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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
5
A chaotic report from New York describes a dramatic surgical case where a patient’s stomach was removed and later restored in a pioneering operation. The article details imagined medical folly and a clinician’s doubtful notes about the procedure.
An excerpt details an abdominal operation lasting one hour and fifteen minutes. Surgeons cut away a tumor near the pylorus and remove a malignant growth, using antiseptic preparations and cutting through the intestine and esophagus as needed. the patient’s condition is described as stabilizing post procedure.
About seven workers at the Dollar and Huckenich shops and others at Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway shops quit work yesterday afternoon. The walkout stems from a shift to piecework, with unions urging members to quit rather than accept piecemeal pay. Workers had been leaving for two weeks seeking other jobs, and more may join as support for new hires grows.
Miss Josette Lord hosts Fortnightly Enchre club on Pillmors street with Louise Smith winning a prize. Numerous local ladies and out of town guests attend events at homes on West Tenth Avenue and Clay Street. visits include Memphis, Chicago, California, Manhattan, and Topeka. various entertainments, church groups, and society members are featured with travel plans and hosting duties across the week.
Werner Stanley reported a single bid with approval for a Holliday memorial on the state house grounds. Governer Chime tear vetoed an earlier appropriation in the bill, but authority to locate the monument on statehouse grounds was granted, tying the site with other monuments on the capitol precinct.
The governor agreed to veto the bill if state objections stood but, after discussions with Howard Wilder, learned the proposal included a bronze statue of Colonel Holliday. Wilder, a promoter of the scheme, was surprised by this element and the governor expressed broad support for statues of that character. The governor then signed the bill.
Councilman W F P Weber denies offering money to Rufus Frasier to influence votes in the Hughes slander era. He criticizes Hughes for waterworks handling, notes two engineers were hired against his protest, and asserts he opposes Hughes and favors focusing on city affairs. The article mentions Fred Jewell and a questioned encounter with Frasier.
A faded advertisement fragment describes a soap product marketed to men. It mentions gray hairs and a whitening effect, with references to bottles and drugstores. The text is partial and garbled but centers on a hair lightening soap sold in druggists.
The speaker denies conversations with Rufus Frazier regarding the mayoral contest and claims no knowledge of any hotel meeting with Str Weber or any money offer. He asserts a long acquaintance with Frasier and states he would not suspect him of wielding influence in his ward or elsewhere.
Reports from Brussels summarize Emil Guarani's experiments with automatic repeaters. He proved 25 miles without captive balloons or masts is futile and shifted to relay transmission of etheric rays. Many messages were received with clarity as signals crossed towns and obstacles, establishing the concept of airborne rays.
A large audience enjoyed the Aubrey stock company's The Land of the Living at Crawford Street, with plots and counterplots delighting spectators who applauded loudly. Tonight the company presents Webs of Tenses with special scenery and costumes. A robbery and missing money were reported after a meeting at the state house on Clay Street.
Account Leadercy Grand Opera on sale March 9. The fragment references Lith Oliver Twist and children asking for sate without clear context. Other garbled portions mention Oak and a song-like phrase, but no coherent event details emerge.
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The readable fragments describe a person cured of grip and a heart ailment, noting doctors and places in a disjointed way. Mentions of liver pills, nerve tonic, and a physician with unclear name appear amid garbled phrases and stray references.
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