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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1903
Page
15
Woodmen encampment drills to be judged by army officers in St Louis. Odd Fellows care for aged couple. Calla Co No 8 K of P to Kansas City. District conventions for Pythias and related orders planned with officers elected and initiation in November.
A letter to the Journal by EM Wood of Bitter Creek urges belief in a new cure for Brights Disease and diabetes. He cites personal recovery, others helped by the method, and notes widespread support within fraternal orders and local lodges preparing further initiations this December.
Italian Finance Minister Rosano faces a Naples subsidy summit while mixed global events unfold. A Turkish frontier crisis prompts martial rhetoric with Americans suspected amid a wide congress session and labor upheavals in Chicago. In domestic notes, Topeka runs political and civic activity with infrastructure, police, and local appointments amid broader unrest.
Urgent appeal markets Kansas oil as the continent’s undeveloped wealth with low risk. It touts rapid profits, large and small investments, and high monthly dividends while promising big returns from a Chanute field, urging readers to join a development syndicate and recruit local correspondents.
Rail and retail districts report inflation pressures from higher wage costs and unseasonably warm weather. Businesses struggle to pass costs to consumers as production slows and demand steadies. Authorities monitor labor conditions and temperature effects on trade.
New York November 4 R G Dun and Co weekly review notes earnings rise nearly five percent from last year as agricultural prosperity supports circulation and markets. Trade in wearing apparel and fuel remains weak while staples ease after October. Labor disputes ease in some sectors, with strikes in iron and leather hinted but not confirmed.
Westminster church notes list pastor Reynolds and morning sermon on The World is Kindler Eve Account of Eden. Sabbath school at 9 43 am with W Wilson as superintendent and Christian Endeavor at 6 20 pm on temperance. Lenders and Rev J De Cuunteraine address the services at Capitol Street. Redden Mission Sabbath school at 28 Bust First with Junior CEO and intermediate C and week meetings. Oakland Presbyterian church Evangelistic services at 6 40 pm and 6 2 pm Senior GB. Evening service at 7 30 featuring The Glory of Young Men. sermon How to ish the Saloon. Attendance and times include 9 250 pm and 648 me.
The page reports church activities at First Church of Christ Scientist corner Huntoon and Eleventh, Second Wesleyan Methodist on Firth and Leland, and First United, with services, Sunday school times, and sermons. It critiques spelling and grammar while noting pastors such as Elder Jenais Toleturo and White of Second United Presbyterian.
Fragmentary ad copy touts various remedies for chronic headaches and stomach pains with vague promises of cures. It references Dr Mice releases and Apt-Te pills, claiming rapid relief though remaining nonspecific about ingredients, targets, or outcomes. The text reads as an awkward collage of product names and purported benefits without verifiable details.
A garbled account depicts itinerant Chinese visitors in California towns. It describes locals reacting to their odd burdens and the perception that they sell novelty items or services to entertain or astonish passersby. The piece conveys stereotypes and humorous observations from a past era.
The fragment describes a person being severely ill with kidney trouble and dying after taking medicine. It appears to be an OCR fragment labeled as a diary or death notice with unclear dates and no clear events or sources to identify.
Fragmented OCR text shows a dialogue about farming, prices, and market actions with garbled names and stray phrases. It hints at discussing depressed prices, ownership of land, and potential buyback, but lacks coherent context or clear events.
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