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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1898
Page
2
The readable lines describe perception of strength and prowess, noting a ruler who commands respect despite personal weaknesses. It mentions a ciphered scene with a guitar and a wealthy blond individual and ends with unclear references to trees and a daily task.
A July report from Byracusé notes discovery of a bluish caterpillar causing significant damage to trees in northern New York. The insect, Clisiocampa Sylvatica, feeds on leaves and nests on trunks or branches, maturing by mid June and forming cocoons. Forecasts suggest a potential rise in abundance next year unless control measures are taken.
Delivery to American troops in Cuba occurred last Thursday when Mail Agent Eben Kewer rode to the front three siites from the Spanish outpost and delivered 160 pounds of mail. The shipment came via Balquirt and Plays de AsteCuba and Mole Bt Nicholas, Hayth, dated July 1.
A fragmentary New York dispatch reports a sixty year old woman, Powers, driven by hatred of men, found in New Rochelle. She allegedly imagined connections to wealth and traveled from Philadelphia. sheriffs seized her effects and she was discovered dead or unconscious in stocking. The report is garbled and uncertain.
A fragmented July article laments the neglect of Millard Fillmore’s grave at Forest Lawn Buffalo, noting a rusty fence and silent tomb. It recalls Fillmore’s national stature, charity, and early White House years, contrasting Memorial Day neglect with blossoms on other graves and praising his wife’s contributions.
Philomena Ziesfer and Ernest Kuhlen met at a dance five years earlier and faced parental objections to marriage. After a period apart and her illness, Kuhlen visited the manitarium repeatedly, easing her recovery. They wed on June 15 at St. Nicholas church, despite family disapproval.
A Mohican River bridge at Shelby Ohio collapsed during a public wedding ceremony yesterday causing four deaths and about one hundred injuries. Names of the deceased include Cyrus Kahan age 50 and Ada Bloodhart age unknown, with several Shelby and Edison residents among the wounded. The fall measured roughly 18 feet as panic erupted and救ered resust injuries.
Washington July The Office department arranged for a postal route between Key West and Santiago de Cuba to deliver letters to soldiers and sailors and allow regular mail to reach relatives. The naval transport Peru and another vessel will carry mail rails to mid Tertiary Santiago with semi weekly trips expected after initial departure. Special color coded pouches will segregate troops mail, and postal clerks will handle mail at Key West and Santiago offices.
A New York report describes Mrs. Martha Pierce, a distant relative by marriage of President Franklin Pierce, found dead in her apartment at the Van Rensselaer on West Thirty-second Street. Police and tenants note a gas line and a suicide note pleading for cremation.
News notes Dr Stephen HH Emmens claims to mirror a 60 year old French pursuit led by Tiffereau to transmute aluminum or silver into gold. French mint tests with pure silver yielded only partial results, casting doubt on the method while Dr Emmens seeks $1,000,000 in funding with contributions from the American and four foreign sources.
Decatur residents across parties show unified backing for General Joseph Wheeler in the coming congressional race. Prominent leaders and veterans voice loyalty, saying Wheeler will beat all challengers. A dedication ceremony for a new Methodist church featured Wheeler’s portrait in the cornerstone, underscoring strong wartime support.
Miscellaneous travel and advertising copy mentions rates from Redwood to Washville for the Chineusa En deavor Convention at Neal Ville, listing round trip fare and an additional fee, with references to Union Pacific connections and fastest times. It also advertises King’s New Discovery, Switt & Holliday cures, and free brocels, all as promotional filler.
The first amortizement mortgage in the United States, a 20 year loan of 2100 dollars on 100 acres in Vermilion county, was announced by Pearsons Taft of Chicago Credit House. The European method pays yearly installments from profits, reducing principal and covering interest, with option to prepay.
London reports James Brown Potter seeks a divorce from actress wife Cora Urqhart Potter after years apart. A detective allegedly paid servants six to ten shillings to obtain damaging statements, affidavits show. Potters’ money matters and a forthcoming theater tour to South Africa are noted.
The Ithaca New York area honors North Lansing postmaster Tompkins County with a seven decade uninterrupted tenure. Postmaster General Smith commends his century spanning career and calls him a living record of public service and community trust.
Samuel Artingstall former City Engineer of Chicago designed the Balquirih pier built to withstand Caribbean seas. The iron pier features a trestle bridge to a shed, with cement concrete piles and iron caissons, and a turntable for current uses. Representatives from the Spanish American Iron Company of Santiago de Cuba sought specs for a powerful sustaining iron pier.
Chicago July 5 A seven foot eight inch Polish laborer Jo seph Bladsyewski died of consumption at age 41 The health department reported no morgue could house a coffin of such length and a foot and half protruded from the undertaker s rear during the funeral A medical society had arranged a body sale giving $100 for the remains before death raising questions now that the body is buried about fulfillment of the contract and ethical issues surrounding the arrangement
A fragmented ad touts Grain-0 as a nourishing drink resembling coffee but not a stimulant. It claims to calm nerves, aid digestion, and benefit both children and adults, costing less than coffee and marketed as a health builder.
Jacksonville, Fla July 5 Gol Torrey of the Rough Riders is rapidly recovering from injuries sustained in the Tupelo railway wreck. He rooms at the Windmere Hotel star serenaded by the Forty-ninth band last night as the troopers from Tupelo, many taken to Kansas City, begin to recover and reunite with the unit.
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