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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1904
Page
3
Seventy carloads of Liquozone about 1 250 000 bottles will be shipped from our laboratories to meet March demand. Think of the hundreds of thousands who Liquozone will cure. Won't you, for your own sake, be one of them.
An advertisement extolls Liquosone as a universal tonic and germ killer claiming to prevent sickness, restore vitality, and replace oxygen. It markets “Liquoxone” as superior to oxygen and offers a free bottle trial, urging readers to send their address to receive a prescription and buy for a dollar, promising a $1,000 germ-killing guarantee.
Reports from New York on March 11 describe planned prison exactions and the possibility of a mass release. Authorities note overcrowding and the risk of jailbreaks as inmates, including former students and ex-convicts, are moved and guarded by the serete voter direction amid international scrutiny and potential foreign intervention.
A historic town event plans a large anniversary celebration at Lincoln Park Caautauqua in Downs. The schedule includes a major speaker and expected turnout from nearby areas, with preparations noted as more ambitious than prior years.
March 21 in Xeneria Kansas Pred Brugginnahn a capitalist and railway planner discusses negotiating with city leaders for electric light plant replacement and a potential railway franchise. Bruggemann believes a renewed plan could advance private railway access and franchise terms despite local resistance.
A damaged dispatch notes the Democratic committee adopting a plan to support William Randolph Hearst. It suggests restructuring of the party to back Hearst's nomination, reflecting a political realignment in the state.
The note outlines a case where a man named Tolly from Team sued the city for 5000 dollars after a December incident on West Street left him with severe injuries from a four foot fall. Proceedings in the city court were reportedly turned down, with related claims totaling about 40 dollars for damages brought by the Wealer firm. The fragmentary report cites the plaintiff alleging injuries and fault but lacks complete details.
Incomplete text indicates the subject is permanent and unable to work due to an accident. It mentions earning prior to the incident, ranging from 50 to 2 dollars (cent sign unclear), suggesting a low pre accident income. The fragment lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
March 2 report from New Rochelle quotes Cornell University president J. R. Schurman on national greatness and respect for law. He argues for equality before the law and condemns racial inferiority while urging unity and duty. Separate notes on a maritime collision follow.
Police clashed with rioters on 14th Street and First Avenue, killing one man and wounding several others. Officers arrested three men tied to the murder amid a half hour of fighting.
Tevet y from March 1 lists travel rates to multiple cities including Oregon Salt Lake City Spokane Vancouver Seattle Ashland and San Francisco with various intermediate stops and prices. Contact Fulton at 7 Karnie Ave for details and tickets.
The Democratic county convention adopted resolutions pledging support for reform and condemning party scandals. They endorsed Judge Hugh Alexander and recommended C. P. Carstensen for state treasurer, with J. H. Atwood as national committeeman and Jacob Hysteller as state committeeman. The session criticized the Republican machine and praised the Kansas platform while urging party unity for the upcoming elections.
Lincoln Nebraska reports intermittent rain after a long dry spell aiding wheat, with winds drying ground and easing seed planting prospects. In New York Parker wins three counties as Democrats name delegates to back Judge Aliur Parker for the presidential nomination.
GEO A CLARK sells his interest in the Concordia Weekly Blade and Empire and Daily Blade to Seward A Jones. Jones is a well known Kansas newspaper man. The purchase is described as strengthening the paper as Jones can devote personal attention to it.
A pocketbook found in a Santa Fe Railway depot by A W Cowles on a Chicago to San Francisco route was turned in by an employee and identified as the property of Arthur Capper president of Topeka capital firms. Capper rewarded Cowles with cigars but Cowles declined smoking, asking to share the loot with the boys.
George Collins, sentenced for the Schumacher murder, was moved to Tulon and may be summoned as a state witness in the Willam Rudolph murder case. He refused to testify against Willam Rudolph and broke down in religious service in his cell. Prof Edward Strobel, international law professor at Harvard, arrived in Bangkok to advise Siam government. Cadrones attacked a surveying party near Calamba. A. S. Perkins wounded, one constabulary private killed, another wounded.
The German steamer Dark Mona collided with the English Lady Cairns off Dublin bay on Sunday. The Lady Cairns sank within minutes, its crew of twenty two drowned. The Mona was badly damaged and towed to Best's area for safety.
A garbled note from New York on March 7 references the fight promoter planning a six round bout to decide a winner, with unclear opponent names and venue details due to damaged text. The fragment mentions Philadelphia connections and a night event, but specifics are not readable.
News fragment summarizes Topeka area items including John Frost and John Switzer in Chicago and bed rest, a newborn son to Mr and Mrs J J Booth, ice wagons slipping, Cedar Point cattle interest, long printer Ed Harris may retire, voter registration closing March 25, public meetings to be hosted in old courthouse, and local campus notes on oil wells and Schumann Heink concert. It also mentions a St Louis exhibit of a Topeka street car No 29, and Prince Pu Lun’s visit to Tokio en route to the U S.
Friends of George D. Abel of Lincoln press his candidacy for Sixth district delegate to the national Democratic convention in St. Louis. Lincoln county Democrats rally enthusiasm and Hills Walker, recently from Goodland, joins to mobilize the short grass region. It appears Abel may have an easy victory.
The district remembers Mr Abel, once lieutenant of the Twerty second Kan vas, who made many friends during his service and has drawn widespread condolences as he departs.
The Kansas City theater figure Alonzo B. Hudson died suddenly of heart disease last evening after attending a matinee at the Grand opera house. He had faced stomach trouble recently and had sought rest and mineral waters. He leaves four brothers including General J. K. Hudson and Mel Hudson, plus Sam Hudson of Orlando, Fla.
Emmy J Han reports a grim county incident with a child death. The story notes a burial near the southeast district and details of the mother and witnesses. The article mentions a man named Robert Leeland and a local suicide, with scattered chaotic fragments surrounding the case.
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