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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1897
Page
2
This fragment touts a medical remedy claiming to ease nervous disorders and fatigue in women, promising health and vigor through Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It markets a 1058 page volume sold by Wassell’s Dispensary with mail order, urging readers to copy and send payment via mail.
New York June 1 The Journal publishes a sweeping indictment of the sugar trust, detailing cross state refiners, a $77 million capital, and the forced rise in sugar prices. It notes court battles, the shift to New Jersey and back, and a $19 million in bonds masking true value while profits soar. The piece labels the trust a national menace to governance and liberty.
A sweeping critique denounces sugar and other trusts for bribery and political manipulation. It cites Senator Hoar and Chapman prosecutions, warns that trusts dominate legislation, finance campaigns, and corrode public life, calling for bold investigation and accountability to reclaim republican liberty.
Fragmented rhetoric asserts the GEngeris and high price offers by the trust, condemning the rule of trusts as corrupting principle and patriotism. It claims trusts teach theft and degrade national manhood with a philosophy that serves business interests.
Chauncey M Depew Andrew Carnegie and George J Gould led a party of affluent Americans boarding the steamer St Louis for Europe. Carnegie and his wife will spend summer in Scotland while Depew and Gould anticipate improved business conditions and a steady, lasting recovery in markets.
Denver on June 3 saw all General Federation committees meeting at the Woman’s club. Mrs. J B Grant chaired. Mrs. Charles Henrotin, president of the General Federation, attended. Reports were brief. Miss Parsons outlined hotel reductions and excursion tickets via Colorado Springs. Henrotin praised the federation’s leadership, recalling Louisville and Denver’s roles, and urged unity across regions.
An advertisement touts a "Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming relief in 1 to 3 days. Testimonials from T. F. Anthony and others praise rapid benefits and the remedy’s mysterious action, with Swift & Holliday as sellers in Topeka alongside Chamberlain's Cough Remedy being widely recommended.
Washington June 4 The Senate opened at 11 a m with a tariff bill debate focusing on the wool schedule. Mantle the Silver Republican from Montana urged wool protection and detailed how imports and low-cost foreign wool threaten American producers. He argued the McKinley law failed to shield wool growers and warned Republicans to raise rates or lose support in key states.
Dr Redmond and Dr Eaterbrook hail the Pyramid Pile Cure as the most remarkable remedy for piles and rectal diseases. They report instant relief from the first application with no narcotics or poisons, and say it replaces surgery for many cases. Sold by druggists at 60 cents per package. free sample booklet offered.
A speaker denounces cheap foreign labor and imports of raw materials as harmful to American producers, wages, and citizens. He urges protective duties as essential, cites President McKinley, and argues tariffs safeguard workers, farmers, and raw-material industries across the nation.
The Prescott Placer Dredging Company is incorporated with 270000 pounds capital to build large dredges for Rogue River gold fields at Orion. Dredges will mine gold bearing sands, with expected yield of per yard and potential 2000 yards daily. Executives include EL Prescott and Alonzo Bowers. initial operations target Rose River and future Yukon fields.
A strange Shankeldobing craft by F A Knapp of Prescott Ontario is tested at Jock of the Poison Iron Works. The inventor claims a New York to Liverpool voyage in forty eight hours with no seasickness. The 100 foot steel craft uses a four horse power engine and rolls on the surface rather than cutting through water.
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