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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1898
Page
5
The leading specialist in eye ear brain and nerve diseases will visit Hotel Throop for a week starting Thursday March 17. His office hours are mornings and evenings with a free operation offered for the first cross eyes case on opening day.
Atchison Kansasframe Jubilant townsfolk recount Dr Walsh famed for curing eye ear and nervous diseases without chloroform or pain. Patients from Huron Topeka and beyond praise his painless cross eye operation and rapid relief from deafness catarrh and head noises. Edna Corbett of Huron shows marked improvement after his treatment and a wave of testimonials follows from ex Lieutenant Governor Pat Walsh editor A Mclellen and local merchants. He plans a one week stay in Topeka to treat more cases unable to seek relief elsewhere.
Topeka social scene features a Pleasant dance at Hudson's hall marking the first in a four party series by the new dancing club. An extensive guest list includes local residents and visitors from Lawrence Kansas City and St Louis. Also noted are surprise parties family visits and ongoing social engagements around Topeka including plans to attend events in Leavenworth Chicago and Florence.
A new through train likely to start next week from Springs to Topeka and Topeka to Kansas City will use heavier cars and faster schedules. Eastbound departures at 7:28 a.m. from Topeka and arrival 8:00 a.m. Kans City. westbound from Kansas City 7:0 p.m. to Topeka 3:20 p.m. The service aims to beat Union Pacific and Santa Fe magnets and could become a handsome addition to the line.
The House adjourned after a heated two hour general debate on a $1.2 million war claims bill for stores and supplies to the Union army. Debate highlighted southern claim origins, court findings, and warnings of dangerous precedent.
Owen Williams, an axed butcher, testified before U S Examiner Blake in Montana about union threats. Three union reps allegedly demanded a private audience and warned he would die if he testified. Williams feared retaliation and blamed Fudge Knowles for potential murder as proceedings against labor union boycotts continued with Chinese government involvement.
A fragment from a 19th century publication touts a “Mystic Cure” that allegedly cured rheumatism within 24 hours and piles with a German salve. The text includes a dubious treasury balance and an endorsement by T. J. Blackmore of Haller & Black, plus an Essex legal notice and ad copy for Swift & Holiday pharmacists in Topeka, Kansas.
London march 12 the departure of queen Victoria for the south of France affects politics and commerce. Windsor chatter says she hoped nothing would interfere with her Riviera visit and Baron DeCourcel reportedly replied it would be a misfortune to France. At Portsmouth the queen looked well with guards and precautions around the royal yacht and royal train limited to twenty miles per hour.
Professor J. S. Wilkinson of Emporia State Normal School has been reappointed Kansas manager for the National Education Association. He has returned from Washington DC where he arranged lodging for Kansas delegates attending the national convention in July. Wilkinson reserved rooms and a state headquarters to accommodate seventy five teachers. The location convenient to all parts of the state.
Listings show transfers including Travis and wife to Florence Howe for 500 at 405 and 407 Morris Avenue Stillsen and Bartholomew’s addition. W Berry and wife to Isaac A. Cross at Eero Cross to Mary A. Rogers 5 W street Cross add. financial association to R S Cross 8 same.
North Topeka items note sales at Courtney's and A J Kanes for 25 and 2 cent wallpaper, Mrs Maud Trons ill with erysipelas, various visits, church services, and social events. The Coffeyville Mercantile Co opens with John J Hill as president. Cromwell and Hill to move to Coffeyville next month.
In Wilmington Delaware on March 12 Frank Pyle president of the C. and J. Pyle Company shot himself in the temperate area following domestic trouble. Two of his three children had been divorced within two or three years, with no stated reason for his act.
Washington March 12 Representative Wheeler of Alabama introduced a bill to appropriate five million dollars for the improvement of the rivers and harbors of the country in view of the decision not to report a general river and harbor bill at this session.
Local paper notes the Apollo club will perform The Messiah early in May and mentions other amateur high quality musical entertainments. Ed Ryan faces liquor charge, hearing set in March at police court near Third and Madison. Oakland merchant B. P. Williams, acquitted of arson, plans to prosecute accusers and links dispute to a school fight years ago. Jackson's band out of trouble, instruments seized by J. W. Ferguson but a new bondsman Geo. Morse. Banner club meets at Mrs M. D. Jones to plan May banquet with a listed guest roster. Lincoln post fund for paving around the Gage monument led by a committee. cost estimated at $500. Laptad fund honored. Lincoln Circle Ladies and Topeka Ingleside officers named for year. Card of Thanks from JAS. and MRS. MO ROBERTS. Also local medical ads and testimonials including Belga Headache Cure and Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Compact, period-voice snapshot of club activities, legal matters, society notices, and ads.
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