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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1904
Page
11
Prominent voices argue against heavy classical study for girls and call for practical training focused on home life and self-support. The piece questions higher math and Latin for women, urging real skills like cooking, budgeting, and child care, while advocating personal independence within marriage.
The Empress Haru-Ko and the crown prince appeared publicly in Western dress, setting a new norm for Japanese nobility. The spectacle prompted a shift toward more courtly treatment of wives, with male companions expected to mirror Western courtesy. The article notes monogamy as favored by the Empress, who is styled the honorable Indy despite a dynasty permitting multiple wives.
Kate Clyde describes a shift in women’s styling toward modest pompadours that frame the face, simplified waistlines, and tailored street outfits. The text notes harmonized color work, lighter skirts, and the move away from heavy, revealing cuts toward comfortable, neatly cut pieces.
Forty residents voted unanimously against a sewer project in the Martin and Dennis addition, following a meeting held Friday night at Schijcter & Holm. Councilman T. Howe led the discussions, signaling future resistance to the proposed improvements.
The Rate Committee of the Commerce Industrial body today announced its members to meet with Vice President Morton and other railroad officials regarding rate litigation. Anger Davis Jensen MacIennin Deranm are listed as committee members along with Wilting Green presiding.
A garbled local notice reports a 2 pm special meeting of the Typographical Union Lomorro at the Y M C A near the Santa Fe depot to discuss the Fower of Chan. Phinney. It also mentions a Rio railroad secretary, a singer Burg E. Zela, and a controversial raid on Quincy Street with a bartender arrest. A Lawrence man, John Kiser, was fined in federal court for selling liquor. The petit jury was discharged. grand jury expected to begin Monday. Additional items reference a fake bond case against H. T. Miller and a disreputable house arrest at Smoky Tow with a Monday hearing.
A local notice announces an excursion Sunday May 4 to Kansas City and return fare listed at $1.25 Sant.
The text stresses spring as the time for medicine to restore impurity and weakness in the blood. Pimples, eruptions, low vitality, poor appetite, and fatigue signal the need for treatment and renewed energy in the season.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as purifying the blood, increasing appetite and vitality, and curing eruptions. It urges family use and cites a Vermont customer testimonial about recovering health after a bottle. The claim ends with a promise to cure and keep the promise.
Washington reports Joben, president of the American National hall of Kansas Clery, led a successful bid for a 3 million issue of temporary Philippine certificates. The New York syndicate was outbid, the bid totaling 1 038? The certificates, redeemable in 1000 dollar coupons, bear 4 percent interest. The syndicate included National City Bank and Guarantor Trust, among others. Jobes traveled to New York to press the bid, but was denied entry. he then returned to Washington with a personal bid backed by a 20,000 dollar certified check.
A fire at 1039 Polk Street totally destroys a Lyman's barge and barn, with a buggy lost. Incendiary origins are suspected as police fight an ongoing rash of arson reports. Insurance covers $225. nearby barns escaped major damage despite the blaze.
A severe frost formed from 2 a.m. to after 4 a.m. with temperatures falling below freezing across most districts. The national weather bulletin notes cloudy skies in western and southern counties with fair conditions in central areas and expects possible showers tonight into Sunday. Winds from the east-northeast at around 12 mph.
The article reports rising tensions between Santa Fe and the International Association of Machinists. Despite dispatches claiming a strike was abandoned, Santa Fe officials warn trouble is inevitable. IAM president Fred Robertson asserts a strike could come within two weeks after a secret vote.
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America is expected to reach Pueblo Colorado today to confer with the tarrells.
Judge Pollock ruled the receivership cannot take possession of New Era stores held by Mrs. Grear and her relatives amid the John F. Spear bankruptcy case. The decision directs the trustee to investigate ownership before any property is moved, noting lack of proper notice to Grear parties and potential impact on local owners. Lawyers for Grear argued the action was improper and unnamed witnesses were not notified. The creditors' meeting looms as the case proceeds to determine rightful ownership and control of the stores.
The State Insurance department completed the annual apportionment of the Trewen relief fund, funded by fire insurance companies. The total fund amounts to $26,900.53, an increase of $2,495 over last year, derived from a 2 percent tax on each company's business written in the year.
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