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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1899
Page
2
A reader recounts relief after months of fatigue backache and digestion issues. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham remedies and sister products she reports renewed health and strength. The letter endorses Mrs Pinkham’s guidance and invites others to write for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Miss Marbury warns society women who loan gowns to actresses earning $20 or $30 weekly. The piece cites wives selling gowns after limited wear, and recounts a New York socialite who recognized her own dress worn by a stranger at a theater. A practical suggestion urges owners to discard gowns to actresses rather than sell cheaply to dealers.
A quirky piece recounts Kipling visiting and using pencil sketches to tell stories to three Denver children, who later grew up as HR Smith’s children. The narrative notes a rainy day setting, Kipling’s storytelling in his work room, and a family reunion that spurred his fame among those youngsters.
A fragmented piece argues that many homes lack children and blame wives, praising childbirth and infant health. It pushes the idea that two hearts make romance but three make a louse, asserting pregnant mothers should nourish the baby with specific preparations. It cites doctors like Dr. Piestee and links constipation to maternal and infant health.
Rich society note reports two Vanderbilt weddings planned for Easter week in New York. Miss Virginia Fair, daughter of William K. Vanderbilt, will marry William H. Hammond while Mira Emily Vanderbilt Stoan is set to wed William J. Vanderbilt Jr. at St. Patrick's or St. John’s churches. The narrative details gowns, church, and reception plans, highlighting the pink rose decor, and elaborate gowns described with silk and lace.
In Manila reports say Ex Corporal John W Hays of Company D First California Volunteers was killed as a deserter who married a Filipino woman and joined insurgents. His body was found buried with bullets in a trench after a burial of enemy dead. His captain mourned him as a good man undone by infatuation. Also a judgment for 82803 was won against the Walker building near the National Hotel, to be foreclosed to satisfy the Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia.
New York reports F Behr’s electric railroad concept that could let travelers sleep in New York and wake in St Louis with night trips to Philadelphia in under an hour and a half to Florida in a weekend. The plan, from English inventor Bet, uses high speed single rail cars carrying 100 passengers, electric traction, automatic drawbridges, and a Lightning Express line envisioned from Manchester to Liverpool at twenty minutes for thirty miles.
Vienna March 21 A sensational libel case reveals priest Stoyalowski acted as a Russian spy and betrayer of Russians and Poles in the dual empire. The church excommunicated him and deprived him of ecclesiastical status while Russia sheltered him. The Christian Socialist faction suffers a severe blow as the scandal unfolds.
In Crockston Minnesota and Pembina North Dakota a dispute over a murdered man’s body led to both coroners claiming possession. After hours of argument they agreed to divide the body with Minnesota taking the head and North Dakota the body. The head was wrapped and transported to Vincent where a verdict was recorded.
Tipton Ind March 21 Eva Stinnett a 22 year old woman who sought and obtained her fourth divorce was mentioned by court officials. The case highlights her repeated divorces and the court's admonition regarding her marital pattern.
Nature makes the cures after all. Now and then she gets into a tight place and needs helping out. Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver Oil with hypophosphites can do just this. It strengthens the nerves, feeds famished tissues, and makes rich blood.
A 23 year old woman, just released from term of court, has married Walter BM. Partlow again. Judge Mount, granting her last date, warned she must not appear before him again. She wed for the fifth time within three weeks of being freed, undeterred by past failures.
New York reports say Jack Doyle will captain the Giants this season and accept the role. Brooklyn under Ned Hanton begins southward preparations as players report. Joe Kelley is lined up as Brooklyn captain after talks with Hanlon. Corbett’s future remains uncertain. Anderson signs with Brooklyn and may move to first base if he proves effective in the lineup.
The Cameron Concert company features Mile Cameron soprano Daisy Kerr King contralto Chas Higging violinist and Herbert Kerr pianist. Godowsky’s recital at Grand Opera House opens Friday under Ladies’ Music Club. Ballet divertissements for Chas Yale’s Devil’s Auction headline Crawford offerings with Les Danse de Sousa. Coon Hollow, a Tennessee set romantic melodrama, plays matinee and evening at Crawford Saturday.
In Frankfurt and Chicago, German and American practices require mistresses to pay two marks daily for sick servants hospital costs and provide two weeks notice before dismissal. Even in cold weather servants may lack hats or coats, with wages roughly 240 to 720 dollars monthly with board. Police monitor life insurance stamps. penalties include up to 150 marks fine or 1,000 marks for card defacement.
London officials deny an anarchist plot to blow up the chamber of deputies though evidence shows the plan was real. Investigators traced letters from conspirators to exiled Italian anarchists in London, prompting wider police deployments and added security for the chamber and public galleries.
A Stockholm dispatch says King Oscar provided 1,60 kroner to F R Martin per Dr Nordenskiold for a Siberia expedition to find Prof Andree and his team. The unit has begun the search though the amount seems small, possibly telegraphic error.
From the Chicago News. Libby Prison, long a magnet for veterans and sightseers, will be torn down by month’s end to make way for a large exposition building. The relics collection, owned by Charles F. Gunther, will be stored and possibly placed in a museum. The prison’s history includes 3,000 inmates who left brash plates on floors and 109 escapees from a famous tunnel, nine of whom survive in Chicago today.
An advertisement touts a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia promising cure in six days. It claims quick relief from the first dose and lists Swift & Hothiay druggists in Topeka for purchase. Also promotes Gypsy Queen Baking Powder and a cough cure as superior remedies.
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