10 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
1
Society notes detail numerous social events and gatherings, naming a long list of residents and guests including Mrs S Beatord Miss Elizabeth Jambertain and many others. The column highlights receptions, club meetings, dinners, dances, travel plans, and ongoing social engagements across multiple households, with frequent references to local venues and hosts.
Topeka musical director KF Lewis, author of Mr Jolly of Joliet, visits Sunday with his Lewi family of musicians. Brother Bert accompanies Frank Lyn Hunt. Shirie Lewis sings. A warm social week includes guests from Indianapolis and Topeka, plus sales events on Madison Street and a poetry of pyrography displays at Sivitt Halliday Dragtoo.
In Santa Fe shops Richard Wilson oversees ticket sales for a Messiah concert in the Auditorium on December 28. The Choral Union agrees to donate proceeds to the M C A for furnishing a new East Fourth Street building room, amid growing local interest and a potential oversell. Civil Service Reform meet opens in Baltimore with notable delegates. Berlin debates budget notes potential military rise. Dowie receivership unchanged in Chicago court. Petticoat makers form a 2000-strong union seeking wage hikes, with a possible strike planned next week. Rheumatism cure claims 24 hour relief with testimonials of dramatic recovery.
Mrs Thorpe appeals Topeka readers to share pennies and old toys for needy children, recalling eleven Christmases of Santa Claus reminders and a grandmother seeking a doll for her late granddaughter. The piece urges clothing donations and mentions a 400-child reach, with Indigo club Indies aiding the effort.
A letter from Geo W Stansfield promises to refund the Hyomei outfit price if the remedy fails to cure catarrh and catarrhal deafness. The outfit costs $1 and includes an inhaler, a medicine dropper, and Hyomei solution, with extra bottles available. He asserts customer satisfaction and urges publication to settle doubts about refunds.
The Topeka postoffice reports early signs of holiday mail and money orders increasing as Norwegians Germans and Irish Americans send savings home. Incoming and outgoing business in the money order department swells before Christmas while foreign exchange grows busy with remittances to Europe. The rush is expected to intensify within a week. The Bachelor 100 cigar is now a leading promotional item.
In a city court Wednesday Capital Ironworks sues John Ruehle and Charles Humsey for 34 dollars over iron crossings used in paving. Testimony reveals bid collusion among paving bidders with Col. Curly Harrison claiming efforts to affect Fort Scott stone curbing. Ramsey and others note agreed penalties if rival bidders did not bid. Separate notices cover various property transfers, and Arch bishop Hart’s arrival in Francisco precedes Manila see with appointment to be announced.
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