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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1895
Page
5
Scranton miners face extreme hunger as wages remain $3 and $1 monthly payments for meals. Local workers describe hardship paying for basic foods while teams seek aid through guilds and city officials.
A Star correspondent reports destitution among miners in Scranton Osage City and Peterson with bread and onions relief scarce. Many workers earn only modest wages while a few reach 100 dollars monthly. Labor conditions, freight discrimination, and aid efforts unfold as Commissioner Birdin seeks investigations and free transport for strike families.
Seabrook School closed a nine month term with a lengthy programme featuring songs recitations and dialogues performed by pupils under the guidance of Mr and Mrs C HL Martins. The program included titles such as Missionary Hons Der Baby and The Sleeping Sentinel among others. Separately Canadian authorities study baking powders finding Royal Baking Powder superior and 25 percent stronger in leavening according to Ontario analysts and other public tests.
City committees on streets and walks, including Fulton Skinner Drew and Elliott with the city engineer, reviewed sidewalk condemnations. The Guons canal area walk was released after repairs deemed possible, while other small sections were freed. Policy favors fewer new walks this year to balance safety and residents' ability to pay.
Col Holliday Maj Anderson Tom Archer John Elliott and others are named in a tribute noting their shared history and the prominence of these figures in the community. The piece highlights their roles and lasting impact within local service and leadership circles.
Acquaintances in Topeka recall Aston Dwight Stevens who died in Perth Amboy and left unclaimed remains. Friends vow to bring his bones home for burial, with Lincoln Post and Old Settlers Society planning action at tonight’s meeting.
The Topeka and Kansas City based World Medical Institute claims it cures most chronic diseases through careful examination before treatment. It touts extensive local testimony, cites 631 Quincy Street Topeka, and urges invalids to seek their services as a trustworthy medical option.
Testimonial letters praise the World Medical Institute in Topeka for treating chronic diseases including catarrh heart failure and nervosa debility at 631 and 681 Quincy Street. Patients report permanent relief after two to three months of treatment and urge others to seek care from these physicians who claim unmatched qualifications and certainty.
A city reader endorses the World’s Medics Institute at 681 Quincy Street describing its growing importance and miraculous cures. The piece urges all in ill health to read Topeka citizens’ testimonials printed in this Democrat and notes a personal visit confirming merits.
World Medical Institute advertises services at 631 Quincy 3rd Topeka and Kansas City corner Missouri Avenue Offitas and Maia Street. Claims treatment for catarrh asthma bronchitis rupamatium consumption nervous chronic and special diseases tape worm removal if necessary epilepsy paralysis kidney liver bladder diseases skin and women and children's ailments with office hours 9am to 8 30pm and Sundays 9am to 4pm.
A Washburn College graduate will deliver the senior address to religious societies during commencement week. Congressman Charles Curtis urges firm action to close saloons in Atchison and Leavenworth, while he previously enforced similar duties in Topeka. W A Bird, city attorney, accepts a Decoration Day speech at Osceola, with Grand Army and Knights of Pythias organizing. Bird serves as grand master at arms of the Knights.
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