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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
15
The Fifth Avenue hotel, owned by A. T. Pige, is a popular Topeka lodging with first class accommodations and reliable management. Special family rates and widely favored Sunday dinners draw city residents and visitors alike to this establishment.
Thirty six bales of imported cloth believed to be for Richford Vermont reached Burlington on a delayed shipment. The cloth, packed inside a hollowed section of a pipe stove and showing clever concealment, was diverted from Montreal to Holyoke. The value is about unknown. No arrests have been made.
A meeting this week discussed best practices to shield women and girls from exploitative managers. It urged patrons to support managers who protect employees and to sanction those who do not.
A lively Topeka page notes Marshall's band at Garfield park with encores and various city happenings. It lists travels of residents, park outings, church trips, local appointments, bridge plans, and ongoing state house construction amid a collage of social and civic items.
The speaker compares viewing Italians through a fence to a chef judging infants and asserts musicians will be safe in Topeka without a fence. The remark suggests relocation or containment measures for safety, framing Topeka as a protective location.
Prominent Catholics in New York will meet Cardinal Gibbons on arrival aboard the steamship Etruria. Clergy from Baltimore and Washington lead an escort to the cardinal, who will stay with Major Belley of Brooklyn and then proceed to Baltimore for a grand welcome by thousands. Baltimore plans a major Catholic society procession and official reception at the cathedral.
Ernesto Lupino steward on the steamship La Cogogne held in 4500 bail by U S grand jury after arrest for trying to bribe Immigration Inspector Junker to permit lending of immigrants without proper inspection at Hull Island. Officials say Lupino acted as a dupe for others and aims to trigger wider arrests with his testimony.
The Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science gathers in Denver with notable arrivals. Retiring Columbia University science faculty head Prof R B Woodward will deliver a farewell address and hand the gavel to new leader Prof Charles Minot of Harvard. Other visitors include Dr William Fewkes, Dr T McDougal, Leroy C Corles, Ephraim Miller, J H Pannell, and staff from Iowa. The executive council meets to review memberships and papers for the sessions. The Association of Economic Entomologists also convenes today.
A Harvard summer school program brought 54 Cuban women and 24 men to New York aboard a steamer from Boston. Led by Edward N. de Lo Rios, the group toured hotels and Buffalo for the Pan American Exposition. Seven women will stay in the U.S. to enroll at New Paltz State Normal School, while 43 more join by October for a 40 week English course.
St Petersburg reports newspapers discuss a future South American union led by the United States. The Washington cabinet declarations are read as siding with Colombia against Venezuela, warning Britain of potential clashes under the Clayton-Bulwer framework.
Johanne Lewis of 1213 Bryant Avenue North Minneapolis writes that her general debility from a cold left her unable to sleep and anxious until Peruna arrived. She credits the remedy with curing the cold, easing nerves, reviving her system, and restoring health and youth, and she recommends it to friends.
A reader letter exposes a flood of catarrh remedy ads and praises Peruna while warning that substitutes fail. The testimonial cites Birch from Virginia and claims Peruna remains the standard, endorsed by hospitals and many physicians and congressmen among the masses.
A cabal missive from the National Cycling Federation office in Aniselty states Tod Sloan the jockey and Henry Fournier the French automobilist will travel to Buffalo for the Pari American exhibition in October. Weekly Bank Statement details for New York show gains and losses across banks with figures on loans deposits and surplus.
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