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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1903
Page
7
Public notations report George W. Heavers, an indicted postal official, facing a conspiracy charge linked to a national mail firm. Judge Mitchell rules on whether the indictment should be split into separate counts and addresses related evidentiary claims tied to the case. The matter includes references to county records and the district court where the indictment originated.
A Kansas City detective captured a thief at the Throop hotel during a convention. The suspect, known to Chief Hayes and Jack Dwyer, faced officers after a night guard spotted him rifling pockets. Authorities say the man has multiple aliases and a long record of theft.
Lithographed Pillow Tops sec. These beautiful copies of celebrated paintings are presented as quality decorative items. When made up correctly they become beauties. An assortment of new subjects has just been received.
Washington September 18 The St Paul Foundry company of Saint Paul Minnesota was awarded the contract to construct a massive elephant aviary for the Smithsonian exhibit. The steel cage will be the warmest of its kind and will allow visitors to walk under the display housing dozens of species. Completion is promised with work overseen from Saint Louis and Royalty in London watching Lipton coverage.
In Topeka North Side town items, residents report house work and street improvements while visitors travel. Jameson and Safford families return from Detroit. several locals visit Osage and Emporia. A small blaze at the Monroe Street home prompts a brief alarm and fire brick concerns.
H D Wilson died after a period of illness described as a crisis that was thought to be over. His death ends a lengthy struggle that drew local attention and sympathy from neighbors and friends.
Harmon D. Wilson exchange editor for the Topeka Capital died at his home on Taylor Street at 4 40 today from typhoid fever. He had recently returned from the Indian Territory with John Strickrott after a taxing journalist assignment. Wilson, born in Troy, Kansas, built a varied career in prairie journalism and Swedish dialect writing before settling into editorial work. He was 34 years old, married, and survived by his widowed mother and sister. A short service will be held at Grace Cathedral and the body taken to Rolatt for interment.
Rowley and Snow issue a signed bond for Mi-c-na the flesh forming food and digestion regulator. They guarantee refund if the product fails to increase weight or causes stomach troubles as advertised.
An advertisement promotes Mi o ne as a natural flesh forming preparation that aids digestion and strengthens the digestive system. It claims the product blends with food, improves assimilation, and restores health, with a money back guarantee if it fails to meet expectations.
Delegates to the national convention of mutual co operative insurance companies will meet in Topeka in May 1904. The fourth annual Kansas mutual meeting adjourned with officers re elected and a five member executive committee appointed to arrange the May gathering. The session focused on modern insurance methods and improving the small insurer organizations.
Mary Williams, 17, once of Chattanooga Tennessee, fired two shots at her husband while en route to Arizona and then killed herself with a bullet to the heart. The tragedy occurred yesterday near Milford as the couple traveled from Salt Lake City. General Corbin and Major Turner were noted in city dispatches with military movements and arrivals referenced.
Sten Diss of St Louis, secretary treasurer of the National Bullying Trades council, concludes a three day visit as union mechanics affiliated with the local building trades council end their strike. About several hundred workers will resume duties after nearly two months of work stoppage hampering local construction. Dresden exposition surplus receipts likely to fund St Louis exposition reconstruction for German cities. municipalities weighing the plan.
A financial note shows a fare of 14 dollars for a round trip from Chicago to Rock Island via the Inland System. The listing records a simple transportation price with no additional conditions or dates provided.
Lehigh Valley Railroad promotes fast service on a limited timetable. The route highlights the Black Diamond Express with stop overs at Niagara Falls and through tickets to New York.
David Bergundthal son of the mayor and H F Chute clashed on the quarter stretch at the races. Bergundthal was released on promise to appear. Chute was discharged after backing. Both face disturbing the peace charges, with the incident unfolding in front of the grandstand.
Mrs Sara M Garvey widow of H C K Garvey died last night at home 433 Topeka Avenue after a yearlong illness heart failure She was born in Meadville Pa in 1840 among Topeka’s oldest settlers arriving in 1885 She leaves three sisters seven children and several siblings Funeral arrangements not announced Also noted are brief items on Mrs Grant Reach and unrelated market and transit notices from the era.
Vienna reports Emperor arrival near Hungary with Archduke Frederick as the state supreme court grants a rebearing petition in the murder case of James H. Hay, Pacific Company secretary, sentenced to death years ago.
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