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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1903
Page
8
Hungate delivered a memorial address in the lodge library stressing B P O Elks aims to aid the sick and distressed, cheer the despondent, and help the weak. He spoke of the order’s spirit, patriotism, and daily practice of its guiding principles.
A Masonic related notice recalls a memorial service and charitable work honoring deceased brothers. The program includes Steinberg’s Orchestra, Exalted Ruler W F Coulson, a responsive service, and a pledge to live by the Golden Rule. It emphasizes charity, brotherhood, and joy through service.
An Aust era music note lists Bleinberg's Orchestra with solo and chorus terms. Del Riego, Franklin Hunt, Otte Butory and Hungate are named amid a Doxology piece inviting audience singing. The fragment hints at a church or concert setting with a refrain.
Frank Hoh describes a boycott effort by the local druggists association against Hobart’s Cut-Rate Drug Store. The association seeks fixed price schedules and to cut Hobart’s sources, but Hobart vows to continue ordering at cut rates and to supply Topeka customers from his Tenth and Topeka avenues shop. The dispute centers on price methods and retail harmony.
At Keene stable sale in Newmarket England held on December 7 fair attendance noted. Horses Citrene Crepuncuie Bobrinks and Love Dart drew interest with bids and final prices ranging from modest to high. The sale included entries named Fenarora Lat and Watches van among others, with several withdrawals noted.
An intelligent woman touts Postum as a coffee substitute after kidney and bladder troubles, heart palpitations, and stomach issues. She claims rapid health improvements, stronger daily well being, and a tasty cup replacing coffee with easier digestion.
Announcement announces exclusive sale arrangements with Barrios Diamond Company for city customers. Barrios Diamonds are promoted as the finest imitation stones, seven years in America, not a fad, with a lifetime brilliancy warranty. A grand display of semi-precious stones, copied from New York and Parisian designs, will be shown with wide backing in major cities worldwide.
An unknown admirer in Georgia sent President Roosevelt a full grown wild cat by express to the White House. The president ordered the gift sent to the menagerie and accepted it. This echoes a prior Boston girl’s silk flag gift he once declined with a private note. The executive offices and state house stables hold many gifts that were accepted.
Chicago dispatch notes a flotilla of Scandinavian travelers from the west and northwest heading home for the holidays. Norwegians Swedes and Danes make the annual pilgrimage leaving Chicago by train for New York where 600 more countrymen will join them before they sail Wednesday.
Samuel Nash, a former Scranton hotel keeper, nearly drowned in the Susquehanna River at Wilkesbarre while sleepwalking. The cold water woke him, ending the peril as he wandered far in his sleep on December 7.
Coconino Sun reports Grand Canyon hotel owner C B Boyce leased the Grand Canyon hotel to Martin Buggeln of the Bright Angel hotel. After December, Buggeln will operate both hotels at Williams and the Grand Canyon, giving him a monopoly of the local hotel business. Boyce, father of Williams, will vacation and winter in the southern territory.
Leon Price in Cheater western city section entertained friends with a joke that caused a wide grin and a dislocated jaw. He had to be taken to Dr Behman where the physician noted the jaw had simply slipped. He then swallowed embalming fluid and the tale mentions promotional ads for Dean's Ointment and Christmas photographs.
Moscow reports Minister of the Interior von Piehen plans a new peasant reform scheme under czars manifesto to form an elective body from provincial committees. Members will be elected by district assemblies of landowners and urban and peasant representatives, a parliamentary touch surprising for the Russian government and pleasing liberal Russians.
John Dudley of Morris manages the sheep yards ten miles west of Kane on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line. A famed goat known as RiL Le, called Bill, and a wether named Goat perform loading and unloading tasks. The animal, guiding with calm precision, empties a car in minutes and returns to the pen when called.
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