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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1903
Page
5
A fragment from Topeka State Journal appears with garbled header text and misread lines. It mentions price details, delivery, and Associated Press licensing, indicating a historical newspaper page segment with uncertain, partial captions and credits.
Readers away for the summer can have the State Journal mailed daily at thirty cents a month with address changes anytime. The piece highlights a mix of political and social notes, mentioning figures and events in a coarse, humorous tone, with references to elections, speeches, and public figures, including Judge Veewer and Gen. Bristow, among others.
North Topeka flood club faces demands for a full accounting of funds and distribution. The Commercial club may be pressed to repay misused relief money while a committee reviews grants, applications, and vendor charges amid accusations of impropriety and delayed disbursement to flood sufferers.
In a satirical piece from the Absene Reflector, Charles Moreau Harger argues that if one politician would grant or revoke good conduct certificates, others could justify similar actions. The essay imagines a governor Troutman and a party machine, criticizing partisan bias in Kansas administration and media.
Mr Patten resigns after years of service on Topeka Railway, planning a rest and future work. Albert Patten will likely assume operation duties with son Joseph Patten aiding. Vice President Myers expresses regret and notes Patten’s invaluable two decades of service and efforts to smooth the transition.
Fragmentary death notices list individuals including Louie Cole wife of Edward, a funeral at a residence on Grand Avenue, and an infant daughter of Don Coffman from Oakland Avenue. Another entry notes the death of Harry Cameron formerly of Aioee Ska with unspecified funeral details.
A garbled local items page notes dancing in Winewood and a strong Pacific Is tribute, a 70 year old woman with a quilt, 360 dogs in Leavenworth, farmers selling wheat to market, a Salina man claiming years, trouble with a Be second story window, freight delays from Kansas City, cows wandering onto rails, Uncle Tom's Cabin show at Geary or Geawatomie, and a Tonguext farmer haying to wagon impalings. Also bulls, floods, a fair pin, Abe map rejoicing, and a Kansas harvest.
Fragmented OCR text from the Chicago News discusses gender, crime, and money. It mentions a gun, a man with no country and a call for culture, but readable details are sparse. The piece reads as garbled criticism of societal decline without clear events or names.
President West and his sons and nephews camped on Huntington bay shore after a Sagamore Hill departure. The group rowed to Lloyds Neck in two hours, with West and Kermit paddling. The party planned a quiet outing and a later call from Washburn discussed national financial matters, as an interview with Mrs Jones failed to secure a meeting with the president.
Warrants issued at noon for Herman Uternan and three others over selling Adnor beer near Vinewood park last Sunday. Topeka Railway officials oppose liquor sales near the park, aiming to keep it for women and children, and report that up to fifty cages of beer were sold between 10 and 3. The affair casts Vinewood as a failed pleasure resort amid protests and warnings from the railway.
A two day campaign in the city forms parties and endorses the reciamation. A resolution calls a national executive committee meeting of the United People party in St Louis on February 22, 1904. The committee favors nominating convention early in LDH before Republicans or Democrats. J A Edgerton chairs the organization committee to unite reform parties nationwide.
At Vinewood Park a talk with street car conductors led to an immediate wage increase. Vice-President Myers announced a new schedule raising pay to 15 16 17 18 18 19 cents per hour by year one and ongoing increases. Thirty percent of workers gain top rates. service stripes and year-based gold stars awarded, with Councilman Snyder receiving three gold stars to start.
Scouted Hite Masons who recently bought the building housing eleven bodies on Jackson Street undertake major third floor renovations. The banquet hall is widened by removing a partition, the kitchen is extended, and two small rooms become a new property room with improved ventilation. Smoking rooms are merged, and plans include future stage enlargement. Improvements, costing about 230 are to modernize plastering, painting, and papering.
Twenty-two miners including President Howard Trestse and other officials were arrested on conspiracy charges over a plan to blow up the Sun and Moon mine. They deny urging violence and say the alleged destruction aimed to smear the Western Federation of Miners while seeking shorter hours and higher pay. One nonunion worker died from the blast. interrogations continue as authorities pursue related actions in a case tied to post office carrying contracts and a cost dispute.
E E Wilson returns to his home in Zara city bearing a trance like state. He was found unconscious and unshaven, resembling a tramp after a period of deprivation. Local authorities report concern over his condition and potential medical evaluation sought.
Continental Creamery accuses the Rock Island railroad of discrimination and inadequate service on the Belleville to Goodland route. It alleges required delays and double pay for milk shipments have damaged cream transport, costing the company up to 5000 daily, with extent of losses claimed and seek damages from the railroad commission.
Federal grand jury restarts proceedings in Washington today on the post office purchase matter. Assistant District Attorney Tageart cannot say when indictments will be handed down. At least a page of witnesses remain to be examined concerning a figure linked to government purchases.
Sacramento reports a prison alert after convicts escaped from a guard led breakout near Bigondo, with pursuit toward Coloma and Greenwood Creek. In other brief items, Senator’s widow wed in Kentucky, a receiver appointed in Trenton, and barber license discussions surface in Topeka.
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