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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
2
A grateful mother recounts a dramatic rescue that saved her child, detailing the peril faced and the swift actions that prevented tragedy. The account emphasizes bravery, quick thinking, and the community’s role in ensuring the boy’s safety.
Mrs Tallman of 191 Redmond St New Brunswick DNJ writes praising Paine's Celery Compound for her three year old boy once under doctor care for five months with spinal trouble. She claims the medicine restored health, vigor and appetite, and notes hundreds of letters on file supporting its effectiveness for weak nervous children.
Fragmentary dialogue from an old newspaper page shows a teacher and pupil debating grammar actions. The snippet includes words like verb and state of being and mentions Obie State Journal, suggesting a local school room scene and a referenced newspaper.
A Baltimore News cartoonish note mocks a friend of Dr Silas Schrboro for not sharing a dietetics advance. It references epndi baliem and Teutonic satire as playful asides within the caption.
A feature outlines the writer's path to crafting engaging tales. It traces influences, early reading, and seminal experiences that shaped his storytelling voice and featured themes. The piece emphasizes perseverance, curiosity, and a lifelong habit of observation.
Abilene figures in a column by Col Edward C Little who shifts from politics to writing. He contrasts Abilene’s refined image with its praised spring and streets to Dodge City’s roughness and “bad men” lore. The piece cites William Allen White and recounts Earp and Allison tensions in a brief frontier vignette.
The editor of Everybody's Magazine invited Theodore Roosevelt Col Ed Little and others to write about “bad men of the West.” Little writes on early Kansas characters like Wild Bill Hickok and the Dodge City era. He will focus on peace officers and West stories including Clay Allison and the Dodge incident. The piece notes Little’s Egypt days, Davis’s praise, and Cosgrove’s prompting.
Advertisement promises a free Supreme Electric Belt Melt device with no stamp required. Readers are asked to send only their name and address to receive one of 100 gauges, claimed to perform wonderful cures.
A fragment describes a state charter to a Physicians Institute in Chicago promising free electricity to improve health. It extols electricity as curative for kidney disorders and other ailments, claiming lasting benefits without payment, and notes past publicity and anticipated future cures.
The author argues Kansas deserves truthful depiction of its frontier history. He recalls childhood scenes near Dodge City Abilene and Wild Bill, contrasts eastern writers’ ignorance, and aims to place Kansas characters in popular history with a Bret Harte style. The piece blends reminiscence with defense of western life.
Mrs. Heckleton of Squamish returned to Vancouver with a fine sample of free gold from the upper country. She, with her son, traced leads from old discoveries made twenty years ago by her husband. They staked several claims and plan a full prospect later, noting gold valued at one ton per load and promising immense riches.
London reports a new club named the Columbia planned by Anglo American millionaires. Entrance fee 50 guineas and yearly dues 15 guineas, higher than any London club. Negotiations ongoing to buy Dover Street and Piccadilly property for $950,000. membership limited to 1000 and already largely spoken for.
A historic bell, cast in 1616 and recovered from Gran Quivira, was moved to Socorro's San Miguel church after Indian attacks. The ringer's tale traces colonial Spaniards, early settlers from Belen, and repairs to the church amid shifting frontiers along the Rio Grande toward El Paso.
A fragmented passage describes a product claimed to cure bronchitis using a Ring era discovery. It mentions widespread use, hopeful sufferers, and a promotional push through bottles and a Kansas Avenue Arnold store, though details are unclear due to garbled OCR text.
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