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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1903
Page
3
Kansas dairy industry notes record milk value at 8.5 million dollars last year, with large growth for creamery trade. The piece covers pricing shifts, plant operations, farmers' profits, and a community incident involving Cummins and neighbors tied to a creamery dispute.
Fragmentary Crimea era style text references a murder trial in Wellington with mentions of witnesses, locations, and possible defendants. The readable lines suggest a chaotic record of testimony and accusations tied to a Cummins murder triad.
Ottawa Kan February discovery of a missing shotgun found weighted in Ay cerk creek four miles from the Jackson murder scene. Suspect Inman, a farmhand and nephew of Breese, arrested after giving inconsistent statements. Police trace tracks from Texas reform school to Tough country near the Jack Ryan home as motive remains unclear. Mrs Jackson reported hearing the shot and found her husband dead beside her, neighbors say Inman’s claim of a ride on a freight train is unverified.
Founders Day at Emporia Kansas Normal School marked an anniversary and jollification with a large gathering in the Rit Hut and a reception. About thirty students attended the ceremony. enrollment nears 3,000. President Wilkerson attended. a fund over 9,000 was raised for the institution’s advancement.
The Zeta Tau chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was installed at the University of Kansas Lawrence on a Saturday ceremony supervised by William Livere, supreme archon, with several charter members listed. The event marks one of the larger fraternities entering the campus, alongside actions and attendees noted from nearby campuses.
Kanser City grain men press for a local exchange and a joint elevator plan. A conference convenes with merchants from the Mercantile Club to back a two large elevators project and state support, aiming to coordinate capital and construction across Kansas towns.
Esopheia Ted Ia George Gardiner of Lyon died of typhoid fever with his infant daughter within hours. They were buried in the same casket in the southern part of the county. The family links to Gardiner are noted in local records.
An incoherent OCR fragment references WJ Honsell WS Titan deent at Great Sioux City and an inquiry by county coroner Dr Dinerore into the death of Charred Grant. The verdict states the shooting occurred with unclear timing and location near Biltsieton, with a few miles south of an unspecified tram effort.
A patchwork of local notes, court updates, and sports results spans Kansas. Highlights include a veteran White Cloud elder aged 217 recounting long service to Mount Vernon, a Washburn vs Deskel girls basketball summary, forgery acquittals from Emporia, and paroles from the state reform school. Police report domestic violence case in Kansas City Kan, five-year sentences for Kelley and Larmer, pension grants to Kansans, and travel fare notices for distant routes.
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