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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
12
A fragmented notice extols Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offering personal advice that has allegedly continued for twenty years. The text emphasizes free guidance and urges readers to write for more information and to obtain two bottles.
Social diary lists Monday through Friday gatherings for the Darvie-Whitelock and Davis-Whitelock circles. Guests include Misses Myrtle Wagner Winifred Wagner Lillian Whitelock and Mrs. Thompson with Frank Davis Jamen Deneysot. Card parties, showers, and dinners mark a week of gatherings across Kansas City and surrounding towns with notes on attendees and hosted venues.
A garbled notice advertises a book sale at Bennett's Book Store, 730 Hoes Avenue, touting low price five cent books and a new story. The fragment hints at fountain pens and other stationery items in stock and mentions a drugstore nearby.
Topeka notes report a busy city scene with a golf club of four members, visits by local officials, a crowded band concert, construction on the government building basement, amphitheater work, and various civic activities. Residents include Mrs Updegratt visiting, George Clark secretary of state, Miss Gussie Whitehead and W A Slo, as well as county attorney Chris Ritter.
The court of appeals this morning denied A. M. Harvey's request to allow Pop Grinstead pending the decision of his case in Renncourt. The session handed down opinions on several cases including Leavenworth, where a decision was affirmed, and Douglas where reversals occurred.
Gl Eed and Nelson announce the executive committee for the state branch of the Charities Association during a maternal conference in Topeka. Chairman Frank Nelson, state superintendent W. aa, and Mrs W A Johnson are named, with more committees to be added as the president decides. New York market reports note continued uncertainty amid global events.
Washington June 16 A dispatch from Washington reports Lieutenant Commander J Colwell, recently relieved as American naval attaché in London, is under investigation for failing to obey Navy Department orders. A court of inquiry, led by Captain F A Cook and Medical Director H White, sits in the Washington Navy Yard to determine if Colwell sought to evade orders by staying in London and later seeking medical treatment. The panel is expected to file its findings in a few days.
A Chicago incident reports 12 year old Robert Hoesle and 9 year old Gordon Collier attempting a William Tell act with a revolver. They aimed at a brick instead of an apple. Cobler fired and struck Hoesle in the cheek, causing a serious wound.
Walter W Smith of Kings County Wheelmen Brooklyn broke two amateur cycling world records in a private Berkeley Oval trial. Paced by motorcycle he clocked a half mile in 145 seconds and a mile in 3:28, nearing previous records by A W Rowe and Gen Fuller set in Washington and San Jose respectively.
The Guatemala Liberal government will suspend 30 percent of import duties from July 1 to December 31 to aid importers. The decree, announced by Lyra, applies to total duties and extras at customs houses and frontier stations. Also noted is Mr. Limburner’s Gymnasium in Topeka run by S P Limburner, with local youths attending and a range of equipment. The Chilean Claims Commission met at the State Department to organize and be equipped for work to begin soon.
The Swedish Lutheran synod assembled here today with delegates from across the country. The election of president for Augustana College at Rock Island Illinois will be the chief feature of the meeting.
A garbled OCR fragment lists places such as Arkansas Indian Territory New Chestoo Okishome Texas Rocky Ford and references items including ice cream and groceries. The legible bits reference prices and a vendor named Shawoee Grovery, but most specifics are unreadable.
North Topeka items note illnesses visits and travel. Mrs Pierson is ill at home near Shorey. Gene Campbell plans family visits. Miss Mamie Smith returns from Mayetta. Mrs Elder and children visit Lawrence. W G Brooks to lecture June 17 at Asbury chapel. Several residents return from trips to Manhattan Atchison and Sioux City.
Fragmented OCR shows offers for trips to Colorado and Utah with low rates and contact via Hecke Teinea Rowe and A M Fuller. An unrelated hair growth remedy by Cot at foundation claims to regrow hair, promoted by RW Squires at 382 Kansas Ave. The text mixes excursion details with cosmetic product pitches and garbled lines.
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