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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
7
A fragment discusses digestion and claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures stomach troubles. It mentions pepsin, lack of Gigettants, and relief after eating, with endorsement by E. D. Williamson Sr. DeWITT'S witch hazel salve is noted for piles and ailments.
In Canton on January 2 a local man suffers an ear injury from a boxing mishap with a friend. John Watson felt no pain immediately but later noticed ringing and hearing issues as doctors suspected tympanic damage. The incident followed last week’s altercation among young men.
A fragment notes a popular attraction with prices listed as 25 cents for adults and 35 cents for children, indicating a record number of lures and retro fees at a city event. The garbled OCR hints at a night program and a featured record breaker drawing crowds.
Milan Abin Campbell Oetts Hite is engaged to Prince Tavid Kaminukes of Bowel. Milne Campbell, a native of the East, is the son of James Cream who recently amassed fortune a few years ago.
In Yonkers N Y Clara Morris complains of a canceled engagement in Milwaukee after a local minister in the women’s club objected to her speaking. She asserts the organizer attempted to exert authority and cancel the lecture and warns she may retaliate.
Mise Beulah Wheeler, 30, a prominent Detroit society figure, died early today from what appears to be accidental poisoning after taking medicine she believed to be a remedy. Doctors were summoned and treated her through the night, but she succumbed to the alleged arsenic poisoning.
Findlay Ohio reports farmers C W Walter mire and Sherman Hartman found two bone fragments split in half wedged 35 feet up in a beech tree. They felled the tree and struck the bone with a saw bending the wood. Experts say the bone likely came from a deer and may have been placed there by a prehistoric hunter about 150 years ago.
Rail and mail service in the flood region are improving. The Atlanta headquarters report the Montgomery to New Orleans line open, but Atlanta to New County line not yet open for several days.
A local debate centers on widening paving petitions through Tennesseetown to remove blocks outside the Negro settlement and hope to push white residents to buy property, with fears of displacing many colored tenants and reshaping the neighborhood. The plan would connect Tennessee Town to Tenth and Fifteenth streets, annexing land near Tennesseetown, and provoke sales by force of white pressure.
The Weather Bureau will establish two stations in Yellowstone National Park next summer. One at Marmarth Hot Springs and another at The bureau aims to study a storm pattern affecting the Northwest and Montana.
Wild horse meat dominates the desert diet in southern Utah with reports from railroad districts noting it as the main fresh meat source. A different brief recounts a collision near Wabash Indiana where Jacob Trick his daughter Miss Fannie Trick and Mrs Kelly were in a vehicle struck by a Big Four train with Mrs Kelly killed and a fetus fatally injured.
Riot clashes between laborers and workers at Lord Penrhyn’s Hethsedo quarries prompt Welsh district under military control. Cavalry detachment drafted in after midnight wrecking of homes. dispatch from Lichfield affects local security. Widow of Depauw founder Mrs Rachael Brook Goodwin dies in Greenwood City.
The Libertador departs Fort de France carrying General Matos and several Venezuelan notables including Nicolaw Rolanda and Doming Moniga among others. About 300 volunteers aboard, with more expected en route to the Venezuelan coast. Fort de France locals and papers show support for Matos, amid President Castro’s unpopularity.
A Pas trie dispatch from Kiev reports a bomb exploded last night under the balcony of the Grand Duke Constantine's palace as salons were crowded. Panic ensued but no injuries, though windows were shattered and significant damage done. Nihilist students are suspected. fifteen students have been arrested.
Annual meeting of the State Dairy Association will start March 4 in Manhattan and run three days. Prominent speakers from abroad include Major Henry E. B. Alvord US Bureau of Animal Industry chief, Prof. S. C. Bassett, Prof. McKay, J. D. Watton, and Dr. Henry Wallace. The gathering is described as the largest dairy event in the state, highlighting the industry’s growing importance in Kansas.
A brief report notes Representative Richardson sparking attention during a presentation by reading the constitution aloud. The president remained calm as the exchange drew a lighthearted joke from the crowd, with responses indicating thoughtful reception and continued discussion.
Fragmentary account describes deaths and a prison incident tied to a naval post. It notes soldiers and hospital staff involved, mentions persons by name obscurely, and cites uncertainty about where prisoners obtained alcohol.
A three year pursuit ends as William J. Work now charged with stealing money from letters. Arrest made at the post office under Pale Inspector Kimball who has tracked the case across years. The post office received complaints about small sums taken from letters mailed in the city. Work supervised the office after midnight.
New York dispatch reports prankster Jay and trainer Fee set to visit Gould, who plans lavishly furnished floors for O Fee and his bride in a brownstone near West Fifty-eighth Street. Fee has trained all Gould's horses, aiding considerable show ring and racing success.
An old advertise claim extols Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, promising relief from pain colic and a soothing effect. It cites millions of mothers using the product and recommends asking for the specific syrup by name. It notes price adjustments and availability. The page also includes a President meeting astronomers report and various health and travel notices.
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