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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1898
Page
2
Fragmentary ad text touts Dr Pierre's Favorite Prescription as a universal cure for weak nerves and female illnesses. It promises improved health, stamina, and marriage prospects, claiming rapid relief and widespread sales by “real dealers” despite garbled wording.
December meeting schedule outlines talks on water safety disinfection pollution and public health. Speakers include J B Johnson C Hh He Tarai and Prof J T Laveweil, with emphasis on water supply sanitation and municipal disinfection methods. Local leaders address sewerage and village sanitation.
Washington December 3 reports say Senator Pritchard of North Carolina will seek a special committee to study his state and push reforms to prevent a McKinley favored policy. Debate grows over a bill drafted on similar lines as the recent election shifts in North and South Carolina. Senator Chandler in Massachusetts signals plans to compel action while preserving his stance for partisan reasons.
Chicago reports a grand Pacific hotel gathering where Joaquin Miller the poet of the Sierras discussed the Yukon wealth. He urged caution for gold seekers, predicting royalties and future prosperity while noting a genuine earth treasure beneath the Klondike. The lecture promotion notes a December 6 address at Central Fdugia hall.
A chaotic extract chronicles a 19th century debate on golf as a civilizing influence for Native Americans. It reports on Indian bureaus planning to study golf’s impact across western reservations and the sensational reaction from New York society, framing the sport as a tool of control and cultural change amidst tensions with whites.
Fragmented, era text shows Platt urging broad support against Roosevelt and the reform agenda. References to political machines and alleged influence surface as readers glimpse tentative claims and party tensions.
Whitelaw Reid’s ambassadorial appointment to Great Britain is reportedly under consideration by Platt machine leaders. Proposals tilt toward Reid after his Spanish American peace commission work, aiming to veto Chauncey Depew Levi Morton and Elihu Root. The intra party fight signals a strategic split to influence the New York delegation before the next national convention.
New York audiences watched a Grand Theatre production dramatizing the war with Cuba and Spain. The play featured two actual servicemen among rescuers, a marines sergeant and a quartermaster from the Oregon, amid staged combat scenes and patriotic airs that drew a tumultuous crowd.
An advertisement promotes the Pyramid Pile Cure as a universal remedy for piles with claims of dramatic relief after 45 years of suffering. It cites testimonials detailing bed confinement, high medical costs, and operations avoided, plus pyramid pills and cures for related issues. The message urges readers to purchase at druggists or mail for a free trial.
A dramatic stage piece portrays insurgents and American forces besieging an old Spanish fort. The Sheplards breach a truce, defenders flee, women operate a cannon, and a distant battleship looms as splintered walls reveal a tense climactic assault with over 20 players delivering strong turns.
The report to the Preeeenness Punheim office in Alaska states that by June 24 nearly 500 600 dollars in royalties were collected bringing gross output to about 5 million dollars. Officials expect another 2 million in royalties for the summer. Bankers and the Commercial company estimate season output near 9 million, divided across creeks El Dorado Bananan Hunker Bear Dominion Sulphur and others. Some writers claim 10 to 23 million, but on-ground estimates hover under 22 million.
Washington reports the engagement of Miss Jane Fuller, youngest daughter of the Chief Justice, to Mr Francis of Boston. The marriage is expected in early spring, with social whispers about the families and complications surrounding former engagements and possible divorce tensions.
Lord Strathcona Canadian peer arrived in Washington this week to join the talks in session with American figures. The Canadian high commissioner to London traveled from London last week and was met in Montreal before entering the conference with Sir Wilfrid Laurier and other officials.
Lord Strathcona, Canadian official and premier Crraudian figure, speaks on Anglo American ties. He cites past commissions that resolved Alabama claims and civil war tensions, hopes for lasting UK Canada US harmony, and signals talks on fast ocean links and Pacific cable projects with Sir Wilfrid.
New York December 3 Valuable oil paintings valued at 25000 once part of Frank W Savin a Wall Street broker s collection were sold at auction in a Fifth Avenue gallery after Savin s representatives warned buyers they purchase at their own risk The sale triggered an uproar and a police presence as Savin contends the paintings remain his property despite being offered to his wife Mrs Savin recently obtained a separation and a $1100 monthly support order for herself and children from the marriage
An old advertisement urges parents to use Scott's Emulsion to help frail infants gain weight and improve health. It promises a plump body, rosy cheeks, and overall vitality, claiming thin children readily take to it as they do milk.
In her suit, she alleges extreme cruelty and mentions a tall, tair woman whose name is omitted. Mrs. Slavin, unable to endure court allowances, leaves her accustomed lifestyle and moves to the Netherlande hotel while sending paintings to the Fifth Avenue art gallery to be sold.
Eyewitness report describes a violent assault in New York near West Forty-ninth Street and Tenth Avenue. A black woman allegedly slashed three children with a knife after snowball taunts, injuring Johnnie Fennelly, Mary Flynn, and Roscoe Conklin. A mob formed, police intervened, and the assailant was taken to a local station.
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