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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
6
Prices of labor in Topeka are increasing this spring as artisans unions push for higher wages, aligning with general price advances. Plasterers and masons have already raised or planned increases, while real estate dealers warn higher costs could affect building activity and overall construction in the coming summer.
A misting by Republican city committees outlines strategy to unite factions behind William Green independent candidate. Local ward leaders claim Teint Wark will energize support, while Democrats favor rival candidates. Wool merchants in Fistan fear customs rulings will raise carpet prices due to imported wool blends.
City health and sanitarian committee visited the Potwin rower mouth area to inspect a leaking water main at the pumping station. Superintendent Jose Shaw said crews straightened the line, added piling near the trestle, and found a bent trestle piece weak. He warned the main could leak again if not properly reinforced and suggested rerouting the main or strengthening the trestle for safety.
In Chicago a circuit court injunction case pits Royal Tea Co against William Gunther over whether a customer taste is a grocer or personal property. The article also notes numerous state charter grants for banks lumber and manufacturing firms and mentions a labor strike tied to brass workers and a sympathetic movement.
A collage of scattered notes and names from a wartime Topeka edition includes personal mentions, church items, local events, and society notices. It recalls Chemulpo born individuals, a Chester water works item, ward announcements, and planned entertainments.
A note describes Wee tenes SONS dren safely employed by Mother Grey to ease fears among children at a New York home, claimed to cure feverishness with careful use though details remain sparse.
Dr F H Scholle is the Democratic nominee for coroner in Topeka. A Baltimore native educated at the University of Baltimore, he has practiced in Topeka for five years. The piece notes his youth and the GOP primary race as the scene for political maneuvering.
St Louis reports that evening illumination of the exposition will render buildings in pure white light to highlight their outlines while cascades flicker with ghostly phosphorescence. Concealed reflectors and hidden sources create shifting tones of opal, glassy hues, allowing observers to discern parts of the towers as colors change.
The Most Rev John M Farley archbishop of New York arrived today on the steamship Princess Irene from Naples after a several week visit in Rome Read a papal message on the Catholic University association to be read Easter Sunday morning.
Washington notes show pensions official Ware returned from Bar and named assistant Ernest Indian Schoal. James W. Dell of Fort Kan has been cast at Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. The president sent to the Senate several postmaster nominations including Charles T. Dallas Hoxie Kan CM Barrivon Gallatin Ma and Thomas J. Taylor Wilber Neb.
March penance aater the lnng distance automobile runs from New York to St Louis exposition have been completed by Chairman Post of the American Automobile Association. Four routes from New York will converge in Ohio with inspectors to be stationed along all routes and detours arranged if needed. Prominent foreign safety motorists have been invited to join the tour.
Adolph Engel promoter, ex Haymarket manager, announces a new pigyhouse theater on Wright Wool avenue at North Clark street. The project, costing about 75005 dollars, seeks to open at the Lakeview theater with a seating capacity of L.
A fragmentary report notes a brakeman from Dennispee acceding general relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using Chamberlain's Pain Syrup. The patient describes initial pain and restlessness improving within a week and expresses gratitude to the remedy.
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