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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1898
Page
2
An advertisement touts Hyomei inhaler as a cure for various choking conditions. It claims 385,000+ users and 300+ testimonials, urging refunds if not beneficial. The copy emphasizes ease of use without causing harm and promotes free advice and mail order details.
Camp Life with Home Comforts advertised for Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly at Forest Park from June 13 to 24. Round trip tickets go on sale June 11 to 24 with return allowed until June 37, 1958. For bookings contact W. Garvey, Agent A. T. & S. F. Ry.
An OCR damaged ad promotes a falsified snow liniment sold by multiple Chicago and Kansas City outlets. It claims to cure frost bites chilblains corns and other ailments with vague promises and dubious testimonials. The copy lists vendors and addresses in Ballard St and Topeka avenues.
A Cuban volunteer, Mariano Salva, shot Captain General Blanco in the thigh as he left the palace in Key West. Blanco, wounded, held war councils with volunteers who remain unruly while autonomists flee. Salva, age Wy years, claims vengeance for his brother’s death and awaits execution at Morro Castle after being jailed.
Grain-O is promoted as a nourishing beverage for all ages, claimed to aid digestion and strengthen nerves without stimulant effects. Advertised as similar to coffee in taste, the product is priced around the cost of coffee and marketed as a health builder.
Loulaville Kentucky June 22 English syndicate to acquire all Jellico district coal mines. An option for 90 days secured at Knoxville meeting with Louisville owners McCro sky Morton Jacrome arranging transfer deeds to be signed after payment within the term. Mines span Whitley County Kentucky and Campbell County Tennessee covering about 121 square miles.
Washington reports indicate war department activity suggesting real preparations for a major expedition. Several regiments from Texas Alabama and Louisiana are to move from Mobile to Miami for concentration to support an intended invasion of Porto Rico.
Pittsburg June 22. Sheet steel manufacturers plan a general shutdown with prints closed on July 1 and six weeks of suspended operations. About 55 percent have signified willingness. talks with remaining plants continue as producers seek to curtail output amid stubbornly low steel prices and ongoing wage scales after July 1.
Visiting club women demonstrated their pulpit power in Omaha with Sadie American of Chicago as rabbi and Celia Parker Woolley delivering the main sermon on Modern Religious Tendencies at the First Congregational Church. Nebraska Federation president Jelte Stoeutenborough presided. Maryllard Andrews offered prayer. Helen Cole spoke.
Percy McCoole reports from Topeka about a San Francisco Chronicle critique of the Kansas regiment. He praises San Francisco ladies for aid, notes equipage upgrades and plans to sail for the Philippines. The letter describes living conditions, fleas, and prayers for loved ones at home as troops depart from Camp Merritt aboard ships.
A man’s body was found on Lincoln and Peterson avenues in Merendale after a cow circled the corpse drawing attention. A note in German signed Honorate De Einingest and bottles of carbolic acid were found near the scene. Police were notified by Carl Carlson who witnessed the cow’s odd behavior and saw the body.
Washington June 21 An additional army corps to be known as the Eighth will be created. It will contain troops in the Philippine Islands and be commanded by Major General Wesley Merritt. Merritt may transfer active command to Major General Otis when he deems it expedient to devote attention to government duties in the Philippines.
In New York on June 22 Rev John Scudder of the Jersey City First Congregational church asserted dancing as a natural expression of exhilaration. He criticized overstrict elders who warned Methodist youths against Saturday dances and argued for modest contact and propriety while commenting on women’s dress.
Locust cicadas again threaten vegetation across Washington Perry duilph Fike Scott Jaccksom Macoupin Union and Alexander counties with seventeen year brood near Douglas county the pest causes continual noise and attacks fruit trees while false reports claim stock fatalities from cicadas. Randolph county reports heavier impact than others.
Charles N. Pomeroy, about 40, son of the late Brick Pomeroy, faced a police court vagrancy charge in Washington. Described as an aspiring scientific genius who penned about 200 unpublished sonnets, he previously faced lunacy proceedings but was discharged. He claimed poverty with only $1 received from his mother last week. the judge ordered his release. Rogers sale notice follows.
New York June 22 The Presbyterian board of foreign missions reports a duty to begin missionary work in the Philippine islands amid the U S push in Cuba and Porto Rico The church sees a moral obligation to enter the door opened by providence and guns of battleships urging cooperation across denominations to avoid duplication and promote comity in new fields
The regular monthly meeting of the board of missions heard a report submitted by W H Rich, chairman of the committee on China and of the executive committee’s reporting group. The report was reviewed and accepted by the board.
The Kinshu-maru docks in Seattle with Lt J Fugit aboard, observing U S shipbuilding in Philadelphia and San Francisco for Japan. It reports a May 23 fire in Daiyenbutsujat Hie 50 region and temple losses in Kyoto, while Japan shows pro alliance sentiment with flags visible in Kobe. Also notes about coffee substitutes Grat-O and Buckeye Ointment, plus travel ads for Portland-bound tickets via rail.
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