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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1903
Page
6
Edison’s phonograph demonstrated in operation with Deerstor presenting how the device records speech. The inventor claims practical uses include court testimony and office work allowing rapid, natural tone dictation onto wax cylinders.
In a tense room in West aes rest, the narrator and Beatrice discuss Beatrice's mood, sympathy, and social expectations. Daphne, Dick Gerrard, and Arch elements surface as rivalries and judgments swirl, revealing fragile friendships and concerns about vanity, frivolity, and the future.
A 1863 front line recruit with a hearty laugh disrupts a company, his humor of farm life and jest provoking both amusement and discipline. Thurston’s good nature sparks laughter that earns nicknames and a captain’s warning as he endures ribbing for his cheeky grin and carefree antics.
The readable fragments reference Walter and Groan in a conflict or event within a mine setting. Specific names and actions are unclear due to garbled text.
A prominent female golfer, Mary Eliza Darentarly, and peers Anthony and Fane earned strong finishes in the latest tournament. Golfing experts question whether any future player can exceed her mark, given the high standard she set in the field.
A captive recalls a captain ordering him from the tent to the guardhouse during a siege in a torp field near Connecticut. He laughs at his sudden shift from soldier to civilian, receives a discharge for general disability, and jokes about milking cows back home as comrades recall his long, loud guffaws.
M Toblansky demonstrates a two stage system to convert smoke into a usable gas. Smoke is filtered and carburated to create pyro gas that does not condense, enabling lighting heating and motor use. The apparatus uses suction to pull smoke through a porous carrier saturated with volatile hydrocarbons, charging it with hydrocarbons and leaving a combustible mix for efficient combustion.
Notices list upcoming fairs and agricultural society events across Kansas. Entries include names of county secretaries and locations such as Topeka J T Tredway and Hiawatha with various fair dates in September.
A collage of classifieds seeks work and helpers including book keepers and office staff, a boy for work in exchange for board, a nurse, a seamstress, and domestic help. Listings invite addresses like Journal care lines, Columbus and Chicago references, and offer positions from private households to employment bureaus with various wages and requirements.
Classified notice listing diverse employment openings including dressmaking, housework, stenography, nursing, fruit growers, carpentry, barbers, livery stable work, and canvassers. Calls for dependable workers, wage details, and postal responses. includes government exam notices and recruitment ads from various firms and offices seeking both sexes and multiple trades.
An energetic appeal for patronage and memberships from various firms in Dayton Ohio, Delaware County, and Kansas Avenue areas is noted. The notice touts profit potential and dividend prospects, urging readers to secure stock, rent, or employment opportunities while promising high returns and opportunities in ginseng and other ventures.
A 1838 price tag placed radium at 15 600 000 per pound. later estimates drop to 3 721 56.90 per pound yet remain steep. Stephen T. Lockwood of Buffalo aims to commercialize extraction to further cut costs, using pitchblende as a source. Radium is highly valued and long lasting, with real practical uses noted by Harper's Weekly.
A collage of humorous lines and quips from various newspapers recounts light verse exchanges and gag dialogues. It features mock love exchanges, a Detroit Evening News note on a new bug remedy, a New York Weekly joke about a stolen watch, and assorted puns about months, prices, and daily life. The item preserves the era’s casual comic voice and wordplay.
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