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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1903
Page
15
Fragmented Inland dispatch recounts public meetings in Topeka and Wardhurn scenes. References include trial notices, a baseball game setup between Army Sixteenth battery and ROT team, a court case over cow ownership paid by the mother in law, and routine municipal chatter from Topeka.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a local sales notice involving a stationery company. It mentions train routes, a new game, and surprising reactions but lacks clear names, places, dates, or concrete actions. The readable bits imply a routine sale or exchange item with casual, uncertain phrasing.
Emporia Kansas May 3 Judge Thompson of Burlingames angrily confronted daily papers over their coverage of the Fieldsazainet DeWIt case. He reading parts of the articles and denounced their allegations against his client J T Plelis. The judge requested an order to compel papers to reveal repeaters and restrain further coverage pending jury deliberations.
Cleveland Ohio May 3 Senator Haron opposes endorsing President Roosevelt at the state Republican convention. Col Entrekin criticizes Foraker's stance. Haron says he is for Taft and denies committing to the presidential nomination. He argues the coming convention should not bind the next one.
New York may see Shamrock and Shamrock 4 compete in trial and cup races. Sir Thomas Lipton aims to enter Shamrock 4 in New York Yacht Club events. Designer Mite Belleya notes the 1899 Shamrock faced illness issues, and a fairer showing might have occurred.
May 2 Havana reports a permanent US Cuban treaty signed with Platt amendment provisions included. A $10,000 Handicap is set for Hawthorne racing day with 19 horses listed as possible starters and betting expected to grow. Weather forecasts show possible showers for the day and Santa Fe round trip travel options are noted.
The state board of telegraph and telephone assessors reports that most firms post receipts for a year exceeding twice their assessed valuation. First class toll and exchange tariffs set per mile and per pole, with notable gains in some firms. Readouts list valuations and receipts for numerous local companies, showing significant year over year increases.
El Paso May 2 General J De Joubert and Caplin W O Donnell promote a Boer colony at Tamaulipas Mexico with a 35 000 settler plan financed by a syndicate. Land at 35 shillings per acre yearly. settlers receive land, livestock, implements, and store credit. The tract runs 160 miles north of Victoria with river frontage and a railroad planned.
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