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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
14
Advertises silverware and children's wire doll buggle cuspiders jardinières with prices from 27 dollars to 75 cents. Notes sales items priced 1.00 to 33.25 and 65 bugs for Christmas.
The report reviews gross railway earnings at 1,290,150,659 for the year ending June 30, 1903, compares to 1,726,380,267 prior year, notes Elkins amendments affecting tariffs, emphasizes rate observance, and calls for stronger car mileage rules, valuation reforms, and block signaling to curb abuses and improve public protection. It highlights increased traffic, carrier cooperation concerns, and ongoing tariff enforcement challenges.
A wry remark imagines Topeka as a dull town and jokes that Scott's Emulsion could be bought for a dollar or two. The line reflects humorous local color and consumer whimsy in an old newspaper fragment.
Unclear text mentions Glass Blowers event with visitor gifts and holiday rates. Dr George E Coles lecture at a church is noted. Sullivan's offering framed pictures. Within 100 miles travel and 160 bites unclear.
Senator Burton's appointee Postmaster Benz in Parsons is removed by order of the postmaster general. Campbell nominates BL Taft as replacement, amid prior Burton influence and Roosevelt era controversy over Foley and partner ties. Investigations cited neglect of duties and private business ties.
Alpheus D. Du Bois, long a respected New York school principal, left an estate valued at half a million dollars. His death exposed a complex story including a separated wife and a daughter whose whereabouts are unclear. Various legacies and baffling details surround the will and the distribution among relatives and friends.
A garbled montage from a Topeka era page covers court sessions, public notices, college breaks, and upcoming events. It notes Washburn College closing for vacation, a Christmas mood shift, new streetcars, and a Topeka foundry loan query. It reports tax, pay raises for city officials, coal prices, and political chatter including Hearst's Kansas prospects.
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