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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
7
Market today shows strong cash demand for corn supporting firmer prices. Traders note steady buying interest from processors and exporters while corn futures hover near session highs. Prices gain despite steady nearby supplies and mixed crop conditions across key growing regions.
New York Aug 12 Lanburg Thalimen Co announce completed negotiations bringing new interests to the Seaboard Air Line railway. BF Yoakum H Clay Pierce Bi Guiness and Okbiah Thorne named trustees with Jon Skelton Williams as president and Yoakam as director. Thorne Van Vorst also elected to the board. The Seaboard leadership ties to Saint Louis San Francisco rail quad noted.
Bishop M'Care of the Methodist Church will visit Topeka on October 1 8. The G A R Post and the Brotherhood of St Paul have asked to use the auditorium for the evening to aid the Washburn College campus memorial building fund.
Fragmentary text references inviting a person named Miles, Commander Smith, and a visit to San Francisco. Mentions Wien Department Commander A. W. Saritenewth and General Neleon A. Miles. Overall meaning is obscured. key names and places are tentative.
In Kanes City Aug 12 cattlemen accuse major packing houses of a nationwide price fix. They warn of unprecedented farm failures before January 1 as loans are called in and cattle prices stay depressed. A Kansas City meeting is planned to seek remedies against the alleged combine.
Nettle DeCourcey a noted singer will star in Calamity the Walt at the New Cray Sunday night. The production blends melodrama with rural atmosphere and strong supporting company. Sale of tickets opens today at Rowley and Snow's. Endorse Hearst for Presidency. convention news notes Woodby appointment and German illicit whisky case.
District Attorney J B Dean announced Thhulan must pay revenue on liquor he manufactured. He is said to have produced about 40 gallons since starting the still. The usual revenue of 31.10 per gallon will be doubled. Thielan will likely settle for $1.10 to avoid further trouble.
St Louis August 12 Chief of the world’s fair live stock department announces no charge for entries in all divisions including poultry pigeons and dogs as well as horses cattle sheep and swine. Prizes will be awarded by individual judges under the one judge system with judging by comparison throughout the classes.
A young Ottawa Kan man Robert Gray is swindled of 17 dollars and a fold watch by three strangers posing as state employment agents on Maple Street. He reports the theft to police. Senator Isarran begins a speaking tour through Cherryvale and Mound City Mo, substituting for W Folk of St. Louis. Banks in the city start testing subsidiary coin shipments to ease local retail change shortages.
New York free employment shows about forty New Yorkers and 36 others from Pennsylvania and New England registered for Kansas wheat harvest. Four foreigners also reported for field work. A long list names New York City delegates and provincial arrivals plus scattered eastern states. A British dispatch from London notes Kishinev riots with Jewish victims and authorities blamed, detailing casualty counts and aftermath.
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