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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1899
Page
2
A historical ad fragment promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the best help for healthy motherhood, claiming it strengthens fertility and relieves pregnancy ailments. It asserts the product prevents frail births and supports normal baby development, urging readers to obtain the remedy from medicine dealers.
New York Journalists publish Mr. Bryans answer to Henry Havemeyer president of the Sugar Trust. He argues tariffs should protect domestic production, warns against trusts, defends competition, and condemns anti trust legislation while urging government to curb monopoly power and preserve private enterprise.
Horace Goodell, Shawnee county legislator and fruit farmer near Tecumseh, claims an artificial water supply boosts eastern Kansas productivity. He describes using underflow from a bored well and a nearby miniature take, noting the supply has never exhausted.
EB. Goode describes a wind driven pump raising water to a reservoir with 15 foot bank walls and minimal leakage. When wind allows, the pump provides water for 15 to 20 acres, keeping fields moist. The season has been unusually wet, but dry spells affect some crops. Goodell’s strawberries and other fruit show improved yields. Percy and ingenuity praised on the farm.
A wartime diary fragment from Sergeant Robert Maxwell of the Twentieth Kansas describes actions at Santo Thomas and San Fernando, noting a downed lieutenant, casualties among officers, and a night in Santo Thomas before advancing toward San Bernardino. Several soldiers are ill or dead, with orders to move forward after delays.
General MacArthur personally visits the front to rally troops. Officers complain about heavy fighting and blame delays while the Kansans stay in line. Soldiers describe months on the firing line with little rest, tight discipline, and harsh conditions through forests swamps and mud.
In a Columbian page, a streetcar dialogue turns on life as a fleeting show. A theatrical manager quips about the world while a man insists he never reads football. The exchange circles around death, fate, and a punchy jab about deadheads being a kick.
Fragmented score lines from Washington Pittsburgh and Indianapolis games mix with a July Fourth travel fare notice. The text lists teams and players, mixed with a Missouri Pacific ticket offer for July 4 through 7, plus return limits and fare details. The overall content appears as a garbled sports roundup and a public notice about rail excursion pricing.
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