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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
15
A reader is urged to mail the grocer’s name and 10 cents to Battle Creek Breakfast Food Co in Quincy to receive a prepaid shipment if the grocer does not stock the product. The notice invites readers to send their provider’s name and payment for inclusion in the offer.
Fragments report a Kansas City visit by General J. K. Hudeman and a Topeka Carnival plan with tents for agricultural displays. Notes mention a choir concert at an auditorium, a sermon at Fifth and Le Street Parkdale, and preparations for a compensation trial of Dewey and others. Also referenced are church services, a church memorial event, and a rail car accident in Dexter Kansas with local officials reviewing.
A fragmented item notes that the health board has worked in North Topeka but reports only a few disease cases. A letter from H. Brasefield of Nees county describes labor conditions, heat, and grain fatigue. It mentions sick workers and efforts to find easy jobs so they can return to New York.
Fred J. Colter writes in The Globe Democrat about harvest hands returning from Katimar and the looming tempests. He riffs on riots, rural anger, and political shifts, noting droughts, grasshoppers, and Kansas sentiment as elections swing between Republican and other outcomes.
A historical real estate transfer snippet lists multiple owner names and property details. Transactions include Starty and wife to MM Hale, Hila Steinataiin and bustand to Fred Rakumaler for 600, Axtell and wife for 5200, Parikh to FLOM Burge for 2400, Goker to Bow Sechrest for 220, Hern to AE Bernard, and others with street references such as Throav s 47th and Addme street Crmne's aca.
In New Haven Connecticut on July 18 the Constitution defeated the Relienes in the first run of the New York Yacht Club cruise from Glen Cove to New Haven. The Belmont boat stayed close, finishing only one minute eighteen seconds behind after a tight finish.
The Topeka city council failed to pass the Burge and Rohrer natural gas franchise ordinance after lengthy debate over proposed rates. Councilmen Nielsen and Weber supported the Continental Gas offer, while others argued prices were too high. The vote stood six to three, missing the required margin, with plans to revisit in August amid broader controversy over pipe costs and capital investment.
A Homer woman recounts a year of grief after her four year old died in an accident. She describes nervous prostration, loss of appetite, and illness, then credits Grane Nuts with restoring her health and strength. The letter promotes a mail extension offer and a $7,500 cooking contest prize.
Local council debates gas franchise bids amid doubts about pricing and supply. Council members clash over whether gas can be sold profitably at proposed rates, while mayor urges timely action and reform of the Rohrer and Burge ordinance. Expectations center on August testing and possible revival of the franchise after committee review.
Wichita dispatch reports the Kansas City Mexico Orient railroad line extending northeast from Wichita into Butler and Chase counties aims for Orienta and Fairview. Bridges and timbers slow progress. grain and wheat shipments expected to boost local mills and grazing areas.
Berlin dispatch reports German ship Hohenzollern and Hamburg America Auguste Victoria arriving at Molde Norway. Emperor William prizes races between the two steamers and invites guests including General Draper aboard the Hohenzollern. Also noted is study of German canals and harbor improvements by American visitors led by T. B. Burton of Cleveland.
The Southwestern Grain Journal reports Kansas wheat may total about 82 million bushels, far below some guesses and well below hopeful 109 million. Based on threshing returns and best authorities, the paper presents an averaged forecast with cautious notes on corn and oats prospects.
Cripple Creek Colo July 15 The official call for the next meeting of the Transmississippi Commercial Congress at Seattle Washington has been issued by Secretary Arthur F Francis The dates fixed are August 18 19 20 21 108 Topics include irrigation railroad rates harbor and waterway improvements mining and mining policy good roads and relations with Central and South American republics plus hemp and beet sugar industry statehood for territories Alaska isthmian canal merchant marine postal service and other west oriented issues
Delinquent asylum employee Hazlewood testifies he alone choked Superintendent T. C. Riddle after a July dispute over wages and release from employment. Keeney and another clerk denied involvement while others tried to intervene. Hazlewood insists his act was a controlled choking during the confrontation.
At Gravesend New York July 18 the famed RCAESKET AT eee D Great Race Horse of the West McChesney prepared for a championship clash with Water Boy. Under FL M. Saylor the colt stretched his muscles after a long railroad trip, aiming to wear off weariness prior to the race. Daly's colt Claude was mentioned in reports.
A weekly bank statement for New York shows loans 907 015 40, deposits 85 208 100, circulation 342 905 900, and various reserve figures with increases and decreases noted. The document also contains an advertisement for Kings New Life Pills from Arnold Drug Co on North Scrams Avenue.
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