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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1903
Page
10
A farmer and family watch as a tramp enters their burning barn and retrieves a bound child. The tramp carries the child out through the smoke and flames as the farmer’s son is saved by the stranger’s daring act though the scene ends with the hero leaving amid the heat and chaos.
An account of a hunting expedition above the Hudson with officers taking rifles, a steamer, and natives alarming the crew. A rhino charges a land party, is killed by shellfire, and a survey team member is found dead with broken bones. Elephants later gather and are driven off by a nine pounder, with dramatic impact on the herd.
A collage of quips from various papers features a black physician's bedside quip, flirtatious banter, and mock anecdotes about literary figures and social scenes. Snappy lines touch on love, money, publishing, and everyday mischief, offering a brisk snapshot of humorous newspaper humor.
A lone gunman stalked from cover and fired at a group, three men shot at him but failed to disturb his calm. He laid on the tracks with head down, while the clash escalated and a warlike scene unfolded with shots and a fatal explosion at the chief, leaving no attackers alive and ending amid chaos.
Fragmented classified notice shows multiple job ads for a bookkeeper secretary and writers, plus other listings. Poor readability mentions Tyler Street and Kansas, with references to wages and part time duties.
A damaged OCR notice reports a lost horse and rewards for a return. It also lists real estate for sale and multiple garbled identifiers, dates, and a July reference, with scattered names and locations that are unreadable or incomplete. The fragmentary text mentions a draft horse about 1300 weight and indeterminate industry or institute references in Deer Creek area.
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