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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1902
Page
2
A garbled stream of dialogue from various speakers on a New York street corner. The snippet mentions a passenger, a cart, road officials, and a request for money to buy clothes, all in a loosely connected, transcription-like fragment with uncertain names and places.
Mrs. Criswell and Mrs. Newcomer hosted a Wiggin flats reception at Ninth Avenue and Tyler Street. The rooms showcased palms, ferns, pink and white carnations, and red accents with an airman serving in the music room. guests wore formal attire.
A chaotic item notes a football event involving Haskell vs Kansas University at Lawrence and Santa Fe. The garbled text mentions a return 78c, November dates, and unspecified promotions amid uncertain details. The piece preserves names and places as readable while avoiding invented facts.
The comptroller of the currency announced the closing of the Central National Bank of Boston after a conference with examiners. A W Neal was named temporary receiver. The bank showed a surplus despite earlier losses and deemed no insolvency. Negotiations to have Eliot National Bank take over failed.
Dramatic events loom as Dawn by the Sea opens at the New Crawford Theater with a Boston success story and a revised English novel adaptation tailored for American audiences. The company, rich in new talent, promises bright songs and lavish settings, with matinee prices listed for the shows.
Samson offers Tony Brown the prize steer for sale in Kansas City style. Col. Geo R Hungate, auctioneer, announces the sale will occur Saturday at 2 pm at Sixth and Kansas avenues to the highest bidder. Orders for beef reach 160 pounds of steak and 100 pounds of roasts if killed in Topeka.
New York reports musician Innes falls ill prompting the band to halt the Raleigh show and return to Philadelphia for treatment. Kry directed the ensemble at Raleigh and the company reached New York on Saturday. The tour restarts only after Innes recovers. Tones and his band are booked for Topeka next season.
A wild night terrorized Elyria as four robbers looted homes and shot at residents. Town Marshal Krohm and Superintendent Hillier exchanged fire, Hillier killing one attacker with a shotgun blast. The band fled after the gunfight, leaving Krohm gravely wounded and a second robber badly hurt. The dead man carried a mileage token marked Davis.
A clergyman in the Interior argues that Marval Field seeks college-bred men but questions if firms can pay salaries worthy of their education. He notes several graduates paid around $5,000 for schooling and fears they may accept only higher wages, as true competence requires more than credentials.
The essay argues that Zionism rests on viewing Jews as a nationality and rejects a world where Jews remain stateless. It notes conflicts between Zionist and non Zionist Jews, fears of assimilation, and the push for Jews to return to their homeland to escape persecution and extinction threats.
A historical notice contrasts Jewish identity and exile with calls for endurance under persecution. It cites International Quarterly on Jewish contentment versus resistance, then shifts to a cautionary piece by Dr. W T Thompson warning that one drink fuels ruin for the drinker and others.
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