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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1902
Page
7
A dated health admonition promotes Swirry's Green Mountain Renovator as a safe herb based remedy for weak nerves and impure blood. The testimonial from Mrs. C Reese claims recovery after four bottles, asserting improved strength and ankle healing.
The Topeka club began a second winter whist tournament with 13 teams. Winners of last year were Wolf and Ryder, Carr and West second. St Marys Whist Club issued a return challenge. Two weeks hence ten to twelve teams were expected to travel to Topeka for the next match.
Colorado Springs owner Tom Boris says Colorado Springs Denver and Kansas City will hold meetings in Denver soon after March first. In St Petersburg 209 earthquake victims are recovered with 800 bodies reported. relief funds are being raised. Tunka reports 27 dead.
In Vienna the premier defends police and military actions at Trieste during rioting, asserting anarchists caused the trouble and that a terrorist group with strict creed existed. Martial law to be lifted only after public order returns. governor and authorities praised for tact. Other items note a bank fraud case, Northwestern University resignation, Tweed son’s death, and weather.
Busy week in Kansas with Snyder in Clifton on business and diverse notices. Field's minstrels visit Crawford, St Marys pastor moves to Topeka, and Fort Scott hosts Masonic events. Local politics, mining ventures, banking moves, and civic actions populate a wide mix of community notes.
A mother describes her son Albert a 26 year old high school principal who recovered from illness after using Grape Nuts and Postum. After health decline him improving, he returned to teaching and gained strength while his sister Georgia improved as well. The letter cites memory loss as a sign of poor nutrition and promotes the food products.
The article notes a plan to have 400 more phones in operation in Topeka by May 1 and describes city paving repairs likely this spring. It mentions the city council allowing repair work to quit before contract completion, and records small financials from the state oil inspection department. A family narrowly escapes a kitchen fire with quick actions by Paul and Mrs. Shreve, causing light damage.
A Seattle report from Daywson via Skagway says an Ottawa order grants A N C Treadgood Sir Thomas Tancred and associates title in fee to all lapsed or vacant claims on Hunker Bear and Bonanza creeks and tributaries in the Klondike fetched from El Dorado Creek. Canadians and Americans react with indignation as Dawson faces potential desertion. Ballot-like mass meeting underway amid fears of ruin for Dawson business.
Mayor Parker consolidates seven Hughes era posts into one role held by Nels McConnell. McConnell will oversee the Auditorium duties including heating and maintenance, aiming to reduce salary expenses and streamline operations. The plan centralizes supervision of the building and its upkeep under a single administrator.
Rose Coghlan stars in Forget Me Not at the Crawford with six supporting players as a French widow who runs a gambling house. The drama, three acts, centers on Stephanie de Mohrtvert and her entanglements with the Verneys and Corsican pursuer. The cast delivers dramatic vigor and strong performances throughout despite aging lead.
Pomona California February 16 Andrew Carnegie has offered fifteen thousand dollars to the city for establishing a free public library with the condition that the city provides the site and supports the library. The offer was reported alongside details of cast additions for a regional theater production including Wend Woostart and David Imer as Prince Sialcotti.
Electrical feature by AI G Field presents A Day and Night at the Pan American Exposition at Crawford tonight. Miniature bulbs illuminate buildings and statuary as fifty artists, in shimmering dress, perform a grand animated scene. The Field Minstrels headline a brimming program with fast, furious humor throughout.
Milwaukee residents recount months of female health troubles improved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Sufferer S. E. Koos credits a first bottle with relief and a second with a full recovery lasting a year, praising the remedy's power.
The Y M C A night school offers bookkeeping elementary and advanced courses plus grammar spelling and letter writing. Professors E H Roudebush and C A Van Horn bring long teaching experience. International certificate awarded on completion. For details visit the Association office on East Eighth Street. Also an advertisement for WINSLOW'S Soothing Syrup for mothers and infants, sold by druggists with a warning to ask for the genuine product.
The article highlights a lineup including Jimmy Wall John Brnckford and Dennetty with Mrs Fogery Dec Quigley Gesrae Mullen Tom Hyde Samer el Cartmell Billy Daw and ALG Fiehd in a Chesterfield minstrel program led by Mr Dan Quinta serving as Ingeriocutor.
Philadespma of Baltimore outboxed George McMadden of New York in a tightly contested bout at the Athletic Club. The first round was even but the Baltimore fighter seized control after the stanza, with the New Yorker struggling to regain his form in the third round.
Fragmentary OCR recounts an arrest connected to a New York based green goods swindle. It mentions police and post office involvement, a large scale operation, and a Philadelphia election day context with unclear details on who was polled. The text hints at a broader fraud scheme and the suspect name Jomam or similar appears garbled.
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