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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1903
Page
8
Gieb Yorer encounters novelty on a farm where no soda fountains exist and a humorous scene unfolds with a cow milking girl and a chorus girl. The imagined fare is limited to milk and old-time country life as the party contemplates a return home due to shattered expectations.
Police officer HD Smith led a clearance of express wagons from East Sixth Street after a city ordinance forbidding stands on that street. Expressmen had petitioned to repeal the measure, but hearing declined to recommend repeal as drivers refused to move. The street stood bare and shoppers and traffic resumed after enforcement.
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Mrs. Mamie Farrar sues Horace Farrar seeking custody of their two children amid allegations of cruelty. The case, filed in district court, notes repeated divorce petitions since marriage about four years ago. Horace, once a noted football player for Washburn, is described as the fast man of the team, now linked to the current dispute.
A fragment advertising Rathbun's Botanic Remedies claims to cure all diseases and assures no poison, inviting agents in Kansas and Missouri and offering terms with a 2 cent stamp. It touts a special treatment for female troubles and targets Topeka addresses for distribution.
The opening of Vinewood Park brightened summer for residents after floods closed Garfield and city parks. Dozens of picnics Sunday and Monday show family and neighborhood groups enjoying the new venue with women’s clubs planning future gatherings and Sunday schools expected to use the resort. Roadblocks include limited streetcar service delaying a Crosby Brothers employer picnic until more cars run Vinewood Line.
Judge Hazell overruled the demurrer in the case against State Senator Frank Faris charged with accepting a 3000 bribe from Smut Governor John A. Lee. Trial set for today as Morton Jourdan for Parris filed a plea in abatement and a recess was taken to let Attorney General Crow prepare a reply. Senators Parris Sullivan Smyith Matthews Costello present. ex-Lieut. Gov. Lee and Mrs Kelley absent.
Real estate transfers record multiple parcels in Highland Park and Parke additions. Names include Hart, Rit ter, Kleinsehmidt, Kiennechmidt, Stith, Hilliard, Jamison, Maron, Crone, Raber, Lenton Land Co, and Jemison. Parcels cover Virginia Ohio and Lawrence streets, Northwest and Northwest quarters, with sale amounts from 25 to 2052 dollars.
Listing praises Round Oak stoves and furnaces for steady heat across fuels hard or soft coal coke wood. Notes quality through heat material, workmanship, and inspection by P. Beckwith of Dowagiac Michigan. Free booklet available on request.
Society notes announce a Wednesday ceremony at the Davidson home in Yates Center Kansas. Dr Charles Lowry and Miss Elizabeth Davidson will wed July 29, with a dancing party and lantern decorations. After a Wisconsin lakes trip the couple will reside in Topeka after October 15 at 509 Kansas Avenue.
Agencies report a widening gap between demand and supply for domestic workers in Topeka. Even with expectations that the station would ease shortages the market shows a larger pool of jobs for cooks and maids than qualified workers. After factory and shop closures in North Topeka many women lost employment, intensifying the search for domestic help.
A Topeka scene recalls superintendent links to state health, with Mrs Guthrie hosting a dancing party at 1le Went Sixtly avenue for Miss Eliza Guthrie and Mr Sydney Guthrie of Marseville and Mr Norman Rumsey. Notes and personal mentions list visits, travel plans, and local social rounds amid employment bureau concerns for domestic servants.
Topeka soda fountains report record business this summer after health officers warned residents to boil water. Demand grows for mineral waters and germ free drinks as the public returns to normal, with patrons seeking properly sterilised beverages at local fountains and stores.
A Buffalo visit confirms that the FORCE product consists of whole wheat with table salt flavoring, sterilized by heat. The tester declares the food pure, containing only wholesome, nutritious whole wheat with salt and free from contaminating handling practices.
A San Francisco dispatch notes declining ice cream sales this summer with a rise in sodas and lemonades amid health fears. Fancy mixed drinks attract many customers as patrons invent new flavor builds for social buzz. Also, boxing plans in Chicago and San Francisco for a bantam title fight precede the heavyweight bout. In Danville, the near riot over the Metcalf incident has cooled as soldiers and townspeople settle down.
E B Jewett warden of the penitentiary visited Joliet Illinois to study the indeterminate sentence law echoed in Kansas and found it favored by prison officials It reduces the return rate of released inmates and requires detailed life histories for ten years prior to sentencing The governor Halley prepared to begin parole operations while Jewett noted the plant’s wine twine output and plans to expand to meet statewide demand
Ta Borman secretary of the Kan sag Dairymen s association has completed space arrangements in the merchants and manufacturers building for dairy product displays. Dairy exhibits including butter creamery butter and cheese will feature prizes and awards will be announced under electric methods within a short time.
A fragmented 19th century ad claims a remedy against colic and cholera will be in every home before winter. The text asserts the product can be sent in at a low price and promises safety in severe conditions.
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