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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
7
A chaotic era filled with garbled names and events outlines a Kansas Missouri Hotel Men's association gathering in Topeka. Secretaries, treasurers and locals are mentioned amid a drunken public scandal with a figure named David Radway and references to a “dead beat” career and hotel debts.
Mrs Clara S McSpadden died yesterday at Christ hospital from typhoid fever. She was wife of TLEH McSpadden, proprietor of One Princies Grocery at Fifteenth and bank streets. The article discusses contagion and criticizes remarks by Dr Storrs about typhoid risk and school water safety.
Oct 8 report notes Monwignnr Gadi and the TOMAR prelate Sento Mantle a5 criticizing US government policy on the Philippines. Friction with friars pushes urging a petitement letter to Governor Taft amid talks of ending the trip or departure. De Wood's Pine Syrup mentioned as a θεραπε.
News from New York Chicago and Kansas City reports the death of Mrs. Booth Tucker in a Santa Fe wreck with details on injuries to others. General Booth awaits word and volunteers issue a sympathy resolution while funeral plans are announced in Chicago and New York.
Santa Fe officials report an eastbound train No 2 derailed near Dean Lake Missouri. Seventeen injured, two seriously Mrs Booth Turk er and Col Holland of the Salvation Army among the hurt. relief and wrecking crews dispatched. detours used to bypass the wrecked section.
The official inquiry cites a brake beam on a tourist sleeping car dropping and dragging along the track before striking a palet, causing the derailment. Local officials dispute the AP account and describe how Engineer Cunningham and Conductor Andrewk were in charge at the time of the incident.
Miss HB Casomets, Salvation Army member, recounts the fatal Amity to Chicago journey with Mrs Booth Tucker and Colonel Holland. A sleeper car crash near Lake Dein injures others. Mrs Booth Tucker dies at 11:20 pm after skull fracture. Dr Charles Hunter provided aid in Pittsburg Kan.
Chicago reports the International Harvester company announced a plan to centralize operations. General agents will handle all five subsidiaries, promising nearly five million dollars in expense reductions and a seven thousand decrease in staff. The consolidation aims to streamline manufacturing and distribution while preserving current operations.
Mother Jones dispatch reports a strike call issued by miners in Trinidad and nearby districts. Union organizers from Indianapolis arrived to coordinate actions as workers swelling beyond ten percent of the local male population discussed walkout plans and support from district leaders including Howells of district No 1.
An unsettled trading day shows corn and wheat slipping while cattle stay steady and hogs fall about ten cents. Reports cite weaker receipts, lower prices, and a cautious mood across markets, with December timing and January futures showing softer tones amid broader stock market declines.
The daily market column shows varied moves across stocks, bonds, and commodities with some indices and railroad stocks advancing while others retreat. Notable shifts include Northwestern and Chicago traction declines, and locomotive preferred rising, alongside mixed grain and livestock prices across Chicago and Kansas City exchanges.
Topeka new plumbers board will issue certificates to out of town candidates and examine local applicants. Fred Relirch of Igia travels to Topeka Saturday for his test and certification. The board earns six dollars per city muster license and two dollars per journeyman license, funds going to the city treasury. Nine plumbers have been examined so far, with more to come next Tuesday night, as the board prepares to certify all Topeka candidates at once.
A fragmentary note from Hutchinson references a bank theft at Bhuraton Bank and a claim that more money was found buried than robbers took. The details about the other bank, the exact amount, and the finder remain unclear in the readable text.
Topeka report says Rhees Lytle remained jailed today after a Supreme Court commitment order. Lytle was convicted in district court and appealed to the high court, with the case under review and a ruling pending.
A. M. McDearmott Commission Co announces rooms 1 and 2 in the Devin Building Kansas Avenue offering stocks grains provisions and investment securities. Specialties in United States bonds and margin trades via private wire to clients in Kansas City Topeka and New York with connections to commercial agencies and Bell telephone service.
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