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Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1902

Page

16

Football Season Opens With Ottawa Kansas Medics in Topeka

On the gridiron the season opens next week with Ottawa University facing Kansas Medical College in Topeka. Washburn meets the Haskell Indians at Lawrence. Coaches include Outland at K U and Warren Gill at Washburn. The Medics, Indians, and Washburn loom strongest as contenders for the pennant in a reshaped league era.

Atten Topeka Kansas Medical College Ottawa University Washburn Haskell Indians Lawrence Kansas Chicago Baker K. C Girlinks WV Hughes Indians Faw K. U Big Indlansi Braves Baine Harvard it_earth Bilick Attle Kansan Medics Lindaborg State Normal Manhattan Ottawa Shiras King DuBoine Guyon Felix Oliver Fallin Miguel Hauser Prichette Tomahawk John Outland K. TU University of Pennsylvania Warren Gill Gillin Kirksville Curtis Phil King Wisconsin Custis Jenkinson Vincent Hicks Brumbage Haskell Institute Kansas Medics Ernest Hughes Woshburn Haskell

Writes of Stratton Remembered by Topeka Man

Eugene B. Stotts recalls W. B. Stratton the Colorado mining millionaire who died this week. Once a carpenter and painter in Colorado Springs he rose from day laborer to mine operator, shaping Cripple Creek history with grit and chance.

Eugene B. Stotts Topeka W. 8. Stratton Colorado Mr. Stotts Mr. Stratton Cripple Creek Alamo Tates Stratton Colorado Springs Millonaire Burr

Stratton's rise from miner to millionaire and a life of charity

The narrative recalls W. S. Stratton who turned a gold stake into a vast mine, selling to British investors for ten million while facing pressure to abandon weaker claims. He is praised as Colorado Springs’ greatest citizen, a friend to the poor, a humanitarian who valued wealth as a gift from the Creator and gave generously to children and the public.

Battle Mountain W. S. Stratton Martha Washington Stratton Cheyenne Park Colorado Springs

Culp of Kansas for ceremony post sparks playful debate

A St Louis Dispatch piece playfuly touts Col Culp of Kansas as a future secretary of ceremonies for the world’s fair, framing him as shy and modest while mocking rivals and praising his potential to helm the parade from behind the scenes. The comic portrait cites Ingalls’s Kansan ideal and imagines Culp’s restrained public profile amid ceremonial bustle.

Col Culp Lace St. Louis Kansas Haneas Jonn J. Ingalls Commonwealth Niagara Ingalls Colonel Culp John I. Martin Kansan Napers David R. Francis Isaac S.taylor Louisiana O'Leary Latvia Kas Herely Mont Coote Mbt Tss Winsell Hirmal Mrofogalls Bungombe Magdent Aby Alfundént Wurely Colonel Caly Sullna ECC Konas

Local Cartoons Sketch Last Week’s News In State Journal

A Sunday page highlights a cartoonist’s take on recent state events. Panels depict political moves, local frictions, and community moments with humorous, pointed commentary. Readers see familiar figures in timely scenarios.

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