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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1901
Page
7
A Methodist pastor Rev. Dr. EB Whittaker advocates modern methods, advertising churches to increase attendance. The piece notes a campaign in the parish, urging parishioners to attend services, with meetings and appeals across Sundays and Saturdays, highlighting benefits of advertising for church reach.
A catalog of Topeka properties offers various houses and lots for sale. Listings include single and two story homes with 2 to 6 rooms, cisterns, water access, and stables. Prices range from a few thousand dollars to over twenty thousand, with locations along Topeka avenues and streets.
The article describes a league’s bizarre decree permitting couples to kiss only once before marriage to prevent spreading germs. It questions how often they may kiss after marriage and notes anti kissing laws and fashionable signals of affection.
The text suggests an early discovery and argues that young people might be allowed to kiss freely despite opinions in France. It frames kissing as harmless and independent of microbes or scientific claims, asserting the league cannot stop affection between parents, children, and sweethearts.
The aging healer Dr Bowers of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, ived in Windle Hill near Canal Dover. At over eighty, locals say his life work as a self styled healer ends soon as he lies in an uncanny coffin he carried for decades. Born in Towerstown, he endured rheumatism in youth and found recovery through faith healing after a traveler preacher prayed.
Southeast Topeka sale notes list multiple properties with 1 2 and 3 story frame residences, prices ranging from 700 to 3600, including lots in Woodlawn Avenue Patwin’s subdivision and Curtie’s addition. Entries mention addresses on Elmwood Madison Lake Harrison and Polk streets with details on rooms, barns, cisterns, and improvements.
Patient testimonials from various towns say grip and nerve ailments were conquered by Dr Miles Heart Cure, Nervine, Pain Pills, and Nerve and Liver Pills. Sufferers report heart, stomach, and neuralgia relief, renewed appetite, and restored strength after treatment.
An obituary recalls Reverend Doctor Bowers noted for healing faith based remedies. He eschewed modern drugs, praised roots, and claimed lifelong success with patients traveling long distances to seek his treatment. His burial wishes included a simple earth interment in a sitting posture and a bespoke funeral plan arranged with family.
Philadelphia Feb 22 The Rev John Naile of Frappe Pa village near the city has celebrated the hundredth anniversary of his birth He was born near Westminster Tad Feb 28 1801 and is probably the oldest clergyman in the United States.
A neighborhood incident unfolds when a well known citizen helps a woman by retrieving a house key. The event leads to a humorous misreading as the caller discovers the real resident had returned, sparking wit about the mistaken intrusion. The piece mixes odd local vignettes and stray notes on daily life from North Topeka.
The tale describes King Victor of Waly amassing a renowned global collection of cotes wile and rare works. His secretary notes the purchase of a magnificent set from Murtenolt, signaling a major addition to royal libraries. The piece highlights prestige, Italian holdings, and a public merade context surrounding the acquisition.
Fragmented OCR text lists illnesses such as pneumonia la gripp e and asthma and references a site over tests and a 3 year period. Mentions A J Son and remedies but lacks clear facts, dates, or outcomes.
An OCR fragment touts the Burlington Route train services from Kansas City to Denver and Pacific Northwest points, noting through cars, dining cars, and various sleepers. It references schedules, night trains, and multiple connections with names such as R.H. Crozier and L. Wareley, but the text is incomplete.
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