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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
2
A fragmentary ad lists galvised boiler parts, milk strainers, tea or coffee pot items, and various kitchenware. Also features men's clothing patterns, underwear, handkerchiefs, porcelain ware, cups and saucers, glassware, towels, oilcloth bibs, and dinnerware. Contains prices and assorted decorative items.
The Topeka Grocers Association outlines a festive day at Vinewood Park featuring a welcoming program with a grand Dan that will run all day and into the evening. Highlights include a greased pig contest, potato race, tug of war, a wagon parade, and amusements such as a waxwork gallery and mirror maze. A special train from Kansas City and return service is arranged for August 5, with tickets sold at local hotels and depots.
The final session reports the House of Commons addressing international matters and delays in the Venezuelan question due to French and Spanish objections to English language use by a tribunal. It notes divisions among Christians in Macedonia, asserts support for Austro-Russian efforts to improve administration, and mentions Churchill's doubt about Parliament meeting again. The king's speech to the Lords highlights Ireland, housing, education, and reform in Irish land policy, with parliament prorogued until November.
Star Grocery Wholesale and Retail owned by E. Montgomery at 112 E. 6th lists Saturday specials including eggs and biscuits, canned vegetables, and lunch items. They announce closing all day Wednesday August 18 for the grocers picnic, urging families to join for a day in the woods.
Arthur Bates, an ice wagon driver in New York, found a chamois bag containing diamonds belonging to Douglas Dickinson of Bay Ridge. He was rewarded $100 by Dickinson after the jewels were secured and delivered. Bates first suspected tobacco related debris before discovering the bag and returning it intact to Mrs. Dickinson.
Miss Henrietta Wetherbee celebrated her twenty first birthday with an informal observance at a country home near Chatham New South Wales. Edwin B Wetherbee of New York presented a 26 0 check and a diamond brooch after a poem by the father. Gifts totaled about 135 to Kansas City and back via the Rock Island Railway. Tickets were sold at Chesterfield hotel and 222 and 408 Kansas Avenue with a party planned for August 14.
Paris Aug 14 Miss Kuehne Beveridge announced to marry Branson an American resident of Johannesburg. The sculptor known for busts of ex President Cleveland Joseph Jefferson Bryan and others has had a colorful life including a former marriage to Charles Coghlan and a rumored earlier engagement.
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