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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1899
Page
4
The column surveys political endorsements and public sentiment, noting Bryan and Goebel positions. It comments on wartime iron famine, Hobson affair lectures, strikes affecting mail, and President Cleveland era figures. It cites Alger Worth, Dewey Home committee plans, and railroads earnings as prosperity indicators.
The New York Tribune correspondent cites street railway troubles as a catalyst for municipal transit reforms. In Glasgow, tramway workers faced better wages and shorter hours after a five year experiment, though drivers and conductors were largely unorganized with minimal grievances.
Kansas and Nebraska are highlighted as leading corn producers in an Agriculture Department analysis. The two states together could yield about 575 million bushels, over a quarter of the nation’s total crop, with potential farmgate value near 120 million dollars. The report notes strong results may boost western farmers toward financial footing and greater independence.
A jumble of aphorisms on weight loss manners and self sufficiency. It urges simplicity comfortable living fixed pipes humane self discipline and avoiding debt while praising personal responsibility and restraint. It also cynically notes social wisdom about hosting young while reflecting era old fashioned gender norms and advice tone.
Fragmented text reflects a personal meditation on aging and desire. It hints at social expectations, dinner choices shaping mood, and a subject contemplating morality and destiny in life’s thorny moments.
A collage of opinions mocks vanity and social pretensions amid urban life. The piece notes patrons favor high collars at a beer saloon, laments ignorance, and recalls small courtesies like the letter carrier on pay day. It observes suburbanites borrowing neighbors lawnmowers while longing for downtown flats.
Notes from the Newton area report candidates for queen of the Newton street fair carnival and ongoing village events. Teachers’ layoff stories promise a busy school census as meetings settle annual matters. County lines and regional changes spark discussion as Hiawatha World extends coverage. A dramatic rescue on a moving passenger train ends with a quick half-size savior pulling a man free before the next car arrives.
Ad offers a health tonic claiming to improve blood purity and vitality. It stresses the link between good health and enjoying life, promoting a product named Hoods Sarsa parila as a remedy to keep one in good condition.
A ragged miscellany traces police missteps at a vacant alley by a college and the jail ghost tale. A cabal of officers plans punishment for a tramp while a boy from Chicago broadens the scene with a street performance. A Topeka j of P. cites poultry codes to pin a Shanghai rooster case on a soldier, ending in acquittal and looming county costs.
The editor questions public endorsement of proprietary remedies. The piece argues a physician should advise cures, yet urges using a trusted Cholera and Diarrhea remedy kept on hand, noting twenty years of personal experience and suggesting prudence in reliance on medicines.
Excursion via Taignd Route leaves Topeka at 7:20 and returns at 4:05 for 31 25 for the round trip. An epidemic of diarrhoea is reported with concerns about illness aboard the special train via Missouri Pacific.
Kansas City July 23 The Wabash railroad claims a 12 to 12 1/2 hour service to Chicago, faster than rival lines, prompting concern of a rate war as shorter routes push for twelve hour service while Santa Fe runs thrice weekly with California service and local business fears.
The International Peace Conference held its final session with sixteen states signing the arbitration convention, fifteen signing the other two conventions, seventeen adopting the declaration banning projectiles or explosives from balloons, sixteen approving the declaration on trip limits, and fifteen endorsing the declaration prohibiting the use of expulsive bullets.
July 2 report from Washington notes ordnance tests at Sandy show explosive shells with 13 pounds of explosive and 4 pounds of powder, weighing standard, proving fragmentation and shell performance against armor plate. Board deems the new explosive effective and safer for use. Carolina Miles, board president, comments on authority and testing scope.
David Overmyer as attorney for the Telegraph company has fled answers in district court to suits against the telegraph firm. Judgments under the telegraph rate law are transcribed from the Justice's court. The company argues the rate law is confiscatory and that the Kanead business of 1898 earned $4270.98, less than handling costs.
A Burlingame man, Shen herd, went berserk in Carbondale Kansas on July 3. He disrupted picnickers at a site near Wakatara, then wandered the town last evening terrorizing residents until several men restrained him and medical aid was summoned.
Ruskin colony near Nashville Tennessee, located northwest of Nashville, had its property of 1080 acres and buildings sold by a receiver. The move signals the collapse of a famed experiment tied to J Wayland editor of the Constitution in 1870s, once widely discussed in media across the United States and Europe.
Washington July 2 The navy department plans to send the airy to Europe next winter to aid the American exhibit at the Paris exposition. The Prairie may help transport naval and other government display items and could form the nucleus of a re established European squadron. Port o Rico customs receipts and other items appear in the report of the six months. Eight thousand demons gnawing at one s vitals could not be worse than itching piles. Du an's ointment offers a cure.
An early 20th century notice from Kansas medical education details the location in Topeka, attractive surroundings, and a call for a catalogue of attendants and instruction. Signed by R. S. Magee M.D. as secretary and J. E. Minney M.D. as dean.
Philadelphia July 23 Western Delon messenger boys struck for the second time this week demanding higher wages. About 200 stopped work Thursday. a midnight stoppage followed by further walkouts. By noon many riders rode bicycles delivering messages at branch offices as linemen and clerks staffed services.
Western Union has purchased the A D T business and will take full charge mid August. The A D T assets will transfer to Western Union and the local office will move to Western Union headquarters. Company officials decline further comment on the deal and name the two firms involved.
A group of Mormon missionaries from Utah departed Philadelphia on the steamer to Liverpool. The party includes young men under KH. S. Melivarey who notes about 3,000 missionaries operate worldwide with numbers increasing daily due to individual conviction and faith.
Observer Jennings notes no frost danger with the current cold spell as temperatures drop about 20 degrees from yesterday. A high and low barometer drive the change while reports of showers tonight and cooler weather linger in the southern portion. Northeast wind around 12 miles per hour, minimum 6 percent humidity 75 at midnight.
A San Francisco dispatch to the Oregonian claims Oregon troops punished a deserter are falsely described. The report alleges misattribution and errors about regiments and actions in the field, with confusion over dates and locations. Separately, the British steamship Acar cleared for Japan with a large oil cargo, an estimated 7,000 tons.
Four thousand postmasters were invited nationwide with Illinois postmasters and others from Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan among attendees. 3B Johnson travels to New York to complete purchases for the New York Mercantile Company as manager 8S Johnson departs to finalize firm orders.
A. Boyd of Los Angeles son of Omar Boyd of this city died Friday morning at 6:90. Funeral for Daniel Blunh who died Monday in Denver held this morning at 9 from Ons Penwell rooms at his daughter Mrs. Alice Huble’s home.
A. Prescott, deputy United States marshal, will leave tomorrow for Mus custody Alexander Martin, accused of murdering Ba Ming at Vian, Indian Territory on August 4, 1805, Pittsburg, Pa. Return $25.40 via Santa Fe Route. Tickets on sale July Sat and August good until Aug. Zist. hives agent for particulars. Special amin for Scute Aug. lat vie Mo, Pac. Hound wip p00.
A Cassell's Saturday Journal excerpt describes old jailbirds using silent pantomime, finger and mouth signals, and dumb alphabet to relay messages. It cites a Liverpool ship Diomed wreck and a convict named Mac who impressed natives with sign communication.
A collage of jokes and quips from the era includes playful exchanges on teaching poker, arbitration, married life, and etiquette. The snippets mix domestic humor with light political banter, ending on a homespun note about heaven and propriety.
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