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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1899
Page
2
Advice on cleansing the body by purging potions and dangerous ingredients. Emphasizes keeping the system clean and healthy, warns that dirt in the blood leads to disease and poison, urging purification to prevent illness.
Paris rumors say Sarah Bernhardt faces bankruptcy amid losses from her Opera Comique successor theater. She sought loans from friends including Maurice Grau and floated an American tour to refill coffers after Rostand’s L Aiglon delay. Plans were partially abandoned as finances worsened.
Brief ad notes travel from Butte Montana via Santa Fe Route with $23.45 price. Mentions American Steam Laundry in Butte with telephone 24 and warning to save your neck. Contains promotional phrases and rough wording from OCR.
Cincinnati dispatch notes bitter factional fights in Ohio Republican circles over county delegate selections for the state convention in Columbus. Senator Hanna backs Nash for governor while George B. Cox fronts other counties. contests arise in Franklin and Lucas counties. Credentials committee fights loom as race tightens, with plans for possible separate conventions if factions split.
A seven year old boy in Montreal is focal in chatter as crowds claim he cures patients by laying on of hands. Reports describe townsfolk transporting the child to homes where his touch allegedly heals illnesses where doctors fail. The boy’s family and supporters celebrate his powers while skeptics urge caution about extraordinary claims.
A brief notice notes Seattle, Washington with a fare amount of 28.45 dollars linked to the Santa Fe Route and mentions American Siam. The text appears fragmentary but signals a transit pricing update connected to a named route and entities.
Paris May 1. Mrs Potter Palmer speaks of her daughter Miss Julia Grant’s betrothal to Prince Cantacuzene. The couple may wed in America with a quiet ceremony, possibly in New York or Newport, no parade, and a private trousseau is being prepared.
Plans for a 4 cent fare spark strong public interest as streetcar use rises and revenue likely increases. Authorities expect expanded service within thirty days, ordering one hundred cars and extending lines to serve suburban residents.
In Chicago on May 10 Professor W C Fuchs learned that X rays can test diamond genuineness. Hand images on detector plates showed real diamonds resisting rays, while paste imitations and fake stones produced no change, revealing dark spots like ordinary glass.
Governor Roosevelt remains firm against the Ford tax measure despite threats. Senators Fenster Platt and Pratt clash over the bill as Roosevelt plans to sign when presented. The bill would tax franchises as real estate based on market values minus corporate debt, with a $250 commutation ticket note.
In St Louis on May 19 Catholic clergy condemn the Belmont Sloane union following Mrs Sloane's divorce and quick remarriage. Cardinals and priests voice concern over Catholic doctrine and public morality, with calls for restraint in politics and marriage decisions amid a national press outline of events.
In Lincoln Nebraska May events at the university drew uproar as posters announced a display by the Young Ladies' Physical Culture Society of 20 well trained calves. Despite faculty protests and student threats, the show proceeded with the girls in bloomers, amid cheers and a lively crowd.
Lieutenant Colonel Dubois rises to colonel of the First California regiment at Manila. Governor Gage announces the selection. Dubois succeeds Colonel Smith, now brigadier general by presidential appointment. Californians praise the officer's service since the Mantle station. Gas price fixed at 75 cents per thousand cubic feet by New York municipal ordinance.
Tickets go on sale May 16 and 17 for a Pueblo and Return trip via Santa Fe with a return limit of June 45. Harvey dining rooms. T King, agent, Topeka.
Grant is portrayed as a paradoxical figure, humble and unassuming yet capable of extraordinary leadership. The piece chronicles his rise from poverty to peak military power, noting his plain, practical nature, lack of vanity, and relentless determination, culminating in a pivotal wartime resolve. It also reflects on his influence and the dramatic contemporaneous events surrounding the Reconstruction era.
Evocative reminiscence recalls generals like Grant Logan and others as we note remaining figures such as Eagan with Killingsgate guns and Shafter, hero of Santiago, while praising a commander who led soldiers as comrades. The prose honors courage, fortitude, and enduring martial spirit.
San Juan de Porto Rico May 10 Major General Gay V. Henry the retiring governor general of Porto Rico departed for the United States aboard the transport McPherson amid marked demonstrations. Brigadier General George Davie and staff attended. Bands played gifts were presented and tears were shed as the ship cleared the harbor with Mrs Henry and a large party aboard.
From the New York Herald, Otto Keseling notes starlings are thriving in Greater New York. He recalls introducing them in Central Park thirty years ago and says the birds remain through winter by feeding on river shells, sparking calls for municipal care and planting to combat insect pests harming trees.
London reports that Petrograd coverage of recent recusation measures for Moscow Jewish merchants shows Me line a limited tightening. Novoe Vremya, long anti Semitic, praises the promulgation while noting Jews have moved into art and liberal professions in St Petersburg and other towns amid finance hubs.
A report describes new regulations aimed at limiting Jewish settlement in Moscow and nearby towns. The decree, presented as part of a broader policy, restricts participation of Jews in local trade, guilds, and mercantile activities while signaling broader tightening of their economic roles in the region.
Misses Farah and Esther Hors, nieces of Esther Woods, face a legal challenge over a will that restricts their residence to a East Side house for life. The residuary estate worth about 200 000 dollars may pass to them if they care for portraits, but guardian Gerard seeks one twelfth arguing the condition cannot be met until death of legatees. The suit asks the court to interpret the bequest.
An advertisement extols a claimed blood disease cure for scrofula as a cheap remedy that reaches every part of the body. It recounts a son harmed by illness and celebrates a marked improvement after taking a tonic, asserting mainstream doctors cannot treat such cases.
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