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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1895
Page
2
Physicians have used Scott's Emulsion for 20 years, affirming its consistency. It contains pure Norway cod liver oil, hypophosphites, and glycerine in a stable emulsion that resists separation and rancidity. Substitutes exist but none match its use for consumption and wasting diseases. Sold by Scott & Brune, Ke, all druggists. 5c and $1.
The Pacific Mail steamship Colima, with 192 aboard, foundered off the coast of Mexico near Manzanillo. Fourteen passengers and five crew reached shore. total losses around 160 with only two reported saved later. Debates on cause include possible machinery accident. ship built in 1873. 120th Panama voyage. life boats launched but most perished in fog and surf.
Reports from several county areas describe 11 year locusts emerging this spring near Des Moines Iowa with mothlike fetters on wings and distinctive markings. They have caused little crop damage so far but are feared to threaten yields later this season.
In Hastings Colorado a mysterious disappearance grips the town as Giuseppe Hermiza Bernargo vanishes. Locals claim the Mafia pursued him and murdered his partner Stassi, now imprisoned for Angero's murder, with warning crosses seen on Bernargo's door.
Mrs Candace Root, a widow about 40, files in district court against W S Stratton Cripple Creek millionaire mine owner for 200000 alleging breach of promise. She says Stratton proposed in 1892 before his wealth from Independence mine, and she accepted then. He was among her boarders while she ran a boarding house.
The article extols daily walking as free health care for women including working girls with little money. It argues two basics are essential: comfortable low-heeled shoes and a short skirt. Anecdote: a girl with horses and a bike ignored walking until bribed, then found the habit became worth paying for due to health benefits.
Mexican minister Senor Romero argues in the North American Review that the silver standard lifts exports and home production, keeps silver in the country, boosts circulation and bank money, raises domestic demand, reduces imports and lowers import duties, reshaping revenue.
Jefferson City Mo May 20 Mr J W Zevely secretary of the democratic state central committee announces a meeting in St Louis Saturday June 1 at 10 am at the Southern hotel to consider calling a state convention on the silver issue and to handle other matters as needed.
A Paris dispatch reports the press applauds Prof. Pasteur for declining German decorations. A committee forms to honor his stance as French patriotism, while some colleagues deem his chauvinism excessive and harmful to science.
The Jackson County G A R organization has set a three day county reunion for September 4 5 and 6 in per rem Howton Kan. Committees named include executive speakers grounds finance invitation and reception and music with Ed F Jones G P Davis and G H Barker among members.
A Berliner Abend Post summary reports odd calculations about daily pipe smoke and kisses, population brain weight, air pressure, and motion of the earth. It adds a Topeka sheriff’s rough handling stopped a disturbance at a Fairview church festival with no arrests.
Ottawa reports a terrible accident on the Spanish River leaving 323 lumbermen dead after a crib of timber broke from its moorings and capsized in swift waters. A courier with scant details arrived with the brief tale of the disaster near dusk on Wednesday.
City council debated submitting bonds for water works and electric lights but a new law blocks this for second class cities. A petition by 3-5 of taxpayers is now required and the bond vote must pass by a 2-3 margin. The plan is dropped for the time being.
The Ohio Republican state convention, after a long session, nominated the Bushnell slate for all eight state offices and the state committee. If victory comes in November, Bushnell could become governor and Foraker senator, signaling sweeping changes in Ohio politics for 1896 and beyond.
Theodore Durrant was arraigned in San Francisco Superior Court pleading not guilty to the murders of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams. Trials set for July 92 with change of venue likely. Defense may seek venue change. Durrant remained calm in court. Heavy rains in northern Kansas flood reports as Purminjesnune records the season's worst shower in three years aiding county crops.
Unxtonville Missouri May 3 400 miners return to work as Mendota Coal and Mining Co restarts No 2 shaft following a 10 cent wage cut. The regional strike that began April 3 in northern Missouri and southern Iowa eases as low vein coal Geld mines along the Chicago Burlington and Quifecy railway resume operation.
On a farm near Common Tex yesterday morning Jef Lewis shot and killed Epsy Smith and her husband Will Smith and wounded Lucy Smith and her daughter Emma before fatally shooting himself Jealousy is blamed Lewis was colored as are all others involved The newlyweds Epsy and Will Smith were married just yesterday
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