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Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1903

Page

3

Santa Fe Train Hits Freight Near Olatha Kansas

A Santa Fe passenger train No 2 collided with a freight car near Olatha Kansas last evening. Five people were badly injured though none are expected to die. The passenger train was about fifty miles per hour and late, with crew and passengers rushed to Saint Josephs hospital.

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Fieve Fret Snake Incident In Seapon Instance

Mrs J M Creath reports a fret snake sighting near her farm seven miles north of the city. A four foot long house snake was killed in a hen house with a swollen protuberance observed on its body. The witness described the scene as she watched a bottle aphase and noted markings on the ground near the chicken house.

J .M. Creath Hennery Ahie Pallu Bond Fawa Republic

Emporia Tontine in Court Over Ownership and Injunction

Attorney WOW filed a petition in Emporia alleging the Globe Tiamend company owes funds. Allan Trown, treasurer, holds invested notes and Roney Invested tq Uye company. Hemirick seeks an injunction. the company contends it can repay, argues no need for a receiver, and notes most debts arose in Rimperan with weekly payments for workers.

Emporia Tontine Wow Geer Aven Brown Globe Tiamend Hendrick Emporia Allan Trown Wurth Rimperan Seheran Wien

Investors confront halted payout under court injunction

The text describes investors backing a company facing a temporary injunction from Judge Madden that blocks further payouts until a higher court case is heard next October. Shareholders expect returns as long as business profits sustain treasury needs, while a proposed shutdown risks losing invested funds.

Aimee Walten Ays Ip Erperia Tarctis

Robbery and crime notes with local divorce filing items

A gnarled OCR block reports a post office robbery and a depot fire with suspect activity, then shifts to a Wichita divorce warrant for Draper accused of cruelty and threats. Additional items cover a telephones line, a farm residence, a city tax on drugs, and a marriage notice in Ottawa Kansas.

Draper Wichita Kas Indien Wichite Pawer Tie Welte Bere Pane Te Y Jean Tere Cape Churchill Roarty Nomile Oitawe Drug Store Ottawa Kan

COLOR LINE DRAWN AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD

New York Avie reports a colored ex crewman was removed from the ship Colombia at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after a dispute over orders. Chief petty officers, including a Black crewman, faced tension as officers attempted to carry out commands amid racial friction. The incident highlights color line tensions aboard the vessel.

New York Avie United States Colombia Bronklyn Navy Yard Tim Captelis Boweld Washington Nehill Washington Hoodn Wileon Ard Kittredge Tannehil O'Connor

Sunday Excursion to Wathens Chautangos Via Rock Island

Fragmentary notice for a Sunday rail excursion from Feocke Island depot to Wathens Chautangos and back. Mentions return trip timing around 97.45 and a prompt retrieval by Stocksland group. Referred products and addresses appear garbled but indicate a local travel plan and a drugstore brand advertisement.

Wathens Chautangos Rock Island Bystem Feocke Island Depot Stocksland Agen

Jeffries Beats Corbett In Rough Classic Fights For Heavyweight Title

Betting favored Jeffries at 3 to 1 as the bout opened with Corbett, Fitzsimmons, and Jeffries all praised, but the fight ended with Corbett knocked down and defeated. Jeffries carried the momentum to a hard finish, while Corbett suffered facial cuts and a bruised nose, a dramatic showing in a famed ring clash.

Francisco Corbett Jeffries Burley Sharkey Fitzsimmsons Ride Jem Jeff Jef Jeffries-Fussiamene Frisco Fussimmons

MISS ANTHONY'S GOOD WORK Defeats Miss Carpenter in Close Golf Match

Chicago, Aug. 7 Miss Bessie Anthony western champion won a tight match at Glenview Links by 2 up over Jeannine Carpenter of Westward Ho after trailing 2 down at halfway. Anthony edged ahead late with nerves and accuracy, halving the seventeenth, winning the eighteenth, and taking the Glenview trophy as Carpenters lead faded. The rest of the report notes other various races and events including cups won by Mrs. William Herrick and Sallie Ainslee at different venues and details from swimming and horse racing competitions.

Miss Carpenter Chicago Bessie Anthony Glenview Misa John- Bier Carpenter Westward Ho

Corbett Jordan Battle Looms For Featherweight Title

An international featherweight title bout is planned within two months. The match will feature Young Corbett defending against Jordan who sails from England in ten days to meet him. Jordan seeks the London purse but Corbett declines, prompting the bout to be staged here.

New York Young Corbett Corbett Jordan Jordon England National Sporting Club of London

NO BETS ON BIG FIGHT IN NEW YORK

The refusal of Jim Corbett’s admirers to place bets on the ex-champion beating Jim Jeffries shows they expect little time to wait and seek better odds later. Johnny Considine and Hon vat John Kelley report no bets heard, though they’d back Jeffries with a few thousand dollars if Corbett’s friends want in.

New York Aug. T Jim Corbett Jim Jeffries Johnny Considine John” Kelley Jeffries Corbett

Ryan's Chauffeur Fined for Prohibited Speed

Edward Maing, a Cincinnati chauffeur employed by J. J. Ryan, was fined 50 dollars for speeding the Ryan automobile at a rate forbidden by city ordinance. The car, a forty horse power track machine, went to Sheepman’s tavern at San Francisco Beach to train for a bantamweight title bout with Frankie Neil, with manager John Herta predicting a 118 pound weigh in.

Saratog O. Abe Edward Maing J. J. Ryan Cincinnati Union Avenue Ryan Sheepman's Tavern Geran Beach Frankie Neil John Herta

Missouri Valley League At Pittsburg Defeats Springfield

In heavy ground a featureless contest Pittsburg beat Springfield 7 3. Batterlee-Baxter Finney and Hiller contributed as the Blues won the fast paced game in the Missouri Valley League standings.

Pittsburg Springfield Springfeld Bitterlen Hunton Reamona Horton Wood Blues Ror Columbus Fesbeos Batterlee Baxter Finney Petti

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