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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1901
Page
2
Washburns football team delivered a strong performance Saturday against Normal, with good coaching by Michigan man Seon and standout play by Captain Gill. The effort boosted local enthusiasm and prospects for the season.
Medics were outplayed as Misakell beat Kacras City on a muddy Bermeen field. Haskell scored the first TD while Mee minutes later linked with teammates in a spirited effort. Stewart’s clever plays and Holman’s reliable runs kept Medics from mounting a comeback as the visitors dominated.
A fragmented report outlines a forthcoming ball players’ trip with made up motions and AL stars touring New England and Chicago for an exhibition dubbed AL Biers. Names such as Barrett Gelders and Davin appear in garbled lines amid unclear references to teams, dates, and venues.
A garbled report lists Patterson and others awaiting injuries and returns as White Stockings and American Semmy teams prepare in Providence Worcester Athnoy Blachamton N Y with exhibitions in Boston and New York. It notes players Magee Elate and teams Vorken New Fark Tusior Staee UixinM ATi and others, detailing travel, dates, and venues amid an erratic recap of games and lineup chatter.
Toronto report describes a 21 round bout won by Eddie Hennady of Pittsburgh over Mathews of Brooklyn, with Kennedy bleeding and weakened as the fight progressed. The match drew crowd attention at Crescent Athletic Club and featured heavy exchanges, decisive moments, and a late rally by Matthews before the bout ended in the thirteenth round.
Reported in heavy garble, a boxing style clash mentions Kennedy against the Pittebarres with many false moves. The bout ended with a left uppercut and a jaw finish, but details are unclear due to OCR damage and missing names.
Chicago, Sept. Chicago White Sox clinch American League pennant as early-season leader Detroit and Boston fade. The season ends with Comiskey's club securing the flag amid close rivalry, while New York and Philadelphia teams make late bids and city notes on Ban Johnson's moves surface.
Argentine Kansas September report shows 200 of 1200 former American Smelting and Refining workers still employed elsewhere while 900 have been laid off in two months. Many seek jobs in packing houses and Kansas City plants. future of the Argentine smelter remains undecided as managers hedge on reopening plans.
Judge Madden decides an interesting civil action involving Job Hulse and two wives. Jane Hates of Towaland seeks a widow’s share, with Hulse’s second marriage to Matilda Ivy and property in Anderson and Coffey counties. The court rules Matilda is the lawful wife, entitling her to one half of the estate and the children to the other half. the plaintiff plans to appeal to the supreme court.
Leavenworth Sept. 30. Judge W Hook refused to release Peter C. Deming from the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. Deming, a former New York captain in the voluntary subsistence department, was convicted of embezzling about $5,000 and sentenced to three years. The judge said he could not decide the freeing question without breaking law and followed the practice to favor the attacked judgment when a decision is doubtful.
Judge Hook declares inability to construe the law as required in a case involving a volunteer soldier held by court martial. The ruling implies potential release for four months of volunteers currently serving sentences, as Deming's lawyers contest the use of regular army officers in the court martial.
Fire swept the Mc A gymnasium in Lawrence Kansas early Sunday causing about 4600 in losses with 2000 insured. The armory for Company H of the Kansas militia housed guns and 6000 rounds of ammunition. several people were injured by the blaze and the building included baths and a swimming pool. The structure had opened that season and proved popular.
In Troy Kansas a street fight on Sunday left Carl White, 25, fatally shot after a dispute at a restaurant run by George Lange. White allegedly insulted Lange’s claim of not selling alcohol, prompting the altercation. White died after emergency surgery to save his life.
The Kansas State Firemen's Association will hold its fourteenth annual meeting in Junction City on October 15 with special rally and events. President Charles Marat of Peabody and Secretary Walter Puckey of Clay Center were listed among organizers, with Bourbon County and Scott County noted among participants. The report also notes a political shift in Kansas with a fusion of Republicans and Populists backing a Democratic candidate after a new law changes ballot access.
John Nowe eighteen was sentenced in district court to five years in the state penitentiary after Judge Dennis Maddern found no extenuating circumstances. The case centered on premeditated assault admitted on the stand, with the judge noting discretionary power to send to the Industrial finers for the offense.
Mrs HT. Haines, proprietor of the Frievo dining hall at the depot in this city, was notified that probate courts of Philadelphia forwarded 1,000 to her through the Sanitary Rationed Bank as her share of an estate left by her grandmother who recently died in Philadelphia. Skull Crushed by Horse pohers Kas. Sept. 30. The 14old spy OFS Tudiken. ving 12 nora iwest of Clay Centar, was kicked on the head by a horse while trying to catch it in a pasture Saturday afternoon. The skull was frae resting easy and partially conscious. Lavigne's Next Match. New York. Sept. 30. id Lavigne, the ex lightweight champion, who has been trying for some time to get a rantehi being secured to meet Ast Sits, bout before the WM, Erie Athlete amsc iiation, of Canada, on October if if Lavigne defeats Simms he will eet plenty of matches in the future, as he meets defeat he will probably retire from the ring, Wichita and Return $462 via Santa Fe Account Festival Pair and Tickets on sale Sept 2 to returning as late as Reunion, 6. Good,
The Wabash Railroad proclaims itself the only line running from Kansas City to Buffalo with sleeping cars to New York and the fastest time. It also notes convenient connections to New York and Boston and claims trains pass two-thirds of the way around the Exposition grounds for through passengers headed to Buffalo to view the Electric Display and iptonaa.
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