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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1903
Page
8
Amid market confusion miners and retailers brace for shifts in Arkansac coal pricing and delivery. Officials warn of potential winter shortages and higher transport costs as demand and wage pressures ripple through Topeka and Kansas City supply chains.
Ontario Power plans a massive steel conduit named the Great Pipe to span nearly six thousand feet. The design includes a diameter of forty feet and a length of about fifty three miles. Construction will require over 200 tons of rivets and a temporary plant near the Niagara region.
The Philadelphia Record notes the construction project will be well worth watching for its important features and potential impact, highlighting anticipated significance and public interest.
A damage suit of 125000 has been filed in the United States circuit court alleging malicious premeditation. Plaintiff Benikin A. Jarboe of Kansas City seeks judgment against defendants J. Greer and J. & Free from the Weancette county district court, outlining the action and requested remedies.
The editorial denounces the Burton Curtis faction and the state machine. It praises Governor Bailey’s integrity and urges Republicans to renominate him only to face a party machine dominating politics. It warns that mass opposition and voter turnout may unseat the machine in the next election. It names Leidy and Brune as rivals and frames the tax impact as a referendum on machine rule.
Dr McGuire reports burglary at his Kansas Avenue office. A skeleton key broken in the lock was left inside after entry via a transom route. A small sum, including two rings and an envelope, was stolen. amount unknown. No disturbance noted as the transom removal suggests.
County commissioners discuss selling and distributing hundreds of cords of wood near Topeka this winter. A proposed wood yard at the fairgrounds may allocate fuel to the poor, with price adjustments under consideration by the board.
Long, rambling political document recounts arrests related to Greer and Preet tied to the Greer Mitchell Cattle Co of Kansas City. It accuses and defends figures amidst editorial bias, tax critique, and calls to purge the machine in a January party convention.
Dr Norman Plass plans a two month campaign on behalf of Washburn College to raise funds while notes say he previously helped secure a $30 000 donation for observatory construction and equipment. Ray Pickerson strikes reported in New York on September two as union recognition efforts continue. Dean's Ointment advertised as a quick permanent relief for itching piles available at drug stores.
A St. Louis report says Oliver Anderson, secretary of a major local house, has been detained in Chicago after being escorted from St. Louis. He claims to have arrived directly from St. Louis with an alleged troupe, while police investigate. Delegates named for Montana tuberculosis congress are listed by Governor Towle.
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