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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
8
A jumble of local items with doctors, water cures, weddings, college sports, court notes and civic notices fills a town page. Names like Topeka, Fuels, Kansas City, and Emporia appear with varied events, including a wedding, a railway depot, charity drives, and a court case. The fragmentary OCR preserves many proper nouns and scattered actions across towns, churches, and schools.
Chirag July 9 reports that Robert Lowe of the Chicago National Leagued team is to be released within ten days and will cease to be a member. An X-ray suggested a knee issue may be overstated and Lowe claims his knee is not broken, expecting a quick recovery and return to baseball.
The state charter board granted charters to the Wichita Athletic Club and several companies including Raymond Grain and Supply Hymer Polymer Mercantile McGuire Milling and Morgan Oil and Gas with varying capitals. Bankruptcy petitions were filed for White Mountain Paper Company in New Jersey with opposition from North American Trust Company and others. Weather and distant notices appear amid a garbled forecast and scattered casualty reports.
Coal dealers prepare for high prices and cash only terms for winter deliveries. Wholesale associations in Missouri Kansas and nearby regions push cash demand amid tight supply and rising coal costs. Authorities note widespread contract shifts away from credit and warn consumers of higher winter prices as mining output and demand surge.
Miss Henrietta Distier aged 18 in Cincinnati Ohio committed suicide by poison after a secret romance with her brother George 20 years old whom they believed to be kept apart by adoption and family care. They had been separated for years then renewed affection, and she urged him not to marry for two years after her death.
City Tullwey plans a 35000 dollar machine shop to handle drum repair and construction locally in a stone building near the barns. Equipment will be installed and ready for new machinery to support reconstruction work, with minimal staff changes expected. Marshall's concert at Kieth and Verrison Streets Friday marks the second free open mic in a series, featuring a program of marches overtures serenades and medleys. In San Francisco officials from eastern mints counted coin totaling 36000000, including 15000000 in silver and 3909000 in bullion, the largest tally in the mint’s history.
July reports from Atchison Kansas describe a poisoned water incident at the Merkel fish pond killing fifty fish, with some carp weighing up to 29 pounds and bass around 4.5 pounds. prior incidents near Harmony Garden killed all fish, but most survived this time. Separate news notes General James Longstreet, in his eighties, plans eye removal surgery for his left eye damaged by a canoe.
Emporia Kansas July arrest tied to April incidents involving mortgage of horses and carts, cattle and horses traded for cash and a watch. Bert Dryden alleged to misappropriate property, with charges connected to a horse trade and forged claims, held on the date by officers after investigators linked him to a scheme with Hill Chambers and others.
Mrs. Guy Chetwynd, widow of Sir George Chetwynd and the Marchioness of Hastings, is noted as a famed American figure in eastern factions. The text hints she may become Lady Chetwynd in the future.
Reported from Pittsburg that members of the local machinists union may strike tomorrow after a secret ballot tonight at 4. A meeting was held to discuss the action and the national officers authorized the vote amid labor tensions.
An 19th century advertisement for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders used to treat headaches teething troubles and other child ailments. The claim mentions a nurse associated with a New York Children's Home and promotes mail order sample distribution via Allen S. Olmsted RX.
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