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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
9
Mara Spivey hosts her WG club on Saturday evening. A report details various society gatherings, engagements, and wedding chatter, with mentions of members attending meetings, upcoming events, and celebrated couples. The piece reads as a brisk society column full of names, places, and social doings.
A stream of society notices notes engagements visits and guests across Newton and nearby areas. George Bartow Penny and Mrs Prentis host gatherings while Dr and Mrs John Lawrence Work of Marsden visit Judet Abrus Bergen and Mrs Rot eat Marrow welcomes guests. Elizabeth Drew and J Schroeder announce engagement as preparations for a January wedding continue.
Me page notes H Watt Page says he will start to rid work as license collector of Uw rliy May 1. Parkes refuses to give up office until May 15 creating a heated dispute between claimants for the 260 Jo. Ferber wins the race but is kept by Col. Hughes. Page’s statement says officers must retire only with the new mayor’s election. Council may pay May wages to one of the men. Page favors direct ownership while Dorbes appeals to public support.
A crowded dining room scene includes General Keifer, his aides, and many attendees discussing wartime policies and speculating on leadership. The exchange touches on War Department matters and postwar planning as figures navigate tense relations and public scrutiny.
In Topeka readers anticipate a president's welcome while civic figures debate suet bans and public decorum. A murky report on a murder case in Kentucky hints at broader unrest as jurors weigh evidence in the James Howard trial related to Willem Goebel's death.
A jury found the defendant guilty after a misstep in sentencing deliberations. The court reconvened at 1 o clock to decide the punishment. Eleven jurors favored life imprisonment while three urged a life term. one juror suggested death, but the panel did not agree on the sentence.
The notice outlines a parade route from Quince and Seventh to Fourth Street and Kansas Avenue, urging merchants on the line of the district to decorate their windows elaborately for the occasion. It asks for displays honoring the president and the nation, with special emphasis on the stars and stripes. The Executive Committee signs the call.
The Commercial club received a bronze commemorative medal from Ot Paris after the best exhibit showed from various global sources. Secretary Anderson noted efforts and hinted a possible pursuit of a gold prize by future lobbying and display improvements.
Herbert G Webb, a Cornell football player who disappeared during a typhoid fever outbreak, has been located and is en route to his Newark home. He was found by a private detective at a former classmate’s home in Mississippi. Webb had left the university during the outbreak period.
Kansas City April 2 Thomas M Spofford former president of the upper house of the city council was declared insane by a probate court jury. Drs Notain Ker Punton and Jabez Jackson testified to his failing mind and that the condition would be permanent and incurable. Mrs Spofford stated he was ill at home and unable to attend the court. The Spofford estate is said to be worth considerable, with his guardianship assigned to Mrs Spofford. The case follows a period of breakdown after serving as president and later traveling in Italy and abroad.
Mrs Levi 2 Leiter and daughter Daley Leiter narrowly escaped a fall from a steamship deck as a sea struck the rail during a rough homeward voyage from a Delhi Durbar. They had attended the Durbar with Lord Curzon as viceroy and had been away nearly a year. Continuous seas battered the deck and the party sought safety near the stern.
Adjourned annual meeting of stockholders of the Topeka Way Company postponed to May 14 1903 at 8 p m at the company offices none Eighth avenue Topeka Kansas due to lack of a majority stock represented Apologies and notices issued by CLIPPON D GARKIR Attest President J G SLONECHER Secretary Dated Topeka KS April 20 1903 Also report on Larynellogical Rhindingtéal and Otelogical society convention with speakers from America and England and list of attendees City Ticket Office Union Pacific Railroad 625 Kansas avenue
A survey traces American furniture from colonial to early national times, noting English and Dutch influences, regional woods, and the rise of Chippendale and Louis styles. It discusses cabinets, chairs, and the shift toward artful interior adornment, advising balance between old charm and modern utility.
A collection of old time pudding recipes and kitchen hints. Dainty orange pudding uses stale bread, oranges, milk and sugar baked in a pastry case. Tamarind and rhubarb tapioca pudding mixed with lemon rind and baked until tender. Hunters pudding combines flour, suet, raisins and baking powder boiled in a cloth for three hours and served with melted butter. Also notes a starch improvement and a method to dampen clothes for ironing.
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