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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1899
Page
2
A historic ad asserts cancer is curable by S. S. S. a vegetable blood remedy from Swift Specific Co. It describes bold claims of curing cancer and other diseases, promising free books and mail order details from Atlanta, Georgia.
Police report a new bank swindler, a Greek man named Pedoulum, and a French Jew named Levy, who conned victims across Burp and Beurland. The scheme forged Sinma coupons to obtain payments, with Levy arrest and later extradition across eleven nations.
A chaotic ice yacht voyage on the Tug River near a water works dumping station ends with a capsizing near the shore. Spectators report a dramatic rescue as the vessel, named Bersere, tears, swerves, and sinks, while a woman is pulled from the icy water.
An article touts catarrh of the stomach as a curable condition with symptoms like fullness after meals, sour risings, and headaches. It endorses Stuart's Dyspepelm tablets as a safe, non patent remedy aiding digestion, appetite, and relief, citing a testimonial from Xi. J. Booker of Dearborn Street, Indianapolis.
Paris reports Marius Sardou has outline for a new play titled Robespierre. He writes for Henry Irving with collaboration from Laurence Irving. The drama begins at Robespierre's peak, traces his fall, and ends with his execution attempt in the Motel de Ville.
A Decatur county veteran, poor and ill, sought admission to the Soldiers Home at Dodge City. He traveled on foot from Oberlin to reach the facility, claiming indigent status and invoking Kansas law. He was admitted and later formal documents followed.
Syracuse board of education adopts a plan to provide free spectacles and school books to children. An oculist would examine pupils monthly, and glasses would be supplied where needed after examinations. The district recently purchased 275 pairs of spectacles for use in public schools.
In New York the Lexow committee resumed its inquiry into the Spector office affairs. Key witness William Taylor, an engineer, testified to paying $50 to exam board members for a license and later exposed the scheme, denouncing the members and reclaiming his money.
A former Boston resident, back home, serves friends a novel beverage he calls a coffee cocktail. It resembles coffee in appearance and is frothy with cream, tasting like coffee but delivering stronger exhilaration. Ingredients include brandy one seventh part, wine six parts, a dash of cream of tartar, coffee, and a malt ice lump, shaken like eggnog.
Michael Ramninki, awaiting execution after strangling a man in the county jail on January 17, confessed before taking his own life that he also killed his wife and her three year old child years earlier. He stated he did not think it was Als.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Chicago packers use and investigate chemical preservatives in meat. salicylic acid borax and related compounds are examined for their role in extending shelf life. interviews with Ho Heller Chemical and Preservative Manufacturing Co reveal hesitance to discuss products. Chicago stock yards buyers and brokers confirm substantial borax sales to packers, while experts avoid definitive statements on safety or usage.
A Chicago reporter exposes alleged injurious meat preservation methods at stockyards and packing houses on Twenty first Street and Stewart Avenue. Experiments inject salicylic acid and other chemicals into beef to delay rotting, with workers refusing to identify substitutes, while chemists dispute safety and army beef contracts loom.
Washington notes a shift in etiquette as senators and dignitaries may skip the upcoming reception for Congress. Presidents and diplomats are honored differently, with questions raised about inviting language and proper uniforms at state dinners.
Miss Cecilia Kral, a cook, sues Louis Sherry and Blanche Minzesheimer alleging a hazelnut tart with cream caused burns to three fingers after a September 1898 shipment to Long Branch. The claim states the injury left her hands swollen, keeping her bedridden for weeks and preventing work. The suit seeks damages for permanent injury.
A garbled medical ad fragment warns of danger in swallowing meds and promotes a finiment product sold at drug stores for a dollar and by RR Bradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta. It underscores unsafe drug handling and urges caution.
An advertisement from the Chicago Medical Institute of Topeka Kansas promotes treatments using electricity and new medicines. It claims cures for rheumatism dyspepsia scrofula and blood diseases, promises private confidential consultation, and lists office hours and address at 606 Kansas Ave Topeka. It emphasizes rapid improvement and business disruption minimal.
The claimant alleges lameness in her left hand linked to copper pans used to bake a cake. She accuses improper scouring and reports Mr. Sherry has refused settlement, threatening court action to resolve the matter.
W D Howells and fellow Tolstel supporters urge a fund to import 10 000 Doukhobortski to the United States advocating Tolsteyan non resistance. Immigration chief Powderly opposes the plan, describing the group as thrifty farmers yet calling them paupers and warning of added burdens.
Reform in divorce laws is being debated this winter in several legislatures with strong push to tighten rules. Indiana and Dakota laws are highlighted as too lenient with three month residence in North Dakota prompting migrations and moral concerns. A Philadelphia Press editorial notes high divorce rates and calls for stricter requirements to curb immorality.
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