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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1898
Page
4
The article discusses Aguinaldo and Gomes aligning with anti expansionists, critiques various political factions, and notes concerns about the Philippines, Dewey, and shifting global tensions. It references New York banks, import/export issues, and the broader wartime economy, with thoughts on election prospects and public sentiment.
The text surveys western state life and humor themes including widows, marriage norms, and local gossip. It contrasts rural behavior with city style and references Atchison and Chicago proverb lore, then shifts to a discussion of a prison sentence and death penalty debates in Switzerland.
The piece notes Republicans attempting to induce George Gould to run for New Jersey State Senate. Gould does not seek the nomination but might consider it if offered without opposition. It also records dissolving law partnerships involving Don M. Dickerson and Merry T. Thurber.
Dooley muses on kings and workers in a broad Irish American voice. He riffs on rulers, labor, and fate, then veers into a long Irish family anecdote about Terence Doherty and neighbors, ending with a quip about anarchists.
Yellow fever precautions extend to trains in Mississippi district as inspectors enforce a system to check spread. Surgeon Stimpson leads the service, while funeral for Gan. Haskell in Columbus draws local turnout and a state military escort. Faulkner succeeds Gray as Canadian commission moves.
Fragmented readable lines describe a partial report with names and places but key details and facts are unclear. The text hints at a regional note involving residents or officials and a sequence of events started but not completed. No complete events or outcomes are identifiable from the fragments.
Washington reports the president has appointed Dearer H. Pickerett of Ohio as the commissioner for the assentive position in the United States. The notice outlines the arising appointments to key national roles.
Cherryvale Sept 20 The Frisco Railroad has finished switches to the Edgar and Garrison zinc smelters the nation’s largest. The complex includes fifteen big buildings built with 100 cars of lumber and 1 800 000 drink's worth of brick from a local plant. Rents rose 30 percent in sixty days as new enterprises arrive. Land prices attract buyers due to abundant gas and steady inquiries from real estate men.
M Dargen returns from Alaska recounting sickness, extreme prices, and dangers of the Yukon voyage. He describes people ill with fever, mosquitoes and gnats, and the high cost of beef and whisky. A doctor fell into asylum after theft of gold on the Seattle journey. He notes wages and ground conditions, and that he lost wealth in the Chicago fire.
Farmers and residents gathered at the courthouse to start a good roads movement in the county. Dan Campbell chaired the meeting which urged highway improvements and adjourned to reconvene October 17 with invited participation. The group plans to present a bill to the next legislature.
Drs J W Shulta and S P Thomas secured the Burleigh property near St Francis hospital to convert into a private hospital and home for unfortunates. The 21 room building, once built for 17000, will be refurbished at under one thousand dollars and ready for occupancy by November 1.
Newton, Sept. 29 John Doustas to oversee government transfer of mail at the Santa Fe station midweek. Arrangements completed for the transfer after long red tape. The service shift will place mail handling to a new district location just east.
Mr Douglas will be the clerk in charge of the transfer. The change aims to reduce delays and save both time and money. The appointing language emphasizes dependable service and creditable performance in duties.
Smith and Miller have sold the northwest corner lot at Sixth and Broadway, adjoining Roderick furniture, to Wear Coal. The company plans a fine brick structure to accommodate their expanding business and provide much needed room for their stores.
Two men, Charles and James Woodley, escaped from the county jail in Syracuse, but were pursued by Deputy Sheriff Kurmpf and a posse one mile east of Coolidge. Shots were fired as one prisoner attempted to flee before surrendering. It marks the third jail delivery in the past month.
Fort Scott Kan Sept 20 George Messenger Fort Scott boy of the Twentieth regulars at Camp Wikoft died there on the 12th will be buried here next Friday with high honors by the citizens of Fort Scott. His remains were disinterred today and shipped here. A public meeting this afternoon arranged funeral details. The mayor will issue a proclamation asking business houses to close on the occasion.
In Galena Kansas on September 20 a mob of whitecaps battered a woman living near John Williams farm. Williams a Cherokee farmer had recently taken the reportedly immoral woman into his home. The woman later told officers that a son of Williams led the mob.
Mrs Reasoner Oliver a widow living in the county’s northwest was foully murdered Saturday night. She was found by her children Monday morning lying dead in the door yard with an axe nearby. No motive or suspect is known at this time.
Work on the Kansas City union depot advances with the south end of the second story nearly ready for painters and decorators. The dining room to move into the second story in weeks, then partitions in the lower area will be torn down. Contractor William Harmon expects completion by January 1. Edwards County Republicans met in Kinsley on Sept 20 and nominated W. N. Beesley for representative, Lee Parry for district court clerk, D. D. Baxter for county superintendent, T. L. Lose for probate judge. no nomination for county attorney.
Emporia report says Roy Thompson’s two year old fell from a second story porch on Commercial path. The child survived with the breath knocked from it but was not injured beyond the fall of over fifteen feet.
Washington reports President Mc Kinley and General Miles agreed on sending 60 000 troops to Cuba 12 000 to Porto Rico and 3 000 to Hawaii with 20 000 in the Philippines. Regulars shift west while volunteers head to Cuba for a stable government under military rule until Congress acts. Evacuation restoration of order and approval of a new government form follow.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin the Triers family awaiting William J. Triers, a Wisconsin volunteer, learn he died two weeks earlier and was buried at Ponce on September 4. The homecoming scene shifts to mourning as the decorated home becomes a house of sorrow.
Nearly fifteen hundred lasters in Brocton and neighboring towns strike for higher wages as a new price list is demanded. Most Brocton factories walkout except W L Douglas Co. in the city, while other plants like Rockland Whitman Stoughton East Weymouth Middleboro and Randolph report stoppages.
A letter from Santiago de Cuba dated July 23 praises Packers at the Battle of San Juan de Cuba for delivering ammunition and rations under diarrhoea and danger. It credits Chamberlain's Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving the troops and the pack-train, noting no roads hindered their vital supply run before sailing home. It claims the medicine indirectly saved the army. The missive is from Chamberlain Medicine Co. Des Moines Iowa. sold widely.
A fragmented OCR fragment mentions a decorative profession and an organization styled as an international decorating cult. No clear events or outcomes are readable. no individuals, dates, or places are identifiable from the available text.
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