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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1904
Page
6
A chorus of Kansas papers debate T T Kelly’s honesty and the state treasurer race. Editors, columnists, and readers weigh party loyalty, past charges, and the need for reform as conventions approach in Finney and neighboring counties.
To those who suffer long from Humors of the Blood Skin and Scalp and have lost faith in doctors medicines and all things human CUTI CURA Soap Ointment and Pills appeal with force. Every hope awakened by them has been more than fulfilled. More great cures of Simple Scrofulous and Hereditary Humors are daily made by them than by all other Blood and Skin Remedies combined. A single set costing one dollar is often sufficient to cure even the most distressing cases when all else fails.
A fragment mentions California travel rates and Santa Pa routes with intermediate points and free chair cars. It notes liberal stopover privilege and offers further information by mail, though details are unclear in the OCR text.
Topeka papers recount the 1872 visit of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia who was welcomed with a banquet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and a display of 110 dishes. Maj. T J Anderson helped entertain. local dignitaries and Governor Harves escorted the grand duke from the train. The visit included photos, a view of state rooms, and a ceremonial reception reflecting warm postwar U.S. Russia relations.
A patchwork of brief items from Topeka society and politics includes a New York ex-councilman traveling to Colorado, meetings for the Second Ward Republican club and Topeka association, probate matters, and local police enforcement plans. Other notes mention library events, marriage licenses, a fire risk on a roof, and upcoming caucuses and conventions.
A reader Mary Kenney reports relief from stomach trouble after using a compound claimed to restore appetite and balance the system. She describes years of effection, loss of taste, and general disorder before experiencing dramatic improvement.
County Clerk Newman returns from Concordia to pursue secretary of state race. Revival services run ten days at Mission church Parkdale led by W Morns and A W Nicholas. New fire alarm box placed in Crawford opera house under Fire Marshal G O Witmarth. Dana meeting of lawyers in J G Waters office explains district contest. Salvationist captain H Rhinear returns from Topeka with accounts cleared. Washburn College holds prayer day for colleges with Clarence Kent speech. Chemistry department receives donations of salts graphite and aluminum samples. A candidate predicts rising use of dismay advertising, including papers and billboards, though one speaker pledges restraint.
Philadelphia examiner reports a patient troubled by nerves and insomnia who claims relief after using Paine's Celery Compound. The ad extols the tonic as addressing the cause of nerve distress, promising renewed health and weight stability, attributing discovery to a Dartmouth naturalist.
Dr. Harper, president of the University of Chicago, has relapsed after a recent appendicitis attack and is under close medical care. The university fears the eastern trip worsened his milady though exact condition remains private to doctors and family.
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