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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1904
Page
9
A collection of 1904 testimonials from U S readers in Pittsburgh Des Moines praising Paine's Celery Compound. Letters claim relief from debility nerves fatigue and weakness after using the remedy, with patients asserting renewed vigor and improved health.
An advertising promo urges readers to visit their druggist and buy Paine's Celery Compound claiming one bottle will restore abundant nerve force and end low spirits and poor health. The copy uses emphatic language about lasting vitality and well being.
Masons refuse to sell property at Eighth and Kilney streets for 3000 to the YMCA building committee. Lodge unanimity blocks sale, leaving site choice open as committee continues search for a suitable central home for the YMCA. Building effort will push ahead with or without the pledged site.
Edwin Blum of this city seeks a suit similar to the Peter Powell case against the Northern Securities company. Promoters of the distilling company are accused of profiting at the expense of the firm as the whisky trust blocks discovery. Names including Whitney and Elkins appear among those tied to the case.
A head on crash on a high trestle near the Los Angeles Pacific railroad at Holly Wood and Celegrove junction injures several, with Mrs. Maria A. Fowler of Portasa Wisconsin reported fatally hurt and buried down the embankment in muddy water. She suffers a dislocated hip and internal bruising while other passengers are bruised. Clifton Kansas reports light rain aiding crops after a six month drought, wheat prospects improving.
New York on March 25 Alfred Goblin tied to the Miller syndicate collapse has been identified as William H Spencer, an endorser on checks of the American Finance and Mortgage Co. Investigators allege investors in western states were promised large returns. Earlier hearings cited missing checks of up to 50 000. Affidavits show Goslin seen fleeing the building after papers vanished.
A French snumbox dated 115 percent sold for 32000 at auction, described as the greatest sum paid for such an art object. The box by Hamelin features enamel panels and shell work, with frames highlighting President Jeffery Robbed. Police report a separate burglary at Edward T. Jeffrey’s home, with 33000 worth of diamonds and jewelry stolen.
Federal judge Pollock forwarded an opinion to the Fort Scott division in favor of landowners in oil country. He ruled that royalties on leases are due at the close of the first year, tying eleven cases into one decision involving 1,726 acres. Landowners had sued development companies for $200 per quarter section for nonstart of work within a year.
Floods as the Grand River reaches record highs in Lansing Michigan. The Lake Shore railroad viaduct is three feet under water delaying trains. Gas engine works at Gates and Egmonds ignited by leaking fuel causing a destructive fire. Citizens use boats as waters rise and flood downtown areas.
Jacob Shaffer sues Chicago Rock Island & Pacific for 310000 for Israel Shaffer's death after a Rock Island freight train allegedly ran through Topeka avenue street crossings without adequate control or a watchman. Col. Vincent Marmaduke of St. Louis dies at 72. Civil War veteran, son of early Missouri governor, brother later governor.
Western Federation of Miners president Charles Moyer says eleven evicted Telluride miners will be sent back this afternoon and if arrested habeas corpus will be sought. He reports thirteen men were arrested yesterday with five deported to Ridgeway and eight held in Telluride jail, totaling 125 driven out or jailed since the mob action. In Chicago, stockyard beet lugers and pork butchers strike over reinstatement and overtime pay. Goods valued at $9,001.95 shipped to Muska, Alaska and Yukon areas.
A fragment notes that during the year 1208 the annual report of Captain J Ee hp, a collector of customs for the district, is cited. The wording implies a fiscal or enforcement overview from a district customs office. The text is incomplete but identifies an official report and date context.
The theatrical managers' association reports that an aldermanic committee on buildings has amended a bill now under consideration to restrict new theatre construction, a move that could halt further theatre building in the city.
Citizens respond to a proposed city ordinance aimed at curbing new theaters with stringent frontage and court setbacks. A public hearing is demanded by opponents as the measure threatens further theater construction in the city.
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