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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1904
Page
9
A testimonial describes severe breathlessness and faint heart trouble, resolved after using Dr Green's Nervura. The narrator, a 63 year old, cites long illness and multiple doctors before praising Nervura and recommending the treatment, with a home visit offer and purchase via druggists.
The Topeka Commercial Club met with about ten members present. The session opened with criticism of Fire Marshal Wilmarth and the city’s fire protection. William Van Valkenburg argued water plant inadequacies and high insurance rates elsewhere, while multiple members urged city action on new fire engines and waterworks. A follow up meeting was called to discuss Edison Illuminating Company permits and related street works plans.
The draft calls for sending delegates from Kansas to a regional convention on March 31 at 10 o clock. Invitations should go to every city and county seat in northeast Kansas, with county and city officers including road overseers eligible to sit. Notables W H Moore, W S Jennings, W K Vanderbilt Jr., and James Abbott are invited to attend and address the convention. The entertainment committee is to arrange a suitable venue and other needed specifics. Efforts also push county commissioners to macadam the West Sixth street road to the Catholic cemetery, a move supported by local churches and the Commercial Club.
Report from a mining site recounts how mule boss Jack McAniney tricked four balky mules at the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western shaft. By swapping leaders and faking a command with a leather apron and whip, the driver caused the mules to move and draw the cars all day until Old Boxer recovered and reclaimed his lead. The piece also notes a Chicago Record-Herald card, a correction letter to the State Journal, and a Milwaukee lecture by Rev Richard B. Hariin urging a common Presbyterian liturgy.
An exhortation argues happiness hinges on truth and loyalty, links most ills to stomach and bowel upset, and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe stomach and bowels remedy for mothers and children. Advert suggests free literature and directions with a $1 bottle, urging reliance on the manufacturer.
Andrew Jean Ben, a famed Mormon historian, testifies in the Smoot case before the Senate privileges and elections committee. He cites typographical errors in LDS biographies and says he gathered information from multiple publications. Board members seek lists of ward bishops and presidents as the hearing continues.
Sioux City Industrial Association formed by local business leaders seeks to counter a labor boycott against Hanson & Co. Tailors. The group urges customers to shop there and supports nonunion labor, circulating ads and letters citywide to boost sales and public opinion.
New York reports engineer W. B. Taylor of the Lackawanna Railroad saved his train from a collision at Summit by reversing the lever and jumping to switch the moment, but a moving engine struck him and fractured a rib while Mrs. Walt was seriously burned in Guthrie as a prairie blaze ravaged northern Day and southern Woodward counties.
New York telegraphs report Captain W Y Judson assigned to observe operations in the far east and sailing for Europe. Jay H Neff,Drovers Journal proprietor, heads toward Kansas City convention with 259 delegates pledged for mayor. Walter Davies leads support with 126 delegates. Interior Secretary warns federal officials to sever private corporate ties found in the Bonaparte Woodruff report on Indian Territory. Sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer dies in Albany at 87. Destructive fire near Cleveland, Oklahoma, destroys barns and orchards. extensive damage and wind-driven spread. Lombardi steamer brings sixteen camels from Tunis for St Louis exposition, with natives in charge. Grand Duke of Oldenburg listed on Koenigen Luis passenger list. architect Max Contag reported bound for the fair. Representative George W Croft of Aiken, D C, dies of blood poisoning.
March 10 report notes clerks in the dead letter division of the post office manipulating records to benefit themselves. Investigations by Superintendent Leihhardt revealed widespread tipping to create easily deciphered messages and an effort to consolidate divisions and streamline routines. The formal report remains not yet public. Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured: William Shafter, a wheelman from Derini son, O, was bedridden weeks with inflammatory rheumatism before using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He reports regain in mobility after treatment.
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