Ivory Soap Cleans Without Damaging Fabric
A promotional verse declares Ivory Soap as pure and gentle on clothes. It claims soaps with alkali eat fabrics, while Ivory Soap washes stains and dirt without harming the material.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
8
A promotional verse declares Ivory Soap as pure and gentle on clothes. It claims soaps with alkali eat fabrics, while Ivory Soap washes stains and dirt without harming the material.
News blurbs from New York and Paris report ecumenical conference attendance, German military news, a Paris editor’s remark causing sympathy, and a New Haven steamboat company official’s death. US policy debate surrounds McKinley on canal action, with Congress weighing naval and intervention implications.
A letter describes Baldwin of Nashua New Hampshire at seventy praising Postum Food Drink for improving digestion and strength. The writer claims it helped with stomach kidneys and bowels and notes long term daily use without immediate changes in health. The account emphasizes perceived vitality and endurance attributed to the beverage.
Frank Endean a 44 year old man at Dearborn street station described waiting all day for his mother who had been detained. The pair had arrived from St Paul and planned to sail to England via Halifax to visit father’s relatives in Seattle. Police later took the boy to Harrison station for the night while the mother was taken to a detention hospital.
In Atlanta on April 19 President Powell of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers said the contest with Southern Railway is satisfactory with no unusual delays. Vice President Dolphin of the BR T wire reports the strike gains ground as 16 Mount Aire division telegraphists walked out leaving one man. Chattanooga conductors show trains on schedule while Southern officials claim no inconvenience.
Pat O'Dea ex Wisconsin football captain and world record holder for punt and drop kicks announced his plan to return home to Australia and seek a commission in the colonial army now fighting the Boers.
In Peoria union tension, Tor switchmen press for ten hours pay amid claims of underpayment as strikes spread through the Peoria and Pekin Union railroad. Denver hosts Interstate Commerce hearings on the Kindelrecht rate case, examining alleged rate discrimination between routes Chicago to San Francisco and Denver to San Francisco.
Braz, Indiana miners agree to accept the operators proposition with semi monthly payments, a one year contract, and plan to return to work. Over a hundred miners were involved in the dispute as talks concluded today.
A Canon City notice reports heavy frost and cold damage to fruit trees in the area near Hed yeatergay. The loss is estimated at 00, with figures reflecting fruit tree damage in the region and the impact on local orchards.
A large Republican mass meeting in Shawnee County denounces primary fraud. Delegates demand central committee action to invalidate or recount wards where irregular votes were cast. Speakers including H G Larimer and F P Lindsay denounce allied brewers influence and call for legal remedies.
In Topeka a heated meeting ponders legal action over Australian ballot flaws in local primaries. A committee led by Judge Garver and others is formed to petition the county central committee for a new primary, with ward representatives named and a 1:26 PM meetup arranged at the East Saene hall. The discussion reveals cross ward tensions and accusations of voter influence by a large Russian bloc and a mix of Republican and Democratic loyalties.
The Teutonic carrying clergymen from many nations arrives from Liverpool to attend the ecumenical conference on foreign missions starting April 21 in Carnegie Hall. Ex President Harrison arrives to order the conference as honorary president. about 2000 delegates expected including statesmen and educators. An exhibit memorializing a century of Almerton missionary work will be left for the event.
New York April 13. The appraised value of Cornelius Vanderbilt's estate is about 40 million with residuary trust for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt yielding only 2.0006 million after inheritance and transfer taxes. Chauncer M. Depew once estimated 70 million as a conservative figure to aid understanding of the residuary share. Alfred gave Cornell Se notable bequests from the trust fund and other transfers, while the overall estate remains under tax and transfer calculations.
Fragmentary notice reports a contested tax issue about federal authority and Treasury powers. It mentions Mrs Stanford endowing a children’s home with funds, plus a court-like reference to Governor Taylor and a probate or endowed trust. Also includes ad-like blurbs about medicines and throat remedies from Waggoner and Wes Weilings.
An OCR clipped ad fragment promises cures for a disease with a “brood-cure” claim and a costly operation. It mentions medicine, a stock company at Crawford Cheater, and a Ladies free Friday night event with prices listed 10 20 90 cents. Names appear garbled, but imply a medical sales pitch from a local business.
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