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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1902
Page
7
A sale notice from Kemper and Paxton at 200-210 East Sixth Street invites customers to view a broad stock of dishes cups saucers plates and fruit bowls plus aluminum ware and anti rust tinware. The catalog lists water sets benches and chamber sets decorative pieces and wide price ranges with kitchen and household staples including nails hinges locks paint and wall paper.
Chicago October 1st workers in downtown restaurants walked out over tips and wages. They demand base pay of 6 to 9 dollars weekly for thirteen hour days plus overtime at double rate. Dinner staff at 22.50 weekly for five hours seek 40 hours total and 240 per week.
Leavenworth District Court hears Benjamin F Bevelle suing for divorce from his wife, alleging abandonment and brutality in Lyons County after six years of marriage. She counters with claims of forced false testimony, support, and alimony requests of $280. The case, filed September, appears stalled as papers vanished from the district clerk’s office.
A government agent’s annual report to the Indian Affairs commissioner criticizes educated young Indians for idleness while middle aged, able bodied workers perform most tasks. It urges segregating educated pupils to reservations, redirecting funds to farming and stock projects, and relocating schools under Oklahoma’s supervision.
Columbia defeated Yale in two of three events at the Halekirhocker Athletic Clubhouse meet on October 31. A. TL Champ of Columbia won the 3M Tooth Ramlicup and Spender captured the final 20 yard handicap, while Yale’s Daman and Wereeneis set notable marks in a weather-affected contest.
The All-American team shattered records for good work with a 205 pin average and 17 per game in a Butter meet at Botte. Roosevelt contributes to a New York campaign report mentions state Republicans and local party figures including Chairman Dunn and Morley, plus London news on Andrew’s arrival. A woodwork factory fire in Montreal causes $140,000 loss, while Mrs. Berth Baker gives a dramatic recital and high school lectures draw crowds.
The Independents rallied at Tecumseh with Isenhart as principal speaker. He denounced Sheriff and county attorney candidates, warned against Nichols and Schenck, and urged voting for a farmer candidate Cogabet. Other speakers included M. M. Mitchell and L. A. Stebbins as the crowd pressed for reform.
The text discusses Cuba’s status as a foreign land since Spanish departure, noting a U S judge in Brooklyn tracing the line from the evacuation of Viviland through the modern era. It covers American jurisdiction over Cuban assets and ships, including a Cuban ship seized under military rule and questions of American versus Cuban authority in maritime cases.
W H Wilein chairman of the Grant school build ing committee calls attention to the crowded condition of Grant school in North Tonka. There are sixteen rooms in the building including three in the basement. All rooms are crowded with one room at 70 pupils and another at 75 where there should be 35 or 40. The board may find it necessary to occupy hallways to relieve the crowding. John Redmond sails for home.
Mrs AH Bates hosts luncheon for Mrs Comisus of Healder Colorado as Mrs T L Lakin’s guest. Invitations extend to many couples and individuals for a Stein berg’s hall dance. Includes list of attendees from Little Rock Atchison Los Angeles and beyond plus theater party plans and Halloween events across Topeka society.
An unidentified young lady walking near West Sixth Avenue was accosted by a well dressed man who grabbed at her as she fled toward Lincoln and Buchanan streets. She lost her cloak on the sidewalk. Dr. Olds aided her return to the scene. Police could not identify the assailant. investigators suspect a pocketbook theft motive amid uncertain details.
Lucy D. Kingman, chairwoman of the Entertainment Committee, reports weak advance interest in the federation’s first fundraising entertainment. A dramatic recital by Mrs. Hertha Kunz Maker at the High School Assembly Hall next Monday evening failed to meet expectations, with details obscured by damaged text.
A mix of former Boer commandants and British officers pledges to serve in South Africa. Half the volunteers are British, half Boer, with Lowry and a homeopathist among those listed. Details are scarce due to mangled OCR.
The Morgan opera house was destroyed by fire early today in Sharon Pennsylvania with losses estimated at 85000 dollars. Bertha Kunz Baker was at the High School hall on Monday November 2.
The fluffy ruff of the season enhances any wardrobe adding style to plain gowns and distinction to elaborate costumes. The Chrysanthemum Ruff leads the new Parisian novelties while the Bertha Ruche offers a frilled cape draping broad on the shoulders.
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