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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1904
Page
5
A compact summary of wire service reports and editorials in the Tope State Journal reflecting wartime dispatches from the Yalu and Port Arthur, political maneuvering around delegates, and shifting public vote statistics. Includes mentions of Roosevelt, Hearst, Bristow, and Wirt amid debates on postal and congressional power.
The piece discusses Secretary Cottel y ou and a pending inquiry into meat packing practices, referencing an injunction and fears of corporate power. It notes past beef scandals and questions whether courts can curb entrenched interests, with broad implications for regulation and public trust.
A collage of community chatter from the Atchison Globe includes political banter on court orders and compliance, local sentiment on taxation and bonds, assorted street observations, oddball anecdotes about townsfolk, a police chief mention, and humorous vignettes on social conduct and behavior. The piece blends humor with civic life, naming residents, counties, and nearby towns.
Fragmented OCR text reflects reflections on engagements and social expectations. It hints at male optimism about teaching women behavior and critiques naivety in social courting and spending.
Fragmented reflections and garbled quotes from a Philadelphia Record column touch on divorce, romance, charity, conduct, and invention. The text weaves misheard phrases and stray thoughts about relationships and social norms, with incomplete lines suggesting a humorously distorted dialogue.
A garbled passage references Tommy and Al Scientist, with unclear identities and a mix of phrases about life, races, and expectations. The fragment mentions fame, a botanist, and married status, but coherence is low and no clear event or individuals are established.
A jumble of social observations mocks gender stereotypes and moral perceptions. It notes a woman’s dress does not prove theft, comments on debt and politics, and cites cultural contrasts. The piece satirizes judgment and humor in human behavior.
The Delaware shad fishery opens with Captain Rice and seventy five men cleaning and preparing the huge net, two miles long, for daily casts. The operation involves horses hauling, a dozen boats, and spectator crowds at Gloucester while the crew works through weeks of debris removal and net preparation.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the sole remedy for purifying blood addressing humors eruptions and worn stamina. It cites a testimonial from Soste A. Hares regarding improved vision after eight bottles, asserting the product restores health at notable cost.
Capt. Rice and his trusted crew guide a large shad net as it fills with fish in shallow river water. Spectators bargain for the fattest shad while the catch is sorted, bagged, and weighed for the boat. The scene predicts a strong shad season with high river stocks and potential profits.
W O Nevill long associated with the Colorado division at Goodland Kan has been named trainmaster of the Kansas division headquartered in Topeka. The Parkston cosmic superintendent position was abolished after R R Sutherland took the El Paso division post, a Topeka familiar who once served as Rock Island thief clerk to the general superintendent.
A Kansas City Southern freight train derailed six miles south of Joplin along the Saginaw highway while running at a rapid pace. Three men were killed and three injured. Seventeen cars of merchandise were demolished. One of the deceased was a coal miner from Mineral, named Wolf, maimed in the incident.
Fred Dumont Smith questions the Wichita convention's planning and reports that party leaders manipulated chair selections and ticket terms. The account cites changes favoring Stubbs as permanent chair and omits the railroad commissioner nominee promised to Mobleon and George, revealing alleged machine influence.
A baseball meeting in the YMC A parlors discusses plans for the coming season. Travel info promotes through sleepers from Kansas City to Jacksonville and Florida tours with several discounted one way and round trip fares, with agent contact for details.
The Colorado & Southern passenger train bound for Pueblo was boarded by masked men who beat Evans, the United Mine Workers of America financial manager sent by President John Mitchell. He was taken from the train at Waisenburg in critical condition with fifteen scalp wounds after the assailants fled from the Santa Fe crossing near Trinidad.
In Leavenworth Kansas Mrs Palmer a colored woman was found dead with a bullet wound in her head. In another room William Ganzauer a 35 year old white grocery clerk was found dying with a revolver in his hand, apparently self-inflicted. No witnesses to the tragedy.
Great Bend Kansas March 14 Herman Remert a farmer near Heiser northwest of town killed his wife as she prepared a meal then shot himself. He had been temporarily insane and died from the self-inflicted wound. The couple were in good health prior to the incident.
Dublin reports two Ulster districts roiled by supernatural visitations in mid March. In Tyrone near Carrickmore farmer Thompson’s house sees stones bricks and dairy items hurled at windows while doors are bolted and watch kept. In Cavan’s Quilea unearthly noises drive residents indoors after dark.
The 1 month old Gladys McBryer died at the home of her parents five miles northeast of Topeka of pneumonia Sunday. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial at Rochester Cemetery. Also noted is a London dispatch about English servant issues and other clipped items from Chicago and Hong Kong news.
A catalog style note lists items available for purchase with brief descriptors and pricing hints suggesting a sale period. The header emphasizes sale items and likely shop inventory highlights across categories.
A plan to unite the Columbian American and National universities of Washington DC to form a nucleus of a national university in the capital. The American university trustees with a $2,000,000 endowment discuss the idea with Bishop McCabe and President Needham of Columbian University. A meeting of interests is likely within months to consider a combined approach retaining strong features from each institution.
London March 14 The Bishop of Southwell urged a stirring war march to be sung for temperance. He noted prior songs extol beer and urged poets of the Church of Wales temperance society to compose a spirited national war song to rally cheer and unity.
New York man G Harrison Power dominates Monte Carlo gambling gossip. He rejects systems, boasts luck as sole method, and pockets large stakes with unwavering confidence. Crowds surround him as he plays, and he reportedly wins repeatedly.
The grand duke of Oldenburg who planned a Atlantic voyage to Niagara then Washington and New York may have returned to New York, though confirmation is lacking. Meanwhile the Travelers Protective Association suspends Louis T Labeaume, longtime secretary treasurer, amid an official inquiry led by J. W. McDonald.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe hives as a torment to a cited subject and promise an instant permanent cure. The text mentions remedies avoiding drugs and references a person or place titled Cltment with unclear context.
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