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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1904
Page
2
A Topeka society roundup lists afternoon and evening gatherings across numerous clubs and homes. Highlights include dances at Steinberg's, a Riviera and Apollo club calendar, extensive hostess duties, federation meetings, and plans for a city club house revival. The piece notes club officers, guest days, and upcoming events through the weekend.
Bohemian pianist Malek will perform one night in Topeka at the Auditorium on February 5. Critics have praised his work since his American debut, after leaving Europe seeking love and artistic fulfilment. Tickets are 50 cents, a favorable price for Topeka audiences.
George F. Kunz of New York appointed commissioner of the radium exhibit at the St Louis exposition. He will prepare and procure materials on radium active substances and exhibits illustrating the action of radium compounds, ultraviolet light, and Roentgen rays on minerals and chemicals. A second exhibit of radium and radioactive substances will be in the mines building.
John Be Lord named general agent for Kansas for Union Central Life Insurance, succeeding G W Yates who moved to the Kansas fields. Lord, a former western agent for New York Mutant Life with Topeka HQ, replaces by Pancoast Kidder. Earthquake panics reported as three violent shocks followed by aftershocks. no serious damage noted.
A Lancaster writer WF Green credits Electric Bitters with relief from chronic indigestion and nervous trouble after years of illness. She praises the tonic’s effect on female complaints and general health, claiming lasting benefits and repeated use.
Three officers with no warrant entered the rear Chesterfield hotel joint owned by John Bowen. They fought Bowen and Joe Etzell as they tried to seize two revolvers, and a negro officer named Small beat Bowen unconscious with a club. Bowen and Ed Moeser were arrested for interference, Bowen suffered skull injuries, Etzell escaped but was later captured. Dr H H Keith treated Bowen. Moeser released. The incident sparks further action as the three men arrested face charges.
F H Ayres physics teacher at Kansas City Central high school injured when a heavy charge of magazine powder exploded in his laboratory around 4 o clock yesterday afternoon. He was taking a flashlight picture when the device blew up, badly lacerating his left hand. it was the first time the apparatus had ever exploded.
Police court notes detail a burglary at 706 Lincoln Street during a winter expedition with a broken back window and theft of a gold watch, a $175 pocket book, and keys. A Greek pawn broker, George Allendorf, was defrauded of $25 via a forged check by Clarence Shortess. the passer remains at large. Judge Hamilton ruled a hack is not a public place. a man arrested for drunkenness was discharged after it was shown he was taken from a hack by police.
J S Ramsey county truancy officer reports 240 country district children aged 5 to 16 not in school. In Shawnee county outside Topeka there are 5 659 school age persons across 100 districts. About half the population is 8 to 13 and notices are sent to parents demanding immediate school attendance. The law requires daily attendance for ages 5 to 18.
Railroads offer a one and one third fare from Kansas polars within 29 miles of Topeka to the Lincoln Day memorial reception for Lieutenant General Nelson A. Milea. Tickets go on sale February 11 12 and 13 with a midnight deadline at Gardner and Carter Matched. Milwaukee boxing: George Gardner and Carter of Brooklyn set to box six rounds on February 19. Battling Nelson defeats Jack ONeill in Milwaukee after six rounds.
A condensed telegraph bulletin reports naval movements, political changes, factory closures, and weather. Items mention the cruiser Tuffalo bound for Naples, a minister relieved for ill health, railway and wagon plant shutdowns, a Dominican rebel leader captured near Puerta Pintá, health issues of Henry W. Oliver, Edwards Croker’s removal from the Supreme Court staff, a flood forecast in Wilkes-Barre, and January state trade figures showing imports and exports shifts.
Snow on the hills melts, swelling creeks and signaling a possible surge of water into the river as spring runoff increases. Authorities monitor levels and warn nearby communities to stay alert for rising flood risks.
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