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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1903
Page
9
The Smith divorce in district court takes a sensational turn as Mrs. W. S. Smith files twenty two letters to support misconduct accusations. Letters signed Stella or E reveal intimate poems and pleas while exhibits recount a father’s violence and a daughter’s warning notes, signaling a heated legal battle.
An arrest occurred after a court action involving a man connected to an application for divorce and a charge of criminally assaulting his 19 year old daughter. Judge McCabe ordered the case forwarded for trial in the district court.
King Edward replies to an address at Kin Kingstown Ireland with Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The royal launch fired a volley as rain ceased and skies cleared. He expresses sorrow over Pope Leo XIII's death and notes a new era opening for Ireland. A planned royal theater performance in Dublin July 24 is cancelled due to the pope's death.
Tamar Colorado July 31 A costly freight train wreck occurred on the Santa Fe four miles west of Caddos. A train of California fruit ran at 35 mph when the fourteenth car from the engine left the track. the caboose stayed on the rails. Traffic along the line halted for hours with no injuries reported. George Goulds son to be engineer New York July 21 Kingston Goulds eldest son has passed exams for entrance to Columbia University School of Mines to study to become a mechanical engineer at age 14.
Dr D P Cook chairman of the state board of medical exam and registration rebuts A W Marston attorney for Dr Robert E Gray. He says Marston’s scathing remarks were a cowardly kick in the dark and notes the Chicago trial verdict found Gray guilty of gross immorality on his own confession. The piece discusses the six ballots in Gray’s Chicago trial and ends with a playful limerick.
An article notes a sugar price increase of eleven sixteenths a pound equating to three sixteenths cents per pound and $2.75 per ton. The rise is attributed to higher canning season demand and news that European sugar rafters will form a selling combine. It mentions biases toward Europeum sugar and a closing date of Sept. b.
Byron Gill of Arkansas City pitched 14 innings in a 12 to 11 loss to Newton at the Santa Fe Shopmen's Picnic. The report praises Gill as Arkansas City's star pitcher and batter, notes strong Newton pitching by Elliott and Walthour, and recalls various races and events at the picnic with Monahan and Gill among the top performers.
The notice lists a round trip fare of 14.00 dollars for travel from Chicago to Chautauqua Lake and return during July trains. It mentions illustrated brochures and railroads as part of the offer, with Broome County and related routes referenced.
The State Journal will publish a list of missing or stray stock if owners send descriptions. WW E Scotton requests inserting a notice warning that people who advertise stray stock and possess them may face prosecution. Also print lists of animals picked up and held unclaimed upon receiving proper descriptions.
June 21 in St Paul a state health lab assistant recovering from glanders. Advance sheets of the biennial report to Gov Van Sant note three recent human glanders cases in the state. Two brothers died from the disease after exposure to horses owned by one of them. germs from those cases infected the girl.
Real estate transfers list multiple pairs including E Campbell to F R Conwell at 151 and 143 Monroe street Fairchilds addition Harvey’s sub and others. A New Artillery Record notes the 126th coast artillery at Fort Worden achieving four and a half hits out of five on target in two minute intervals, second time in service. Also mentions model time-table folders issued by New York Central, praised by Genial Passenger Agent George J. Denis for travel utility. From the Buffalo Commercial.
A jagged OCR fragment cites a claimant named Kansan and a place at 525 Kansas Avenue. It references a remedy described as the greatest medicine on earth and a long term pain relief claim, with unclear ties to a railroad union pactis in a big city.
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