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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
6
A long list of gatherings unfolds at the homes of Bowman and other local families with Nautilus club dinner for Bowman relatives, Misses Nellis and Pollock hosting card afternoons, and Mrs Nellis giving a dinner for Mrs Smith. Numerous Mrs. Hodgers, Mrs. Kelly, and Miss Ott host parties, while weddings and travel plans thread through the social calendar.
The Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railway reports that for November gross earnings rose sharply and net earnings exceeded the prior year by a quarter of a million dollars despite higher operating costs. The detailed monthly statement shows figures for November and the five months ended, highlighting gains in gross earnings and net income.
A fragmented ranking outlines 1903 college football standings by style and conditions, listing Princeton Dartmouth Yale Harvard Cornell Carlisle Carlisle and others. Mentions Haskell, Colgate, Cornell, Carlisle, and Notre Dame in scattered context with periods of commentary on players and programs.
Advertising agent Grows eloquent on Okapi and others as proprietors head to receive cargo. Nash enters ark. some animals fail to enter and escape on special trains to South America. There they settled atop Andes peaks or Patagonia jungles, shaping their long exile.
Fragmented OCR reads like a brief on birds and animals. The text mentions flare, begga, and toward the start of a sentence, but no clear events, dates, or identifiable entities are present.
In Binghamton a suit brought by A. D. Wales against President John Mitchell may summon President Theodore Roosevelt Senator Thomas Platt and J Pierpont Morgan among others as witnesses. The trial relates to a plan Wales alleges helped settle the anthracite strike. The term opens next Monday with uncertainty about reach for trial due to Canfield case.
Larimer of the Garver Larimer firm has announced his bid to become district judge, seeking the vacancy created by the departure of Z Hazen Tt. The news notes his long-standing pursuit of the post and frames the campaign within the district judiciary race.
The animal man boasts exotic captures headed for Topeka including an Okapi described as a cross between a giraffe and a horse and a Kadiak bear and a large rodent from South America. Jaguars birds and other curiosities join the shipment as writers note patents and trade secrets behind new species. Also coverage of local political contests with Mr. Larimer favored and Mr. Dana mounting a bid while Judge Hazen plans no reelection.
A parade of visitors passes through Topeka and nearby towns. Reamer Billard visits Holton friends while Mrs G B Camp and son Bert travel to Kansas City to see relatives. Carl Wheeler of Springfield Missouri stays in town with friends. Mr and Mrs W J Stovall visit Rossville relatives as guests. Mrs Assaith and daughter Dora, and Charles of Muscatah tour Topeka friends. Rose Robinson of Carbondale visits Miss Jennie Heineman. Eleanor and Zolla Lukens plan a Central avenue entertaining evening. The Me noken Rhodes head to Idaho to establish residence. Mrs George Nelson returns from a Lindsborg trip. Special holiday closeout sale announced by Spears Dept Store. Dr F A Hughes of Little Rock is entertained at dinner by Mr and Mrs SH Haynes. Mrs C D Myers and daughter Anna visit Meriden. Gus Roehrig returns from Fort Worth with brother Charles Roehrig’s remains. funeral held near Soldier Creek. Family visitors depart today. Mrs Hugh Sullivan and daughter Thelma of Horton stay with Mr and Mrs Armstrong. Myrtie Lewis from Hutchinson attends State Teachers meeting. A dance is planned at Woodman Hall. Mrs J B Betts travels to Chanute and joins him to oversee a well on leased property. Miss Herta Rhisids and Josie Dickinson attend Teachers’ association. Groshong reunion reuniting four siblings D B Groshong of Martinen, C W Graenone of Plat City, Mo, James Groshong of Corvallis, and Groshone of their father’s birth state, J J Groshong, who arrived in March 1865. mother’s 8th birthday approaches January 27.
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