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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1901
Page
8
A judge's wife writes from Minneapolis praising Peruna for chronic back and neck pains with improvement after seven weeks. She thanks Dr Hartman and notes Peruna’s popularity and cautions against cheap imitations sold by druggists.
The American commission, led by Menory White and with colleagues from McKim Olmstead and Lord Salisbury contact, plans an extended Europe to DC journey. They will tour gardens and parks, view Cowper's country estate, and discuss beautification strategies while visiting Hatfield and Hat Salisbury estate.
Dr Doty and colleagues will run a field test on Staten Island near the quarantine station to study malaria prevention by exterminating mosquitoes. The bordered district includes a portion of New York Bay and nearby marshes where breeding sites and larvae will be surveyed and samples analyzed. Local physicians and citizens will assist, petroleum used to treat breeding areas as part of quarantine efforts.
Mrs John Hays Hammond widow of the mining engineer sent a cable to President Kruger expressing heartfelt sympathy over the death of the wife of the president in Pretoria. The message referenced shared sorrow and offered condolence in a time of loss.
Sir James Blyth hosts a London dinner for tuberculosis congress delegates at 3% Portland Place with attendees including the Duke of Cambridge the Duke of Northumberland Lord Derby and the Lord Mayor A street procession and cheers greet Canadian athletes arriving in the capital Also reports from Carson City and New York list court actions and school initiatives with notable figures named in brief items.
Police notes describe Li Jordan fined 50 for petit larceny amid a dramatic raid at James Sheasley’s joint on Kansas avenue. A crowded scene, rowdy spectators, and a police chase mark a night of arrests, with Robin Ransom discharged for lack of evidence and Hatcher cited on a separate count. The piece covers a tense court room, a public demonstration, and the continued crackdown on illegal drug and alcohol sales in Topeka.
Weather bulletin cites light scattered showers overnight across northwestern Missouri eastern Kansas Arkansas and northern Texas with no heavy rainfall. Kansas City area cooled slightly with fair warm weather expected, reports indicate limited impact and drought relief in parts of eastern Kansas and nearby counties.
London July 22 Lord Milner receives the freedom of the city amid a rally supporting government policy in South Africa. Prominent figures including Chamberlain Devonshire Cromed and McDonia attend. Milner urges firm treatment of treason and cautions against concessions while praising loyalists and reconstruction efforts in the empire.
The latest directory for Manhattan and the Bronx shows a total population of 2,075,460, with a one year increase of 2,850 inhabitants. The estimate, based on a government factor of 118 persons per family, reflects ongoing urban growth.
A July 23 report by the United States deep waterway commission on the Niagara Falls ship canal plan dominates a meeting of the canal committee of the Produce Exchange and the canal association of Greater New York. The commission backs a 21 foot channel around Niagara Falls to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario and onward to Oswego through the Mohawk valley to the Hudson, facing opposition from many tied to the Nicaragua route and stirring debate within the New York canal groups. Additional items from San Salvador and Cleveland briefs appear, but focus remains on the Niagara project and its implications.
An old tale of papyrus hats dyed with lotus and pigweed, revived amid a tissue paper hat craze in Kansas. It notes hats are cheap and appealing to men, with rules for masking the hat using bold color contrasts and maximal size, limited only by budget. The piece jokingly cites Noah and biblical imagery while imagining a fashion trend that defies rain.
Victoria report says a two-masted passenger steamer, likely American, burned off Dundas Island ten days earlier while waiting at Port Simpson. The Nell observed a great smoke plume, hull hidden by flames, as the vessel seemed to head for shore and then vanished from sight.
July 28 report from Chicago notes hotter weather boosts lemon use and prompts commissions to seek 25 to 50 cents markup on remaining stocks. Officials say supply of lemons unusually tight, with no precedent in recent years.
Twenty five machinists in Seathie Washington, employed by the Pacific Coast company, will return to their positions after obeying a local machinists union order to strike last May, marking a resumption of work and a dimmed labor dispute context.
New York reports five yellow fever cases in Santiago de los Vegas, a town of 6000 thirteen miles from Havana. All sufferers are Syrians. Authorities dispatched precautionary teams to inspect and enforce mosquito control and town disinfection.
New York dispatch reports Admiral Schley to speak later after a brief appearance at Great Neck. In Seattle the gunboat Concord remains at Bremerton awaiting Navy Department orders as Commander Knox reports sickness aboard and slow recovery. In Managua negotiators decide that Panama Pacific Transit may lose 4,000 gold and the fate of steam navigation on the San Juan river.
One day trip from Topeka to Texas with a joint schedule leaving at 18 08 A M today and arriving in Galveston or San Antonio at 8 40 A M the next morning. The journey spans thirty five hours and features speedy riding on a smooth track with Pullmans and chair cars. Agent T L Kuso of Topeka handles arrangements.
In Cleveland on July 22, Bryan Democrat leaders held a preliminary meeting to set a slate for forthcoming campaign activities. Details echo a busy planning session with references to transportation and logistics for campaign travel and events.
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