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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
6
A garbled OCR passage recalls the Midwinter Exposition and Western Woolen Mills with scattered names and places, mentioning a variety of people, companies, and items in a jumbled, non-coherent sequence. The text blends references to exhibits, events, and potential figures without clear narrative or outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a North Topeka area event involving telephone exchange matters, public presence, and local figures. Mentions of Mulvane and Sara, area workers, and a river context appear amid garbled lines. Overall, it hints at a community meeting with local officials and service concerns.
Local scenes unfold as Linton pushes a plan to disfranchise Black voters and amend the constitution. Prohibitionists and anti-senator measures loom, with two-thirds votes needed to submit to the people in 1900. Day-by-day tensions rise as committee actions and communications surface from Topeka.
Clarence Your, arrested for selling liquor in violation of the prohibitory law, faces conviction but a technical appeal may free the druggist. Young was fined 300 dollars by Jodie Magaw and given nine sentences. he hopes a dawn trial could alter the outcome as the case centers on store locations at 500 Kanfis avenue and near Wl Kansl avenue. Meanwhile, news from Denver reports the death of Gompers son at 25 after pneumonia, marking a somber shift in the local scene.
A veterinary surgeon reports that about 4 000 to 6 000 horses in Brooklyn are fed molasses rather than oats to save costs. Harness horses, working up to 22 hours daily, do not chew dry feed well, reducing nutrition. Molasses mixed with hay proves highly digestible and nutritious, offering better value overall.
Fragmented report from a Kansas senate morning session details Senator White of Jewell defending oratorical skill amid adjournment motions and a push to amend the state constitution to define voting eligibility. Also notes on bills, including a tax and salary measure, and concerns about county attorney Nichole investigation.
A 17 year old boy describes relief from headaches and stomach trouble after using Grape-Nuts. He reports better digestion, clearer mind, and weight gain while playing football, crediting the cereal for improved health and performance.
A fragmented legislative roundup notes committee actions on child labor and urban wage costs, plus a bill to reduce hedge height along public highways and several funding or policy proposals. Mentions of local officials, wartime payments, and town track contracts appear amid a cascade of names and stray notices.
A dense, garbled column mentions Morgan and speculative whispers of his influence in Wall Street. It references a private aura around the trust figure, events at offices, and faint sounds from steel beams. A distant booster note promotes a patent remedy from Mrs. A Webster and a North Kanee address, with scattered names and locations.
A fragmented North Topeka column lists residents and visitors such as Mrs Richard Foster from Hoyt Mrs W H Christian from Lecompton and Mr Tyler owner of the Independent Telephone exchange. It notes shopping activity for Friday and Saturday bargains and mentions winter goods sales at Costley, Belphose and associated stores along with visits from relatives and carriers.
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