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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
7
Long OCR fragment includes editorials, Panama talk, party politics, and wage remarks. Mentions Topeka, Kansas, Sen. Hoar, Bryan era rhetoric, and mayor salaries. Mixed items cover ship reports, prices, and small town anecdotes with scattered place names and events.
Local notes recount a surprising shift where a mayor once granted a dramatic salary rise from 1.50 per year to 100. The public astonishment grew as the mayor vetoed the ordinance. The veto message offers strong reasoning, marked by careful phrasing and notable insistence, reflecting unusual city politics.
A fragmented Atchison Globe column mocks gender norms and social rituals with sardonic vignettes. It lampoons romance dinners, widowhood, gift giving, revivals, and wedding customs, contrasting expectations for men and women in a curiously dated tone.
Quoted quips and wry maxims on marriage women and social woes from a 19th or early 20th century page. Satirical fragments twist language about honesty, love, and propriety, attributed to newspaper cartoon blurbs and reflections.
A garbled excerpt discusses reputation over character and wealth, noting luxury as a male privilege. It mocks the idea of gold being scarce and derides hair bleaching opinions, with references to familiar phrases and social commentary. The fragment ends abruptly with partial, unreadable text.
A fragmentary reflection observes dating norms and excuses in bachelor and married life. It notes emphasis on money, matrimony, and the urge for approval, while contrasting expectations between men and women. The piece critiques consumer impulses and social bets on relationships.
Mrs. Dewey seeks divorce from ranchman and Eureka Lake hotel owner Mr. Dewey, a Topeka society figure, amid rumors of domestic troubles. Mrs. Dewey now resides in Manhattan after years in Chicago, with occasional visits to the lake hotel resort that drew Topeka society. The couple, childless, is tied to Chauncey Dewey family fortunes amid ongoing local gossip and a separate murder case involving the Bettys.
The court dissolves the marriage of Prince Frederick and Princess Alice of Shhoenburg Watlenburg. The princess, daughter of Don Carlos the Spanish pretender, had been rumored to elope with her coachman, a claim denied by multiple sources. Proceedings began on the grounds of bodily injury and deprivation, with the couple reportedly married by a pope while he was patri arc in Venice. The prince and princess are expected to approve the dissolution.
James Swaney, convicted of second degree murder, will spend Christmas with his wife and twelve children at his mountain home near Haydentown before returning to Uniontown to serve his sentence in the penitentiary. The case stemmed from a long feud with William Turner, who earlier served time for a petty crime. Turner’s jailer appointment was disrupted by sheriff issues, leaving Turner to surrender himself in Pittsburg. A mention of unrelated ad copy and promotions appears within the text.
Washington reports that the Panama conflict has escalated to a threat of war between the United States and Colombia. General Reyes, Colombia's minister to Bogota, urges peace while preparing to relay a firm communique to the U.S. state department. He plans to return to Colombia to assume command once he files his statement.
Baron Hayashi, Japan's minister in London, told AP that a tacit understanding exists between Britain and Japan about actions beyond the Anglo-Japanese treaty in the Russo Japanese dispute. He warned peace may not come after the new year and suggested war could be chosen if demands cannot be modified, while Tunisia's reply is not seen as decisive. Also in Missouri, the state supreme court denied a writ of prohibition in a case challenging railroad brokers blocked from selling talis.
Local note mentions a masquerade ball at Lineoin Post hall on East Sixth Street Thursday evening. In court, Bessie Jackson bound over for district court on robbery charge, C. W. People case noted. Logan Justice bound for district court on wheat theft from Rock Island cars. Pick Justice discharged. Editorials defend fairness in journalism and bank workers' early hours. Christmas candy gifts cited with Rigby brand.
The Republic of Panama files its first protest against a U S official action. Panamanian consul R Araia Feraud Jr reports San Francisco post offices will not accept registered mail addressed to the republic unless labeled Republic of Colombia. The matter was raised with Acting Secretary Loomis and the postmaster general for correction.
Washington reports the president granted four pardons to restore civil rights. David V Rieger, president of a Kansas City firm, was pardoned after a 1899 conviction for misapplying credits connected to the Missouri National Bank. He received a six year sentence at Missouri penitentiary.
Plans for a Luzon wide railway system envisage extending the Manila to Dagupan line northward by 170 miles and adding lines northward inland and southward from Manila. Total costs run to about 10 million dollars with expected substantial trade gains, plus a steamship link to other Philippine ports. Surveys by government engineers aim to develop resources while ensuring private capital and returns.
The funeral of Mrs Laura Buckmaster will be held from the home at 13 Hast Second Street at 2 30 p m Phara aay Mina Margaret Pearl Woolger aged 2 died at the home of her mother Mrs Alice Wr 7 in Bt Lewis that week Mrs and Mina Woolger were formerly residents of Topeka and left many friends here World s Fair Stamps Washington Dec 22 The post office department has decided upon design for the St Louis World s fair stamps which will have portraits an followin One cent Robert Z Livingstone minister to France who conducted negotiations for the Louisiana purchase two cent Thomas Jefferson three cents James Monroe who with Livingstone concluded the negotiations five cents President McKinley ten cent map of the United States showing the territory purchased from France Giles Petition in Bankruptcy Poston Dec As a senpel to tae Mrs GUlLETM natty wn Sawane Bae Raee er ras eec (2 Chugwater It s 2 pives of furniture rai month aie Peane D Berry of hoc i peas Stary artes Uns stwnt Sees erey meth ei a Babbiakes wt Sees ie owen mt HEB Christmas Trees Ficlty Mistletoe evecarees and Captains Sea Buy her a box of Hicby s fine candlem Christmas Trees Holly Splatleton Evscgrern and Californis Pepper grass at Higtys
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