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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
6
A chaotic jumble of Topeka notices, weather notes, fires, and community events spans storms, repairs, and social updates. Key items include a lightning strike on Carl Othman’s home causing minor damage, the death of Major Andrew Russell at a state hospital, and various city council discussions on street and sewer work.
The Miller family observed their golden wedding anniversary at 730 Monroe Street. The couple renewed vows at German Church in the morning and held a noon dinner. Six children are named Phillip Miller St Joseph Wes Miller Kansas City Charles Miller Miss Claire Miller Topeka.
July 17 a strike at the Pint Vue Tin Plate works grows tense as two of ten mills started. Strikers rally on the McKeesport bridge to block workers, prompting calls to the sheriff. Mill officials refuse reinstatement for two discharged employees, while plans circulate to light furnaces Sunday night and resume operations with crews from Cambridge, Pittsburgh, Mart Ferry, and Cleveland.
A police raid last night resulted in the arrest of thirteen people at Vera Noel’s place and nearby Kenna avenue locations. Among those detained were Cora Noel, Marie Adams, Daley Moore, and others. The suspects faced bonds later, with several pleading guilty and three men identified as Texan cattlemen. One girl, named Bess Morton, was among the captured.
Fred Hoss and bartender Gev Sinecras were arrested on nuisance charges after police found seven bottles of beer and two kegs of hop tea at the old stand on Kansas Avenue. Watts, operator of a second-hand shop nearby, also faced a nuisance charge for the same incident and claimed the beer was for personal use. Bonds were set for all involved.
Four members of the First Methodist Sunday School plan a weeklong camp at Lecompton starting July 23, with canvas living, evening relief meetings, and Sunday church services. church members will visit the camp on Sunday.
Advert shows flannel blouse suits with white trimmings priced at 1 dollar, children’s wash pants and blue selections at 69 cents, boys’ best underwear at 50 cents, and Windsor neckteens now offered. Compact sale note with quick price cues and item types for a local newspaper shoppers page.
New York reports a California raisin crop of good size and quality with higher prices anticipated due to contracts progressing well. A Smyrna raisin crop near the season’s end is expected to be very heavy, but experts say foreign competition will not disrupt prices this year.
The Canadian government charters the Newfoundland sealing steamer Neptune to carry a scientific expedition to Hudson?s Bay. The party winters at Chesterfield Inlet to assess a Canadian grain route, led by Captain Samuel Artlett with a Newfoundland crew. The voyage will also enforce customs against American whalers in the area.
Sorrentino's Banda Rossa schedules concerts at the Auditorium Monday and Tuesday with advance sale starting tomorrow. The piece cites European competitions, a Kaiser's decoration, and a vivid tour in Italy and Germany. A separate note reports M. F. Campbell suing Howard Hough Co for alleged breach of property deals in New York.
The city board of health concluded its look into Topeka Water Company supply conditions. Dr C F Menninger said the source is twenty four driven wells and pumping is steady. Councilman George Necker endorsed the mains water quality as satisfactory and criticized the State Journal report. No chemical analysis has been performed yet due to cost and pending instructions.
In Seattle on July 1 Annie Mull died suddenly and her infant daughter died 36 hours later. An autopsy points to poison, possibly turbolic decid or similar drug. EC Crowell, engaged to marry Mull, is jailed on suspicion after threatening self harm. Coroner Hoye suspects an irritant poison caused Mull’s death following a violent stomach hemorrhage.
The 19 year old daughter of J W Grow of Toronto Kansas died suddenly while on a camping trip near Dodge City. After dinner she laughed heartily and soon began coughing severely then hemorrhaged and died within minutes. The remains were sent to Toronto for burial. Dodge City Globe Sumner County DA Wellington Kansas July 17 notes county office gossip and possible appointments.
A string of rapid dispatches from Saline and other cities reports a range of incidents and notices. Craven family troubles in Saline touch a rancher’s son and a prominent Virginia executive’s daughter. a Johnstown accident leaves Abner MoKiney gravely injured. tobacco experiments reach Hawaii via Jared Smith. New York Governor Odell and others migrate toward Portland. Temes A. Boyd, 72, noted Milwaukee Chicago and St Louis journalist dies. Albert Finch, retired New Yorker, commits suicide in New York County. counterfeit five dollar gold pieces surface near St Joseph. London reports a record price for silver spoon relics. a royal carriage accident mars the Queen of Talys visit. and President Roosevelt orders personnel changes while standards for labor in government service are reiterated.
The Ning Hees win over the Reds for the third time in two weeks confirms them as the city’s top colored baseball team. James Robineer of the Haos failed to catch, Page replaces him at catcher, and the Bees score four runs to the Reds’ two.
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