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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
4
Local note appears to summarize a sequence on Piaat Street and mentions a journal in Bulan. Limited readable context remains, with few clear entities or dates to anchor a fuller summary. The fragment suggests a street-level item or notice without explicit actions or outcomes.
A fragmented essay discusses campaign finance and individual effort, mentions a Brooklyn man favoring clean money, and notes the Prince of Wales and jockey Ted Stuan forming a business tie. Observes many issues this year to fund local campaigns and contrasts American buying power and Chinese war tactics with labor restraint. Pennsylvania and Chicago Record remark fewer campaign badges signaling civility.
The report cites a near one million dollar drop in August exports from 1899 to 1900, driven by war disruptions in China and exporters on the Pacific coast withholding data on trade with Hawaii. Despite declines, exports to Asia and Oceania are expected to rise over the year, led by increases to Japan and the Philippines.
A financial notice traces the first years of a trust, noting possible profits and stock value declines amid expensive barbed wire costs and industry overreach. The excerpt reflects a press editorials tone on greed and market mood, citing figures and speculation while deriding overreach and public greed.
In Winnebago City Minnesota a Prohibition special meeting drew a full crowd at a hotel where Henry Metcalf and G Woolley spoke. An open air gathering followed in Biruth square with about 30 attendees and Henry B Metcalf delivering the opening address.
Tecumseh postmaster J R Naylor stopped in the city with Mr and Mrs Otto Kuehiee of 239 To beka vente as parents of a newborn daughter. Flatt the rural carrier with a broken leg resumed his route this morning after an earlier runaway incident. Saturday evening a flat political meeting is planned at the Auditorium and a Republican rally under the Oklahoma Soldiers’ McKinley Roosevelt club is scheduled nearby. Lieutenant Collin Ines of the Santa Fe’s eastern division and M Duns ere attend the event amid diocesan activities at St Andrew’s church Emporia.
Cure relief product advertised to cure sick headaches biliousness sour stomach and constipation. Sold everywhere at 25 cents per box. Prepared by CL Bved &
Fragmentary reminiscence describes a sparsely settled border area where descendants of Kentucky and Virginia mountain folk built a harsh, rural life. It notes dwindling schools, county bonds, shifting loyalties, and a push toward modernization while preserving stubborn regional identities.
A heated lobby discussion centers on the Copeland showbill as audiences debate melodrama versus vaudeville. Critics urge dropping melodrama for lighter acts while praising stagecraft, palmist fakes, and a push to keep strong named performers in entertainment.
A Kansas County Clerks committee in Emporia advanced plans to draft a bill changing tax assessment laws. The panel will gather material by December 12 in Topeka for a bill to be ready for the next legislative session. Members include Swinney Cherokee chairman Hobbs Orange Davenport Franklin Ruddy Johnson Wood Sumner Cain Sedgwick Hummell Sherman Carnell Norton Peach Lyon Wright Atchison King.
Nels Robinsus was fined 350 wen and sentenced yesterday after assaulting an elderly man without provocation. The accused, described as a well known colored man, inflicted a deep wound on the victim. Robinsus pleaded mercy, claiming intoxication and lack of awareness of his actions.
Kansas City Sept 28 Chairman W D Dickey of the Republican county committee received word from DW Mulvene directing Roosevelt campaign efforts in Kansas. The governor will speak for about thirty minutes at the Armourdale gathering to follow the Armourdale meeting, with the convention talk set to begin around nine o clock.
Canton Ohio reports the president and Mrs McKinley enjoyed a lengthy drive in good weather. While they were away, several citizens visited to pay respects. California diplomat Irving B Dudley arrived in forenoon, Bourke Cochran's Kansas speaking plan discussed by Populist state committee. In Elberton Georgia a man shot three people and was arrested, sparking arrests and threats of lynching.
A disrupted filing notes importers declaring bankruptcy with liabilities around 1099 dollars and sparse asset details. The notice mentions meagre holdings and unclear names, reflecting a constrained liquidation posture amid unsettled debts.
Theodore Roosevelt travels through Kansas in a private rail convoy with Rock Island and other carrier cars. The schedule lists stops at Norton Phillipsburg Smith Center Mankato Belleville Clyde Clay Center Manhattan Junction City Solomon Salina McPherson Hutchinson with onward Missouri Pacific transfer. Accompanying the train is M A Low of Rock Island.
Philadelphia Sept 28 Wm Browne & Sons wool dealers and Phoenix Mills owners seek more time from creditors. They admit the move and expect extension. Reported liabilities range 1 million to 1.7 million dollars. Samuel Browne declined asset details but said extension would allow dollar-for-dollar payment. Principal creditors are in Philadelphia with some in Boston. Brownes helped form a worsted consortium after purchasing five million pounds of wool six months earlier, a price drop causing losses. A meeting for James Martin & Sons dyers and finishers extension was also announced at the mills with no asset or liability statements yet and no decision by creditors.
Mrs Richner a widow, collapsed while preparing lunch at her daughter Mrs Joseph Shaffer's home on Leland between 4th and 5th streets. She died before a physician arrived. A large healthy 59 year old who had outlived her husband. She leaves another daughter, Robert Cathers.
Kansas endures the heaviest September rainfall in 17 years with Topeka reporting 5a inches since Monday. The storm spreads over eastern and northern Kansas, with multiple towns recording inches of precipitation. Snow in Colorado and heavy frosts in the Northwest accompany the weather surge.
Heavy rainfall for four days floods Parsons Kansas. Labette Creek overflows destroying city and county property. About 25 blocks flooded, homes and outbuildings swept away. Livestock, corn, and grain losses tallied. road damage reported across county. Waterworks and oil plant halt operations as water inundates low-lying areas.
Local notice lists a cut rate ticket office in Wichita Kansas with itineraries including Hutchinson Salina and Fort Scott. Names Joseph and Mo are mentioned with September 28 as a date.
Report from Galveston notes daily corpses found and burned amid wreck debris. Cotton receipts reach 6000 bales with moderate grain imports. About 1700 workers labor on wharves and 1405 clearing debris. more help needed. Also mentions Ft Worth Dallas Texas transport fare and travel dates via Santa Fe Route.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepain Tablets as digesting 2000 grains of meat or other foods in a test method. It asserts rapid stomach relief and cautions that dyspepsia is not cured by medicine, urging use with meals and promoting a small price in the U.S. and Canada.
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