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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1903
Page
9
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop s Restorative as a guaranteed cure for long standing ailments. It claims a 39 of 40 success rate from a 26 year medical career and offers free trial booklets by mail with no money required. The price for full treatment is 6 50 if purchased.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice for a restoration or medical service at a street address, showing unclear names and terms. The readable parts suggest a business or ad titled Shoop's Restorat with terms about risk and physician involvement, but many words are garbled.
Out of the Kansas Woman's Fanar association a new Kenkas Woman's Fanar association forms and plans a November 5 exhibition at Teatiago. The county booths will feature wheat products, pumpkins, melons, and farm goods with photos of each county’s produce. Wichita area displays, county farm items, and a notable wheat emphasis from county booths including Larned and Pawnees. County representation includes Kiowa Smith Sheridan Decatur Rooks Finney and many others with top crops and sugar beets noted. Governor Bailey’s apples may be shown with Topeka departure on November 2 via Rock Island.
A Kansas event outlines a decorated car display for an exhibit site with blue ribbon prizes for wheat. Judges from Brainwen will assess wheat yields including averages of 50, 40, and 20 bushels per acre. Sadie Vi Gresham of Cottonwood Falls will host two evening questions on Kansas farms and wheat farms in Kiowa, Greeley, Sherman counties, promising strong promotional value and entertainment.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports on Reno County tree farming noting catalpa plantings funded a costlier orchard and timber effort. It details 1000 acres near Hutchinson, yields of posts, prices per unit, and a catalpa plantation valued at about 100000 with potential growth. discusses tree thinning and revenue from timber while praising street tree potential and other hardy species.
Public notice promotes Fulton compounds as a cure for Bright's disease, claiming 87 percent recoveries. It highlights Dr Joseph F Retwarth of Philadelphia and a book on kidney ailments, urging readers to seek the remedy via Topeka Drug Co at 722 Kansas Avenue.
Galena Kansas October 4 plans for a total shutdown of the Ga lena Joplin district mines and mills have been agreed to by mill and mine owners to push ore prices above those offered by the mining combine. New York, Ping of Galena and W J Wilken of Kansas City are among the area’s largest operators backing the move.
Horticultural boss Barnes battles with science curator Amythy over display cases at the Slate House. Secretary Collins is tied up, while Prof Grimsley’s show cases trigger an executive council ruling on who gets the cases for bugs and beetles.
Dr Lowry Baya, secretary of the Kiowed of Leaith, reports the city nearly free from epidemic disease for the year amid isolated diphtheria and typhoid cases in Atchison and nearby towns. The district sees a surge of employment listings at the Ties agency with farm hands, cooks, maids, and brick workers offered at monthly wages and daily pay.
Governor Bailey will delay ruling on the Kansas City investigation and prosecution controversy until next week. Attorney General Coleman, away on business, plans to meet the governor on possible travel to assist in prosecuting those indicted by the grand jury. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Livery tale promotes digestive aids with a health claim.
Champion Jim Jeffries, in New York with manager Joe Eagan, plans a show business future possibly headlining a vaudeville troupe with Jim Corbett. He weighs 230 pounds and says he will not give Jack Munroe another chance, calling Munroe a poor fighter, while insisting he and Fitzsimmons are good friends and not at odds.
Fitzsimmons said he will not train in Alameda and plans to start conditioning at a resort near the city. Bob Pitasimo Mone arrived from New York with his wife and daughter and is staying at the Adams house on Rudy street as he prepares for the November bout with George Gardner.
In Columbia Missouri, the Tigers fell to Simpson 2 to 1 after a hard fought second half. Simpson broke away on a fumble return to the Missouri twenty yard line and scored on a forward run. Coe added a sixty five yard run then scored again as Simpson dominated the late play while Missouri showed alternating moments of sharp effort and mistakes.
The New California Jockey Club plans sixteen stakes at Oakland Ingleside and Tanforan starting October 2 with the Burns handicap as the feature, a guaranteed $10,000 stake. The California racing season runs November 14 at Ingleside, with a $2,000 added handicap. Officials remain similar to last year led by secretary Percy W. Tredt as racing expands on western tracks.
Racing at Oklahoma City and New York features lanes and heats with Crescens, Jay McGregor, and Clinper in close finishes. Results include Lennie Sears and Thornfield wins, with mixed weather at Brighton Beach and Latonia meeting previews. Wariness over Crescens final turf appearance and a riot at Lexington football game are noted amid broader state fair racing closeouts.
Coffeyville invincibles were held scoreless as LaHarpe dominated the field in Coffeyville territory. Attendance reached about 1,000 with wrangling delaying play. Green scored both touchdowns and kicked both goals for LaHarpe.
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