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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
5
A damaged OCR fragment from a Topeka State Journal page cites Associated Press reporting. It references a public reading or meeting with limited legible details and mentions staff and offices, but the content is largely unreadable.
The article notes three sharp increases in iron and steel imports during periods of strong activity, contrasting 1871 home production of plate and bar with later years. It cites the ratio of imports to domestic output, mentions market pressures, and includes scattered reader notices and local items about prices and public concerns from the State Journal.
The value of iron and steel imports for the year ending June 30 1903 surpassed all earlier years except seven, per the Commerce and Labor Department Bureau of Statistics. The fiscal year shows 51 7 212? figures compared with 27 180 267 in 1902, marking a historic peak outside the 20 year span.
A fragmented reflective piece humorously surveys society and culture through street slang and caricature. It mentions wealth, refinement, and generational tension, with jests about marriage, ambition, and modern life. Notable snippets include a cartoonish inventor and a talkative messenger boy.
A series of aphoristic musings on prosperity and finance. The piece jokes about wealth, virtue, and social norms, highlighting ironies in money management and personal conduct with witty observations. The tone imitates a satirical, reflective column from a newspaper page.
A satirical column notes that when a girl refuses, it signals few men are present. It suggests women think it natural to reason with a man, tease his bald spot, and that discovering a man has disobeyed can cause lasting resentment. It contrasts women's respect for thinking with men’s pursuit of fun.
An advertised tonic named Hobert's Headache Seltzer claims to clear the brain and settle the stomach for headache relief and prevention. The sale offers 25 doses for St. Formale at Hobart's, the cut-rate drug store at 500 West Tenth.
Miss Ethelyn Palmer formerly of Topeka and stage director Carlyle Moore wed secretly at Oregon City Clackamas County license obtained. The Baker Theater company members and Portland theatergoers learned of the marriage days later after a guarded announcement.
A letter from Mrs. EB. Grannis in New York cites Christian league guidance offering harvesting or agricultural labor in exchange for board and pay. The sender W OH Hunt seeks passage money and asks for references, including Dr. Groehl of New York. Contact through Strangers’ Rest and Gordon Smith Institute in Cleveland Square.
Horine of Great Bend is paroled by Governor Bailey after a two year term for forgery. He has been in prison since June 7 1802. A traveling man from a good family, drinking led to bilked note forgery for 60 dollars sold for 30. Part of his wages will be sent to the swindled party. preliminaries for Alaska boundary commission meeting noted in London.
Atchison readers will attend a Sunday concert by the Card Uavellog at Forest Park with attendees from nearby towns. Organizers urge polite behavior during the band performance and invite all to enjoy music, weather permitting, with plans for a covered pavilion concert if rain continues.
Death notices from Topika Kansas and Socofro New Mexico report Field death dated July 1908. Funeral planned August 2 at Blue Rap fan Kan. City Detective John B. Lucas learns of his mother’s death at Elmwood I. She leaves three sons and one daughter, aged six years.
Governor Baley issues a regulation request for Harry Mifflin sought on a fraud charge in Lawrence Kansas over a 670 cattle deal with EB Keith. Mifflin is under arrest in Don county Texas as a Douglas County officer pursues him.
Dr Fisk will presert at Pirot Congregational church Sunday morning. Roy Crawford has returned from a trip to Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis. Marshall's band will give an open air concert at Eighth and Harrison tonight if weather cooperates. Harry Hans was in town today but left for a vacation to Steamboat Springs Colo. He has been at his Isbland home for the past week. John Francis of Colony Kas has applied to the state free employment agency for two German farmers to run his farm offering 26 dollars a month. Brigadier General J W F Hughes and Amit General J H Kelsey will attend the election of officers of the Second regiment Kansas National Guard at Newton next Tuesday. A Jacksonville Ill capitalists company plans to pipe gas from the Chanute field to Fort Scott. capitalized at five million dollars. News item notes a man jailed for six months for failure to support family. his wife sought Governor Batley for release. A committee appointed by President T M Hanley of the North Topeka Flood club works on information about mismanagement of relief funds. names will not be made public. A Flood club meeting slated for 8 p m Saturday.
In New York, Florence J. Friedlander seek separation from broker Edward J. Friedlander of Brooklyn. She testified jealous behavior toward William K. Vanderbilt led to an assault on her. the case was to go before Justice Gaynor, but she moved to discontinue. Friedlander is a broker at 63 Hart Street, Brooklyn.
A runnerless wagon trod on HAL McCane of Overbrook at Sixth and Kansas. He was taken to Christ hospital with non serious injuries. Washington reports list Indian school appointments and railway clerk appointees with several names from Missouri and nearby states. A Kansas City item notes a transfer from Folsom prison and a Sacramento resident mentioned in a brief dispatch.
A list mentions James Q. Ryburn of El Dorado Kansas M F Webb of McCune Kansas DG Dodd and ET Charles F Wantland of Oklahoma City William BR Randolph of Chandler Oklahoma Jacob Ausimus of El Reno Olin with several others.
Reported sighting places two squads about six to seven miles from Lotus as Sheriff Keena his posse and local militia close in. The pursuit escalates with authorities planning a concerted manhunt to capture the fugitives.
Fred Miller offers to collect all unpaid tax warrants for a fee of six percent. The idea recalls a past successful trial when overdue taxes were recovered, including a large ranch case yielding thousands of dollars for the treasury after fees. The county commissioners will consider Miller's proposition amid political chatter and local commentary.
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