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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1903
Page
12
Residents demand the company bury a water main after a flood washed away seven acres of land. The incident left property lines damaged and local officials warning of further erosion without prompt repair.
In Topeka a disputed repair of a large water main disrupts the planned transfer of waterworks from the company to the city council. Mayor Bergundthal and officials push the city to cover the exposed main while engineers debate responsibility and costs amid concerns over freezing and future maintenance. Meanwhile, a separate Chicago police shooting ends with a teen victim.
Mr Tincher urges water company restoration of washed out routes. A forestry bureau official will publish photos and a descriptive piece to drum up support for opposing bank cutting.
Topeka readers learn Riley's approach to dialect poetry through memories of his process. He draws living children and real people as models, writing poems in kitchens and parlor rooms, often on unusual surfaces, and recalls his early deskless years while describing his writing habit. He plans a recital at the Auditorium in December.
Directors adopt bylaws for the vopexa tusbridgs and Counci Grove Interurban line and move to sell stock at 100 dollars per share. Major T J Andersen oversees stock certificates while engineers and committees prepare survey costs routes and population data for vote considerations.
A raid on Branner Street Joint Raid in the east edge of town led to the arrest of Tom Henry, described as a troublesome local, who kept a small keg of beer and confiscated whisky. Residents oppose the joint as an institution, with previous attempts by authorities to limit its presence in the area.
J G Menkel of Dubuque Iowa recounts knee ankle and elbow joints pain after three years of rheumatism. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale people with rapid relief after weeks and eight years free of trouble. He praises the pills as effective for locomotor ataxia neuralgia and general weakness and notes they are sold by druggists or the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
In Chicago on November 22 Harvey Van Dein Peter Neidermele and Evil Hrocski sat in cells as the grand jury prepared indictments for their crime. The plan is for an immediate trial while Gustav Marx Neldermeir and Van Delft have already detailed car barn murders. Van Dein’s mother visited police headquarters after reading a newspaper remark and urged action, saying mothers are like other people.
New York dispatch reports Brooklyn Magic editor says unhalterable decision to back Alton B Parker for president. Parker, chief justice of the Court of Appeals, is highlighted as the preferred candidate for the Democratic nomination amid party shifts. Meanwhile in Wilbur, Missouri Pacific Railroad faces a complaint to restore a telegraph office after ceasing station agent support. Local bonds vouch for station maintenance, with Wilbur handling 480 cattle, 62 hogs, and 20 merchandise cars over two years.
Inspector for the department of justice Plato Monroy is on a periodic inspection trip. His last visit here was about a month ago. He will record the offices he visits, heading to Topeka then Leavenworth Fort Scott and Wichita on a one week inspection run.
In Everett Pennsylvania on November 8 a weak pig iron market forces the local company to close operations indefinitely. The workforce at the mines and coke works at Kearney will be reduced with many workers laid off due to the downturn.
In Wichita Kansas on November 23 a 12 year old boy Jay Graves died from a gunshot wound. He was hunting when found beside his rifle. Police say the accident appears linked to a misfired shot from the firearm.
Two more candidates seek Governor Bailey’s approval for a seat on the supreme bench. Judge William Thompson of Burt County and Judge Abijah Wells of Seneca are named as contenders. Wells reportedly has Nemaha county backing. Thompson served previously in the Osage Wabambee Pottawatomie district court. Governor Bailey faces appointment amid a political tug as a term gap and election law delay linger.
North Topeka column notes visitors and departures at Kilmer Maple Hill and Los Angeles, church services in Barrett hall and North Topeka Baptist, W T K club meeting, Amity lodge travel to Kansas City for the ranks, Evangelist Overman sermons, and muskrat weather folklore predicting a mild winter from Soldier Creek.
A Topeka reader Mrs. Whitlow reports relief from stomach trouble after four bottles of Hobart Win-Seng Tonic. The ad promotes the tonic for catarrh stomach trouble indigestion nervousness and sleeplessness and claims cures where doctors failed.
An advertisement promises a full money back guarantee on Hobart's Win-Seng Tonle if it fails to help ailments from weak or disordered stomachs. It touts cures in nine out of ten cases and claims dramatic price savings on bottles, offering three bottles for 1 55 dollars.
Mrs. Isaac Sheets hosted a one o'clock luncheon at her Jackson street home in honor of Miss Lou Dell McMaster, whose wedding to Mr. Harry Swartz is planned next Wednesday. Attending were Miss McMaster’s intimate friends including Mrs. Tom Joseph, Mrs. C. B. Jordan, and Miss Mabel King. The Shawnee Development Co was formed at a meeting at the fire station with capital stock of 10 000, and set to push work at Shorey with day and night shifts. A strong gas smell at the Shorey field is attributed by Dr. Hathaway to genuine gas odor similar to Chanute wells.
A list of 40 jurors was drawn this morning to serve as the special venue for the J. C. Lowe murder case. Names include C F Thrapt Topeka Murdock Topeka and many from Topeka township, with several other towns represented. Also noted is the arrest of a Big Four conductor in Indianapolis.
Commencing Sunday November 2, the northbound train on the St. Joe branch will depart Topeka at 7 16 a m replacing 7 19 am. Four other schedule changes are listed on the time card at city OMee Kansas Avenue.
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