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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1898
Page
2
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach weakness indigestion and liver issues. It claims purification of the blood improved appetite and digestion and relief from various ailments including bronchitis consumption and constipation with numerous testimonials.
A fragmented 1910s-style notice promotes the National Educational Association meeting in Washington DC on July 10, inviting members from west of the Missouri River to take the Union Pacific to Kansas City, with round trip fare plus $4.00, and mentions a June sale and various commercial blurbs interspersed. The text includes unrelated advertisements for silverware, medicine, and local merchants.
London reports Madrid sources say the Sagasta cabinet will resign after martial law ends and a new government will open peace negotiations. Admiral Camara’s squadron left Cadiz to calm opinion as talks unfold for a possible Silvela cabinet and the loss of Spain’s colonies is anticipated.
Bradstreet's notes a perceptible quieting of distributive trade across parts of the country as annual plant shutdowns appear in industry while bank clearings rise and exports of cereals stay strong. Wage settlements ease, wheat prices steady, and cotton manufacturing improves though woolen trades lag with dull wool markets. Wheat shipments fall from last week but remain above year-ago levels. business failures stay near normal with mixed results in Canada.
A German farmer Edward Scherbarth shot his wife outside Portage Wisconsin. He claimed provocation and claimed he targeted only as a result of a dispute. A battered account references Aguor and misquoted remedies, ending with a testimonial for Cham Gah Recedy.
Dr Swallow the Prohibition candidate for governor says he stands on the party platform and will not discuss public matters beyond the nominated platform. He reports encouraging local sentiment and expects to stay in Harrisburg until the campaign is settled, rejecting any independent ticket plans.
Edward B Dreyer a leading German American and ex head of G B Dreyer & Co was convicted under section 215 of the criminal code for refusing to hand over 2316 000 of funds to Fred M Blount successor as treasurer of the West Park Board Judge Smith denied bail as the verdict was rendered and the state seeks an indeterminate sentence to the state penitentiary.
Sheedy a Chicago gambler and backer of John L. Sullivan says he is collecting 3250 from Frank Lawrence son of Dr J J Lawrence in Cairo. Lawrence denies owing anything, stating he lost money in Sheedy’s scheme and never borrowed. he refuses to pay.
In New York on June s Colonel John Jacob Astor declares he will seek the Republican nomination for Congress from the Twelfth district. The district includes parts of the Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty second, Twenty sixth and Twenty seventh assembly districts. Astor predicts a victory after McClellan’s tenure and plans to begin active campaigning once the vote is over.
In Anderson Indiana a fraudulent strawboard agent bought straw, balled and shipped it, then vanished with payment due. Farmers held a mass meeting and dynamited the machine in Hendricks county, burning it to ashes upon direction of the American Strawboard Company.
New York reports Jas James J Corbett may produce A Kentucky Hero a military comedy by Robert Jefferson Ferral next season Corbett has read early criticisms and believes the piece merits production if Brady approves A better title may be chosen resembling The Bear of Maryland
Deputy Quartermaster Kimball awards a contract to D. May & Co for 10000 summer drawers at 39 cents each with delivery within a week, plus 10000 dark blue flannel shirts split 5000 on Wednesday and the rest on Saturday. An inquiry asks how many brown canvas regimens can be secured for immediate delivery in addition to the 60000 already contracted.
Albany June 9— Sesztor Brush of Brooklyn urged Gov Black to urge an extraordinary session to grant power to create a 5000 man reserve guard drawn from Civil War veterans in New York. He proposed two regiments in New York City and battalions in Brooklyn Albany Syracuse and Rochester. Black would consider and advise the adjutant general.
Baraboo Wisconsin June 25 A female elephant kept at Ringling Brothers winter quarters is described as cannot be subdued and near death. She has killed two men in the past before arriving in Baraboo. Attempts to subdue her with chains and burning brush failed. A savage bear on the grounds is also noted, with cages broken and unusual bars. The bear supposedly sleeps only one hour in a day.
Three girls drowned after going bathing at White's mills near Defiance. Clothing of the victims found on the Maumee banks. two bodies recovered identified as Alice Stitsel and Mamie Cromer. Minnie Cromer remains missing. Local sensational notice mixes ads for patent pills and products.
Chicago June 2 Charles F Lang identified in Judge Ewings court by Mabel Hobart 17 who says Lang threw vitriol in her face when she refused marriage The attack left her eye damaged neck and face scarred Lang once sailor in US Navy denies writing brawls and claims he was in his North Carpenter Street room at the time Verdict could send him to the penitentiary for up to twenty years Mabel Hobart remains scarred by the burns
June 25 New York Senator John Raines failed to win a $40 000 defamation suit against the New York Press company. A seven to five vote for damages was not reached as jurors disagreed on the verdict and Justice McLean discharged the panel. Raines planned to press the suit further citing harm to his reputation from an article about a supposed corruption fund.
In Allegheny, Ja a man named Joseph Wolf a former jockey suffered a paralytic stroke. Relatives believed him dead and sent for an undertaker. The coffin was loaded for embalming when Wolf awoke in the wagon asking where he was. He was taken to the general hospital where he remained in a comatose state.
Five girls including Frances De Fing aged 18, Huse sac, and Lizzie Costello aged 12 were arrested by police in Jefferson Market for a string of thefts. They acted as messengers for a crime ring, targeting churches and homes to steal watches, money, and jewels. The group reportedly befriended younger children to gain access before moving on.
N. E. A. SPECIAL: train departs Kansas at various points on July 4 via Santa Fe route. Kansas City departure at 7 p m. arrives in Chicago next morning. Pennsylvania lines east of Chicago. Scenic voyage through Alleghany mountains and Horse Shoe Curve. Gettysburg field visit featured. Apply to W. Garvey for itinerary and low-rate options. Peerless Steam Laundry advertises new collars and cuffs.
On board the Dauntless off Balquirl, June 23, the American flag was raised atop Altarez mountains amid wild enthusiasm. General Shafter and Col. Humphrey oversee rapid troop movement while shortages hinder supply trains. Cuban forces near Balquirl show mixed condition, and hospital ships treat heat casualties as Juragua supply efforts lag.
Conductor Edward Spickney and Muorman McAulift of the Twenty second street car line engage two highwaymen aboard a General Electric line car westbound. One robber flees, the other is captured. John Graves is shot in the neck and dies en route to county hospital. another robber, Imck Masurty, is arrested by Sergeant Danner.
June developments on the Willard memorial show rapid progress as WCTU branches unite after Frances Willard’s death. New receipts total 3000 dollars from Mist Hess Gould and Mrs. Wo. E. Dodge, boosting the fund for a Frances Willard memory temple in Chicago.
Lansing June 25 The mystery surrounding the People's Savings Bank of Mount Pleasant after its failure last year grows as Governor Pingree orders Attorney General Meynerd to thoroughly investigate the shooting of Elmer Struble, cashier of the Shepherd branch. The bank remains under receivership with the vaults reportedly looted by an undetermined amount, and Joan F. Ryn, cashier of the People's Bank, has been arrested on charges of excessive loans.
Washington June 25 The postiers master depot awards a contract to Samuel Roebuck for 25 headnets to shield troops from inserts. Nets are cylindrical with weighted lower edges to stay on shoulders. Also 200 hospital tents for brigade division and field hospitals in 90 working days. Each tent costs four and a half dollars and holds six cots and a small table per head of cot.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a non stimulant coffee substitute suitable for all ages. It claims the drink helps people who cannot handle coffee and mentions it is made from pure grains. Available in 15 and 25 cent packages at grocers.
A brief note describes a personal creation prompted by a new discovery. The article highlights curiosity, imitation, and the creative drive inspired by the latest scientific or technological breakthrough. Names and places are not provided, focusing on concept and motivation.
An advertisement extols Hyomei as a remedy with over seventeen thousand testimonials. It claims the device, marketed for relief and sold nationwide, uses a vehicle to deliver medicine into the lungs via breathing and promises safety.
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