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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
5
A Topeka column recounts factory and yard life with machinists, track workers, and officials, noting injuries, health absences, plant moves, and a large growing railroad M C A institute. Mentions transfers, meetings, and an Evangelist event at the Auditorium.
Miss Virginia Granes president of the Nurses Association Watertown NY describes varied cases of ovarian inflammation and ulceration treated with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recounts personal recovery after using the remedy and endorses sharing its benefits with patients and friends. The letter cites past injury from lifting a patient and lauds the compound's long standing reputation and Mrs Pinkham's guidance. Lynn Mass is mentioned as the source and address for Mrs Pinkham.
Albert Decker of Decker & Son furniture dealers and funeral directors in Brazil Indiana set a camera and hidden string to trap a trusted clerk tapping money. The plan exposed the theft and led to the clerk’s arrest. The rest of the page reports a royal levee at St James Palace with no Americans present and mentions a fever association campaign and other unrelated items.
The Seventh district Republican convention at Hutchinson followed a familiar pattern with prearranged factions and orchestrated speeches. Peters pressed for Evans pensions while Long’s supporters touted reciprocity with Cuba and Roosevelt policy. Bailey emerged as the governor candidate with the crowd backing his drive.
An advertisement claims Scott's Emulsion cures paleness by boosting blood and appetite. It promises improved looks and manners as signs of health and invites readers to request a free sample from Scott and Bowne Chemistry on Pearl Street.
The Seventh district gathering featured praise for public leaders and a strong push for Governor Stanley. Bailey lauded state administration and national prominence, while Stanley, urged by supporters, spoke after delays. Nominations for congress and other offices followed, with many counties seconding Long, and the committee reorganized with Harlow as chairman and Axline and Morse in key posts.
A crowded home front page blends local color and gossip with political notes. Articles discuss election tactics and potential candidates, ward politics, oddities from social events, and minor legal matters. Names and places anchor the local scene amid scattered anecdotes and community notices.
Denver guest Miss Ada Patterson hears Nordica in Topeka and stays with Mrs. A Jacques at 1828 Harrison. Dozens of residents from Topeka and nearby towns, including Kirwin, Emporia, Junction City, Horton, Lawrence, and St Marys, attended or hosted Nordica events. Social visits, reunions, and club meetings marked the week with guests calling on friends on Buchanan and Western avenues and at various homes and hotels.
During a Hutchinson visit on Tuesday night Governor Stanley and other candidates dined at the Midland. West, described as acting chesty, drew attention from water girls and a newspaper man, who questioned if he was the governor. In Topeka, Bert Dodd fled a hotel over a cloak and 3.4 receipts, while a second ward precinct clash saw a woman seized by workers and taken to police.
In Topeka guests and locals mingle as Nordica concert draws Holton and Florence visitors. Gen J Willan Hoffman dies in Philadelphia at 79 after a noted Civil War career. A mining accident in Eagle Beach, Indiana claims Henry Photman and injures two others in a shaft blast near La Crosse.
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