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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1903
Page
2
A fragment from a midcentury Kansas City page sketches social notes and community updates. It mentions Governor Bailey, Topeka events, local church and YMCA activities, park outings, weather and crops, the Second United Methodist Church, and various residents including Harveys, Wilsons, and Walters amid a tapestry of brief notices and erratic diary-style snippets.
Recounts a grand mass in St Peter's Sistine Chapel in honor of Pope Leo IX with cardinals, guards, and nobles present. Describes a thirty foot cathedridal structure and coronation imagery, plus a royal guards display and diverse international attendees. Also notes a London requiem at the Oratory and memorial services in Baltimore for the pontiff.
Washington July 28 There was a heated meeting of the graphical union at the government printing office over the reinstatement of W A Miller foreman of the un Lindery who was discharged after expulsion from the Bookbinders union Represented groups included International Bookbinders brotherhood allied organizations printers photographers and the American Federation of Labor President Gompers and Secretary Morrison Leaders said no action was taken and no time set for another session They will await Palmer's ruling on Mister Aguinet charged with unfitness
Washington Juysk The secretary of war sent to the treasury a box of cigars containing a hundred dollars from the Tests department. Colonel Clem, chief at the department, found the box after a worker left it under supervision. The contractor claimed sending the cigars by a messenger boy who did not know of the money. General Grant declined action and ordered the funds sent to the war department. Funds later returned to the treasury as unclaimed and sold with the cigars.
Chicago July 24 Senator Burton mocks Eastern college athletes as useless in harvest work. He claims Kansans excel in farming labor while Easterners fail to adapt, citing failed attempts by varsity rowers and football players to harvest crops. He asserts farmers now refuse to employ them.
report on coal price changes from the Piusture conference outlines higher production costs and predicted wage shifts. miners and operators agreed to raise art of production by about 15 cents per ton, with supplemental increases for dead work and other duties. projections show wages for key mining roles rising as monthly pay adjusts accordingly.
An Kansas stock sanitary commission meeting led to virtually rescinding the cattle dipping order. The board will rely on affidavits from cattle owners that herds are free from disease rather than universal dipping, amending Rules 1 and 2 and advising railroad and stock wards officials of the new policy.
J J Miller of Norton is named delegate to the Transmissionippi Commercial congress in Seattle. Lt Gov Hanna closes a land sale for Graham County and a Kensington banker harvests 100 acres. Norton politics swirl as Republican gains and Populist history mix. The Norton Courier touts the city as the prettiest in North Kansas as district races loom and land sales accelerate. Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry touted for travel ailments.
Coffeyville ranchman Benjam in F Jarboe sues J S Greer of Greer Mills Co and E Freed, seeking 250000 damages in Kansas City Kansas over alleged fake arrest and malicious prosecution connected to 1902 warrants. Attorneys D R Nelson T P Anderson M H Donohoe represent him.
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