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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
8
The passage urges calculating household soap use by time period and endorses Ivory Soap as the pure, inexpensive option that floats. It emphasizes simplicity, affordability, and the soap’s purity without requiring chemistry knowledge.
Local notes report Dr J T Howe visiting Atchison and Governor Stanley speaking in Hutchinson. Lillian Todd travels to Colorado for a month, Atlee to speak, and tennis players prep for the state tournament in Ablcene. Various civic items include hydrant installations, sign painters settling on Kansas avenue, a private business trip to Chicago, and police seizing kegs of beer amid ongoing city matters.
Readers report relief from monthly sickness cramps and headaches after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Letters from Mus Maur Gomes Aptos Cal and Miss Mariipd Jesszy Ogdensburg Win describe regular cycles, reduced pain, chills, and dizziness following treatment.
Secretary Coburn forwards agricultural reports to Manila by mail. John W. Swendson sails to the Dome from Topeka after enlisting in the U S Signal Corps. A new Monday room setup awaits completion. A J King Piano Co reports ten July sales, mostly in town, one to Lecompton. Swedish Lutheran church holds reception for Rev Herenius and wife. Councilman Hughes eyes mayoral bid. Kenneth Crozier bound over for trial on burglary charge, tied to Beckley escape at London. Airm J Marier rescues child from fire at 411 Woodlawn Ave. Croker Sweyses Tammany club forms. Titus seeks speaking twice monthly.
New York dispatch reports Tresed the assassin of King Humbert telling his warder the czar will face action next. An Italian sympathy wave forms in San Francisco with a Garibaldi Ball gathering and memorial plans. a wreath will honor the monarch. In Peru the Ocopa convent, repeatedly destroyed by fires, is again burned, blamed on incendiary acts linked to missionaries, prompting troop deployment to restore order.
The international chess tournament in Munich adjourned games from previous rounds. Progress to this city included players Teachmed and Marovay, who defeated Burn in a marvel of a game adjourned from the fifth round. The Weathestrom match was not finished this morning.
Buffalo Aug 2 Fire early this morning destroyed several buildings occupied by business houses. Fire Captain Charis Besancon and Fireman R.A. Reid were severely injured and hurt respectively while fighting the blaze. Six of the buildings belonged to the Jacot Dold estate.
A crowded Topeka meeting at the Tammany Armory erupts as Croker Swayze and supporters push resolutions to back the morning paper for city printing. Republicans denounce meddling and warn against party-peddled control, urging focus on party credibility and council integrity.
The Daily Market Review notes a city printing directive. Council action described as passed by Myers Swendson Hughea and Weber from wards two six four in the dispute over civic procedure.
A Washington Evening Star report recounts Walter Swingle's Sahara expedition from Algeria to Biskra, collecting date palm offshoots for Arizona cultivation. The piece details desert geography, water scarcity, climate, nomad life, irrigation projects, date palm growth, and the Arab horse breed.
Washington Aug 2 Secretary Lane left Washington Wednesday for Hins Haw Mass where he will spend his vacation He will be absent about six weeks Assistant Secretary Hackett who has just returned from his vacation will be acting secretary during Secretary Longs absence.
The Kentucky state Populist convention nominated O H Cardin of Crittenden county for governor and selected presidential electors. The platform endorses Omaha and Chadgnath declarations, denounces the Stepfile party and Democrats as immitors, and calls for initiative referendum and strict ballot access in southern states. Delegates from the Kentucky congressional district were present, and party leaders clashed over platform wording amid heated debate.
A garbled report from Gharinetown discusses Hoyt’s alleged release from a Tetra asylum and mixed town reactions. The text references San anti and Texas Bolters, plus a Republican committee scene about Green convention fallout and party organization names removed from the committee list.
A car on the Cans avenue division of the St Louis Transit company exploded near Clangowweenie at midnight. The controller was damaged and a floor torn. Belcher of the crew was injured. Pudeemiere on the car may be misread in the report.
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