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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1901
Page
6
An old style remedy advertisement promotes a dyspepsia cure claiming rapid relief from indigestion and stomach discomfort. It markets a tablet or powder form with grandiose statements about restoring vitality, reducing gas, and improving overall health, using persuasive language common to period patent medicines.
A dispatch from Ravena reports rising tension over the Platt Amendment in the upcoming constitutional debate. Washington committee members clash on acceptance terms while President McKinley and cabinet officials weigh options, amid impatient public reaction and party divisions.
May 14 report notes Plarpent Morgan will not go to America now amid stock exchange chaos. The text describes tensions over settlement of Northern Pacific, arbitration efforts, and potential fixed pricing to stabilize markets. Mention of Morgan, Kuhn, Loeb, and other financiers appearing in London market chatter.
Delegates from nearly every state gather in Mearly to represent Catholic Knights of America. About 300 members attend the convention in Savannah chaired by President C. J. O Connor. Routine committee reports and subordinate actions outlined for the order and its chapters.
Fragments describe a May 14 event involving officials and a charity figure connected to a royal context. The text mentions fines, commissions, and a potential transportation or tariff matter, but readable details are limited and names are fragmented.
The largely verbatim testimony recaps Mrs Nation’s insanity defense and the prosecution’s questions on motive while Juries hear closing arguments. Attorneys debate insanity as a defense, with Judge Maxon guiding rulings and Nation supporters pressed to justify her actions in a property destruction case.
MARSH MURDOCK IN TOPEKA HOSPITAL VISITLED CLOSE TO DEATH FOR MONTHS. COL MURDOCK RECOVERING AND CLAIMS 200 HOT INSERS GOING TO WICHITA AS CITY BOOMS. VICTOR MURDOCK, ASSOCIATED EDITOR OF THE BUGLE, TOURING KANSAS WITH FATHER, SCHEDULED TO VISIT LAWRENCE ATCISION AND KANSAS CITY.
The Topeka Typographical Union will hold an election Wednesday from 4 to 9 PM in the south front room of the Auditorium. Voters choose a delegate to the Interne Honni Typosraphical union convention in Birmingham Ala next August. Candidates for President include A S Huling and C F Woodward. Other officers and members of special committees will be elected as listed. The Eastern Star Kansas Grand Chapter meets at Representative Hall Wednesday morning and runs through the week with a visit by grand officers and local chapters.
This fragment reports the death of Geo Conquest Tendon on May 14 and critiques teething products for infants. It references doctors, a senator, and railroad routes via Vandalla Pennsylvania Exe Lines with connections through Columbus Akron and Chagravass Lake. It invites inquiries to J M Chesbrough, A G P Agt, St Louis.
Beulah Chapter No 34 of the Eastern Star will receive the officers and members of the Grand Chapter in the Hall of Legislature Tuesday. Music announced. Mary E Cunningham named Matron. The note references Norway Pine Syrup and mentions old bronchitis and asthma with a cautionary tone.
Morning report notes prevailing view about Sine Mckinnsy's condition and the Shox abandonment of the beyond sanctuary. Feature includes presentation to Secretary Hitchcock of a silver-mounted cut glass loving cup by fellow Missourians. Palace hotel quarters decorated by society ladies with California flowers and fruits.
May 14 San Jose observers recall a delayed welcome as the president bypassed full festivities. Cabinet stops at Pajaro Santa Cruz and the San Lorenzo valley offered little joy without the chief, while a grand floral stand at St James square marked the event and Mrs McKinley sympathy aired at Santa Clara county gatherings.
The report notes receipts and prices across corn, wheat, oats, and barley with mixed futures. Cattle and hog markets show variable demand, with distant references to private sale shifts and market sentiment improving moderately in parts of the Midwest.
A recount notes a large reception at a city hotel attended by the cabinet members. Details are fragmentary but imply notable figures were present and the event honored a key guest.
Labor Is Scamge reports a shortage in Southeastern Kansas as John Francis, chairman of the tx revision board, seeks help from neighbors to care for his rotioci while others refuse. Employment Director Gerow was told of troubles. a commission will find a farmer for Allets county representative Hawaiian Mat. May 14: post office—Hawaiian Navigation contract for steamboat mail in Hawaii from Honolulu to other islands, 200 miles each way, with telephonic arrival notices to postmasters.
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