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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
8
An item describes a special $5.00 blue cheviot blouse suit featuring a pointed collar with braid and taffeta bands, blue and gold trimming buttons, a flare skirt, and banded down front gores with braid and taffeta accents.
Describes a special menu of women's garments including a $7.50 blue cheviot with snowflakes and double stoe collar in Scotch plaid silk, new full sleeves with flare cuffs, front flare skirt panels, a green mixed cloth sailor collar poste lion blouse trimmed with silk braid, and a dark blue cloth blouse with stole collar and braid trimmings.
An illustrated description details a front and back stole with flat collar braid and silk trimming, drop ornaments on the stole ends, a skirt with box pleats on each gore and top drop ornaments, a blue black and white mixed suit with double cape collar, long stole ends, pointed cuffs, and a full flare skirt with latin seams and braided designs.
Historical notes recount squirrel migrations described by John A. Kepalesti and Kennicott. The text details squirrels gathering in groups, moving in roughly southerly directions, reacting to food scarcity and abundance, and facing dangers from predators and exhaustion during long journeys.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe pickets and cars involved in a disturbance. The text mentions officials or workers and delayed plans, with unclear outcomes or locations. The report hints at removal of cars and involvement of local men, but precise details remain unresolved.
The Boomerang toy project moves forward with a Toledo plan to manufacture the device by May 1. Overton Manufacturing prepares to build a plant on East Seventh Street, with Grand Army Hall nearby, ordering woodworking machinery from St. Louis. Officers WG Bully, president. 25. ingle, vice president. CA. Mobre, secretary. I. L. Overton, manager, lead the venture as local watchers track progress.
A man identified as Petrated at a New York home, linked to an insurance scheme, drew detectives’ attention after a tip about a large payout. Authorities planned to interview him as attorneys prepared to act.
A garbled text from a 19th century locale mentions locations like Aifesourt Kansas and Indian Territory Oklahoma. References appear to colonist seeking investment, Bovis Chances books, and a dentist Dr Po A Koontet at 315 Kansaw ave with evening hours.
A passenger train from Lianewe City to St Louis derailed about thirty miles west of a town, striking several people including a woman who fell onto a chair. The guard was injured and a conductor reports the other cars were thrown. The crash appears caused by a defect in the track.
Chief Surgeon of Leavenworth Home slated for a new sanitarium in Leavenworth. Ceremony planned in March near Hot Springs. Disabled volunteer enrollers examined to ensure fitness for service. Project aims to aid a large number of veterans, with a capacity near 31,000,000 in government support.
G B Gallon resigns with a statement attributed to J J Baxter and Hine at the Beaumont City Talent. Gover G Geltat and former auditor tas Me uc Appolnimor are named in a tumultuous auditor's office scene. Topeka art employment referenced as part of the broader upheaval within the city offices and society groups.
North Topeka items note entertainments for AA No 1 members, spring millinery sales, and Sunflower club gathering. Mentions Hinie expected home from Burlington, Mrs. Hegar Etter moving to Topeka, Desey family moving, Vera Herring hosting at 121Whatte Street, and Topeka visitors W F Karshbaum planning move to San Francisco. A fire at a Bochonun Street home caused damage, with neighbor assistance. Funeral for Nancy F Harding set at Rochester reboot house and Heen Shinr cemetery. Ralph Zarker birthday party honors ten guests, with ongoing social roundups at local lodges.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a 19 year old boy missing or away after leaving a home or family. Names such as John Walllaine Willie Sivin Giney Brunts and Mr. George Maird appear in a chaotic list. A nearby park, a packing house, and a local social gathering with many attendees are referenced along with scattered remarks about pictures taken in a yard and a crowd attending an event.
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