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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1903
Page
5
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled references to New York offices and a wine report. Names such as Paul Klock appear distorted. The passage reads like a partial public or journal notice with mentions of leases, reports, and a copied night report, but many words are illegible.
Readers are reminded that the State Journal offers summer mail service at thirty cents per month, with daily delivery to any address. The piece humorously contrasts parental and teacher attitudes, notes the yearly stresses of returning to school, and includes a mix of local items, editorials, and brief notices from Lawrence, Topeka, and nearby towns.
Fragmentary text surveys social disruptions and labor shifts, noting profit promises and rising rents. It cites coal market overstock, accessible credit, and speculation about property values in Shamokin and broader economic anxiety. References to public reaction and consumer prices imply stress on workers and living costs amid shifting industrial fortunes.
Fragmented OCR text discusses teachers' nervous fatigue and a three month vacation amid school year pressures. Mentions salary interruptions and push to reduce overwork for modern schoolchildren with a bleak note on "slaughter" and reform.
Fragmentary verse and maxims from a Philadelphia Record column on wisdom, temper, and marriage. The text pokes at folly and honesty, noting consistency as a jewel and noting how fortune favors restraint. The mood is reflective and deliberately aphoristic, with cryptic phrasing and clipped echoes of 19th century prose.
The text presents a fragmented poetic line and a string of quirky spoken exchanges. It references a character named Maude and a speaker noting hair parting, with a line about time and a murmur about belief in words. The tone hints at satirical banter and social observation.
About thirty cattle shippers attend the state board of railroad commissioners hearing on the Kansas rate case against railroads. Attorneys for cattlemen challenge board jurisdiction arguing only consignors or municipal entities can file such complaints while railroads say the complaint targets a broader group. The session focuses on legal definitions and whether rates already promulged affect the case.
Don’t think you are too old to fascinate or to care for your looks. Women between thirty and forty are at peak appeal yet should avoid outward bragging about being forty. Maintain vitality with exercise, sleep, and a lively voice. don’t fear aging yet preserve youthfulness through daily care, romance, kindness, and self-respect.
Rail project on the loop disrupts access at the Santa Fe depot as track works dig into the street near the Holliday house. Mrs C F Aheed’s salt measure to halt construction is cited. street crews continue inspections and removal of the line leading to the depot.
The Democratic state convention opened at noon with State Chairman Hall presiding. William J. Brennen of Pittsburgh chosen temporary chairman. The platform denounces Republican corruption, pledges Democratic efforts to defeat proffered measures, calls for ballot reform, and asserts labor rights and election protections amid a broader critique of Republican rule.
A garbled report cites Aguinaldo urging countrymen to abandon vices and support farming improvements and public schools, praising the educational facilities provided to uplift the nation.
Jesse Campbell visits the Shimer family in Clarendon Texas and returns home. East Fourth street residents push for the Sae Fe railway to pave to Fourth Street. crossing is rough. A new show debuts near Crawford's opera house with about 30 sewing machines and affordable seating. John Katerline sues Schmidt over a house purchase and unpaid balance after a horse sale. A sheriff misidentification is corrected. Ed S. Bateman is the arresting name. Kurl Weltte, 17, charged with petit larceny for stealing $6 from S. B. Martin. City attorney drafts an express wagon ordinance to ban wagons on Kaness Avenue and certain blocks. A tent theatre on Seventh and Jackson awaits a month’s stay with licenses issued. John Strickratt recovering from typhoid at Colorado Springs. Sixty members of the big club attend a Franklin county picnic in Ottawa.
Cyrus Leena rejects an editorial claim about a house Republican caucus nominating committee. He labels the statement misrepresentative and notes the committee was formed from two members per congressional district, as is customary.
Chris Hoffman of Enterprise, president of the firm seeking to pipe natural gas to Topeka, visits Topeka on business. He notes interest from a Topeka financier and Abilene National Bank’s A M White joining the venture. Attorney A M Harvey leads right of way work as they target a gas line from near Chanute and secure land rights.
C L Short resigns as trainmaster, effective October, remaining in Chanute to oversee American company interests. Cronin may be considered for promotion, with the final decision likely to involve an Argentine candidate. Harnes oversees the selection process and reports to the general superintendent. Short’s four decades with the company include service on the central division and long tenure as treasurer and supervisor.
Kansas City report from Garnett Kansas says W A Johnson a well known critic and pioneer of Anderson county died at his home after a long illness The funeral will be held Friday Johnson served in many appointive offices since his arrival in the county
September 2 reports state the Standard mill at Colorado City owned by United States Reduction & Refining Co. shut this morning due to miners strike. About 20 employees will receive one third wages for an undetermined period as loyalty keeps them with the company during the dispute. Other items note a man in Puente, Colorado attempted suicide after beating his wife, and a raid reveal bombs were stolen in France by French agents. A separate incident reports prowlers exchanging fire with guards at the El Paso mine with no injuries. In Manila, locustlike unrest follows a gathering in Taguent, concerning provincial constabulary actions.
Theodore Vogel longtime foreman on the Keeses Farmer dies at his home 212 Van Buren street of heart disease aged years funeral plans to be announced later. Mrs Sarah Bean reputed oldest colored woman in Topeka dies at 103 near Lexington this week.
A rear ending on Saturday evening at Pent involved engine No 40 backing into engine 76. One brakeman died from a severed leg, while engineer Carr sustained a scalp wound and a broken ankle. Fireman Williamson suffered serious injuries as crew negligence was cited.
The Thir ty-fourth district moves toward a Republican nod to replace late Senator HL P er tana with Pow Assistant Attorney General poised not to run. Russell County may lack a candidate next year while Flix Worth Lincoln and Osborne counties plan contenders. O'Donnell of Elimworth seeks state senate. B F Chilcott in Osborne and F P Eirkoken of Barnard are possible contenders with A R Busick from Syvan Grove also speculated. Osborne county could form coalitions to prevail, unlike the others. In the Thirty-first district of Saline and Ottawa, James A Kimball is the likely Republican nominee as Ottawa keeps the district judge seat with Rose Rees.
An advertisement extols coffee quality with praise for the department and modern machinery. It highlights low prices on Mexican Java at 20 cents and lists several named brands and roasts including Barton Peaberry Santos and Rio. WM. GREEN & SONS promotes pure, mature, sweet coffee offerings.
A report indicates C. E. Kimball, a prominent Republican state committeeman, may be nominated after returning to the lower house. Uncertainty remains whether he will accept the nominal position and how it affects the party slate.
La m bette county attorney BE. I. Burton protests a pardon for Marlon Asbell after an application was heard by Governor Bailey on Monday. The governor is at Baxter Springs today as Altel's supporters present their case to Lone.
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