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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
8
Readable fragments describe engagement invitations, weddings, and social gatherings in Topeka Kansas. Mentions include a February Federation meeting, charity events, and a Baptist church wedding. Several local residents and guests are named with travel plans and expected attendances for upcoming receptions and club activities.
A read fragment from a patient’s note describes frustration with a medical treatment. The writer mentions pills tried, some stomach related concerns, and a desire for guidance. Names and places are unclear, but the tone shows self reporting symptoms and seeking relief.
Foreign Office remains silent as Tandon and John Morley announce February fiscal amendment to the address in reply to the throne speech. Questions on the Far East, the war, and U S involvement yield little, with Earl Percy citing ongoing Russo-Japanese negotiations. He confirms Russia moved several Hart staff from New Chwang, replacing them with Russian nominees, despite representations to St. Petersburg.
In a terse Peoria report, Frankin Tensett and Bennett face a diamond theft inquiry. Authorities claim Lucan seized gems from Bennett during a search, with Exeeminger and Myre Hohad named in a dispute over rightful possession. A court order sought to return the diamonds and related lace be mingled items, amid defenses by Eneminger Hoult and Hazen.
Yale’s Tuimens football sets, Bools Moots, becomes a Moroan war cry at Constantinople. Yale ’99, brother of Minn Tekh, vivid link to captivity, Mantle of patriots used. War correspondent Ralph Said in Hawaii taught it to Jyntien to sing against Russians. McClellan orders closure of theaters in New York era.
In Grand Bastin Michigan the four day blizzard that shut down rail travel along the Pere Marquette route between Zeeland and Waterlis has abated. Snowbound trains from Chicago to Grand Rapids were stalled but conditions improve with reduced travel disruption. No injuries reported. Dean's Ointment advertised as a remedy for skin issues at five cents.
Ottokar Malek, a young Bohemian pianist, fled Berlin after a failed love affair and a vow to abandon fame. He reached Chicago in 1902, staying at 161 Michigan Avenue, avoiding press attention while determined to resume his art. His journey recalls Kubelik’s circle as he studied in Vienna and prepared to debut in New York, though he now seeks quiet away from public life.
Fragmentary text describes a basketball comm from the State Snethal sehen at Exmporia, Topeka YMCS involvement, a person named Carney of Emporia, and mentions workers at American Can and Diesel branch plants with odd percentages and dates. The readable facts are garbled and names unclear.
The gambling cases against Mike Thompson Wood Fowler Tobe Tobias and Al Hurst will be heard in district court early in March. Each defendant faces two cases, with one of the initial cases to be tried this term ending in April. A special jury panel will be drawn and used alongside the regular jury. Judge Hazen will strive to avoid a mistrial given the expense and duration of the proceedings. Coyne of the district court will oversee the jury, with 42 jurors likely kept together from selection to verdict. The plan includes jury meals under supervision and overnight housing in the courthouse. tampering with jurors is ruled out.
County Commissioner Sterne displayed a rock at the court house claimed as gold bearing quartz mined from a bored culvert hole by County Surveyor Rodgers. Onlookers initially saw gold but it turned out to be crushed stone used for macadam on the street, revealing the joke and exposing the rock as ordinary material.
J A Pfeffer, foreman in the Santa Fe machine shops, has been named general foreman of the Santa Fe shops at Winslow Artz. Joseph Abner succeeds him locally. The change takes effect in February. Archbishop Farley sails from New York to Rome, representing the pope in a ceremonial voyage amid related ecclesiastical duties.
On the Cunard liner Umbria arriving in New York from Liverpool, second cabin passengers clashed over anOn Williams singing in a concert. A.B. Hatfield refused to include Frank Williams, prompting heated petitions and protests. Hatfield claimed satisfaction afterward amid chaos and the unexplained disappearance of steerage passenger August Nordensvard, feared to have fallen or jumped overboard.
An old advertorial touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for chest cold cases. It claims to loosen tough mucus and ease expectoration, opening lung secretions and restoring natural health, suggesting prevention of pneumonia.
Paris reports a mistaken detention of American citizens Mr Hurt and Mr Ireland at Nice. On January 26 Nice police arrested Mr Hurt, misidentifying him as the wanted man Hurst. Ireland offered to help verify identities. both men were held until identity proof could be established. The U S consulate seeks proper confirmation.
Washington February 4 Eugene Ware is at his home with grip and not in grave danger. Joseph J Frivtow also confined to home for several days reported in the same condition. Reading Declares a Dividend Philadelphia February 4 The Reading railway board announced a semiannual dividend of two and a half cents per share.
Walter Mf Cowell of Kenosha Wisconsin has formed a company to press claims for 973000 acres of land in Georgia claiming the state owes holders 35 cents per acre as part of a grant. A bill will be introduced in Congress to secure payment, with speculators buying up titles to back the fight.
On pension day the court clerk's office overwhelmed with enrollees and Republican candidates seeking veterans' votes at February primaries. Each candidate handed out many cards while pensioners left with a pile of diverse candidate cards, akin to a playing deck. Newsboy Franks West, a lame boy, climbed on stage at the Trine Myers company show in Chester and fell after dozing, tumbling forty feet from a loft.
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