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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
5
An uneven OCR extract reports on a news item mentioning Rob Dubicus, a crime wire and a press association dispatch. The text is garbled with many misspellings and unclear details.
A garbled statistical summary discusses export figures, price effects, and crop markets. It references the United States, February trade data, and comparisons to prior months, noting heavy export activity in certain periods and potential impacts on global markets.
Readable scraps describe a mayoral race in Thomaston and nearby towns with references to Horunton, Caldwell, and Hutchivisan. Mentions fundraising, a garden of yon planted trees, a fort Scott postal note, and a beefy oddities mix including a chicken incident and a medicine ladue jogger.
A heavily garbled OCR passage presents scattered phrases about opportunities for women, German rulers, and various names. The readable parts mention a person named Sontpugh and references to New Brody and Tangut. The overall content is incoherent with many misspellings and missing context.
Editorial comments on Adolph Wagner and the Monroe doctrine question whether U S policy protects Latin America, criticizing European aims and arguing that Americas state relations affect global balance. It laments Europe’s past meddling and recalls marshals’ government influence in the region.
Harry Meer thirteen-year-old son of Henry Meer Rock Island employee died after a Rock Island train struck him near the tracks. The incident occurred while he and other boys were near a railway bed. Despite medical aid the youth died this morning.
Deaths recount the passing of Wi F Chamberlain a Chicago Theological seminary alumnus and brother of A L Chamberlain who died of heart disease en route to Glenelg. Meanwhile Charles Barepl) of Marlboro Mass accepts a Boston American football scouting offer to catch for the paceball team replacing Mark Warner. Also Chicago reports a court enjoins a strike, declaring a terror claim amid Sheet Metal Workers Local 72 protests at Bykes Steel Housing plant.
City notes report Mr. John Brinner ill at home on 52 Kanase Avenue. Dr Aderhold, a Chicago practitioner and Washburn College visitor, travels with Red Cross and Boer War service. Topeka city council set to examine the Painter voting machine, with testing planned at the Second Ward Auditorium. Local party events, jail, births, and social gatherings are summarized from the day’s notices.
A chaotic report shows Attorney General Coleman and others deem the bill unconstitutional. Senate calendar placement disputed. Judge Smith and Casteln Hamilton weigh dangers to contract rights and state penalties on twine trade while authorities argue the measure overreaches.
L Thomas and C H Matthews organize Topeka laundry venture to be incorporated under a state act with capital of 16 dollars. Charter granted today lists stockholders Charles D Weber L Themen and C Tronssen with others named and notes lack of directors. Other charters approved include Central State company of Oberlins capital and Columbur ventures.
fragmentary report names Berlin and Judge A C T Geiger as directors in a thie onmany case. It references The Osborne-Renter earning con Mei Opharge and a Trade Triutine ebrespweat. Also mentions Neosho oil company and a $16,000 figure tied to Hiver Oil in Neosho surface.
Frisco shares rose amid chatter of a new alliance involving Frisco, St Louis and San Francisco interests. Reporters cited remarks by J. P. Morgan representatives and a Rock Island link, as traders anticipated a perfected combination. Market activity showed upbeat sentiment and suspected cooperation across rail lines.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an election or appointment in a Kansas conference with multiple asterisks and misspellings. Mentions a held re election of a presidue elder and references to Hitler Stations and Halies Alket with scattered names and nonsensical phrases. Over 270,000 incidents are cited as criminint during the past year.
Washington dispatch reports De W. Ceuta and Willem B. M. Barnes named in new scandal following Charleston incident. Philadelphia officials allege white South Pennsvlckers Bank vice president Hyndman Ford County conspired to wreck the bank, accused of diverting $3,000.
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