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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1898
Page
2
An old advertising fragment touts Dr Pierce’s Petite Celery and Pleasant Pellets as cures for a range of disorders from consumption to nerve issues. The copy claims the remedies improve blood, nerves, digestion, and sleep, urging readers to buy through medicine dealers.
The Nova Scotia Grand Banks and Sable Coast are described as ocean graveyards where numerous transatlantic liners have wrecked in dense fog and heavy weather. The Arctic and the Bouguogne disasters are recounted with survivor tales and heroic salvage efforts, noting high loss of life and peril at sea.
A string of wrecks and sinkings reported along the Atlantic fringe. Vessels including Germania, Cleopatra, Atlantic, City, and others listed as wrecked or foundered near Nova Scotia and Newfoundland shores with numerous losses. Survivors and specific collision notes unclear due to garbled OCR.
The Madrid paper accuses Gen Fernando Primo de Rivera of wholesale theft of government funds while governor of the Philippines and of selling noble titles. Charges claim he misused public money, funded war costs, and enriched associates including Senor Paterno. Documents show money diverted through Manila residents and into Rivera’s accounts amid calls for investigation.
San Francisco July 8 report shows considerable illness at Camp Merritt with 169 hospital beds occupied. Sault Dalton has seventy sick. Seventh California, seventeen in hospital. Mountuns about thirty. Surgeons cite climate change as cause of an epidemic of colds and stomach troubles with only six cases dangerous.
London reports discuss European intervention in the Hispano American War. Bernor Moret, ex Spanish colonial minister, urges Spain to sue for peace, arguing the United States cannot tire in war and Spain risks crushing defeats. Moret links expansion to social and wealth pressures and warns Carlists and Republicans both rely on the army.
Fragments describe a boastful advertisement claiming cures for rheumatism indigestion stomach troubles kidneys catarrh headaches and colds. The piece credits Proteance Munyon and Philadelphia as sources and argues medicine will soon be criminal to deny.
The passage notes the enemy's strength and argues protest would be futile, claiming sealist peace as the sole means to avert starvation for the workers. It frames peace terms as the critical factor preserving survival and labor.
Washington July Surgeon's letter from Surgeon Street at Lached to the hospital ship Solace Guantanamo dated July 29 says forty patients aboard from other ships and the marine camp. Twenty are gunshot or shell wounds and all are doing well with temperatures normal.
New York reports that Edna McPherson, heiress and former socialite daughter of the late U S senator from New Jersey, secretly wed Dr. Joseph Mutr in Hoboken on Saturday night. The groom, a physician with little wealth, has yet to establish a reputation. The marriage occurred without the mother’s knowledge.
Washington July 3 an effort to pass a bill to limit attorney fees in pension and bounty land claims to ten dollars. The measure directs that no agent or attorney may demand more than ten dollars or any compensation beyond that set by the commissioner of pensions, and it applies to existing contracts as well.
Three young Chinese girls from China will arrive in late July and enroll at the state university in September. They will study medical nurse courses to prepare for work among their people in their native country. They come with Bishop Joyor, returning from a missionary tour, and are aged 18, 18, and 19.
Fractured OCR describes a fake cure claiming to detoxify blood and cure constipation headaches and nervous conditions. It touts a vegetable laxative mixture marketed as a universal tonic with grand wellness claims and a money back guarantee, urging readers to buy at a local rug store.
Pueblo Steam Laundry announces returnable summer tourist tickets to Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver with daily sales through September 13. The Santa Fe Route dining car features Wealth Electric fans to keep passengers cool and comfortable during travel.
A battered military letter from Kingston to an arm officer describes harsh urban life, dust, heat, and poor streets. The writer, likely a U S service member, laments lack of comforts and contrasts Kingston with American life, noting white and light-colored streets, rough sidewalks, and limited civilian amenities. He longs to return to the United States, criticizing local housing and the harsh environment.
British consul in Chicago reports a letter from Prime Minister Salisbury thanking the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Association of Chicago for dedicating two beds to St Luke's and Presbyterian Hospital on the queen's birthday. The note expresses royal approval and requests thanks be given to Gooch Crerar and other association members.
Portland column notes Speaker Tom Reeds facing Luther Franklin McKenney as an opponent. McKenney, born in Ohio, a minister, former two term congressman from New Hampshire, served in Ohio during the war, lived in Iowa, studied theology in New Hampshire, preached in Maine, and now resides in Maine again. The piece mocks the CROs but highlights McKenney’s storied career and his unlikely bid against Mr Steed in the district. It also plugs remedies and dental ads from local pharmacists and physicians.
Washington July 9 Adjutant General Corvin recounts a curious wartime episode involving his son who sought a commission. Unable to advance through official channels the young Corbin instead serves as a newspaper correspondent sending a sharp dispatch about Tampa and the Shafter expedition. Army circles ponder whether the father and son benefited from the affair.
The U S post office department awarded two large Alaska mail contracts to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company of San Francisco and the West Coast Steam Navigation Company of Seattle. Each route includes bi monthly service with additional sailings as listed, covering Seattle Tacoma Port Townsend Wrangel Dic and to Alaska ports including Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Dyer. The contract allows termination by contractor with sixty days notice if needed.
Chester era notes that Tom Johnson, renowned Cree trader and single taxer, ceases active leadership in his Minnesota era while maintaining vast business ties. A. J. Wood references Johnson while in Washington, hinting at reduced role in New York politics and long-standing Gotham ties.
The two privates killed during a firing salute at Fort Taylor were S. Kulmumnell of Battery A and A. Point of Battery B First Artillery. The bodies were cremated at the barracks crematory with military honors.
Kansas City moves to submit a September vote on a home rule charter amendment for police affairs. The plan creates a police board of the mayor and two commissioners elected by residents, and an excise board to control license issuance. The Republican measure denounces Democratic boards as scandal linked, with support from some Democrats hostile to Governor Stephens. Courts may see a clash over governor appointments versus elected commissioners.
In Pittsburg during July to August, N Lorrain known as the Bakerstown hermit was found dead in his yard. A small sum, seven dollars, was found beneath his shanty door along with a deed to his house two acres of land and other papers. An inquest by Deputy Coroner Mark Donney noted a trap door under the charity source containing two hundred seventy eight dollars in gold and silver and bills. The valuables were brought to the city for safekeeping until an administrator is appointed.
Mrs Henry L Turner wife of Colonel of the First Illinois volunteers returns from Tampa with funds for soldiers families. She distributed hundreds of dollars to fund widowed mothers and suggested aiding a private with his family. The package arrived in Chicago a day after she did amid camp and railway travel concerns.
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