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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1899
Page
5
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as preventing pimples blackheads and rough oily skin. It claims to cleanse purify and beautify skin scalp hair and hands using a blend of emollients and cleansing ingredients. It asserts value at 25 cents and cites testimonials from users praising clear skin after use.
The weather forecast narrator Jennings notes spring may begin with a chill as a 32 degree high lukewarm day contrasts with hopeful signs. Weather theories mix with sprig trade revival and street activity, including sprinklers and open streetcars, amid cautious optimism.
In New Albany and neighboring cities the council of presidents of Indian Woman’s clubs demands slang ban and champions pure Anglo Saxon speech. They call for reform in schools, law, and social circles to cleanse language across communities.
In Phoenix Ave on April 12, three dwellers were uncovered in a hillsite near Alder Verde. The corpses lay in a solid crypt with plastered air, showing cranial forms and small bones. A death blanket and rough beads were found nearby, with parts of the bodies preserved by the tomb materials.
The Bachelor Girls club enjoyed an afternoon hosted by Miss Edna McClintock. Numerous guests from Washington Court House Ohio Washington Kan Chicago and Topeka attended as well as many local names. The H. HB. club held a late season dancing party at Hudson's with an unusually large attendance and punch served. Additional society notices list visits travels engagements and marriages including Tina Coburn and Frank Tomson's Kansas City Kan ceremony and various residents' health travel and social plans.
The notice advertises two lecture readings by Edmond de Bergerac and Prof John De Motte in Lincoln Post hall. Tickets for both events go on sale Thursday and Friday at 25 cents in advance. Committee members of the entertainment orders urge attendance and meeting at 116 East Sixth Street on April 13.
A noisy jumble of town life reports from Topeka includes the first open car of the season on the Washburn street railway, church announcements, courthouse chatter, and local incidents. Mentions of Rev Gartow meetings, a German Catholic church, municipal taxes, and candidates for county office mix with weather notes and street activity in Shawnee County.
Residents press for paving between track rails to replace cobblestones that clog sidewalks and hinder pedestrians and business at several city locales. The article mentions John Buch, a federal court gardener, as a resident observer and notes broader civic concerns about street conditions and safety. It also references officials and attorneys in Topeka, with mention of federal figures and a Public Attorney General figure, plus a broader health alert about a cerebro spinal meningitis outbreak near Potawatamie County.
The City of St Louis from New Orleans is quarantined at St Louis due to a smallpox case. Captain Thorwegan guards 275 aboard with 20 first and 35 second class passengers and 190 deck hands. seven passengers escaped. Belts, the sick fireman, sent to the pest house. A police detail prevents anyone leaving or freight removal until contagion risk ends.
London scenes show Americans spending at least 10 million dollars on social pleasure this season. Many top homes leased by American families, with shopkeepers noting their welcome. T P O Connor says American presence in London is larger than ever. First Secretary White will leave Park Lane after hosting at Lady Hindlip’s Hill Street residence.
Greenwood reports excitement over gold found along Boundary creek after a new channel opening by townsite owners and the Columbia & Western railway. Claims dot a wide area and townsite owners threaten legal action against locators. Croker vows municipal gas expansion in New York.
North Topeka notices offer shoe bargains by The Leader on Kansas avenue. Various personal moves, visits, and social events fill the page including guests Christine Johnson of Denver and Mrs. W. S. Hamrick’s Greencastle trip, with multiple local addresses and notices of properties for rent and moves in the community.
Lead paragraph notes Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science may come to the city spend her last days here. Mentions her son in business and possible charge of Christian Science work this season. Plans drawn for a Lee Baience tall in the business part of the city. Keystone furnace at Park alive, employing many as it resumes after year of quiet. Rehearsal for G A R entertainment set for Grand Opera House next Tuesday. participants urged to attend.
Washington April 12 the April report shows winter wheat condition on April 1 at 77.5 percent, near last year and above the ten year average. Among 30 producing states 26 report below their yearly averages, and mortality among farm animals remains high with cattle losses from exposure and disease up from the prior year.
James Burnett father of May Burnett, aged over 70, a coal miner for decades, was arrested for drunkenness after traveling from Scranton to Topeka for his daughter's trial. He told Judge Guy he drank whiskey and ginger from a drug store and received a warning before being discharged. J B Evans admitted to being drunk as well during the proceedings.
Clarence Eddy has been appointed official organist for the United States at the Paris Exposition. A Chicago figure, Eddy spent four years in Europe, living in Paris recently, and has toured Germany England France and Italy. His deep familiarity with French music and Frence musicians fits the role.
Advices from Buenos Ayres report Bolivian revolutionists won a signal success after several days. Pande, the revolutionary leader, has entered Orurc near Alonso's former headquarters. Mention of Beasfort Masthad Locomotives and a Welsh railway bidding by Cooke locomotive works of Paterson New Jersey.
Fragmentary OCR note from Washington WV mentions banking officers and a change in personnel at a local bank or mercantile establishment. The readable items include names and positions but lack coherent detail or dates to confirm a full event.
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