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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1902
Page
9
Western labor markets face unprecedented scarcity of wage earners with thousands of workers displaced. Agencies report 20 000 more men needed as factories and rail hubs struggle to operate at capacity amid migration westward and halted hiring.
A note outlines efforts to assist needy families within the community. It mentions contributions for those facing penury and emphasizes support for those most affected by hardship. The article highlights a focus on helping households through difficult months ahead.
Hult catching and delivering device to have final test at Lange mverue ctomeane of the Hocking Valley road this afternoon. H S Quigley superintendent of the Hocking Valley railway to oversee the test. The government had prior tests with mixed results and a defective delivery catch twisted the device earlier. The new device successfully caught and delivered 0 pounds of mail while the train ran at fi garles an hour. If approved by government the device may be adopted. Mr Cummings resides at 1500 Highland Avenue Columbus Ohio. Dec v The Prema
Mexico City reports show that due to exchange rate fluctuations residents spent $14,000,000 more on imported articles in the fiscal year than the prior year. The value of the country’s imports rose to about 147,000,000 during the year, with the average exchange rate affecting silver purchases and overall import value.
The Massachusetts Mechanics fair features a breadmaking machine by Mrs Lydia Coale Sharpless of Philadelphia, funded by the Educational and Industrial union. The device kneads dough rapidly to improve cleanliness and efficiency, praised by Ellen H Richards of MIT for advancing home bread making.
The feature shows Mrs Sharpless presenting a bread machine that makes ten loaves in three minutes, praised for doubling bread nutrition. A Quaker teacher urged women to think, while other female inventors unveil hygienic underwear ventilation devices and compact, orderly clothes and baby clothing solutions.
A Boston exhibit by the Boston Educational and industrial union showcased feminine innovations for the home. Highlights included Mrs Ella Ricker's sanitary mixer for bread the jelly bag by Mrs Ellen Weils Phillips a picture hanger and a red kitchen with curved joints easy to clean. The event praised practical labor saving devices and noted a gold medal won by a Royal Horticultural Society air gardener with twenty eight classmates earning top certificates.
A 19th or early 20th century advice piece by Mary Gould Lytle on improving female carriage. It champions military drill, goose steps, and strict posture to achieve graceful walking, with emphasis on hip-led movement, chest up, abdomen in, and steady headed stride.
Mars Layna Exyons of Walkerville Ontario writes to praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relieving years of ovarian troubles and discharge. She reports relief within weeks, avoiding surgery, and urges other women to try the remedy for a swift recovery.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as uniquely curative for ovarian trouble without surgery. It urges women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice, claiming thousands helped and offering a large reward for letters and testimonials.
The piece warns that society women suffer from money anxieties and overbearing social demands that tax the nervous system. It argues late hours from entertainments harm health unless sleep is adequate, stressing regular periods of rest to renew nerves, organs, and overall well being.
A Moorish king gifts an orange tree to a Spanish monarch but blueprints of the branch are broken and given to a craftsman’s daughter. Lacking a dot she is offered a dowry by a foreign envoy, enabling a marriage that seemed impossible.
A fragment notes that up to date street frocks are hard to sew for amateurs. It warns cloth like corded material is difficult to work, and stresses dresses should be strapped and pressed after the professional number to look proper.
Sioux City December 9 Ray Tappin rode four miles with his mouth wide open to Sioux City to have a dislocated jaw reset. A rural entertainment triggered a yawn that snapped his jaw as snow drifted, nearly suffocating him before a successful reset.
A damaged ad urges readers to try Bitters for indigestion stomach and liver issues. It claims relief with a guaranteed cure and lists J. Arnold’s drug store on North Kansan Avenue as the source.
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