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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
6
Excavation work for the new Lafayette school in Parkdale has started with delays reported in the foundation phase. Builders face spring groundwater delays impacting the Potwin school addition and overall timetable.
A. A Trotters a Fourth ward school board member will resign at the September meeting after moving to the Third ward he contends he cannot represent a ward where he no longer resides the board will elect his successor Mr Rodgers long involved in local school building plans guided the Burmier school project and related city improvements. Pratt conference closes with notes from the West Hams Oklahoma districts annual gathering listing appointments and pastors for the year with numerous named communities and clergy.
Deputy U S marshal Frank McGrath reports from western Kansas that injunction suits forcing ranchers to remove government fences are unlikely to be tried and that many ranchers will abandon fence removals. He predicts a shift to cattle feeding on colonization tracts, with land prices rising and large ranches shrinking as open ranges close. He cites companies like Circle Land and Cattle and Dewey Cattle as examples facing the anti fencing move's effects amid lean markets and severe winters.
The article notes feeders review alfalfa and corn for their own use and profit. It cautions that ranching on fifty thousand acres or more is impractical. It highlights that small ranches with feeding operations are successful and that many stockmen are growing wealthy through this approach.
Report notes that a state funded road from Atchison to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home may not be built due to legislative opposition to the $20,000 appropriation. The project hinges on Atchison paving to the edge of the city, with right of way disputes from local landowners and opposition from residents.
Police report a merry night on First Street as officers crack down on drunken antics. A woman named Phoebe Stephenson allegedly tried to eat a policeman, while Jennie Pisher-Moore faces charges after a late-night confrontation at a Lee Jones drug store. Witnesses describe a family grudge behind the incident. grand jury action leads to a fine and a brief jail stay.
Fragmented account describes Mine Novelli in a European touring run and a coloratura soprano with high range, amid city funding battles for a library and a chaotic raiding party involving policeman humor, a moving van, and a comic banquet scene.
A discussion argues smallpox first appeared in the Arab Abbasid era during the Elephant War around AD 569. It credits Abu Bekr Mohammed ibn Zakariya al-Razi, known as Rhazes, with the first written description and notes Arab physicians’ wide influence on medicine and surgery.
An advertisement promises three dollars on every dollar invested and urges immediate action or a phone and mail contact. It cites F. E. Grimes, ex State Treasurer, at 718 Kansas Avenue, Topeka Kansas, as the contact.
A chaotic scene unfolds as officers confront a slippery suspect and a cannibalistic aunt at Clark street. Amid indecipherable dialogue a wagon load dispute ends with a humorous misidentification and a sequence of evasive responses. The officer retorts between quips and a misdated bank joke.
Adjutant General Kelsey reports from the War Department that fall maneuvers and encampment will begin October 1 at Fort Riley, with mobilization from Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. The Kansas National Guard may send a representative to West Point encampment starting September 30, prior to Fort Riley. Colonel P. M. Iolington of Newton may be detailed to serve.
Luther Néitte asks why more gambling houses have not been raided since the new administration. He cites two den types in town and notes police focus has shifted to liquor offenders, while gambling operations remain active and harder to locate.
A Pacific Mall Company vessel from the Orient arrived in San Francisco on October 25 bringing under 3000 tons of freight. The ship carried nearly 1300 bales of raw silk valued at over a million dollars and 18 995 cases of ice. The cargo also included three boxes of specie consigned to local banks.
St Petersburg August 25. John Oliver Keine of Lexington Kentucky trainer suspended for a year amid alleged wing of a horse. The stable he was connected with showed phenomenal success during the meet winning $100. He denies the charge and has appealed to Grand Duke Dimitri Donatanoviich, the protector of Russian racing.
Omaha August 25 announcement of the engagement of Miss Young daughter of Lieutenant General and Mrs Young to Lieutenant John R peverty second infantry now at Ha Mcond battalion adjutant medic Fort Crook. Lieut Hannay's regiment ordered to the Philippines wedding planned early next month.
Fragment shows consistent gambling activity led by Mike Thompson with raids at the Thompson place. Gambling rooms at the Royal were barricaded against intruders and can be opened or closed at a moment’s notice amid repeated police action.
Fort Scott Monitor reports Wate ren D Gill leads the United States pitching record for the binge season. He began box work for Cedar Rapid weam and has pitched in twelve games, winning ten with a remarkable 83 percent win rate. Supporting a 38 a second division team, this performance marks a period of notable baseball history. Gill plans to winter in Fort Scott and may coach the High School football team.
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