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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1904
Page
12
A young dog Phoney narrates a tangled tale at a country home. Phoney schemes with a ribbon to test a dog owner’s intentions, faces jealousy and mischief among humans, and ultimately seeks understanding from Mr. Rott while Phyllis’s affections shift. The story blends canine wit with domestic drama and social intrigue around a titled narrator.
A mosaic of Topeka news, sports, and social notes from the weekend. Mentions street work on 2nd and Kansas, Washburn athletes, city court, and Topeka Missouri Valley League action. Reports on visits by judges, preachers, and visiting entertainers, plus local club plans and road travel humor.
An advertisement touts a "Magic Foot" device promising to draw acids and poisons from the body through foot pores. It claims the method reaches capillaries and nerves, aiding rheumatism and related pain, urging readers to send for the device.
The readable text references various remedies and medical claims with unclear attributions. It mentions a Foot Drafts remedy and a household remedy affecting many people. The fragment hints at approval risk and timing tied to Beneny gaia tine pend ons Salaet.
April 16 Seoul reports the emperor calms officials after a palace blaze destroyed instruments and treasure valued at three million dollars. Marines, soldiers, and guards patrol the ruins while Koreans and Japanese troops crowd the scene. The emperor intends to stay in the imperial drom until rebuilding completes.
In New Haven Conti April 16 a ruling denied in effect the removal of Williams J Bryan as executor of Philo S Bennett estate. The decision, favorable to Bryan’s position, sends the matter to higher court on appeal. Harriman Hines Elect Officers in San Francisco reports prominent railroad restructuring by Southern Pacific controlled lines. Central Pacific elected Tollavenue air core and directors with Harriman presidents and board names. Salt Lake’s Central Pacific reaffirms a new board. Southern Pacific officers and directors listed.
An endorsement chain from doctors in Washington and San Francisco touts Peruna as a universal catarrh remedy. Letters claim relief for nasal, throat, stomach, bladder, and pelvic catarrh, noting menstruation regularity and general strengthening effects. Endorsements urge patients to try Peruna, with testimonials from physicians and patients across the United States.
The Wabash yesterday announced large cuts in beer transport rates between Missouri and Minnesota river points, lowering from $7.50 to $1.09 per ton and contracting for 690 tons from Lorain to Kansas City. Western lines also agreed to reduce Chicago to Missouri River routes from 2 dollars to 50 cents, with an extra five cent cut from Chicago to Hatsas cities.
Speyer and Co and Kiht Loeb and Co purchased 710 thousand dollars of Baltimore and Ohio two year percent bonds. Of this amount 2.5 million will be used to pay off the second mortgage four percent bonds of the Staten Island railroad transit company due in July and the balance applied to new equipment and various improvements.
Readable text promises sumptuous lodging and moderate rates at the St Louis Exposition, highlighting American plan rooms, extensive amenities, and modern comforts within the grounds. It touts hundreds or thousands of rooms, reasonable prices, and direct exposition services under prominent hotel operators.
A Lawton Texas and Oklahoma Territory report notes a signed contract to lay twenty five miles of railroad from Lawton toward Mobirt while work continues on the Kansas City Mexico and Orient line from Portland toward Felrt. It also mentions a Prisco Houston and Texas Central agreement enabling passenger trains into Houston without further commission approval and cites a medical claim about a remedy for nerve pain.
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