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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1903
Page
9
Cut Ivory Soap into shavings and dissolve in warm water. Wash quickly by immersion and hand work, then rinse with warm water. Wring and stretch wool into shape and hang to dry away from wind and extremes. Do not rub with a washboard or soap directly. Shrinking occurs from interlacing wool fibers. keep fabric stretched to avoid matting. Use pure soap and even temperature.
Report details a large workforce strike led by boys employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company. After a conference with Manager Wo Carswell, workers threaten to quit Thursday over wage adjustments and pay scale reforms. Management vows to resist, while unions contemplate broader actions and nationwide impact on telegram deliveries.
Chicago detectives tracked Ronnie Walter Stoddard Chatfield to Pur Rockaway Long Island where he allegedly embezzled 40 from American Express. Police report he had 875 on leaving his room. He resides with his wife and two children in Far Rockaway. authorities offered a reward for his capture.
Honolulu Sept 21 The attorney for Mrs Thome Watson, daughter of Mr. Senrchiew, asserts the recent marriage to Mr Watson is void. She seeks the recovery of a Honolulu property stake valued at $1000, conveyed to him after the union. The suit rests on alleged prior marriages and procedural faults, with emphasis on a late 19th century divorce. The case raises questions about validity and property transfer following estrangement.
In a Brooklyn convention for Kings County district attorney, Henry Belden Ketchum’s name withdrawal sparked chaos. Gar Timothy L. Woodruff and other delegates clashed as bodies were torn and chairs toppled. Several women were injured as police separated factions after a heated confrontation.
Sault Ste. Marie Mich Sept 2 unrest continues as every saloon stays open and laborers who protested yesterday return in larger numbers. A lumber camp uprising adds about 1500 men expected to move into town with 75 arriving last night and the rest walking in today. Authorities face criticism for lenient control as eight troops arrive from Toronto to reinforce police and curb the disorder.
Ernest Phelps of Carthage Missouri, 20, accidentally shot himself in the abdomen with a rifle. the weapon discharged while he handled it. He was reportedly a prominent resident. In Oakland, Rev. Charles Thomas Walkley of New York has accepted a call to lead St Pauls Episcopal Church after serving at Grace Church for three years.
The New Crawford stages include The Tenderfoot and The Front Mask with a cast of 75 stars led by Richard Carle and Paul Winthrop, featuring elaborate scenery and period-accurate costumes set in Tours XIV. A matinee and evening show open Saturday with a parade of melodrama and musical acts, and Sunday’s finale promises a dramatic adaptation of a Ozark country tale.
Public notices praise American grown Vuelta tobacco transplanted to Southern soil by Bondy & Lederer now used in the Tom Keene cigar. Dealers charging 10 cents while ads show 5 cents provoke a price clash. Authors insist dealers should not resist the natural, consumer-recognized price rise and warn against further overcharging.
Judge Lobdell cites Lane County and adjacent areas as yielding record wheat per acre and predicts yields exceeding 20 bushels per acre statewide. He notes big piles of grain, storing shortages, and farmers building bins as market demand rises and dealers struggle to buy grain in the short grass country.
A Milwaukee mass meeting condemned city and county corruption. The majority urged a ten member committee to investigate and prosecute implicated parties, while the minority backed isolation as the sole remedy. In Emporia Kansas a court mandate arrived in the Sara Burana case from the state supreme court.
A higher court sustained the lower court ruling in a dispute over a runaway wire attached to a ceiling near the road. Mrs Burns is set to recover about $1,050 from the city in damages.
In Walts Idaho two miners were killed and two injured when a powder magazine at the Mammoth mine blew up near the Black Bear camp. The dead included C T Fros UHR and an unnamed man. One foot from a victim was found as evidence of the blast.
A manhunt continues for Ovando's killer after a late night ambush on his Adirondack estate. Deputies remain the principal responders as a $3,000 reward lingers with few new leads. Witnesses report a burst of flames at a nearby camp once rented by John Fiyunt of New York, with campers startled but unharmed.
Multiple transfers recorded including J and Young to Le Hammond for 500 pounds on Peter Street Crane's Addition. EG Miller and wife 16 MoT Stone 805 dollars on Tor 89 Lincoln Street. Histed to D C Taggart 1 lot and north half on Clay Street. Mary Hammond and husband 1 dollar lot 5 Peter Street Crane's Addition. Imbler wife to C Steadman 1000 dollars lot 2 and south half M4 Branner Street Kein's Addition. A H Stele and wife to W H Queen 1 dollar lots 20-43 and 51 Oakland Avenue JW Morris Addition. Wal nuts Grove subdivision transfers including W F Snyder to W Cooper lot on Winfield Avenue. Hixertbageh and husband to F Anna Danek 100 dollars tract on Topeka Avenue extended. J W Osterhout and wife to R Baker SW 422-404 and 4 Linenly Street Kihe's Addition. J G Miller and wife to M J Stone 100 dollars lot 667 Lincoln Street Mt D subdivision City Ticket Office Univ Pacis Railroad 325 Kansas Avenue.
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