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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
2
Lot features Baden Madras 28 inches wide in fine sheer corded fabric with 4 000 yards, Rivoli Stripes 30 inches wide with 1 000 yards of fine satin stripe wash goods, Challie de Paris wool finished 81 inches wide with 6 000 yards. Prices quoted per yard with Monday sale.
Topeka residents seek summer relief with tents on lawns, cellar retreats, porches, hammocks, and electric fans. The piece notes city campers and discusses beliefs from George Ade fables about staying in town to avoid resort crowds, alongside reflections on social patterns and heat coping in the dry season.
The city explores novel cooling ideas as July sizzles. residents shelter in basements and tents on lawns to beat heat. Mrs. Chamberlain adapts a Colorado themed basement for comfort, while families use hammocks, fans, and porch lounges. Camping and outdoor tents become common, with Sunbeam girls’ group expanding townwide.
In Topeka Kansas July 17 machinists at the cement works walked off at 2 pm over foreman Bevier who unpaid demands. Engineers carpenters and electricians joined in, totaling about eighty workers. Bevier, a non union Russian, is accused of being unreasonable and incompetent. Workers plan a meeting to decide whether to seek Bevier's removal and return to work if replaced.
The resignation of George R. Henderson as superintendent of motive power becomes effective August 1. Alfred Lovell, now assistant superintendent, leads the guessing among railroad men as the likely successor. Henderson is in Mexico City. Kendrick and Mudgrand are noted as key officials involved in the appointment process.
Fragmentary OCR reports a civil trial in Nebraska involving a widowed defendant and a plaintiff alleging 5000 dollars in damages from a hit by a vehicle. Testimony suggests limited romantic sentiment. jurors returned a verdict for a sum around zero, with dispute over causation and neighborly conduct.
A muddled exchange with a foreman reveals court rumors about a widow and a pending marriage. Jurors questioned a widow’s status and a man named Jim is referenced in a tale of payback and social pressure amid talk of new hats and an upcoming wedding.
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