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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1904
Page
2
Advertises a blitz of discounted garments and accessories with $6, $8, or $10 jackets available tomorrow. Includes ties, brooms, vests, spools, blankets, pants, suspenders, belts, window shades, sweaters, kids and women's shoes, petticoats, overcoats, caps, skirts, and dress pants with note of steep markdowns and limited quantities.
A committee report details Alaska’s resources and infrastructure after tours of Sitka Skagway Juneau Fort Wrangel and other sites. It highlights gold copper and cod potential, transportation needs especially wagon roads from Alaska to the Yukon, calls for mining law reforms and a regional judiciary, and notes native relief measures and the call for a territorial delegate.
New York Jan 1 The Import papers in the Patrick murder case have been reported missing from the district attorney's office endangering the appeal for Albert T Patrick who has spent two years on death row. Officials say the missing exhibits include the Rice will of 1893 and key documents used to fight the appeal. The grand jury is probing the loss as DA Jerome’s office searches for the recovered records.
Augusta Hancock testifies that Munyon's Paw-Paw cured indigestion and stomach disorders for her and her husband. She reports renewed vitality, youthfulness, and improved digestion after using several bottles, urging others to try the remedy and suggesting it can replace other medicines.
Boise Idaho January 1 a remarkable case surfaces of a woman who posed as a man for two years across eastern Oregon. Known as an expert cowboy she rode ranges worked stock owned a herd and served on juries and votes. Her home was a dugout near Rockville. joe moneghar a cowboy died suddenly on Surcor creek Oregon. The body burial revealed the deceiver was a woman.
A Fisk University pupil was found to be a man who had been reared as a girl and had lived as female. He was sent home to St. Louis after doctors advised a change of work. Authorities decline to name him. he had returned from Clarksville, Tennessee, and stood high in classes before leaving Clarksville.
Indianapolis January 12 Citizens seek to display the John Bunyan cup once held by the author in Bedford and later owned by relic hunter Isaac Maynard. The six inch high cup bears the inscription The gift of Martha Ponder wife of John Bunyan of Bedford 1671 now with Mrs Richard Boch's daughter after passing through various hands.
Chorus girl 18 in Chicago jailed at Sheriff Routrabn’s home after mother’s insistence. She ran away to Port Indiana with the Storke company ten days ago and was to debut tonight in Huntington at Head. Howard Huntington, son of Henry E Huntington, named general manager of Los Angeles Railway Co. at 27, succeeding J A Muir.
New York January 12 A Sunday school class challenged John D Rockefeller Sr on tax duties noting that even busy men should not evade taxes by dual residences or the swearing off process. Rockefeller listened as pupils argued over fairness of taxation and personal duty to the state amidst a crowd of about 130.
In New York on January 12, 400 pool rooms across the city and suburbs face closure unless the telegraph company governing race returns lowers its new rates. The notice imposes 25 cents per race set, with inspectors to monitor rooms and all connected lines. Proprietors have resisted police pressure but fear, under the new charges, many rooms cannot meet costs.
Reports state service cuts without notice threaten minds and rooms as prices, once 117 Ay per room, are disputed. Syndicate control and telephones spread news at nominal cost while poolroom operators face forced closures and many may quit.
The January program at the high school will feature a performance titled A Box of Monkeys next Friday night. Elvira Poy leads drama with five players from the class: Helen D Carttidee Inkham Veale Arthur Deitrich Ethel Cloud and Raymond Robinson. Proceeds buy a memorial gift for the school and beautify the new manual training building.
Public notices report Lockyer and the as-one board ordering all local theaters, amusement halls, dance halls, and public meeting places closed and the public library to cease operating to guard against smallpox and other contagious diseases amid Niagara concerns. Schools remain open as conditions arise in the city.
New York January 12 A government wire seeks to recover uncollected duties tied to warehouse bonds in a case against Meerich Price and others. The matter traveled through courts as others connected with it have died. Government Representative reports collecting 1 000 from Price's heirs.
Washington January 12 the senate tabled the motion to reconsider confirming W Buchanan as minister to Panama. The vote 28 to 16 party line with one McCreary dissenting. Ruehans gains full power for diplomatic exchanges between the United States and Panama.
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