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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1903
Page
16
Jefferson Street Mission and Epworth League notes show church gatherings and a planned joint service. Modern Woodmen relief leaders announce 1700 aid applications, with 233 vouchers from Shawnee County issued, as welfare funds shift to a new payment structure and regional log rolling events are planned for September.
Joseph Pulliner of the New York Work donates 3 million dollars to establish a journalism endowment at Columbia University. A Kansas City woman, Maude Evans, is noted for a risky protest involving a crown of thorns and a deadly incident during a labor strike. details are fragmented. Reports include disasters, shipwreck fatalities, river fatalities, legal rulings, and international events with wide-ranging casualties and investigations.
Local churches report Sunday services at First Luthman and First Raptiory amid absences of pastors, with sermons and Sunday schools planned. Additional notes cover parishes at Fourth and Sraner streets, Kansas river flood data, and civic items including a city billiard ordinance, a synod meeting, and public gatherings.
A collection of brief religious reflections from multiple pastors on divine providence worship immortality and the kingdom of God. Prominent figures include Rev Frank De Witt Talmage Rev B C Eby Rev W W Landrum Rev J T Bradley and Rev Dr Russell Conwell among others.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church announces Sabbath services at 11 a.m. with a sermon on Three Candidates for Discipleship from Luke 9:50 62 and a 12:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor meeting. The First Methodist Episcopal Church lists Sabbath school at 9:15 a.m. and public service at 11 a.m. with a sermon by Rev J T McFarland D D.
Amanda Orr, noted for 25 arrests, was sent to the house of correction for two months by Magistrate t. AL yesterday noon. She had just been released from new View asylum after a two month term and, after presenting a silk handkerchief to the judge, was accused of reverting to drink yet again. The case highlights a long life of disturbance beginning at age 12 and continues to mark her as a persistent offender in Baltimore.
Thomas Lyons, an exiled resident of Philadelphia, behaved oddly on a bench and attracted attention. Placed in the city jail, he tied a handkerchief to the cell door, necessitating being cut down by the turnkey. He was questioned and later released after friends promised to take him home.
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