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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1903
Page
12
A Kansas area notice seeks workers at daily rates from 9 to 21 dollars with meals. It lists wages for foremen and laborers, mentions towns Fort Scott Chanute and Cherovate, and notes harvest timing through March, with agents coordinating transportation and rates based on ability and tasks.
May 16 report from Lenton notes South Africa faces a clash over Chinese import labor. White workers protest, fearing shadow labor and displaced locals as Johannesburg conditions worsen. Calls grow to curb Chinese immigration to protect jobs.
May 18 report from Constantinople notes bands of Armenian revolutionists arriving from Russia in the districts of Layanid and Sorun, Armenia, seeking to seize frontier territory. Authorities acknowledge activity tied to Macedonian tensions, while Turkish officials resist recognizing the Bulgarian exarch and face protests from Greek clergy amid accusations of intensified suppression in Macedonia.
A long social page details lunches, whist clubs, card parties, and club meetings across Topeka with highlights on Miss Pearinde Prescott and Mrs. Anna Ma the Nell, plus numerous hosts: Mr. and Mrs. J.B. J mn Topelow Avenue, and guests from Lawrence, Wichita, and Emporia attend events at the Oriental room, Tyler Street, and Washburn affiliations.
Governor Taft arrives in the Philippines after two years abroad, stating health is restored. Winthrop notes Benguet remains his location but highlights economic reforms, currency stabilization, and agricultural modernization as keys to development. The piece discusses labor, water, and land challenges, plus the need to balance native rights with American investments.
An appeal asks for material donations for the novist settlement including clothing, threads, needles, and fabric. Contributions are to be recorded and forwarded to Mrs Irwin and local contact points such as 61¢ West Street Glasgow and Mrs Ein Fox at 806 Sudmore. A separate item notes Marshall's Band to perform Sunday afternoon at Garfield.
An old advertisement pitches Hobart’s Vin-Seng Tonic as a remedy for loss of appetite and general debility. It claims readers can restore appetite, enjoy hearty meals, and cites unsolicited testimonial proof of improved strength and digestion. Price listed as per bottle.
Chicago wires report detectives after two years pursue a tangled abduction mystery of 13 year old Frank Ely Rogers of Evington. Brother William Ely sails toward Europe hoping to aid the search as detectives trace every lead from a Nashville arrest to a claimed letter warning authorities, while the family remains divided over suspects and theories.
A chaotic police blotter reports raids on Chesterfield Joint and Imperial billiard shop for bootlegged hop tea mixed with beer. Suspects including J L Bowen and Otto Anderson face station terms as officers recount robberies of policemen and a later court, with Berlin dispatches noting Russian frontier guard casualties in Baku.
Layoff at Brooklyn Navy Yard New York follows payment issues on the ship Connecticut. Twenty-five men on board will be employed in the shops. the ship lags behind sister vessel awaiting private Newport News contract. The best meals for lie at Ladies Exchange 119 West Sixth Street. E. El Hisha Prep.
Washington May 16 The training ship Alliance arrival from Kingston inmates and from where she sailed April 1 Navy denies alarm about safety New York Beretrellance arrived early today from Newsert and will be taken splotty late 20/68 hained cut underesced New York May 1 The steamer Etruria reported at Newucket Lighthouse off Nantucket at 210 May 4 The St Paul from Southampton reported off Nantucket tonight in New York May 4 The clash between Australian strikers and Australian union men in The Bronx led to several injuries and police dispersed the crowd May 16 Memphis men seen in hospital after a hotel incident and others believed to be recovering Ramtoft on the Dox Russia May 16 Dissidents and labor unrest pass with arrests in the capital
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