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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1903
Page
2
A chaotic but lively report from a theatre in Oregon discusses a new revival featuring a cast led by Paul Gilmert and Lillian Mortinoe. It notes an ambitious production with a large ensemble, dramatic staging, and mixed critical reception. The piece highlights the venue, schedule, and surrounding buzz as audiences pack the Grand Opera House for performances through the week.
A historical social page recounts weddings engagements and parties with many names: Mrs. Wyrpen, Miss Quilgrey, Miss Mabel Iver, and numerous families hosting Valentine events, dances, and church gatherings. Notable mentions include Miss Mabel Quinley, Miss Hetherington, and Miss Roberta Wesson as society figures with elaborate plans and forthcoming ceremonies.
An advertisement-style claim touts a simple remedy for piles, featuring patient anecdotes and a Cleveland Ohio contact for the product. It emphasizes rapid relief, a claimed complete cure, and urges readers to request the remedy by mail.
An advertisement notes ticket sales Feb 14 to 16 for a railway excursion and musical event featuring The Royal Highlancers in Chicago. It mentions tourist cars, low rates, and inquiries through Western railway agents with a distant, fragmentary tour listing.
A garbled 19th century style dispatch reports Bolivian Brazil tensions with references to Acre and an Andrew K. Gardinier type note. It includes a disturbing Topeka letter from Tracy Gardintion seeking companionship and a benign note about Father Edmund Conte traveling with charity officials before sailing to France.
Andrew Carnegie maintains a private trust company named Home Trust Company in New York. It is not engaged in general trust business, and trusts gifts to be designated to bonds of Carnegie Steel or other property, with capital stock of 31000, while Carnegie’s name does not appear among incorporators.
Representative Mead introduces a bill to place Beloit Greie Industrial School employer under civil service rules. The report notes proposed manual training measures, educational bills, and legislative maneuvers with Porter’s exhibits used to push training bills, amid session progress and political maneuvering at Topeka.
A new observatory will be established at Bulawayo in South Africa to secure astronomical and meteorological instruments. The move aims to field the first reliable observatory in the region and enhance scientific observations.
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