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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
2
An archaic, garbled advertisement-like text extols Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for various ailments. It references health benefits, preventive claims, and mentions of doctors, patients, and remedies, though the OCR yields many misreads. The piece presents promotional language typical of patent medicines.
A fragmented report highlights Byers delivering a standout seventh inning performance for Lone. The sparse text notes key plays and the sequence but lacks full context of opponent, venue, or final score.
Report states Fitz 18 magnanimous leaves selection of Olu to his adversary and believes the world title bout will be July 4. Discussion outlines terms, referee prospects, and purse split with Eddie Tranny favored to referee.
Princeton fans anticipate the Tigers final championship test against Yale at New Haven. The lineup features Underhill Stevens and Dunecar to boost the attack as Princeton seeks to hold its own. The team’s chances hinge on form in the next two weeks with Yale expected to provide stern competition.
A tangled public feud erupts between manager Hormce Fogel and star player Mathewson of the New Yorks. Fogel claims he is holding his own while Mathewson lambasts team management amid worries of strained relations and possible reconciliation efforts.
Mishawaka Ind May 22 One hundred and sixty carrier pigeons of the Mishawaka Homing club raced from an established point to their lofts after a lengthy flight. The event drew local interest as birds reached the destination with remarkable endurance, signaling strong performance from the club’s trainers and birds.
The text appears as a distorted medical or scientific fragment with numerous garbled words and missing context. It mentions substances and diseases in unclear form, references to proteins or sera, and scattered proper names, but lacks coherent meaning or identifiable events. No clear persons, dates, or actions emerge.
Fragments describe games and players including Jones and the Giants, Jones facing arrest, Scanlon homebound, and Milwaukee and St Louis figures. Notes cover weather affected action, contract talks, and emerging stars like Hartman, Brashear, and Pickering with scattered team moves and headlines.
Fort Scott dispatch reports Col Loomis elected head of Kansas A P W Wilcox Topeka leads Sons of Veterans at Fort Scott May 2. Election on executive council renewal dominates. several officers named. next reunion set for Wichita. pension reform resolutions pass and criticism of pension board raised. final motions condemn pension laws and express regrets of encampment.
Junction City May 2 Mrs We G Snooke wife of Corporal Snooke of the Ninth Artillery band at Port Riley Kan is dead following a joke her husband played at their home yesterday as yet the exact nature of the joke and its consequences are under investigation by local authorities.
An old advertisement extols beauty through purification of the blood. It claims that a tonic and remedies like Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure pimples tetter and headaches. The text imitates a promotional letter urging readers to try the products for health and appearance.
Fragmentary report notes a violent incident with Mrs Snooke dying hours after an assault at an Esendum scene. Several local names mentioned in a political meeting summary overshadow the tragedy amid a separate judicial district deadlock.
Fragmentary OCR text references an outing involving ex-Chancellor Wil Hart and entomological specimens, with mentions of a waiver, pacural history, and Mel 'xmas. The readable fragments imply a feature or note on a historical figure and natural history items.
Mary E Letee arrives from New York to file for divorce from her husband in Wichita Kansas. The item notes a political nomination at a Republican county convention in Mankato Minnesota and mentions travel plans with a Santa Fe return fare and May dates.
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