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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1904

Page

2

Dry Goods Sale Catalog Items at Don Vaca Tomorrow

A long list of dry goods with names and sale prices including Melton cloth bookfold wool dress fabric in multiple colors, tennis flannels, percalines, latines, moires, bleached muslin, ladies shirt waists, children's ribbed hose, torchon edgings, wool blankets, and Andrew Jergens Sea Salt Castile soap, all advertised as available tomorrow with limited quantities and emphasis on low prices and various sizes.

Melton Kansas Avenue Andrew Jergens & Co le Daisy Foundation

Spring Carpet Sale Offers Deep Discounts

Our buyer will soon start Hast to make purchases for the coming season. We will for the next twenty days make exceptionally low prices. If you anticipate buying a Carpet or Rug this Spring we will save you nearly fifty per cent to buy now.

Plethora of Money and Trade Trends Across Cities

The week brings widened demand for iron and steel in Pittsburg and Chicago, with expectations of bottom prices. Wheat hits high due to strong home and foreign demand. corn, hides, cloths, leather, and copper rise while minor declines appear in some textiles. Miners seek wage hikes, with talks of amicable settlements. wholesale clothing and dry goods show improvement. Canadian trade quiet due to severe weather with few large failures affecting dry goods.

New York International Mercantiies Agency United States Canta Piltsburg Chicago York Weathes Tenters Fordien CBI Ukelam Josson Indianapolis John Mitchell St. Louis Huyers Philatelphia St. Paul Hank Duluth Cincinnati Ohio Valley Cleveland Werk Thane Canadian Dominion

Bristow Linked as Possible US Senator Candidate

Washington reports fourth assistant postmaster general Bristow as a likely US Senate candidate to replace J Ralph Burton, whose term ends in March. Asked if he would accept, Bristow said he has not considered it, would likely decline if offered, and praised his post office work. He noted his Kansas roots and personal pride in prairie origins. He avoided details on Cuba investigations and post office scandals, saying his reports covered them.

Washington United States J. Ralph Burton Bristow Tate Wenutw Kaunas Post Office Kansas Cho Plains

Execution of Pleasant Armstrong Ends Christmas Morning Murder Case

In Eaker City Oregon January 2 Pleasant Armstrong, who killed Minnie Ensminger near Haines on Christmas morning, 190%, was executed by hanging this morning. His neck broke in the fall, he maintained his nerve to the end, apologized for the crime, and said he would meet the girl in the afterlife. He knelt to receive Catholic last rites after the brief address to the crowd.

Eaker City Ore Pleasant Armstrong Minnie Ensminger Haines Armpetrens

Will Lease a Cable Dinner Adventure by Pilgrim Society

Pilgrim society plans a January dinner to advance the club principle by leasing a transatlantic cable for one hour. The New York Prlestms host the North American end while London hosts the crown delegation with Earl Roberts as guest. Messages of goodwill will cross between dinners in New York and London, reflecting the club’s aims.

New York Jan Mte Pilgrim Society Sir Henry Mortimer Durand London Wal Weenie Techillon Washington Tutt

Icht Hyosaurus Found at California University Expedition

A partially garbled report from the Lick Observatory team in Chile describes a near perfect ichthyosaur fossil discovery in South America. Professor Mersiant notes paleontology progress and compares with other global finds, marking a major scientific milestone despite the text’s poor readability.

University of California Cal South America Astronomar Wright Teed Lick Observatory Chile America Ieee Aquimbo Mersiant Tintveratty South Africa

Attack on Unions Sparks Bryan Speech Dissonance

New York reports James M. Beck’s attack on labor unions triggers W. J. Bryan to depart from his Holland Society dinner text. Bryan warns that danger lies more with corporations defying workers than with unions, condemning social tyranny and class hatred while defending workers’ right to earn a living.

New York James M. Beck Philadelphia W. J. Bryan Holland Society Bryan Bock

Three Men Arrested in Morgan Street Forgery Raid

United States marshals on Morgan Street arrested three men in a forgery ring. John O'Shea was caught in the act of making bogus funds, Henry Gotter was captured with him, and Fred Sullivan was also taken into custody.

Chingy Win Som Rone United States Morgan Street Cheredd John O'Shea Henry Gotter Fred Sullivan

Conference on Amalgamation of Railway Car Men and Carworkers

Indianapolis January 2 A meeting of the executive committee of the Brotherhood of Railway Car Men and the International Association of Carworkers opened to discuss uniting the two national groups. A key topic was whether to admit colored workers, triggering a dispute as white workers opposed integration and a car worker jumped to his feet calling for exclusion before the motion carried.

Indianapolis Ind Brotherhood of Railway Car Men International Association of Carworkers Catierenes

Tiny youngster born in Indiana claims smallest ever

A newborn in Rosnoke near Wabash Indiana weighed a pound and a half at birth. Mrs Roy lives, wife of a farmer, reported a perfectly formed infant that appeared normal in every respect. The rare birth was described as the smallest child ever in northern Indiana, with details of the uncertain worded to follow.

Tedians Indiana Rosnoke Roy

Saloonkeeper Held on Counterfeit Distribution Charge

A saloonkeeper and two accomplices were jailed on charges of distributing counterfeits. They appeared before Commissioner Foote and were each held on $1,000 bonds. Molds dies and partly completed coins were seized as evidence.

Foote

Mrs Long Adjudged Insane in Stafford County

Elizabeth Long of Stafford county Kansas was declared insane in probate court after becoming unbalanced during a visit to the east. Her husband carried her to Topeka for trial and she was committed to the Topeka asylum. At 45, she showed crisis tendencies and was under constant watch in court.

Elizabeth Long Stafford J County Kan

Trusts Reach Out: Crawford and Iowa Illinois Circuits Merge

The Crawford and Iowa-Illinois theatrical circuits unite, with 14 Crawford theaters in Missouri Kansas Colorado Nebraska and Texas and 18 Town-Illinois theaters in those states. Crawford manager LM Crawford and Chamberlain Harrington Co proprietors of the Odeon Theater St Louis act as lessees and directors. Joint bookings will cover seven states.

Missouri Kansas Colorado Nebraska Texas Town-Illlinois Crawford Chamberlain,Harrington & Co Odeon St. Louis

Milk Trust Organized in Chicago Dairy Company

Chicago capitalists form the Chicago Dairy company under Maine laws with 34 000 000 authorized capital to control Chicago's milk supply. In New York J H Schmidt sues H Roof and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific to stop garnishment and wage withholding. Also reports graft grafting in Paterson New Jersey building trades and arbitration ending employer disputes in Jackson County Missouri.

Chicago Chicago Dairy Company Maine Hasan J. H. Schmidt District Court H. Roof Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Hoof Schmidt New York Paterson Oper N- J Justices of the Peace Jackson County Topeka Roof

Radium to be cheap and plentiful in U S says Princeton professor

New York reports Professor Alexander H. Philips of Princeton says radium from American ore will soon be widely available and affordable for science. Using carnotite ore from Utah he asserts Curie methods can extract radium, promising large scale American production and stable supply.

New York Technology Club Alexander H. Philips Princeton University United States Utah Phil Ups Buffalo Cam

A Modern Blue Beard Blydenburg Trial Delays Shocking Allegations

At Eldora Indiana on January 22 the Eben S. Blydenburg trial proceeds with slow progress as witnesses describe arsenic fueled deaths. He a Sunday school teacher and deacon faced complaints from his third wife before her passing and investigators note earlier violent deaths of his first two wives. Emily Hawkins Blydenburg died under mysterious circumstances years ago in Stony Brook New York.

Eldora Eben S. Blydenburg Emily Hawkins Blydenburg Stony Brook S. 1

Library bequest and archaeology gift to UC

A San Francisco dispatch reports the will of Charles F. Does, a Pacific Coast lumberman, setting aside seven hundred thousand dollars for a University of California library. President Wheeler says Mrs. William H. Crocker of San Francisco gave twenty thousand dollars for archaeological work in Old Mexico.

Chicago Tribune San Francisco Charles F. Does Pacific Coast University of California Wheeler Wiliam H. Crocker University Mexico

Swaney Sentenced to Fourteen Years for Murder

James Swaney, the Haydentown mountaineer convicted of second degree murder for killing “Big Bit Turner,” was sent to the penitentiary for fourteen years after a December trial. His attorneys plan to appeal to the Supreme Court, and a bail bid may follow pending the higher court’s decision.

Uniontown James Swaney Big Bit Turner Haydentown Swaney Supreme Court MCA

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Quincy Kompers Parton Huck C.eeeseeeree 5E New York and Western Centers Anne Star Grocery Malta E. Montgomery Joseph I. Bristow Burton Wire William J. Bryan Tiny Youngster Stafford County East Trust Crawford Theaters Town Illinois Credit Adjustors’ Association of Kansas City Hazen Bmo Shawnee County Matthews & Drechsel Hanan Shoes
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