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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
2
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female ailments and a protection of womanly health. It claims to strengthen reproductive organs, banish discomfort, and ease childbirth. The message promotes home use, asserts safety, and cites the physician’s long experience and success.
New York January 20 The first grizzly cubs born in captivity at the Central Park menagerie emerged at 4 a m one died after four hours the surviving cub is a male The text notes the other items include health remedies and advertisements not directly tied to the bear birth.
The Paris report shows Dr Schenk facing sharp skepticism from medical faculty in Paris and Berlin as scientists in London Vienna and Washington weigh his theory that maternal diet determines a child’s sex. Notables including Dr Jennings Dr Caulet and Prof Gueserow assess evidence and contrast it with Hippocratic Darwinian ideas.
A fragmented note reports fewer animals had proven unsuccessful and hints at broader issues in a study. The terse line suggests setbacks in data collection and potential ecological concerns.
In San Francisco Dr Joseph Le Conte, UC Berkeley chief of natural sciences, discusses how feeding and environment influence offspring sex in various species. He cites Schenk and Gates on nutrition, cell activity, and mental factors in sex regulation, noting awaiting full report before judgment.
Washington January 20 Representative Johnson of North Dakota opposes Senator Jones of Arkansas to fund a 159 portrait of Sitting Bull. Johnson says Sitting Bull gained fame from actions tied to Custer’s massacre, was a medicine man not a warrior, and while he fought the war leaders were Call Grast Running Antelope and Rain in the Fire, with Sitting Bull in the rear.
Austin reports Governor Culberson will not intervene to stay the hanging of Eugene Burt, condemned for the July murder of his wife and two children. The execution is scheduled for next Friday in this city.
Remarkable remedy claimed to bring comfort to thousands of sufferers. The advertisement asserts piles are common, stubborn, and deadly if neglected. It touts Pyramid Pile Cure and Pyramid Pills as the sole remedy, claiming immediate inflammation relief and lasting healing without surgery or blood loss.
St Louis florists report a collapse in trade as unscrupulous dealers solicit customers at ruinous prices. Decorations for weddings and funerals suffer, with untrustworthy providers using society notices to target brides to push cheap, low quality work. Trust erosion hits churches and homes alike.
The Montgomery city council last night reported it cannot trade with Mr Rice over the water works. It resolved to proceed to build and equip two new systems owned by the city. The city engineer was instructed to sink wells to test artesian supply and the finance committee to negotiate bonds for the improvement, estimated at about 500000 dollars.
The National Board of Trade of Cycle Manufacturers held its annual meeting in New York City. A committee was appointed to push the government to remove the duty on German bicycles. Directors entered executive session to elect officers.
AMBS SURRENDERS to authorities in St Joseph after traveling from St Louis. He is charged with forging numerous Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railroad tickets and appeared voluntarily for preliminary proceedings with bond posted. The case centers on a wide ticket forgery operation linked to the St Louis man.
New York Jan 20 Russell Sage admitted in a lively scene that he was conservative in purse while seated in a modern wagon. He drove a pair of silver-gilt wheels up Fifth Avenue, spending 225 dollars cash for the carriage. He praised the wire wheels as fancy but said he could get used to them.
The paper trust, capitalized at 50 million dollars, acquired the large plant of the nbepiscogee Paper company, forming a 14-firm combine. It now controls about 80,000 tons of newsprint daily, with mills in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and New York. The strongest mills are at Berlin and here.
Berlin January 20 Herr Fink a Reichstag member is suspended from the Berlin Post editor role at his request until a judicial inquiry clears him of a check forging charge raised in the Reichstag by Herr Bebel the Social Democrat leader. Bebel has since withdrawn or mitigated part of the accusation.
The Mail won the county printing award over the Capital, with J G Wood representing the Capital before the Board. Ex County Clerk Charles T McCabe accused the Capital of offering to print all county printing for free in the Sunday Capital. All three commissioners backed the Mail. The dispute over delinquent tax list printing rates led to a decision to pay half the ink bounty printing rate, with full Texas rate for tax sale complications.
House discussion centered on granting belligerent rights to Cuban insurgents with Speaker and President under fire. Hitt defended restraint citing risks of war and U.S. duty, while Berry urged support for Cuba and warned that war could come. Debate ended with adjournment after a motion to recommit failed.
In St Louis a five year old boy Theo Wesley was shot in the arm by a stray pistol bullet while a crowd watched. He was taken to the city dispensary where Dr Johnson removed the bullet as the boy kept playing a mouth organ and singing All Coons Look Alike to Me. In Sedalia Missouri J West Goodwin announced a state school project to honor Eugene Field with a monument at Missouri State University in Columbia. The design features Missouri granite base and shaft with a bronze figure and is expected to cost about six thousand dollars.
The new Indianapolis city directory lists 70,600 names, implying a population around 194,706 based on 2.75 inhabitants per name. This marks a gain of 14,070 residents since the last canvass, and the decade growth stands at 78 percent.
Cited remedies promise cure for bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Price two and a half cents per box. Includes testimonial from Mrs Stark Pleasant Ridge Ohio about saving her boy from croup using One Minute Cough Cure. Signed G W Stansfeld 62 Kangos Avenue.
In Washington yesterday Mr Thlean introduced a bill seeking immediate nonulation of the interstate commerce committee's authority to probe railroad practices. Chairman Cullom warned of a tedious investigation but said the panel aims to draft a bill to curb evils uncovered, including alleged railroad coordination with newspapers. Also notes a testimonial from Sally Pennington about Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy curing a long lasting cough after three bottles.
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