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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1902
Page
7
A garbled ad fragment markets beet based bowel products with unclear drug names and slogans. It references Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, promising guaranteed cure or money back. The text mixes terms like roc soc and druggixte with odd spellings and misprints.
The township approves contracts including bridge work with a low bid of 1,005 dollars. Additional work in Selitice township for 50 will include excavation. A rail system pamphlet offers travel info and resort ads are circulated at drug stores for 50 cents.
Chicago May 17 reports Western rail lines aiding a sugar trust plan to cut beet sugar competition. Lines including Rock Island Missouri Pacific and others join a through rate of 63 cents per 100 pounds from New York via Galveston to Bande City Saint Joseph Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska. The scheme floods the market with 200 carloads of sugar at below-beet prices, threatening Nebraska Colorado growers. Missouri Central railways announce they will adopt the same rate to Missouri River points.
Chicago May 27 A man killed his sweetheart in a Bohemian district then shot himself. The girl aged 18 lay dead with a bullet in her brain while the man lay dying. They had come to Chicago two months ago seeking happiness as Sweethearts. They were found side by side under a sidewalk on the West Side. The man named Rossman died and the girl named Rotemyn was still breathing faintly.
In Denver Dover Col May two boxing rivals Aba Attell and Young Corbett signed to fight on June 6. Officials agreed on a split with a percentage for the winner and loser and terms to be finalized.
Rehearsal of the coronation procession tests the full route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey and return. Vehicles, outriders, and royal family coaches are staged as on coronation day. Notable figures and cavalry from the Household are represented. several named participants and carriages model the event.
Perry Mundin chief of Brass Thiavyes is arrested with youthful assistants after raiding Santa Fe. High School students designs thwarted by officers as thieves evade capture in a citywide spree. A long account describes patrols, attempted raids, and various arrests including a barkeeper and a dishwasher involved in petty crimes.
Fragmentary OCR from a court page shows defendants described as colored and white youths named Belan ding, Shem, Pinky, Bud Smith, and John Hug Gina. The text references threats, alleged theft, a 60 day complaint, and a chaotic scene with drills and towed movements. No clear outcome or date is present.
Local verse and notices from Topeka scenes include Eva Hardie’s return, Monte Chriswu appearing tonight, and a city thermometer at 78. Reports cover rail work, state house elevator tests, a memorial day planning meeting, and a Portlandish mix of trips, protests, and errands. A Kansas City alert, Santa Fe shopmen funding, and various contracts and accidents fill the day’s brief items.
A scanned classified page shows numerous for sale notices and wants. Listings include wanted salesmen and numerous for sale items such as livestock ponies riding gear household goods and tools. The jumble reflects a busy marketplace with prices and locations across multiple districts.
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