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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
9
Reports detail Minister Leishman and Admiral Cotton guiding a squadron toward Beirut, with telegrams from Paris and Washington indicating Turkish tensions. The president weighs responses while officials monitor the Ottoman affair and the Beirut situation amid fear of further violence.
Rain disrupted the Mixsourt Vahey Tennis association event at Atchison delaying play until late afternoon. By nightfall the second round was completed in singles while doubles remained largely unfinished with the schedule extended through Saturday. Banks and Young lead Topeka entries as locals vie for singles honors amid wet courts and marquee performances from Eberhardt and Guthrie.
The document outlines an upcoming district court session with adjournment days and the September term starting Tuesday. It specifies jury calls on Thursday and clearing the motion docket, with several afternoons set aside for adjournment during a fair week. It also mentions Negro Masons in Emporia and a Prince Hall lodge event.
Paris reports that the United States will not be interfered with as tensions rise over the Beirut situation. Turkish, French, British, and Russian interests influence the stance with a Vladivostok of foreign pressures and naval demonstrations noted in the region.
The article notes Atlantic City as a famed watering place with references to coastal resorts and railroad links. It mentions the Lehigh Valley railroad connection and a 2 cent stamp rate for travel related to the era. Describes generic transport notices without current events.
Train robbery near a small Rock Teland junction left six lodged in a refrigerator car and several watches and about thirty dollars taken from station and eating houses. Officers pursued toward Paxico and McFarland but the robbers remained at large, with a town of under 200 residents shocked by the quiet, methodical hold up.
Deputies and detectives followed the five highwaymen from Paxico toward Maple Hill after a noon return of the posse to McParland. Traces were found in ground depressions but rain hindered progress. The robbers fled into sparsely populated country aiming for the Kansas river, likely heading toward Maple Hill across into Pottawatomie county as the pursuers, though active, slow the chase.
County commissioners prepare for bids to complete macadam roadwork on West Sixth Avenue while contemplating a tax levy cut for the year. Funds will cover finish and maintenance but major new road building waits until next year with about 1200 feet still to finalize.
Fragmentary OCR reports a Topeka incident involving a colored victim and an alien Moore with police court fines cited. It mentions Shawier Tmiaty HOOF and Bradburys, with faded notes of a Kansas City Resdburya victory over Nine Bera on Washiurn grounds by 11 to something.
Markets today show corn opening steady and nearly unchanged. Cattle range between 3.50 and 5.45, hogs up a point or two. Wheat opened higher despite depressing cables, with mixed buying and prices drifting. Minnesota, Chicago, and Duluth notes indicate September and December futures mixed, supports varied across markets.
United States cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco departed Villefranche this evening bound for Gonow and Beirut in a moves across the Mediterranean reflecting wartime patrols and transportation of allied units amid ongoing conflicts.
A London Answers excerpt features Dr Withrow discussing brain speech centers and left or right dominance, noting how nerve signals control limb use and temporary dumbness from left brain injury. The piece ends with Marshall's free band concert program, highlighting Dont Forget Your Vinewood Basays and a brief note on the schedule.
The market opened firm in provisions with hog and grain segments showing active trading. Liverpool and Chicago reports indicate mixed movement in wheat, corn, and oats, while U S stock prices opened with narrow changes and notable gains for Union Pacific and Amalgamated.
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