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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1901
Page
6
An ad touts the Pyramid Pile Cure as the safest quickest relief for piles with claims of safety and certainty. It promises a home treatment, a mailed free book on cause and care, and notes price of 20 cents to 1.00 dollar for the remedy.
Reuben Romich, a poor man turned generous host, has housed hundreds of weary hoboes in his barns near a rural farm. Tramps arrive by train from cities and distant places, finding shelter, meals, and work on his property, which has become a beacon of charity and a community effort to keep men warm and fed.
A community gathers at a rural farm for the colonel’s funeral as hundreds arrive, sharing quiet grief. Neighbors, relatives, and local figures form knots of mourners while a long yard table serves free sustenance to all, with the farm becoming a county institution in mourning.
Toledo May 4 Frank Burt of Toledo will run next season the largest summer theater circuit in the world. The plan includes thirty nine parks and theaters from Maine to Mississippi and Toledo to New Orleans. Contracts were signed in Chicago between Manager Bart and Thomas Kunz. Kunz transferred control of about twenty strong theaters to Bart, while Bart already controlled nineteen. The circuit values at net three million dollars.
Richmond May 4 The Southern Peanut company chartered in Norfolk with a large capital and named president FW Mil 2f Hobonen. The firm controls No 1 Spurs product and has bought substantial stock. The text mentions nickel slot machines and port activity, with limited legible details about operations and leadership.
Vienna reports that Professors Loeffler and Dr. Chiénroth announce a serum protecting animals from four to eight weeks. Upon government authorization the remedy will be available to the public. Also includes railway schedule snippets mentioning the Wabash fast mail and travel times.
London May 4 Mrs Langtry opened her new theater in A Royal Necklace provoking a big uproar from the American section of the audience who hissed and called for Robert Taber of New York yet she refused to let him appear. Taber’s performance was praised. The piece notes two American favorites Alice Nielsen and Edna May, praised for their voice and stage presence.
An anecdote from the New York Tribune describes a bishop famed for piety and ambition. A scene at a conference reveals frugal conduct and violent incident as a penknife is drawn, injuring a bystander. The tale blends wealth and poverty as a cautionary moral.
Philadelphia physician Dr Walter C Browning claims estate from late State Senator Cy Magee totals 784000 or more, asserting 300 for professional services plus 150000 investment grown to 484000 as of February 1. He says he spent nights with Magee, billed at 20 dollars per hour in office and double rate out of office, and that no extortion is involved.
Morocco remains poor under sultan rule as greed and power concentrate in the throne. The land shows neglected fields and crumbling homes while untapped minerals and talent lie buried, depicting a nation exhausted by tyranny and waste.
A garbled Los Angeles Times piece recounts a sensational and offensive tale of a Southern Belle who accepts a marriage proposal from a Chinese man. The monologue mocks interracial romance with period slang, exaggeration, and antique racial stereotypes while describing her flirtation and humiliating questions about Chinese life. The passage shifts to unrelated grandiose observations on religion, architecture, and industry, mixing sensational domestic gossip with broad historical musings.
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