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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1903
Page
6
The Tennessee exhibit of a tainted jointed snake claims to debunk myth and confirm the creature’s existence. North Georgia capture described as two feet long though details and witnesses cited remain contested and fragmentary.
Fragmentary text references Baltimore event dates in September and an Independent Order of Odd Fellows meeting. Mentions ticketing and rates, with unclear names and locations.
Society notes announce the engagement of Harriet Jones to Str Thomas Dick Alden and detail the September 30 wedding at Grace Cathedral with the Rt Rev Frank Milxpaugh officiating. Attendants, bridesmaids, music by Miss Jamilie King, and a reception and dance at Hudson's Hall are described along with homeward plans to Topeka after November 15.
Vignettes of social guests visiting from Ludington and Omaha with names including Miss Glasgow Harge Norris Gobrecht Grubs O Donovan Magline Faas Guy Kincaid Vansant Wood Snyder and Mrs McKeever plus travel plans and family events. Also notes Bishop Mulspaugh Elvira Millspaugh Lucenia Mattoon Nora Peyton and art club meetings. Kansas Rural Routes list Oct 15 inaugurations for Columbus Oatville Rose Hill areas with carriers and population figures.
An advertisement extols complete rest for body and mind through dietary changes. It urges quitting coffee, adopting Postum Coffee substitute, and emphasizes stomach health as the keystone to balance and happiness. Ends by promoting Battle Creek based Postum Co Ltd and a booklet in each package.
The Santa Fe railroad announces continuation of home seekers excursion rates beyond the planned expiry this month, extending seven months to April next year. The new rate is one half of the first-class fare, covering Kansas Oklahoma Texas Panhandle Pecos valley and other points in New Mexico south of La Junta. Rock Island previously had a matching rate but only through November 1. It may extend its sale later. Tickets at the same schedule will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
In Baltimore on Sept 16 attorney Isidor Goldstrom says 12 year old murderer Jones shows abject stolidity or lack of understanding of his crime against Miss Caroline Link. The boy amuses himself folding newspaper in his cell and shows a wish to play tops with a peer while sleeping most of the time.
An ear of corn grown by William H Welmer on Montgomery Avenue Bryn Mawr drew notice for its unusual kernels. The ear features intermingled blue red purple brown and other colors with natural whitish sections, forming a striking display at a local newsstand.
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on September 14 reporters note Superintendent Carr of the Delaware Valley railroad charged that a women’s carriage struck his automobile and broke a wheel. Mises Raley and Talmage of Brooklyn New York were arrested on a complaint and later paid eight dollars plus costs at Marshall’s.
Stanley C Hughes resigns as pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania to pursue ordination as an Episcopal minister. He hails from a large Presbyterian family and plans to move to York on October 1. Separate notes mention the state charter grants for several Kansas ventures and banks, including the Marsena Gladys Coal and Mining Company and Wayne State Bank.
A brief notice lists patent grants to Kansans and Washington residents. Entries mention inventors such as Henry W. Johnson and John T L Kinnawater, with references to machines including a disk sharpening device and a graft drill. The fragmented text notes locations like Manhattan and accompanying names, without complete details or dates.
North Topeka column lists residents and visitors with teaching appointments at Quincy School and Cedar Street, including Mrs Frank Grear and Miss Clara Plummer. Several moves and hires noted, plus family news from Silver Lake, Stormont hospital, and local clubs. Community updates include new housekeepers, sales at Foucht Hardware, travel by Lottie Herington's family, and officers elected for Victor Copnell No 4 K 1.
Professor Willard T. Smith former county schools superintendent and Professor Norris Wilkinson Delaware City schools principal were shot with bird shot by unknown assailants while hunting grouse near the city. Each suffered about 50 grains of shot in their bodies.
A request from an individual to rent a furnished house with fewer than three rooms and certain mood form conveniences. The seeker offers to pay reasonable rent and mentions an address in Ketley at Hast Eighth street, F.G.
Tickets priced at 14.00 for round trip Chicago to Dock Island. Tickets go on sale September 26 27 and 28 with a final return limit leaving Chicago by October 1. Rock agents can provide full information and details.
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