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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1903
Page
2
A garbled mix of household items, officials, events, and local happenings. Mentions city officials, a fire department engagement, a memorial service, a park inspection, and a plan for storm water work, with scattered names and places such as Byrom Street and Vinewood Park. Various town updates include school activities, a university football talk, and transportation changes.
Jury verdict finds Utterman guilty on one count after four jurors favored acquittal. Defense motion for new trial denied. county attorney argues strongest case yet in a Vinewood Park July liquor sale case.
In Allentown an October wedding was halted by a fatal incident as Oliver Miller, alleged to have caused the bride Miss Agnes Strachan death, faces manslaughter charges. Mrs Aukler and a neighbor were present when a lamp was hurled during a quarrel, injuring Miss Strachan fatally.
A garbled 1920s style item describes straw hats worn by figures including Mary S Lee and Lehr, with misc details about appearance and attire. Mentions Kansas City and ticket references, all in a faded OCR fragment tone.
Work began today on a new toll line connecting Abilene Kansas to Kansas City and extending toward Indianapolis. Four work gangs and experts, backed by a $159000 capital, start from Abilene Chapman Junction City and Manhattan with plans for a through toll line to regional exchanges and a later southwest branch from Topeka. Dewer, Browne, and Smith hold top offices in the project.
The Inter Ocean reports the famous Ferris wheel has been saved from junk and will be moved to the St Louis exposition. Workers on Chicago’s North Side dismantle the wheel for a wrecking company which may keep the first 106000 of receipts, removal and setup cost about 100000, profits split with one third to owners and two thirds to the expo treasury, wheel valued at 350000 but bought for 3200 due to removal expenses, with a long legal history and past sale rumors.
Wires damaged after last night's heavy rainfall confined mainly to the eastern division between Kansas City and Emporia. Hail storms reported between Florence and McPherson and Strong City and Lost Springs with wind storms east of Kansas City. lines near Chillicothe area affected. Telegraph wires out of service east of Kansas City. Rock Island and Santa Fe report heavy rains Caldwell area. other routes mostly light rain. No warouts on fiber.
The treacherous jail break ended when Sheriff John A. Treacher stopped two prisoners, Clar ee Atkincom and Lewin Thompson, as they tried to flee to Mumtingden reformatory. Ackingom, knocked down by Mrs Treacher, restrained the pair until help arrived. they were held for October proceedings.
The piece maps shifting factions across Kansas counties as Burton supporters and opponents vie for renomination. It details districts from Wyandotte to Norton, naming incumbents, likely candidates, and expected vacancies, with emphasis on Burton alignment and anti Burton challenges shaping the next state senate.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley prepares a second round of tests on food preservatives while controversy swirls over his remarks about women. The civil service commission backs a woman for the "Pizen Squad" class. Official word delays saucy food administration until October 15 amid dispute over this scientific case.
In Trenton New Jersey a pauper grave in Lady of Lourdes Cemetery marks convict Joseph Walwitz hanged nine years earlier for Keeper Lippincott's murder. Jacob Kuhn, the sexton, urged by his late father, kept up the grave care pledging the murderer was Mercer county's first hanged in 40 years.
Harvard’s varsity eleven suffered a heavy setback in scrimmage as two top guard candidates Marshall and Rovingon were hurt. Marshall, previously injured near the knee, twisted the knee again. Robinson, the university’s leading shot putter, hurt his neck and may miss the season.
Chicago prepares for secret practice on Marshall Meld as coach Stage plans to drill the team and run plays under new rules. The season opens with Purdue, followed by Northwestern, with Stagg determined to deny Evanston teams any advantage.
A garbled account describes remorse after a crime, a man named Peter in Gly Lyon county facing his own grave in the woods. He is found roaming with others near the woods and is presumed dead from hunger, though recovery is possible.
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