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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
5
An uproar filled the Saturday Night club banquet as gubernatorial hopefuls vied for attention. Speaker Forter and other guests traded quips about endorsements while addresses turned into a heated, humorous exchange reflecting the campaign mood.
In Alinempolis Sallie county votes give Rees twenty, Evans four, and Thompaca none, as Lincoln county shifts between Evans and Thompaca. Rees previously represented Ottawa county in the legislature for two terms. Also mentions Wheat Harvest and medicinal claims for Wewl's Norway Pine Syrup.
The New York May newspaper notes the Presbyterian general assembly meeting at Fifth Avenue Church. Devotional exercises precede a busy program of reports from special committees on confessions and revisions, with discussion of faith confessions and authority. A sermon module and women missionary talks are highlighted. a later legal note covers a wrongful death suit and damages awarded in a separate case involving Mrs Randall.
Mrs Mettie Randall of Cordéve avenue received a verdict for 915,000 damages against the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad at Pulrted Texas last night. Attorney Frank P Walsh secured the claim for the plaintiff with details incompletely recorded due to OCR errors.
In St Paul Minnesota on May 1 the cases against packing houses accused of using borax in meats were continued in police court. McMillan Co pleaded guilty to adulteration of tobacco and paid 35 dollars. Nelson Boris Co was dismissed after it was found the fine had been paid in a related case. Other firms including Cudaby Pecking Armour Packing and Swift & Co face ongoing proceedings awaiting supreme court actions.
Fragmented OCR notes reference Pauncefote and Fastiuston with unclear dates and places. Mentions inability to attend business during dusk or sleep, with scattered terms like Pa ointment cures and grog store. No clear event or outcome emerges.
In Topeka several citizens organized a toehold group seeking incorporation papers in Denver for a new company named Colorado Hydraulics Pinear Mining Company. The plan is to control interest and profits across Topeka and nearby regions, with listed individuals including Ranney-Navls and Brian MacLenman tied to the proposed venture.
The Swliqu Sunday School elected officers to fill the vacancy from Rev G W Amie's removal. Elected were Jerkpatricks as president, Crawford as treasurer, and Rev Harold E Weigct among others. terms of several executive members expire this year.
A Santa Fe operation completes the purchase of a petroleum plant and reports supplying fuel for locomotives. The article notes large fuel shipments and a Pacific coast distribution, with barrels of fuel and related industrial activity.
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