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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1897
Page
2
For seventy years the advertisement touts Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as the most successful remedy for throat and June complaints, highlighting its longstanding use and claimed effectiveness.
New Kensington, Pa reports Hiram Maxim has built an aluminum airship claimed to fly at 100 miles per hour. The vessel, 198 feet long with hydrogen skin, a 105 horsepower engine, and capacity for a large crew, allegedly traveled across the continent and back in three days, sparking interest from Kansas City to Chicago and prompting talk of world tours.
New York customs officials report about 15 000 packages of inferior green tea known as second pickings have been inspected since the new law began May 1. Yesterday 1 000 boxes of an Suey tea, each about 25 pounds, were rejected and may be shipped back within six months or destroyed by the port collector.
A promotional piece extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as safe for sensitive stomachs. It claims they dissolve with meals, digest food to prevent gas, purify blood, improve complexion, and increase flesh. It asserts widespread cures in Michigan and offers a 59 cent package price with a free book request to Stuart Co.
A Clark street museum exhibit sparked a savage attack by an African monkey on 11 year old Mamie Hogle. Geo I Bogle plans to sue after the animal bit and assaulted the girl as museum staff did not intervene. Mamie returned home after medical care and the father hired counsel.
Boston report notes Harvard University plans a memorial to Phillips Brooks with a 60 000 cost estimate and a 250 seat upper hall. The building will include reception rooms and meeting apartments for religious societies, with site granted near Molten Chapel and Holworthy. Committee includes Hubert Treat Paine and Prof Frances G. Ponds.
Boston reports detail Maine game wardens using bold schemes to enforce laws from Bangor to New York. Since October 1 they collected fines and costs to cover expenses, seizing boxes of venison, partridges, and deer heads, while shipping methods and frauds tied to dressed skins were uncovered.
The representative elect Charles Harris of Imparia argues Kansas should collect and send canceled mortgages to the Trans Mississippi exposition to show state prosperity honesty and solvency. Harris a newspaper man and Republican predicts a carload of documents would advertise the state nationwide.
The Cettia Union of San Francisco proposes a Rish Memorial Building costing about 260000 dollars to honor the Trish centennial year. The structure would house all Celtic societies and a grand Irish fair is planned early next year to aid the project.
The Burlington introduces wide observation vestibuled trains to St Louis from Missouri River and Denver lines. Each car features a wide vestibule, Pintsch lighting, and standard sleepers. a copy of the EM to Chicago. Agents urged to promote the new service to all classes and routes.
St Louis physicians advertised extensive chronic disease treatments in Topeka offering free consultation and one month of medical care. They claim cures for cancer tumors rectal disease rheumatism kidney and prostate issues catarrh and deafness with guaranteed results and a December offer.
Report from Paris states the late Dr Thomas W Five left a fortune valued between two and eight million dollars in landed property and investments. His property in Paris is assessed at about two million dollars with the remainder in other holdings and securities.
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