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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
4
Fragment from an old advertisement promoting skin care brands and preparations. It mentions creams and beauty products offered by dealers, with references to tonic and cosmetic preparations and a wholesaler in New York. The legible items suggest a general sale of beauty goods.
North Topeka locals report morning greetings, social visits, and church service announcements. Residents mention Chicago trips, family visits, hotel proprietors, and community gatherings at Quincy Street homes with multiple attendees and a curtew high bee.
Summer discontent rises within the police force over credit for significant arrests. Some officers argue that the one who makes the key move earns recognition, while others feel the distribution of glory favors certain members who had adopted the force earlier. The debate centers on how arrests are credited during major operations.
The text argues that officers who gather evidence and initiate an arrest deserve the credit and reward, not the ones who merely carry out the arrest. It contends rewards should go to the officers who work up the evidence.
Alexander Le Manis, the colored editor ousted from Wilmington, will move to New York to publish the Record. He has resided in Asbury Park, N J, and plans a daily edition, hoping to rally thousands of North Carolina born Black residents now in New York.
City ticket and passenger agent Phos 4 King leaves Leavenworth today to manage Santa Fe business tied to mustering out of the Twenty first regiment. Past and railroad agents seek to route soldiers home, while lines other than Santa Fe compete for the travel volume and revenue.
A chaotic dispatch describes conflicting blame over a Cuban insurrection incident near the trocha. It notes bullets near immunes tents likely from insurgents while Cuban authorities denounce violence at a Spanish club. A drunken clash and arrests are reported, with Juno Castillo named among those detained and one captain offering his card to avoid jail.
Paris dispatch reports the treaty is finished and signatures loom though Spain refuses to concede a Caribbean coaling station. American peace commissioners enter talks in a tense mood amid Madrid papers reactivating Maine references and France preparing to press Cuban bond guarantees as the treaty’s political fallout unfolds.
The senate opened with adjournment planned for Monday and one hour devoted to pension bills. Mr Went criticized rushed passage of pension measures and urged careful consideration with a larger quorum. Mr Galinger supported thorough review, while Mr Caffery offered a resolution to renegotiate the Clayton-Rauner treaty with Britain to block interoceanic canal ownership.
Washington scene as Sir Wilfrid Laurier Lord Herschel Sir Louis Davies and Mr James Winter guests of Mr Dingley attend the house proceedings. Dingley notes celebrity observers while the appropriations committee leads the house into the urgent deficiency bill debate covering military and naval establishments for six months from January.
A Post Dispatch special from Arrowsmith, Alabama, reports a private bank, Tusier and McClure, was entered by robbers last night. They used dynamite on the safe and secured about 4000 dollars in negotiable notes and goods before escaping. Investigators continue today with no arrests announced.
In Porto Rico the U S government expands control of telegraph and telephone lines during military occupation. The Signal Service notes finances are currently negative, but data on insular wire service profits will emerge monthly. Rebuilding lags in Cuba compound repairs, with Nuevitas to Santa Cruz the latest military project at fifty miles.
The Santa Fe stockholders held a noon meeting in the directors’ room to ratify purchases of multiple branch lines including Hansen City Topeka Western Leavenworth Northern Southern Kansas and others. Leases of several railways were also approved as directors plan a Topeka meeting and possible New York session. The meeting reflected strong proxy participation and names key officers and directors.
The statue of Isabel La Cutation in Central Park Havana was found this morning gripping four valises in one hand and a steamer rug in the other. A placard reading Hon Voyage was across its back, per reports from Havana via Key West.
Del Mar residents report several mysterious fires and a water poisoning attempt aimed at railroad workers. A Vigilance committee forms and hotel owner William Bennett, who fled the burned hotel, is ordered to leave within 48 hours but refuses, roving armed with a Winchester amid growing fears.
The fragment notes a vote tally for Kansas state officers with small percentages for several offices and an unnamed governor hopeful. It also advertises the Annual Silver Sale with discounts up to half price, listing Morr Morrison on Kansas Avenue and a steam iron seller on West Eighth Street.
Maia Dec will be inaugurated January 2 as Haverhill's first socialist mayor. John C. Chase, 28, a cooperative grocery clerk, won by 250 votes with socialist allies for aldermen and councilmen. The platform calls for municipal control of utilities, eight hour day, living wages, public works for the unemployed, recall of officials, initiative and referendum, and public voting on council matters. Chase, native of New Hampshire, rose from mill work to store presidency and has long been active in the local cooperative movement.
A facsimile newspaper notice touts Prof. Alexander Johnstone, a famed palmist, claiming universal praise from major papers and vast clientele. It details his predicted life improvements, nerve-remedy promises, and a $1 palm reading fee, $2 with mailed impression method, listing 619 Harrison Street as the address.
Inquiries about the great nerve remedy must include return postage to ensure prompt attention. The notice requests respondents to enclose postage to receive a timely reply and information.
Lincoln Center Kan last night fire from unknown causes destroyed the courthouse and fixtures valued at 9000 dollars with 3500 insurance. The building built in 1872 housed records in fire proof vaults. Also notes Hobson promoted naval constructor and Dickens in Living Pictures at Unity tomorrow night with 10 and 15 cent tickets.
Last November Joseph James of 325 West Pearl Street was near death from gut consumption with lungs ulcerated. A friend gave Brazilian Balm to ease his cough, the doctor advised continued use, and James recovered rapidly by February, returning to work with sound lungs and increased weight.
A fragmented ad-like passage warns that cough mixtures and prescriptions containing opiates can paralyze lungs and be fatal. It touts Traziian Balmim as free of opiates, claiming it renews nerves, destroys microbes, and restores diseased lungs to a sound state beyond known remedies.
The State Journal boasts its leased wire report setup and modern press capabilities including four Linotypes and a Web Perfecting Press. It claims the largest daily circulation in the state and notes a new three location, double-front building at the southeast corner of I Avenue and High Street.
An advertisement asserts that Fearless Steam Laundry will wash colored shirts with a color fading guarantee. Lacking clear location or date, the snippet highlights a bold claim and brand name U2 and oe appears as garbled text.
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