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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1903
Page
7
A chaotic report describes a repeated arrest for swearing at a neighbor and a large police raid in several districts. The piece lists multiple defendants including George Klauer and Fred Node, with numerous arrests for misdemeanors and disorderly conduct.
City Clerk Squires sent an itemized flood bill to the county showing the total at 7 419.87, with the county’s share 3 700.92 and the city already paying. The report notes spending on emergency needs after the flood, the pontoon and temporary bridges, and paid vouchers for health and dead animal disposal. Much equipment and supplies disappeared, including apples worth over 1 000, with suspicions of theft by workers alongside numerous axes, rope, and hardware. the county will reimburse the city at the next meeting and a complete bill list is provided for county review.
An inquiry to the attorney general questions if a district must accept pupils from another district when the sending district votes to transfer and pay tuition. The department holds a district is not required to receive such pupils unless it agrees, reflecting varying practice across districts and school policies.
A Kansas Prohibitionist dispute centers on Burl Delay of Emporia and charges he started a rival paper The Prohibition state committee held a meeting but did not adopt a resolution as Delay and others implicated failed to attend The row stems from claims Delay controlled an organ and a contract with Steves to run The Fulcrum as the official paper with members unsure of official status.
North Topeka column records residents visiting, moving, and shopping. Names include Mrs Lambert Belvue, Mrs Abel La Frombois Silver Lake, W E Wilson Rochester, S H Strickler Elmont, Mrs Courtney Kansas Avenue, and many others in town for fairs, visits, or housekeeping. Also notes appointments, business trips, and local events with scattered street addresses and family ties.
A Philadelphia man credits Grape-Nuts with reversing eighteen months of liquids only due to chronic stomach catarrh. He reports immediate improvement, regained digestion, renewed nerve and brain vigor, and asks readers to look in each package for the famous Road to Wellville book.
Mrs Parker argues women dramatists provoke sympathy with emotional depth. She notes few have plays produced, cites authors Beatrice Carew and Captain Letterblatt as examples, and contrasts women writers with male counterparts highlighting intuitive character drawing and moral insight.
The article notes Lottie Blair Parker and Anna Moore reflecting on women dramatists and the inspiration behind their works. It covers an actuaries convention discussion led by Chariton T. Lewis on life expectancy, longevity, and the impact of saving the weak on overall vitality, noting improvements in disease prevention and infant survival.
The notice lists a price of 14 dollars for a round trip journey to Chicago. It notes travel via the Rock Island System and implies a standard fare policy or timetable detail for customers.
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