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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
8
Wholesalers look to extend after holiday trading, signaling expectations of steady demand and continued stock flow into the new year. Industry sources note resumed wholesale orders, inventory restocking, and cautious optimism amid market shifts.
Reports from New York and across Canada indicate a suspected peak in the industrial downturn with Christmas trade robust in clothing, textiles, and holiday items. Steel and iron markets show mixed movement as producers plan for year-end and 1940 prospects, with prices shifting slowly and some large purchases noted.
Report describes bakers meeting followed by limited disturbances across Paris suburbs. Detachments patrol the streets as police impose strict limits. windows smashed at bakeries and several arrests made. The scene includes chaotic chatter and mockery from bystanders per a Puck-like excerpt.
Judge Hazen heard the Wilcox divorce bid as Mrs. M. M. Wilcox claims her husband Frank Wilcox extorted money and engaged with other men while she says he kept beer in the house. He admits gambling. she denies most accusations. The judge took the case under advisement to decide the decree of divorce.
Mrs. Thorpe police matron received a call about a week-old girl abandoned by her mother at 316 Tyler street. The infant, named Ruth by her mother, was sent to the Orphans’ home as a Christmas gift. Separately a man and wife, who had taken in a 14 month old from the Crittenden home, were found deserting the child near Rock Island yards. the man faced questioning while the woman proceeded to Syracuse.
Miners in Tamaqua tremble for work at five dollars a day as the Kaska William mine history recalls fatal floods and drowned men. The article notes past water intrusions and bodies recovered, highlighting ongoing peril in the town's mining industry.
The company offers $5 a day to work at the site and has taken precautions after a disaster. Many applicants seek positions, despite the ongoing difficulty in securing men, with work available at regular wages in the place.
Paris, Dec. 4 The Dreyfus commission unanimously urged a revision by the criminal branch of the court of cassation. The court will convene next month to hear the case and publish the report soon. The commission cited new evidence not shown at Rennes and testimony changes by some witnesses. News reached Dreyfus through friends tonight. Wreck Victims Safe Bridgeport Conn Dec 24 A small boat with six people, likely steamer Hrastus Corning passengers, has landed at Green's Farms.
The governor general of Finland now has power to rapidly remove administrative officials and school teachers, accept university teachers, and suspend salaries for political reasons without awaiting inquiry conclusions. Mayors and municipal officials fall under these new authorities, expanding previously granted powers due to ongoing agitation and obstruction of Russian measures.
Newark New Jersey December 24 word that Mayor-elect McClellan of New York may purchase his father General George B McClellan’s mountain side home in Went Orang It is a sturdy old house with 20 rooms, in excellent condition though long unused It is owned by William Harrison of New York and has liquor and bar fixtures seized in By order of the district court this morning the sale was set for approval
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