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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
8
BM A Low cites ongoing terminal talks and a New York dispatch on the Rock Island surrender. He notes no rush while outlining negotiations and possible completion of the rail line to Kinsete City and the World’s Fair terminal.
Ex Santa Fe striker Ryton H Ment faced a bigamy charge as a court in Topeka weighed evidence that he lived with Mrs. Ghee while still married to a prior spouse. The case, amid a tense atmosphere, involved witneses and mixed testimony about his marital status and eligibility.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled lines about protests and scores with unclear entities and dates, yielding no coherent event. The readable parts mention a protest or reaction and a score line, but essential names places organizations and exact facts are not recoverable.
Washburn college trustees vote to name the chapel McVicar chapel in honor of ex president Dr. Peter McVicar. The sandstone rock above the building will bear the carved inscription and the donor who raised about 40000 dollars is memorialized. Other campus buildings already carry donor names and a new observatory awaits naming decisions.
June 1 1915 Kansas report notes Santa Fe hinting at restoring old passenger rates from Wichita to Sula Nis with a two cent fare adjustment. The Colored Eastern Stars, a local group, plans a hold a June 2 event in Wichita with delegates from the state in attendance. local organizer Rodny Aire mentions the native colored organization elevating interest and coordinating the event with the local chapter.
Fort Madison Iowa and Topeka society figures gather for card afternoons concerts and tea. numerous names appear including Miss Quinton Miss Pay Quinton Ethel Davie Mrs Davis Miss Carica Morehouse Mrs Orritt Fairbanks Sawyer Miss Lillian Sawyer Miss Katherine Mills and many guests from Washburn University and nearby towns attend gatherings at homes on Topeka avenue Buchanan street and Pulbnore street with notes of entertainment fashion and excursions in June era.
Mrs FM Randall of Lincoln Street will start a Saturday sea week visit in New York, with plans to tour key sites and meet local officials during the stay. The article notes the trip is informal and focuses on scheduled engagements and travel arrangements.
A jumble of brief notes from Topeka and nearby, citing people like A Perry and wife in Boston, Irene Kestie improving after a horse incident, and ongoing plans in Topeka such as street work, a new three story block, and a band concert canceled by bad weather. Mentions Fort Riley, Topeka S.C. baseball, and local civic items with scattered dates and places.
A reader recounts decades of illness attributed to coffee use. After stopping coffee and adopting Postum and Grape-Nuts, his condition improved markedly. He cites relief from dyspepsia, nervous unrest, sleeplessness, and stomach heart pains, claiming restored health and vigor.
A compact Topeka crowd gathered for Sunday events at the Crem erie with a strong bill of fare and music. Local politics note the Native Sons of Kansas seeking a home and monthly committee visits. City court heard Perry Stupdin on copper theft from a Banta We freight car. General town chatter touches on pavement delays, road repairs, and a Santa Fe connection as Janes Collinson travels via Topeka en route to Texas. A macadam road near Sea Brook is faulted for unfinished surface and rocks scattered along the way.
In Topeka this summer, the society will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s light opera Pinafore. A meeting at the Commercial club rooms Thursday decided to recommend to members at the June 18 gathering that the production be staged at Garfield park during the summer. A portion of the plans will be adopted and the opera likely produced if approved.
Fragmentary notes indicate cancellations of numerous contracts due to Winesa influence. An area was prepared for cancer and several weirs were not Hive Tong, leaving unresolved issues and halted works in progress.
Kansas workers may find jobs through a new state free employment bureau representative in Kansas City. The agency collaborates with railroad lines to place harvest crews returning from Missouri. Details on the appointee and home base were not announced, but the move aims to coordinate migrant labor for Kansas wheat harvests.
The excerpt discusses rail transportation costs and freight rates for passengers, mentioning Kan oak and pine, wade and rate of light for two men traveling on one packet, and one cent per mile for three or more. It references TOS Williams and Mr. Ceram in incomplete dialogue.
Pittsburg July 3 The joint committee of manufacturers announce there will be no strike of iron molders in the city. A minimum wage rate of 1 200 a day is proposed but terms of settlement were not given out. Catcher Donohue Dead The baseball catcher under contract with a Washington American League club died at his home. He played last year with the Colorado Springs team of the Western League and previously with the National League Chicago team.
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