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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1903
Page
2
A jumble of social happenings includes Hattie Eagles celebrating her thirteenth birthday at Tiesany Street with a long guest list. parties and dinners feature numerous local residents and visitors. The Duplicate Whist Club meets. club activities, meetings, and travel plans for U Haskell football games are noted alongside attendees and host addresses.
A string of visitors and locals mingle at Fort Hiley events and at Michigan, with guests including Mr and Mrs Samuel Corkey Garrard, Mr and Mrs Mal Gaerard, and Mr W H Mackey. Plans include trips to K U Haskell football game and a Sigma Chi house gathering with a later hop.
Kansas sheriffs face delays as Colorado demands precise prisoner name formats for extradition papers. Sheriff Frisby traveled to Topeka with two requisitions but Colorado officials required exact spelling, capitalization, and proper titles.
Weekly bank report for New York dated Oct 4 shows Sepanite ferreutat figures with $26 600, an increase of $139 400. Legal venders total $368 668 500, up by $141 000. Teal creae 2 000 and other items show shifts. expenditures and deposits noted with scattered figures.
Police report details Aunt Mary Cook, 77, arrested for disturbing peace after a confrontation with Pearl Gray, neighbor. Testimony describes heated exchanges, a blue chip, and a minstrel show atmosphere as witnesses recount the incident.
A disjointed report notes an elderly man paying a fine then vanishing, and Dick Justis arrested for alleged grAncy. Police allege nuisance at Ldiund street, while accusations of target practice with a Flobert rifle surface. A Russum joint on Quincy street is raided. Meggle Spendrove and others detained as officers confiscate wet goods. Neighbors complain of disruption at Nipth and Quincy, with three held there. Nearby youth football prompts complaints, as residents mock proposed death penalties for playing on vacant lots.
New York Oct 24 The stock market shows strong resistance this week to the Baltimore and Pittsburg banking failures. Belief centers on continued contraction and reaction in business and industries. Accumulation of reserves after liquidation of securities supports the growing money market and investment demand for railroad bonds.
County Superintendent W Wright urged the board of county commissioners Friday to appoint a county truancy officer. No action was taken and Commissioner Sterne said the board has not yet decided. Wright threatened mandamus to compel the appointment if needed.
In Guayaquil Ecuador Cotopaxi remains active over several days. A health advisory warns of respiratory risks as cold and flu symptoms are not easing. Recommends Dr Wood s Norway Pine Syrup for relief while there is time.
Local notices report illnesses, school land deals, and church services in North Topeka. Mrs Haynes remains seriously ill at 1255 Van Buren. Dr Lyons’s son after appendectomy at Stormont is recovering. townsfolk attend services at Church of the Good Shepherd and Central Avenue Christian church. a Kansas Avenue M E church musicale draws a large crowd.
The Mencken township annual Aui ch school convention will be at Bethel church tomorrow with a praise service at 10 30 led by G W R Ward. Reports follow, then business, officers elected, dinner, then 1 20 praise service led by F S Weight. Sessions on home departments teaching Sabbath desecration and city lessons feature Rev W B Hutchinson Rev H J Nelson. Music by Frank Andrews with J M Priddy president and Miss Gertrude Hetzel secretary.
In Cage Oct 24 a mystery grips Chicago art critics at the salon of the American Society of Artists. Boston jury submissions appear to copy Abbott Feore’s painting with the same title, sparking questions of coincidence or a practical joke. An investigation is under way.
A London report describes a French hospital nurse who attempted death by self harm with typhoid bacillus culture. She showed headache by day three and rose spots by day five. incubation was shortened by a large initial dose, causing a severe typhoid fever but not fatal.
In North Topeka T B H nupp sues for 1000 dollars claiming malicious prosecution after wages were garnished over a 14 dollar grocery bill. Jury was empanelled. Judge Hazen sustains demurrer and directs verdict for the defendants, with costs.
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