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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1898
Page
4
A collection of jokes and maxims from Atchison and Chicago notes on marriage envy and social quirks. Probing lines discuss wives honesty and luck, with proverbs about love, sewing, and social behavior. Local vignettes reference women traveling to New York and men discussing fate, red tape, and health myths.
G C Clemens, Kansas teacher of Tactical socialists, forecasts a decisive social shift tied to the thirty year cycle. He cites historical precedents from England and America, argues socialism rises through agitation, and predicts a future universal social regime within decades. He warns educators and leaders to heed the coming change.
In Leavenworth today consecration services were held with local clergy and attendees participating in a solemn ceremony marking a religious dedication. Community members gathered for prayers, hymns, and a brief address by the pastor, underscoring shared faith and service.
In Leavenworth Sept 21 a large audience including Catholics and Protestants witnessed Rev John F Cunningham named bishop of the Concordia Grove Archbishop Kain of St Louis led the consecration with Father Dalton delivering the sermon. The Topeka Assumption choir provided music and many Topeka church members attended.
City officials report a view of opening a new bank showed favorable signs but no definite decision yet. Mr Squier, uncle of Mr Prouty, backs his nephew financially and Prouty brings twelve years banking experience, including ten years in Kansas City banks and two years running a venture.
Fort Leavenworth Sept 21 Sick Private Coulson of the Twenty-second Kansas Infantry visits with typhoid fever improving after doctors report the worst is over. Other patients include Private Roberts in serious condition and Private Rainfrow with a fever. Volunteers praise the hospital for thorough care and provision of delicacies and comforts.
A garbled article sketches global events with a mix of names, places, and topics. It cites Spain, Manila, Cuba, Porto Rico, American finance, beer tax receipts, and political figures while describing unsettled postwar matters and looming economic shifts.
An OCR riddled report from a Kansas paper renders garbled quotes about Cubans debt, a Ray ex, and town political chatter. Names like Chanute Tripane, Wichita Ragie, and Wilhelmina appear amid fractured phrases and stray figures, with unclear context and no coherent narrative.
General Maximo Gomes has grown a beard in German Kaiser fashion for his eastern tour with forty portraits. Admiral Dewey sends autographed thanks to Shae conventing members. Mexico’s Diaz recalls a mountain hunt incident. Miss Jennie Flood, heiress, gifts her country home to California University, valued up to 77 million dollars. Chief Big Nose of the Assiniboine declines to volunteer, citing non-swimming, war on water only.
The Secretary plans to ask Congress for a naval manpower rise of about 30,000 enlisted sailors and 16 feet survey of ships, plus $1,100,000 for machinery repairs and a new vessel, with recommendations to be forwarded to the War and Navy departments for approval. The document notes projected costs and the need to expand naval strength in the current budgetary cycle.
The state board of charities halted bids for plumbing the new ward building at the Topeka asylum after finding possible collusion in the second round. Sheahan and Durkin bid $2875 and $2660 respectively, with an earlier bid of $1825 from Sheahan. Officials alleged price fixing as bids rose over a thousand dollars and rejected both bids, opting to reopen the contract under supervision.
A testimonial from Winfield Kansas claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood, cures painful ankle ulcers after two bottles, with additional relief after four bottles, enabling normal work and restful nights. The statement endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla as an excellent medicine.
Judge J E B Hillett was believed missing since the Fourth of July with finances in trouble. New information shows he was alive last week, seen at a Union Stock Yards carpenter department in Kansas City area. He says he recently toured Utah and Texas and will move to Armetronm, a Kansas City suburb, soon.
Among 277 inmates received by the reformatory up to June 30, 1595 the majority are theft offenders. Burglary and grand larceny dominate with 84 and 110 cases respectively. other crimes include larceny in a dwelling, railroad thefts, storeroom theft, pocket pilfering, arson, obstructing a railroad, and poisoning a domestic animal. Several inmates faced murder intent, manslaughter, embezzlement, forgery, and related offenses.
Abilene Kansas City capitalists J J Squier and C Nu Prouty arrived after visiting Meldwith. They have been here assessing prospects for a new bank in Abilene.
William T Sargent private of Company Third Missouri volunteer infantry died in Philadelphia hospital September 16 after a monthlong typhoid. His body arrived Sabetha Monday. sixteen comrades of the Twenty second Kansas escorted the remains to Albany cemetery for a final military salute. He was 28 and survived by his wife whom he married a month before enlistment.
Pittsburg hopes to attract industry as Mr McDonald of Pittsburg and Gull Railroad notes Elgin and Til have not abandoned plans for a Pittsburg creamery. He cites a 50 mile radius around Pittsburg with 70,000 milch cows, including 5,600 in Crawford County, as part of inducement.
Implement men and vehicle dealers protest a Transmissouri Freight Bureau notice dated a few days ago. Beginning September 29, mixed car loads of vehicles and agricultural implements will be barred. Dealers must pay freight at the car load rate per car, harming small-town dealers and provoking protests urging reconsideration before the rule takes effect.
Harper Sept 21 Republicans held county convention endorsing McKinley and naming a ticket for county attorney R P McCul ck, representative W F Colson, Jordan, county superintendent Theo Fulton probate judge Rev Howards This makes three tickets Democratic Populist and Republican Populists nominated for representative the current mayor Atutr previously a Democrat who swore allegiance when appointed pension examiner under Cleveland He is seen as hostile to prohibitory law and supported whisky forces during joint war last summer.
Floya B. R. Young editor of the Western Kansas News married Olive Belle Andrews at Stockton on Sept 21. Rev James A. id pastor of the Congregational church officiated. The couple are adored by friends who sent wedding remembrances. ceremony described as a popular local event. A second item reports a man shot while pulling a gun from a load of oats near Wellington. details sparse.
A wagon bringing oats to a destination was unloaded to keep dry. The barrel a gun discharged wounding the rider as the weapon was drawn out, shattering the knee cap of the leg. He was treated by Drs. Hell and Matchette. the knee cap was shattered beyond recovery, but the leg may be saved without amputation.
Wellington, Kan sept 21 Willam Dunham brought his son to Sumner city for treatment after being kicked in the face by a horse. The boy's nose and cheek bones were broken and he will be totally disfigured for life. Mitchell County Republicans nominate ticket. New firm at Jewell City organized with E D Heinecke C W Metcalf and W E Alston to start in October. John Roberts dying from wounds after being shot by his 18 year old son near Somerset two weeks ago.
London dispatch reports Mussulmans surrender only obsolete firearms and have not yet produced any Martini piles, per The Times Candia correspondent.
James M. Chisham, recently appointed comptroller at Atchison, was struck by a bicycle while stopping a street car. His left arm is broken. The rider, W. Fl, was uninjured, and the incident occurred minutes before Chisham inquired about the Kansas City Indianapolis baseball game.
Clarence E Brayton sergeant major of the Third New York regiment died of spinal meningitis at Harriebury. Dr H S Holing of Syractiae MD says death was caused by neglect. Authorities failed to notify parents promptly after Brayton fell ill, triggering inquiries and demand for action.
Sheriff and a force of deputies swooped through Galena seizing stock and fixtures at a local joint. Bonds set at 1,000 each as hearings follow. notices mention trains and Purify the city water prompts. County figures and Lukens House events listed in the chaotic dispatch.
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