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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
2
A dated jumble covers subscription terms for a Topeka edition, carrier delivery rates, and addresses in Chicago and London. It includes a brief, stray editorial jab about Indiana, Alger, Dewey, and a Manchester municipal sweep of public services, plus a stray remark on a wife beating lawsuit and a questionable gubernatorial candidacy.
The agricultural department reports total live stock value at 1,997,010,407 dollars at year start, up 108,303,482 from the prior year. Beef cattle show the largest gain in value despite fewer head, with horses, milch cows, and mules all down in number while per head values rise for some animals.
The Chicago Tribune notes General Miles may have meant a pun with embalmed beef while alleging beef rationing for Cuban troops. It suggests the term could hint at German meat-preservation advances used to keep cadavers, and a Cincinnati doctor hints at a mutiny of powerful germs affecting the meat supplied to soldiers.
The text notes formaldehyde treated meat used for preservation causing no change for six months unless heated, then a sick smell and vomiting. It links this to soldiers in Porto Rico after eating beef provided by Commissary General Eagan. It cites no proof of embalming methods and supports General Miles’ charges in principle.
The New York Tribune reports Manila telegraphy costs and practices for war casualties. A telegraph to Manila bay costs 6.70 per message, rising to about 25 per word as delays and procedures worsen. The article notes manipulated word counts, prepaid words, and delays in casualty reports reaching Washington and the public. It describes how families seek updates on wounded soldiers, with officials directing inquiries to the war department and acknowledging high wire costs hinder rapid information.
A luncheon for twelve women featured a blue and white table setting with Delft crockery and a central bouquet. Menu cards shaped like blue stockings and quotations from Shakespeare sparked lively recall of literary sources, with a “Literary Salad” of green paper leaf place cards.
Lewella C. Oakes sues Francis J. Oakes and Adelaide Sullivan Oakes in New York Supreme Court alleging a plot to declare her insane and remove her to Connecticut asylum. She claims kidnapping and wrongful confinement after marriage to the Oakes Chemical president and seeks damages. details recount prior hospitalizations and contested separations.
From the San Francisco Examiner, a long fragment tells Maxwell, once an Able Seaman from New Bedford, returning after 19 years in polar lands. He claims $20,000 in yellow dust on the Mackenzie and Great Slave regions, while detailing brutal cold, vast travel, and a native feast marked by a fatal arrow ritual thwarted by a white man.
The piece notes the National Women's Suffrage Association led by Stanton and Mott with Lucy Stone and Anthony, mentions the New England ventures club and Philadelphia headquarters, and references Woman's National Suffrage Association of Washington and the Woman's Republican Association as political auxiliaries shaping female civic activity. It discusses foundational leaders like Howe and Croly and outlines aims to expand women's usefulness and political involvement.
Mrs M. G. Reed of Clecany, hired since November 1, acts as purchasing agent for the Pacific and Northern Idaho Railway between copper regions and Weiser Idaho. She admits initial ignorance of engines and bridges but is now considered a careful purchaser. She notes engines are easier to master than women’s clothing.
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