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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1903
Page
2
A Cuban woman shares her experience of adopting a new and joyful life after using a product or practice. She describes how it improved daily living and invites American readers to consider trying it. The account reads as a personal testimonial and promotional anecdote.
A garbled promotional notice touts Paine's Celery Compound and its alleged benefits including relief from nervous symptoms and digestive issues. It asserts wide efficacy and promises lasting cures, mentioning regional endorsements and a supposed winter relief.
A lettered social week across Topeka lists events at homes of Guthrie and Potwin families with dances and weddings. It highlights Mrs Frank Patterson’s whist club, a large April 20 wedding at Trinity Church Lawrence for Miss Gertrude Devereux and Mr Roy Alien, plus numerous society gatherings, engagements, and civic notices across Topeka and nearby towns.
A Wichita pastor and a Miss from Wisconsin are cited in a sensational health notice. The article promotes Williames Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for nervous debility, insomnia, and weakened blood. It claims Miss Hueehet recovered after taking the pills and urges purchase through mail order.
April 17 social notes recount visits and arrivals from Urbana Illinois Chicago and Topeka. Names include Mr and Mrs Join B Lord Arthur Capper and many local residents visiting or hosting at homes and churches, with remarks on parties anniversaries and upcoming events.
OCR fragment lists odd phrases and garbled quotes about purchase orders, medical notes, a baby, a stove extinguisher, and a refrigeration ad. Mentions Union Pacific Railroad, 628 Kansas Avenue, and a generic sales tone. Content is inconsistent and jumbled with many unreadable sections.
A chaotic New York Sun report recounts a failed advertising stunt for the Metropolitan Opera involving a controversial poster wheelbarrow image featuring Edouard de Reszke Lillian Nordica and John Duss. The project sparked pride hurt and public backlash as posters were pulled amid disputes over portrayal and marketing tactics.
A collage of short items from North Topeka includes visits by teachers and friends, travel notes from Emporia, Oklahoma City and Kansas City, a new lodge named Wumpanon, and arrivals of relatives. Also mentioned are a funeral service at 422 West Curtin Street, Dolman family travel to Colorado Springs, a bakery closing on Sundays, and local housekeeping ads for wallpaper and paper hanging on East Laurent Street. The North Topeka Baptist church at Laur ent and Harrison Sts is listed with pastor D. Hutchinson.
Fragmented local notices describe church events, sermons on Easter themes, and community gatherings at Lyman school and Second Presbyterian church. Other items mention a legal dispute over cards, a designer’s loss, and upcoming musical programs plus a Philippines arrival of Arnie and Robert Rigden at North Beth Street.
At Sherman Institute in California a strike begins as teachers walk out due to funding gaps. Superintendent Harwood Hall and his wife are affected while older pupils witness the scene. The group plans to resume work July 1 when funds may be available.
The notice lists Sunday activities including an anthem Why Seek Ye and a solo The ht of the World, with a Sabbath school at 1:90 a m and a sermon The Supreme Fact of the Gospel. It invites readers to buy Sunday papers at the drug store James Campbell advertise news, a birthday party on Saturday April 13 from 3 pm with many invitees, Easter decorations, and Easter services at Church of the God Shepherd with morning and evening services. Canon Burke will officiate both services.
The New York Tribune recounts how United States Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa once posed for a Jersey photographer in a bathing suit, provoking ridicule. He quit city clothes for overalls and worked on a farm, gaining rural support and rolling up a large electoral majority when returning home. A future seashore visit is possible but unlikely to tempt him beyond the boardwalk.
The funny farer from Mexico with Lealin Merosee in the title will be presented at the New Crawford tonight. The play has been praised as superior to prior works by the same troupe and is noted for its clever comedians and fine cutlery at Forbes.
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