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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1900
Page
9
A distorted text fragment mentions a skull injury and death, citing Electric Bitters as a cure for various ailments. References include assertions about liver kidneys and bowels, with unclear names and places, reflecting a damaged historical notice or advertisement.
Tarnien Headley reveals long doubt about Professor Snow's chinch bug remedy. He notes the cure seems ineffective in wet weather yet may aid crops in dry conditions, while criticizing its impact on wheat and corn. The account records a cautious but critical stance toward the remedy.
Pensions granted across Kansas and Washington include names such as Sedopolis and Independence residents with varying amounts. The report lists recipients like William Sinker and Michael Cowles, with several others tied to cities including Ottawa Greenwi Hutchison Garnett and Damar. A separate note from July 1 in Santa highlights Jer t Jotter leading a Halon Pace tract crew, delayed by transportation. ten men traveled from a ship to join the group.
A Wakefield of Columbia advertises Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a universal cure for cholera morbus and bowel trouble. He claims decades in the drug trade and reports multiple successful cures, urging customers to buy and try the product. He touts the medicine as pleasant and reliably effective.
Ottawa end Return $1.69 via Banta Fe Route with tickets on sale through the 26th. Duty Ta to 26th inclusive and return Jim Press ve at Tam.
A Kansas state association proposes a home saving and investment scheme to fund purchase of a large land tract, divide it among subscribers, and offer ten year tontine style returns. Cleland Messerge of Emporia will present the plan at the Detroit national meeting for adoption by state groups.
Friends of M A Hogarty of Lexington Kentucky observed his skin turn yellow due to jaundice. Despite doctors failing, he used a remedy called the Mitters Stomach and Liver remedy, reporting after two bottles he was wholly cured. Sold by A F Wassner, drug.
Local Santa Fe Commercial Club notes a $3,000 gain from selling houses on a property bought for shop extension. Other items include a Topeka real estate man sentenced to two years for robbing J. A. McKeon and a body found in the Kansas River identified as a local figure.
A dense church notices page lists services at First Congregational, First Unitarian, United Brethren, Presbyterian, and other churches. It mentions sermons by pastors, Sunday schools at 10, and youth and women's meetings at 2 Jackson St. It also notes various topics such as The Joy of the Religious Life and Truth with references to church locations and times.
Minneapol is reader Elmer Pleming claims cataract and catarrh cure through Peruna after three months of use. Nebraskan Mrs. C Nickel reports relief from chest pain and breathlessness, saying Peruna strengthens nerves and boosts energy. Ad promotes Peruna as a natural tonic improving blood supply and digestion, with a free booklet "Summer Catarrh" from The Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio.
Multiple churches list morning and evening services on Sunday. Rev. M W McKirahan leads at i gelock with "The Jet Commandment" and Miss Jode Fulton directs Christian Endeavor. Union meeting features Prof J R Dill on "The Advantages of a well kept Sabbath." Brown Chapel hosts fourth quarter meetings under Rev J W Braxton. Other churches include Third Presbyterian, First Christian, Central Congregational, Grace Cathedral, Calvary Mission, First Methodist Episcopal, and spiritualist and divine science gatherings with varied sermons and Sunday School times.
Swindlers target Russian settlers arriving from Sugar City Colorado on the Missouri Pacific train. Eighteen to twenty people, who have lived in Illinois Minnesota Nebraska and Colorado over fourteen years, were lured by dishonest agents and misrepresented land deals. They drifted to Nebraska settling near Lincoln and Hastings where the land was praised but proved unsuitable.
Sixty families from near Hastings migrated to Sugar City Colorado chasing artesian wells. They found irrigation reliant on ditch water, causing illness and deaths among children. Returning to Hastings, the costly trek left each family about $200, yet they remain comparatively well off.
A Wellington woman travels through Utah after a telegraphed misread by an operator caused confusion. Her husband, a revenue officer, wired she was going to Vermins and she rode all day to Fort Du Chien, only to find him in Utah. The incident sparked a partial confirmation of the operator's blunder in a long, comic miscue.
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