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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1902
Page
7
Kansas City tickets priced at two hundred dollars go on sale October, with a special eight train run noted for October. Availability applies to the round trip in both directions.
New York September 3 report on education bill turmoil in England. Liberal and Conservative factions clash over nonconformist education, with threats to oppose rates if the bill persists. Some propose compromise via clergy and Bible based instruction limiting religious materials. October reviews discuss the issue.
Veteran activist Henry B. Blackwell will attend the suffrage convention in October at Representative Hall and deliver the principal address the night of the 4th. At 75 he remains ardent in the fight for woman suffrage, accompanied by his daughter Alice Stone Blackwell who aids him.
In New York a bankruptcy filing for Walter Stanton of this city and Ste Burge Bincelt details liabilities of Coffter & Stanton bankers, firm failed in 1894. Stanton lists total liabilities at about 4,156,047 with 2,986,173 secured and 291,630 contingent. Personal debts amount to 5,375 and a 325 asset offset is noted.
In Brookline Massachusetts women golfers began an 18 hole qualifying round for a national championship amid heavy downpours. Across the Atlantic, Poland faced fires after a day of widespread house burnings blamed on children playing with fire, killing two.
Advertises low fares for travel to Washington DC with mentions of stopover privileges and side trips. Notes tickets from 900 Century Building, Bt Youle, with details on home inshore recorsion. Indiana and Ohio points available for sale at the same time.
The Oppenheimer midway show remains stranded in Atchison after conflicts over payments and garnishments. Lawsuits involve 30 dollars and 20 dollars claims, with a bank in Kansas City and a National Bank in Topeka cited. Movement plans faltered. transportation expected, settlement likely, yet show loses attractions as chiefs of the troupe leave for Chicago.
Dispatches from New York and other cities recount revolutionists in Acre proclaiming independence, Bolivia war declarations, prisoner treatments, and a Paris report on Helen Mor pendents. A Missouri Pacific vice president visit to San Francisco hints at railroad finance and talks of Philippine plans. A wreck on the Texas and Pacific route derails a train, killing cattle and delaying mail. Festival tickets go on sale with multiple daily trains and pass prices.
An old advertisement notes Pond's Extract as a year round remedy. It states it is manufactured and sold only by The Lone's Extract Company at 74 Fifth Ave New York City.
A retired capitalist recalls a clash with local merchants and odd statutes in Connecticut towns. He narrates misfortunes from licensing fights to Sunday laws, boycotts, and court fines, including arrests over odd signs and petty profit battles, ending with a defiant tale of legal entanglements and community pressure.
Rept. 3 and Percy Chubb at his new venture at ham sold to cup defender Vigilant Mr. Ames. intends to take it to Boston early next season and will use it cruising along the coast most of the time but will race when it offers.
Classified notices show multiple WANTED ads for domestic help including first class barber, female help, general housework, cook, chambermaid, and two capable workers for a small family. Also listings for a competent white girl and a white cook with location details and contact: 50 Lincoln St, 3 Bath Ave, Topeka area.
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