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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1903

Page

8

Police Jottings and Liquor Case at Washburn College

Professor Davies tested liquor alleged alcoholic as Klauer is captured in a case tied to Dusenberry. A judge granted an informal exception this morning. The trial featured Prof EB Dukes and witnesses describing samples of brew and legal proceedings extending into the afternoon.

Harmitton Ted Shnuta Ewen Dukes Chemistry Washburn Colopt Chst Therm Prof Dulses

Fragmented Notice Recalls Picketing Horse Event and Navy Contracts

A chaotic fragment recalls a picket of a horse on a parade, a marching band warning, and soldiers near a jamboree in an era of Navy contracts. It mentions James Norville and Thumer Greee of Gi North Hansae, with a note on a Crescent Ship contract awarded for the cruiser Chattanooga and a torpedo base construction in Elizabethport.

James Norville Thumer Greee Washington, Aug Brere Crescent Ship, Building Company of Elizabethport Chettanoogam Baste

Bank Cashier Zils Himash Fort Werne Ind

A garbled OCR note references a bank cashier named Zils Himash at Fort Werne in Indiana. The text contains many unreadable fragments and appears to discuss a Priest Nationkh bank and a claimant or belief about an energy or entity, but specifics are not recoverable from the readable portions.

Fort Werne Ind Puiris Nationkh Bank

Cheaper Soul Saving by Bruce Brown Sermon Message

The Rev Bruce Brown of North Site Christian church urged shifting emphasis from building multiple churches in respectable communities to funding gospel work for the poor. He warned that thriving church numbers do not save destitute slums and called for religious trust to aid where needed most.

Bruce Brown North Site Religious Trust

Hank Monk Relics to Star Nevada Exhibit at World’s Fair

J A Yerrington of Carson City Nevada, executive commissioner, announced Nevada will display Hank Monk relics at the Saint Louis World’s Fair. The gold watch inscribed to Monk for guiding Horace Greeley on time and the stage coach used by Greeley’s ride will travel to the fair, with the coach to be shown at the Nevada booth. The display also honors Mark Twain, a Carson City resident, and references his connections to the local press.

al Fe Dwain Hankson Horace Greeley Placerville Jehu St. ‘Louis J. A. Yerrington Carsam City Nevada St. Louie Placer Ville Hank Monk Horace Hank Mr. Clemens Ukecom Mr. Greeles Mr. Creeley Greeley Monk J. B. Becton Carson City Erton Wings Henton Terrington Renton Hank Mogg Mer. Yerrington St. Louis Union Station California Yerrington Lark Twain Sam Cletpens Carson

Keith Sees Montgomery County Boom At Copeland

Representative J H Keith of Montgomery County says the area outpaces others in population and wealth growth, with five gun town firms attracting new manufacturing. He notes gas field decline elsewhere, driving plants to Kansas, and cites a rise from one to five glass plants employing about 125 glass blowers. Three plants make window glass, one makes tableware, one bottles, with origins split between eastern firms and local construction.

Montgomery County J. H. Keith Copeland Indiana Kansas Keith

Glass Blowers Claim Labor Control and High Wages

In a discussion on glassblowing, the speaker notes glassblowers are highly independent and regulate their trade, limiting skilled labor supply by restricting instruction to family members or chosen outsiders. They claim wages range from eight to twenty dollars daily, with rollers in steel and other skilled trades commanding higher pay. Mr. Keith, president of a new glass company, leads the factory initiative.

Keith

Trains Meet Head On In Milwaukee Collision

One man is dead and five others critically injured after two passenger trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line collided near Long Lake station east of Madison. Officials say orders confusion may have caused the wreck. The dead man died about two hours after the crash.

Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paut Madison Chicago Long Lake Station

Glanders prevelant prompts cross-state action in Kansas City

Glanders is said to be prevalent on the two Kansas cities. Missouri livestock authorities have asked the Kansas live stock sanitary commission to meet them in Kansas City as soon as possible to stamp out the disease. Since the two cities are closely connected, cooperation between state authorities is deemed essential.

Kansas Cites Missouri Kansas Live Stock Sanitary Commission Kansas City

Dyer Returns To Office Amid Family Illness

Mr. Frank R. Dyer, assistant state superintendent of public instruction, is back in his Wichita office for a short time after a week away due to his wife’s serious illness from typhoid fever. He left during an educational address in Mankato to receive the telegram. Hope remains she will recover, and today marks his first return home since the illness began.

Foster Baxter J. M. Campbell Arnold Drug Company George Baird Charles Charle Helms Sliver Lake W. J. Hannan Forbes Bros. Mill David McMillin Kansas Avenue Colorado New Maxton E. C Arnold Arnold Drug Co Hansas City D. T. Gabriel Ralph Thomas Dennizon Kansas Clark Nelswender Silver Lake Netswender P. H. Steward Hoyt Topeka North Topeka W. C. Steele Hollam Larkin Irving Dittenderfer Junction City Ditfenderfer Monroe Street J. A Campbell Lincoln Street Fifth Dr. T. RB Reynolds Lance Stine Holmes Hell Western Avenue D. Small Br. O D -Skinner Mrs. Morthland Mre Williard Git Delavan, Park FM. James Tootka Dirk Oscar Bischof Mies Olivia Bischof Germany No. 1 J. Hathrawar Tom Near Berta Shields Jove Dickineen Grace Shafer Mesre Job Shids Walter [Dickinson John Shafer North Mr. Dyer Frank R. Dyer Der Wichita Mankato

Wireless telephone base arrives in breakthrough tests

The Collins apparatus shows that sound can be transmitted through wood, water, or metal by electrical waves. Early experiments indicate satisfactory results as the device converts words into vibrations and modulates current, with rapid oscillations described in the report.

Collins

Time the autos police arrest seventeen drivers for speeding

Police in Evanston stop and detain seventeen motorists for driving above the 8 mph limit eight miles from town. They are released on personal recognizance to appear in court later. A minimum fine of 25 dollars is noted for speed ordinance violations.

Aus Valle Ruston Yeaterdeyam Peronee Evanston Phe

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Davies Klauer Mr. Dusenberry Abe Fieerey Kluwer Biles’ Kaed Tlenderson Hewkshaws Kisue Cusnett Profesaoe W. Bendéter Mr. Bennieter Samplic Wardes Dunmbeery Alwaye Frank P. Sargent Superinten of Immigration Sargent Congress Stove Guklart New York Aig Haa Lee Wookie York Dally Boomer Madras Oxford Kansas State Fair Kansas State Exposition CO Kansas Improved Stock Breeders’ Association Kansas State Poultry Association Department of Horticulture The Kansas State Horticultural Society Department of Farm Products and Kansas State Grange Kansas Dairy Association M. A. Low Chas. H. Sampson Georgetown Robert Noaks Calebah Tiliore Chicago Great Western Railway St. Paul Minestern Eisenaer A West Ninth Street W. F. Roehr Music CO Kansas Ave
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