The Roosevelt party special train spent the night at Fargo and left today Accompanying the party were United States boosters Hane Brough from North Dakota Thomas Garter of Montana and Witson of Washington The train will stop in Bismarck for a night meeting One minute stops were made today at Cassiton Wheatland Buffalo Tower City Valley City where a one hour stop occurred Governor Roosevelt made a short address
A notice outlines a Monday council meeting with no major agenda beyond a fire bell placement on the new city hall and forming a committee to arrange a house warming. Most members favor dedicating the office section with entertainment and inviting mayors and councilmen from other Kansas towns to attend.
The text lists a range of digestive issues including constipation, acidity, heartburn, fullness in the stomach, sour burps, and heat burning sensations in the flesh. It mentions bile, yellowing of the skin, pain in the chest and limbs, and sudden weakness. The passage appears as garbled OCR with scattered medical terms and vague descriptions.
The foreign ministers say they cannot treat with Prince Ching and Russian envoy withdrawal signals that China’s fate may await an international commission. General Chaffee predicts resilience against attacks, while Chinese forces mass near Pekin to defend communications toward Tianjin as the emperor and court stay in distant villages awaiting developments.
In New York on September 15 President Oliphant of the Delaware and Hudson railroad declined to reply to Premon Mitchell of the titers union who accuses him of distorting a telegram. The note says coal output controlled by the company and warns that if a strike occurs all contracts may be void due to strike clauses. Shamokin reports the executive board of United Mine Workers discussed the act except as 2 inst resort.
Mr Case, now one of three official court reporters for the Islands, returned from Honolulu after four years away. He left September 1 and arrived in Topeka this morning, noting Hawaiians accept the new order post annexation, cites woes over the contract man system. Mika Anna Rose, Topeka’s festival queen, is reportedly living with her parents in Hilo.
Five colored boys were brought to the police by Merchant Police A W Hopkins alleging barn arson. Two boys, Pinkston and Leslie Allen, were held after admitting involvement in a fire at J Sproat’s barn. Relcher claimed he rented the match. The Allen boy watched from the crack while Pinkston approached the barn. The youths, about ten, did it for fun. one is son of Kirk Pinkston, a fire department member, who secured their release. Authorities seek a settlement to avoid prosecution, but evidence may lead to charges and Hopkins may claim a $100 reward.
A Eureka Kansas special reports a tornado near Hamilton tearing through homes four miles north of town. Several residents were seriously injured and many others suffered bruises.
Clara Barton of the Red Cross era arrives in the city with her party, escorted by a companion, marking a notable visit as the group travels toward Houston.
The Howard trial resumed in Frankfort Kentucky with Commonwealth attorney Franklin leading the prosecution. Witnesses described a man jumping the rear executive building fence and Goebel murder immunity schemes. Post trial notes include remarks by Judge J H Tinsley and local police court convictions of two joint offenders for prohibitory law violations.
Bryan spoke in the evening at Greer Ville to traveling salesmen, addressing parents of bettors who urged McKinley. He warned that party policy could send youths to fight abroad for oriental trade, rallying Republicans as he argued against militarism while counter demonstrations arose. Democratic commercial travelers aided by Derm Democratic group escorted Bryan into St Louis.
A telegram from Brechia, an insurance agent of New Orleans, reports his wife, children, and fifteen grandchildren were all under one roof in Galveston during the storm and later reunited unharmed. Marcus Daly of New York, a copper mill owner, is reported seriously ill with heart trouble at the Hotel 5 Mr. Daly.
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