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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
2
Numerous families report health improvements after using Paine's Celery Compound for nervousness sleeplessness indigestion and other ailments. The ad touts restored complexion sleep and vitality, urging acceptance of the genuine PAINE'S Celery Compound and warning against substitutes or imitations.
A March 1 blaze in Grosae City, likely incendiary, swept the west side of Main Street burying seven businesses and a livery stable. Winds hindered efforts as residents fled in night clothes. losses total about $10,000 with minimal insurance.
Veteran fighter enters a new chapter at Hot Springs with a curious comeback bid. The article follows his training and plans as he eyes a possible match, detailing his past bouts, current fitness, and the public interest in his return to action.
In Hot Springs on March 11 John L Sullivan, fresh from a touring stage run of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, arrived seeking rest but amid heated quarrels and a dramatic vapor bath scene. The bath, praised or blamed for its effects, involved steam, wine, and a dramatic outing that ended with Sullivan enduring the vapor bath treatment before leaving.
The article recounts John L. Sullivan retreating to a spa near Hot Springs after a troubled show, while Horace Hughes promotes recovery schemes. Sullivan endures a grueling vapor bath and the chaotic atmosphere reveals tensions in the theater venture and doubts about the production.
The article discusses a looming bout with Californian boxer Broad as a potential opponent for Kid Attell. It notes Attell’s confidence, his weight class near featherweight, and his intent to meet Broad soon, aiming to prove his superiority over rivals like McGovern, Garbett, and Dixon Forbes.
Attell, initially matched with Yanger in Chicago for a six round bout, seeks a fifteen round fight to maintain staying power and avoid losing his edge. He cites his remarkable endurance and recuperative ability as a key factor in preferring a longer bout over the shorter order.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien survives a brutal first round knockdown by Charley McKeever at Washington Sporting Club. O'Brien steadies, fights fast through six rounds, but McKeever ends the bout with the stronger showing despite taking heavy punishment to his face.
A long official list names the signed ball players for clubs across the American League. Baltimore Berliners roster includes Hughes Mc Ginnity Howell and others. Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Washington, and more clubs are itemized with pitchers catchers infielders and outfielders. The report also notes racing news from Frisco and a boxing referee appointment in New York.
A Kansas report notes an incident where a group identified as Highwaymen robbed at a point of revolvers and obtained $200 in cash. No injuries reported. authorities investigating.
Dr D B Cooper surgeon for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Dr E J Hockabout veterinary official in Argentine were robbed near Kerrs Park on the western outskirts of Kansas City. Two men forced them from their buggy at gunpoint and bound them in a newly built cellar, stealing $200 and a gold watch before fleeing.
A group from Graham Missouri and nearby towns including J. E Fleming W. C Meming and B S Montgomery are in Osage City aiming to buy several hundred acres of corn land in Osage County. Fleming notes high northwest Missouri prices as a factor and says their firm Fleming Jones plans expansion into Kansas while maintaining operations in Missouri. Capt Jillson Dead in Emporia Civil War veteran A L Dillon dies at 84 in Emporia Kansas. He helped build many city landmarks and started contract work after 1869. Sarah Williams, 80, county dependent, shot herself at home in Olathe after a life of hardship. fire from the gun damaged her clothes and she died at noon. Her family moved from Anderson County ten years ago.
Wichita March 11 Peter Getta a pioneer wholesale grocer and prominent Wichita citizen died suddenly last night of heart disease. In recent years he ran a wholesale outfit and was wealthy. Columbus March 11 Weiss Richart paper publication Cherokee county will occur Monday with new paper for Columbus.
In a terse, garbled dispatch from March 11 the New York paper reports President Roosevelt offering a postmaster general nomination. Names like Wingfeld of Faleping and scattered fragments suggest uncertainties about the selection and confirmation process.
New York editorial pages attack Kipling for urging external rule over the Philippines and imply General Funston would rule with despotic power. The piece mocks both writers as imprudent in defending democracy while endorsing imperial excess and criticizes their blunt blow at liberty and law.
Madame Lillian Nordica commends the Topeka Auditorium praising its quality and the audience, calling it as fine as the best houses she has sung in during her tour. She notes the warm reception and the privilege of performing there, highlighting the Wednesday appearance as especially memorable.
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