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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1900
Page
9
A damaged 19th century medical notice offers cures for cancer chronic constipation and blood diseases. Signed by Edward McCully M D, it promises treatments at 412 Topeka Avenue with office hours daily except Sundays.
Eddie Bald former cycling champ trains for title bids at home and abroad while McCoy agrees to terms with Jeffries for a June 20 agreement, with further plans if either man is defeated. Bald plans London races and July September events, while training in Louisville before joining other top riders in Philadelphia.
The text lists a confused lineup and game notes for an American League at Kansas City match with fragments mentioning Cleveland players Kellum Heyden Jones Milligan Spear and a reference to Indianapolis. Details are garbled and only partial names appear.
Topeka College Boys outplayed the Missourians 6 to 4 as Washburn flexed its pitching with Randolph on the mound and Gramley behind the plate. Williams and Serwon featured strong defense in the field and Gramley stole several bases as the Tigers showed solid battery work in a high effort game.
Crosby's fine shooting headlines a Thursday event in New York where Orinched posted a clean score and a string of strong contestants fell short. The standout moment was a $10 crusty asseted prize noted amid a remarkable string of hits, with Dan Bry of Nebraska close behind at 212 hits.
In Richmond Virginia on April 22 a controversial chase event sparked by racial and political tensions led the Deep Run Hunt Club to abandon a planned race between hounds and a white man after volunteers from the local community, including youth, spoke out against the event.
New York April 31 to May 28 schedules list umpires Em rlt in Chicago and others with dates including May 2 May 28 and August periods. Also reports race results at Aqueduct with winners Glenwood Buffoon Sir Christopher Maticlan and Indian ball game summary noting Haskell Institute vs Kansas State Normal score and track notes.
Three young men Clarence Haslet Ralph Martin of Atchison and Harry Bond of Salina left secretly to travel to the Paris Exposition. They planned to ride to Kansas City then Missouri, later writing to relatives, aiming to work as steamship employees in New York. Harold Martin and Zeno Briggs pursued them to dissuade the trip.
Hutchinson April 1 a ten year search ends as a mother Jeremiah McPherson finds her son, adopted in Kansas, now inmate at the Hutchinson YD sent here six years ago for larceny. The reunion is poignant as she, who left him as a child, discovers him a convict.
Lawrence April 21 Prof Arthur G Canfield of the University of Kansas has been unanimously chosen to accept the chair of romance languages at the University of Michigan. He has not yet decided but is expected to accept the offer, with a salary of 2500 dollars.
Miss Revlah Reed sues Atchison Savings Bank in district court for 7.24 and interest at the rate of eight percent from January 1886 claiming the bank and William Reed conspired to defraud her of her grandmother Sarah J. Reed's estate. The suit alleges a $5,000 deposit and that the bank concealed deposits and hindered probate.
Leavenworth reports more pneumonia deaths in recent weeks amid lingering flu cases. A treasury update for Coffeyville shows no change in outstanding debt, totaling $80,022.22 as of April 16, with warrants unchanged and no quarter-to-quarter debt decrease.
A mix of local items from El Dorado to Coffeyville covers debt changes, pensions for Kansans, and public notices. Reports include Walter Mock’s land entry and scalp claims, a Mapchester church salary dispute, Solomon Presbytery sessions, a horse theft acquittal, arsenic poisoning death in Labette, and plans for a new Eskridge bank alongside hotel and reunion updates.
A mother recalls her baby’s grave illness with a seeping spinal wound and eye danger. After exhausting doctors, she turned to Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Medicated Soap and Olive Ointment, reporting dramatic improvement and attributes cure to the remedy.
Washington April The article discusses Secretary Long as a potential vice presidential nominee and notes his willingness if offered. It argues Governor Taft as president and Long or others as possible running mates, with mentions of McKinley and Maryland politics amid the Schley controversy.
Next Tuesday night Crawford theater presents A Contented Woman, a popular play by a renowned dramatist noted for financial success. The production mirrors the Hoyt company with original scenery and mounts praised by New York critics, promising a vivid farce with renowned stage craft.
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