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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
2
A local sale advertises boys heavy school shoes at a pair, misses fine kid shoes with many unique samples up to 1.25 per pair, and men's pebble-goat shoes guaranteed solid and widely sold at 1.75 to 2 per pair. The event promotes a total value of 48 dollars.
Portland delegates unanimously adopt a Roosevelt endorsement praising his tariff and conservation policies. The body approves resolutions thanking Roosevelt for promoting the canal project as a pivotal twentieth century achievement and supports reforms for live stock industry protections and related agricultural measures.
Norton Kansas January reports the Northwest Kansas School Teachers association plans a large delegation to the St Louis exposition in July. County superintendents are asked to adjust exams to avoid conflicts with attendees. The meeting drew over 500 teachers and H O Canter of Decatur County was chosen superintendent of the excursion. Big Cat in Wages. Chicago January 14 a wage cut of 11 to 4 percent affects skilled steel workers at Illinois Sheet Company South Chicago plant. Only 28 men involved.
A potential broad strike looms as 500 transit tile layers threaten to quit over union tensions in New York. Fifty already left, and a power house crew on Fifty Ninth Street issued an ultimatum to discharge non union men, risking widespread disruption to the nearing completion of the line. Contracts and arbitration rules are in dispute.
A distressed note describes y garrison forced to fight despite hunger and weakness, surrendering his store to another as food runs low. A testimonial praises Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for restoring strength, digestion, and stamina after prolonged illness and poor appetite.
Relatives of more than one hundred Iroquois theater disaster victims met in Chicago on January 14 to plan the Irmywill Memorial Association. The aims are to honor the dead, aid the destitute, prevent future tragedies, and push for stronger life-safety laws in public gatherings, with Arthur B Hull directing the incorporation committee of twenty five.
At the eleventh annual conference of foreign mission boards in New York representatives from North American boards discussed alleged European and American immorality in Asia. Rev Dr William Ashmore criticized calumny while Rev Dr W R Lambeth and Robert E B Speer urged evangelical church establishment at key ports in India China and Japan.
New York June 4 The first annual report of the juvenile court shows few girl offenders among 4790 children under 18 convicted by magistrates. Of 4370 boys and 40 girls, sisters faced with alleged charges reveal jail terms. Acquittals rose to 2564 with 24 boys acquitted. most arrests clustered among ages 14 to 18 with parole outcomes noted.
A Burlington resident Coma motive Areman describes a near disaster as joints ache and nerves burn. He recalls pale weakness and loss of appetite before taking a bottle of bitters and recovering, reflecting a harsh health struggle and improvised relief.
The Iron Trade Review reports a clear uptick in demand in the past week with finished materials selling briskly, bars and wire products leading the rebound. East west and central furnaces resume or ready for early restart, with Carnegie Steel adding thirteen stacks and output rising toward 2,250,000 tons yearly. Prices ease modestly as wire product tonnage drops and sheet trade grows more competitive.
Ly Caldwell, missing since January 5, was found dead in a field south of Los Angeles near Compton Road. His automobile, ignited by a gasoline explosion, burned with his body at the front. The death is presumed accidental as the driver could not escape.
Helena Mont resident Hy Scott Donnelly reports dramatic relief from inflammatory rheumatism after trying Mystic Cure. He claims recovery within 24 hours, able to dress and move downstairs, and endorses the product to others suffering rheumatism.
At the Kansas Stock Breeders association meeting Ottawa man C W Wolf was elected president after three ballots and a withdrawal induced by support consolidation. A Le Spensler became vice president while HA Heath Topeka was secretary treasurer and L D Graham Topeka assistant secretary. Directors named J C Robison Towanda Charles B Sutton Hassell W Mellville Eudora H Avery Wakefield CM Irwin Wichita. A T M Potter Peabody urged a stock breeders representative on the railroad board, arguing for cross interests and nonparty qualification.
North Topeka items list visitors from Hoyt Chi ca Belle Plaine and Silver Lake with mentions of residences and social calls. Notes include meetings at Eugene lodge and the Thuplicare Whist club, plus local health and family updates and a business closure at Rose Dry Goods.
Des Moines reports the inauguration of Governor Albert B. Cummins for a second term. In his speech he urges reciprocity as Iowa continues protectionist policy, arguing long term gains will follow. The piece notes public reception and references a local event at First M. Church and a state journal audience.
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