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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
7
Tax authorities in Yokohama distrain properties of those refusing to pay house tax, seizing funds from Shanghai and Hora Keng Bank and the Chartered Bank of India. Protesters denounce the action as heavy handed and claim ongoing harassment at local meters amid broader unrest.
M Mutagkata ex premier of Japan arrives by steamer Kagu Mara in Victoria. He says visit to America was for pleasure and education, not official. No war with Russia anticipated. he will stay about a year then sail home via Suez. Also notes a big donation possibility for Barnard College and a Western Union style postal rights case in Butte, Montana.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra arrives at the Santa Fe depot after a westbound train. Conductor Rosenbecker, soloists Van Oordt and Wagner, and 60 instrument cases head to the National hotel as audiences in Topeka anticipate a first-time visit. The program features Tannhauser Overture, concertos, arias, and works by Wagner, Saint-Saens, Gounod, and Dvorak, with opening doors at 7:00 and the concert at 3:30.
A vintage advertisement claims Munyon remedies will cure indigestion kidney complaints catarrh and rheumatic pain. It touts Minyon dyspepsia cure and various tonics nerve remedies and the Munyon inhaler as safe popular treatments from Munyon New York and Pittsburg.
North Topeka notes list visitors and moves including E Kelsey of Silver Lake, Joseph Tatshaw of Wilson, W S Marple relocation, Frank Patterson address changes, birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Waugh, and various social and business notices. Also mentions bridge completion at Silver Lake and Rossville, property moves, store displays, and club meetings at local homes.
A scattered Topeka newspaper list shows wanted help for barber training, a cook position, and choral society recruitment under Prof George Bo Penny. It reports civic improvements including bridge work on Sardou Avenue, embankment cutting on Oakland side, and plans to move earth. Also noted are timber land deals in California, a thwarted train wreck near Ashland Kentucky, a queen’s Amsterdam visit, and various public notices on taxes and arbitration.
A collage of small ads offers livestock poultry and farm goods for sale including purebred Drise Winning stock at one dollar each and mature stock. thoroughbred poultry and equipment. sugar hay. furniture like sideboards. a grocery and meal business. milk cows. real estate items. a bank counter. and attorney services in patent and trademark fields. Addresses include Madison, Auburndale Hawthorn, Tyler, Garfield Park, North Topeka, and Sinton. Public sale items and various household items appear among miscellaneous offerings.
Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR. Readable items indicate a five room house for sale with contact options and an address at 45 Lawrence St for more information. The notice mentions premises visits in mornings and evenings and references general sale terms.
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