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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
2
A scrambled OCR fragment references Dean and Baris Rivers and a vague constipation remedy labeled firmous 1. It mentions an address 622 Kansas Avenue and includes garbled phrases about dilintaness and stomach conditions. No clear event or date is identifiable.
The Iowa Republican convention in Cedar Rapids adopted a platform favoring protection and honest money. L. M. Shaw of Crawford County won the gubernatorial nomination on the fourth ballot after a long, protracted contest with seven candidates, with Shaw securing the votes on the third allot. The convention adjourned sine die after approving the resolutions and naming officers.
The advertisement touts a patent salve for catarrh, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and other eruptions. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money back and prices at 25 cents per box, sold by J. K. Jones.
Ex Secretary Christ Brokate of the National Retail Butchers Protective Association warns that the meat packers combine will raise prices in three years. He cites firms such as Nelson Morris Swift Armour P D Armour and Hammond and notes east of Pittsburgh prices are higher. He says small slaughterhouses struggle as the combine acts in unison, while St Louis mills defend locally.
Ex-Governor Flower addressed the New York State Grange at Thousand Islands on August 19. He urged corporate combinations as beneficial to the public, citing electric car consolidations in New York and Brooklyn, the Standard Oil campaign, and department stores as sources of low prices and job creation. He warned that abolishing department stores would be a public calamity.
The Ranta Fe will sell Heiets to Buffalo and return on August 21 and 22 for 22.55, with tickets honored on any of its trains. Extension possible for tickets repainted with joint agent in Boston between August 23 and 27. endorsements mention Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and De Witts Little Livers.
Washington outlines a 20 year plan to enlarge the White House with wings extending from the east and west sides. Colonel Bingham proposes curved additions forming a circular dining hall and extra offices while preserving the mansion’s historic exterior and architectural proportion.
Denver club women report 706 paid members with expectations to top a thousand before season end. They prepare to host the National Federation of Women’s Clubs convention in 1598. Colorado’s women showcase scenery climate and progress with plans including Rocky Mountain wildflower theater decor and a free mountain excursion for eastern visitors.
New York August 13 Importers oppose the Dingley law provision taxing lemons and oranges by weight after Wilson Act duties. They cite extra wharfage fees and delays from weighing, claiming vessels must wait while fruit is weighed and sorted in boxes or shucks.
Canadian customs officers guard the Klondike entry between Lake Bennett and Tagish Lake with a duty rate around 30 dollars per outfit. Miners fear interstate friction as American prospectors question the treaty gaps. The Humboldt voyage delays stem from a Chicago party including the secretary’s daughter in law.
President Faure arrived at 1 PM in Dunkirk and received an ovation. He and his suite boarded the French warship Pothuau at 2 PM, salutes rang out as sailors cheered. A fountain memorial named Faure fountain is planned for Kasan Square in St Petersburg to honor the French leader's visit.
David E. Bates, held on $44,000 bond for alleged bigamy, is displayed on a Chicago dime museum platform for four weeks. Visitors view his photographs and he offers them for a penny each, while Bates stays reticent about his case, watching the crowd as he faces the gallery of his many supposed wives.
Joseph E B Henoch, the man accused of mashing Policeman Palmer at the Palmer House, was arrested yesterday. He faces assault charges as investigators confirm he was the bar tender at 245 Franklin Street, not the hotel proprietor, unsettling local expectations of who haunts the hotel corner. Police plan heightened vigilance as the city clamps down on the Palmer House crowd.
Sleepy Burke, famed safecracker and informant in a high profile case, issues the National X-Ray in Chicago aimed at prison reform. The weekly will focus on criminology and prison conditions, seeking to reach every home to deter youth from crime.
A transport notice sets a price of 22 dollars and 55 cents for a Topeka to Buffalo round trip on August 2. The brief indicates five percent markup and ticket sales details.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions dye products Buckingham's Dye, Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, and various odd phrases about laundry and tickets. It includes scattered brand-like terms and incomplete lines, lacking coherent narrative or dates. The readable items suggest old era consumer notices and miscellaneous merchandise references.
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