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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1903

Page

7

Levy Glance at Topeka Tax Plans and Street Work

In Topeka the council debates raising the levy from 1 to 0. The neighborhood fights over 18th street car tracks and park improvements. City funds would shift with reduced Interewt fund and increased park and hydrant expenses as authorities plan street openings and alley work amid heavy rains.

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Wreck at Curtis crossing wrecks two cars injures many

Disaster on the Southwest Missouri electric railway near Carthage follows a Curtis crossing collision at high speed. Motorman and conductor injuries reported. many passengers sustain internal injuries, fractures, and burns. Dead include Joseph Bake and several others from Carthage and nearby towns. cause attributed to miscommunications and telephone instructions from dispatch at Webb City.

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New Way to Stop Cars Sparks Court Action

A man in a streetcar dispute was arrested after attempting to halt a street car with a revolver. He faced a police court hearing where Judge Tracy warned punishments for interfering with street car operations and asserted citizen rights over the company.

Good Roads Rally Across States and Territories

An editorial vision urges building roads from the plains to the Pacific, linking Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Kansas and beyond. It extols steel and steam era growth, promises wealth health and beauty from Arkansas to California, and calls for modern improvements and better motor vehicle infrastructure. Delegations take a Lake Washington excursion after a long afternoon session.

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Rivers Rising and Flood Conditions Across Kansas

Local reports from Minneapolis to Salina and junction City indicate rivers such as the Solomon Smoky Hill and Arkansas River rising and falling with recent heavy rains. Farmers anticipate better soil moisture for plowing and corn, though some fields damaged by flood and delayed threshing in Larned.

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Markets Today Corn Belt Weakens Corn Cattle Slips Hogs Rise

Favorable influences in the corn belt ease corn prices while live stock trade shows cattle weaker than usual. Hogs firm up and gain a point as market activity shifts.

WEALTH OF RAIN HURTS WHEAT AND HARVEST PROGRESS

A detailed regional weather and crop summary notes heavy rains delaying threshing and plowing across multiple districts. Wheat in shock. alfalfa third crop growing. corn in variable condition. apples and potatoes varying in yield. pastures and cattle generally faring well despite soggy ground and hail in some areas. Market notes indicate grain receipts and price movements amid rain-delayed activity.

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Kidnaping and ransom plot shocks Trivenport Iowa

Reports from Trivenport Iowa describe an attempted kidnapping of Mrs John Hilerow by eight men who forced the couple to drive on a lonely road. Mrs Hilerow escaped a deserted farmhouse cell, while her husband, age unknown and feeble, was left in danger as investigators search for the abductors. The ransom demand was stated as 550,900 and the motive linked to the farmer’s wealth.

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Caley Powers Denies Plot to Kill Goebel in Defense

Powers resumed the witness stand and denied suggesting to Frank Ceci that someone be hired to kill Goebel or introducing Cecil to Taitor for such a purpose. He asserted he never conspired with anyone to kill Goebel.

Caley Powers Frank Ceci Goebel Cecil Taitor Gootel

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