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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
7
A garbled report mentions a Rock Creek event with a boy apprehension and a reform matter, plus a trip to Topeka and a Shatin expiation. It notes J Pierpont Morgan arriving on the Oceanic and a Herald dispatch from London regarding Epworth League correspondence and a spree.
The Kansans for Pension Commissioner endorsement seeks backing in a partisan meeting. The group recommends HW for the post amid discussion of nominees. Majority faction backs Blue while other members appoint new leadership.
A horrific four person killing unfolds in Everett Waxh where Mrs Shen ard Re. Dudes fatally shoots her husband their 4 year old son and herself after a quarrel. The scene at the home reveals a smoking revolver and a brutal sequence as witnesses recall the events. The assailant Mrs Bacey is reported to have fired at her husband then killed herself ending a violent domestic tragedy. Investigators describe the case as deeply tragic with a fatal outcome for the family.
The president and several aides toured a tea farm near Pine Forest Inn in Somerville after a restful night and breakfast. Attorney General Knox appeared curious about a bolt during a mock play as others relaxed on the inn veranda. Secretary Wilson planned a southern Georgia Florida and Iowa visit and would not accompany the president back to Washington this afternoon.
A scrambled OCR passage describes medicines for children and references various local business items. It notes charters granted to several companies, including Mill & Elevator and Concordia Lod & Cold Storage, with stated capital sums. Mentions a theater event, ticket sales, and a few unrelated domestic notices, all conveyed in fragmentary form.
The Plan to shorten the term to six months faces opposition from Superintendent Davidson who warns it would cripple schools and push a bond issue. Local officials debate funding, salaries, and temporary relief options as crowding pressures mount across high and graded schools.
Local notices list numerous Wanted ads including salesmen, drivers, clerks, and a general farm and factory labor pool. Also offerings for sale items, lost and found, and real estate, with scattered names and locations in a busy classified page.
A Willard post master William Runce suffers a severe finger injury when his hand is caught between a car door and the frame. The door shut suddenly as the train moved, severing part of a finger on his left hand. He sought medical help afterward at a local surgeon in Topeka.
Nortonville News editor Te Rendeina, while returning from Colorado, believes the Boulder all Betts expedition shows promise for a major westward venture. He cites expected profits, risks, and the need for cautious financing as essential factors in pursuing the opportunity.
The Emporia Telephone company will have a new line opened tomorrow between Topeka and Emporia as part of Independent Telephone Kansas system. Final connections will be completed in a few days to put the metallic circuit in operation linking Topeka with Council Grove Alma and other towns. The expanded line will repurpose an old grounded circuit and includes connections with Topeka avenues and BF Bankes.
A fragmentary notice discusses a “White Ribbon Remedy” said to cure or suppress appetite for alcoholic beverages. It mentions limited distributions without patient knowledge and references temperance activities and officials in California. The text is garbled and includes multiple names and vague claims about addiction treatment and covert use.
Joseph Mo April 14 Louie Sparks aged 11 son of H Sparks, a railway bridge contractor, ran away to join Delphine O Conner aged 11 daughter of a prominent merchant. Police intercepted the couple and blocked the elopement. The Sardoy avenue bridge over the Kaw near North Topeka and Oakland was then inspected and accepted by county commissioners. Hogg entertains diplomats in New York with Governor Hoge and guests including Claude Hamilton and Viscount Deerhurst.
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