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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1900
Page
8
Sunday morning 10 oclock the government thermometer atop the Columbian building registered 47 degrees, a 33 degree fall in 19 hours. The cool wave from Alberta caused the chill as Kansas felt rain later. Observer Jennings recorded the scene as overcoats came out of closets and residents shivered through a damp, generally fair day.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple names and places such as Barton Rice Pratt Sumner Betwood Bic umner Butler Greenw eath e ward Ne aha and Chautauqua Ltd with scattered numbers. mentions a rowing record over half an lac and various locations like Browis La Lyon Lao Chase and Moxigom. no coherent event or outcome is evident.
Carthage Missouri September 17 Governor Bryan starts the day in Springfield at 6 am delivering three speeches before noon. He moves to Aurora and then Stonett where a large crowd welcomes him. A train arrival with a distant band heightens the chilly morning scene as supporters cheer the candidate.
A narrative blends frigid weather observations with political events as a high barometer and cool air arrive, affecting preparations for elections. It recounts observer commentary on storm paths, temperatures, and rainfall, alongside William Jennings Bryan speeches in Missouri towns including Monett Pierce City Sarcoxie Carthage and remarks on Republican policies and foreign investment.
A London Tribune correspondent reports rumors in Johannesburg that General Christian de Wet, Boer guerrilla leader, was killed on the 7th near Potchefstroom. The rumor follows active Boer resistance in the region and has not been officially confirmed.
Frank Prior’s African monkey breaks loose from a string tether in a basement poolroom and causes chaos across Howard Street. It darts into a restaurant, fights a cat, topples ice, frightens staff, and destroys the poolroom office before being recaptured with help from hotel staff and a blanket.
Denver reports the sale of the Camp Bird mine at Ouray to a syndicate led by Alfred Belt and J Pierpont Morgan with a 12 million dollar first payment on deposit at First National Bank. Mining expert John Hays Hammond arrived to inspect the mine for the syndicate and the deal is expected to close within ten days. Five new bubonic plague cases appear in Glasgow, four in one family. A Philadelphia Press item describes newsroom chatter about a tall figure and a new eight dollar per week clerk.
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