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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
5
The Topeka State Journal reports a full day of teletype and wire activity from the Associated Press and local editors. The newsroom handles rapid exchanges as builders and press operations stay busy across the city and across wires.
The State Journal offers subscriptions with mail delivery to any address. The notice invites readers to change addresses freely and describes the paper as a daily letter from home while travelers are out of town. It references various local and international items, including politics in Venezuela and concerns over petition efforts in Kansas.
The text reports a near million total immigration for the year ending June 34 1908, with 208 203 excess over the previous year. It details arrivals by origin, noting large numbers from Russia Finland Hungary and Germany, with significant shares from Sweden, Norway, and Italy and smaller from Japan and Australia. Data include regional contributions and year over year changes.
The article notes rising American exports to Asia led by China and Japan, with 1903 Japan trials at about 71 million dollars and China near 4 million in 1909, while China’s fur exports reached a peak in 1902 amid hostilities. It discusses broader export growth and the impact of commerce on the U.S. economy.
The report shows US exports to China and Hong Kong exceeding 27 million dollars, with total trade to Asia climbing about 7 percent. European trade tops a billion, North American shipments near 415 million, and overall 1993 export totals run around 26 million, excluding Hawaii.
A jumble of fragmented items includes divorce suits in Attica and Coffeyville, a mention of a United States senator’s favored candidate, a hijacking tour through Kinsey streets, and a dispute over rent size. The piece blends court action with social tidbits and oddball references to town life.
A chaotic local item list notes a seventh street sighting in Rulina on business, a Monday evening dance at Vinewood Park by Harry Steliberg, a family medical absence in Ottawa, and a church rally to move Mount Olive church to a new corner. It records a police chief request to search for Andrew Kinglesa of Den Bloitien Iowa and a wife’s injury. Reports from Leavenworth Times mention Mrs. Throop weighing Delmonte hotel purchase, with inconsistencies about ownership. Market data follow, then notice of Dr. Donald MacLean’s death and career as a university professor and leader in medicine.
A woman was charged with murder after an incident near the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Authorities say the case involves multiple named individuals and a death linked to a transport route near Krerras and Farmed Wes. The article notes a warrant and rapid conveyance details including a request for a two-cent stamp for a passenger department booklet.
City finances show a likely need for higher levies in 1904 to cover growing expenditures and an estimated 60,000 in warrants by November. North Topeka flood costs, sinking fund shortfalls, and upcoming bond maturities drive plans to refund warrants, cut expenses, and possibly levy extra millage to fund interest and principal payments.
City finances strain as improvement bonds and redemption bends may rise about 4 percent, with levies for other funds uncertain. Interest on Coupe Kondavam and related rates face pressure, while park funding and general tax levy projections hover near current levels. Council debates relief measures as residents expect higher costs and the city contemplates delaying funding for a year to balance the budget.
George Cape files a Supreme Court appeal from Franklin county district court. Clifford Mitchell, an insane patient, seeks partition of property and $2,500 claimed rent. Locka A Drew and others are defendant. jury in lower court allowed nothing.
Former United States Senator George Turner of Washington, a member of the African Diuidars commandon, sailed today for London and New York amid unclear diplomatic chatter and announced plans to engage with London authorities.
A local ad invites shoppers to visit tomorrow for fresh meat selections. It highlights Andy Hansen as a skilled meat handler and promises spring chickens, breakfast bacon, hams, salt pork, beef, veal, lamb, corned beef, pigs feet, and mackerel, with emphasis on cleanliness and high quality.
Vinewood Park opens Saturday with topeka Railway officials invited to a 10:39 a.m. parade from Eighth and Kansas Avenue. A noon program and line ride mark the ceremony as Chicago guests join Topeka officials. Regular Vinewood Mine service starts at 1 p.m. and runs every 3 minutes after, though the park may not be finished.
Lyon County stockmen petition the Kansas Railroad Commission protesting scheduled cattle shipping rate increases effective September 1. They cite a 20 percent rise after a prior method change and urge a hearing before enforcement. The item also briefly notes a Mars concert program and a Gulf and Interstate train reconstruction update.
Washington July 24 government payments to Bundy Manufacturing face delays amounting to about 20000 for automate cashiers and time clocks. Inquiries by Assistant Postmaster Generals Wyne and Bristow probe overpricing and irregular contract handling. Names tied to the affair include Beavers, Driggs, Masten, Terry, and Hemenway amidst civil service reassignments and possible indictments.
Balt Lake City July 4. Roslyn Wells was found exhausted on rocks near Antelope Island shore after an all night vigil. Roy Larkin, 15, is missing. Miss Pomeroy and Wells' sister-in-law aided in the search but could not locate him. Rescue efforts continued through the morning.
Brown and enthusiastic WH Davies and E W Poindexter of the fourteen Topekans who went to Thunder Mountain returned today. They traveled 80 miles by stage and horseback mainly the latter. They report mineral indications better than expected and say they were pleased with the findings.
Fragmentary OCR describes rising expectations and upcoming events in Washington with scattered names and dates. It mentions a veteran and a hangings timeline tied to United States events, but details are unclear and many words are garbled.
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