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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1899
Page
3
A Cincinnati inventor markets a Bath Cabinet offering Turkish style hot vapor cleansing for three cents a use. Claims of health benefits include purified skin, weight loss, and relief from rheumatism, obesity, and various ailments with widespread testimonials and notable endorsements.
The report discusses state actions against Prankforte over back door access and compliance with prohibitions on multiple entheasions. Officials emphasize preserving strict controls and lawful consequences for violations, referencing enforcements and safety measures.
Belief in a six hour relief from kidney and bladder discomfort in a female reader. Promises of rapid pain relief, retention relief, and a cure with Ns Great South American Kidney Cure. Distribution via Kansas Avenue and Co ar Avenue druggists in Topeka Kansas. Stitch mend and sew on buttons offered by Steam Laundry with telephone.
New York April K G Dun & Co reports the first quarter failures at 27,72 with liabilities 27,153,001 down 17.6 percent from last year. Defaults rise in New England and the southeast, fall in the Pacific. Average defaulted liabilities per firm drop to 2218, with 112 per 1000 solvent payments. Industry notes include furnaces added, iron and steel consolidations, demand surge, and mixed cotton woollen activity. Exports in week total 2,074,769 bushels with receipts lagging last year. wool, cotton, and leather markets show varied trends. wages provoke strikes at Providence and Norwich.
A dense church notices page lists services at Walnut Grove M. E. and many other local churches. It covers sermons by various pastors and evangelists, Sunday schools, meetings, and events throughout the afternoon and evening, noting speakers such as Mrs. Hattie Livingston and Rev. Warsentunday. It also mentions a silver shipment aboard the steamship Lucania bound for Europe.
Washington April The United States government orders transfer from the war department to the marine hospital service for a 10000 acre reserve at Fort Stanton New Mexico. Surgeon General Weyman selects Fort Stanton for a climate cure facility to treat soldiers sailors and later clerks and citizens.
Suffering from rheumatism neuralgia or weak back may qualify for a free trial bottle of Hercules Hot Oil. The offer claims immediate relief with external application and invites readers to mail their address to Hercules Hot Oil Co Elmira NY or inquire via local druggists for the free sample.
A brief Kansas note describes a simple ceremony planned for around April 15. The event is titled and placed within local civic life, with emphasis on modest rites and community participation.
In Coffeyville the family lot at Ellawood cemetery will host funeral rites for Captain Elliott. Services to be conducted by Revs. Hugh McBirney and A S Preed, with G A R and local committee marshalling the procession. Burial planned for April 15 at Ellawood, simple ceremonies in First Methodist church.
A bugler in Company G, Twentieth Kansas, recounts Captain Elliott being fatally shot through his tent as enemy fire pressed near the trenches. The wound was described as a brass pointed bullet passing through the body. Elliott died last night after initial treatment at a nearby hospital.
April R Dr J Bilis a Williamsburg druggist was brought to Ottawa by Constable Flaherty and jailed for disturbing the peace and beating his wife He is described as a opium user and threats neighbors He offered bond for April 11 and was locked up for safety He came to Williamsburg last winter from Burden Kansas and formerly wed in Missouri
Stockton April. W T Anderson, a Stockton creamery patron, tallies profits from 14 cows for the year ending March 1. Milk sold to the creamery brought $5 while calves raised from skimmed milk earned 23 1. He estimates skimmed milk worth 40 feeding pigs, totaling 602 from 14 cows or 44 per head. He plans to milk 25 or 30 cows year round as the most profitable work.
Emporia April 11 1599 the new board of regents of the state normal school organized electing F S Larabes president A H Turner vice president S H Donge treasurer John Madden secretary I A Rees and J H Ritchey to the board The summer session opens June 11 with all departments represented a fee funds the faculty compensation and the nine week school year was fixed A plan to hire an expert assistant in physical training to aid students in poor health and oversee care of the sick was approved Dodge appointed as agent and committees Leratee Dodge and Ross to advise on land acquisitions by H C Cross with principal part and status The faculty was not changed J N Wilkerson named in appointment
The report notes salary levels for the faculty including President Taylor at 3500 dollars for the year and restored senior professors' pay. Specific salaries listed: Wilkinson 2000, Bailey 800, Huts et 800, Iden and Chrisman 1600, Jones and Woolster 1500, others at 1200 or 1100. Pensions granted to several individuals with varied increases. The Hurst Poultry Co. shipped 15,000 dozen eggs to New York, marking a notable local shipment. The spring term begins Tuesday, with education and child study changes affecting the history of education chair and faculty appointments.
April reports from Axtell describe muddy roads that block wagons from entering town. Residents say the bad condition cripples business as the oldest locals recall no such severity.
Chicago mayor Harrison declares he will not accept a vice presidential nomination and plans to serve two more years as mayor. He pledges to focus on governance, good roads, and city interests while acknowledging council changes and continued support from cyclists and local business leaders.
An ad touts a "Mystic Cure" claiming rapid relief from rheumatism and neuritis within 1 to 3 days for 70 cents, sold by Swift & Holliday at 523 Kansas Avenue Topeka. Another section highlights Victoria taking tea outdoors in Nice on April 8 with crowds cheering.
A period piece endorses Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a practical cure for women’s reproductive health troubles. The letter from Mrs Josephins of Sabina Ohio praises relief from bearing down pains, leucorrhea, and headaches after four bottles plus Liver Pills, urging others to seek the same treatment.
Travel notice details through sleeping car service starting March from Kansas City and St Joseph to Montana and Washington via Burlington Route and Montana Express. Services to Butte Anaconda and Puget Sound, with first and second class through sleepers. Issued by WAKELEY, Gen's Passenger Agent, looks to fit markets east of Missouri.
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