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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1899
Page
2
Mrs Bradish of Detroit writes of severe decline including loss of appetite, heart palpitations, night sweats, and hysteria. After using Lydia H Pinkham's Vegetable Compound he reports rapid relief and renewed health, praising the medicine and Confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Diverse humor and social satire from several papers spotlight women in business marriage norms and city life. Jokes touch on divorce anecdotes, etiquette, travel misreads, and a moral about ambition, alongside brief ads and a medical remedy. Entites include Puck Brooklyn Life Chicago Evening Post Philadelphia North American Yonkers Statesman New York Weekly Detroit Journal.
The piece speaks of a woman imagining future air castles and concern over feminine health. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic to improve disorders, strengthen constitution, and support healthy motherhood, claiming it protects against weakness and disease.
In Chambersburg on May 20 a public dispute centers on Rev Dr Gottib Hasskarl and his book The Missing Link denying Negro descent from Adam and Eve. He argues race differs biologically and that Africans cannot inherit heaven, sparking church debates and calls for refutation by local pastors.
News from New York reports Messrs Klaw and Erlanger secured Walker Whiteside to play the title role in Hen Hur, with a contract signed and details pending, as theatrical circles note his first appearance at the Tremont and the Times Square venues may feature him this season.
Amanda Rodman sues Missouri Pacific Rail Road for damages claiming her husband, T Rodman, was killed when a switch engine derailed on a Missouri Pacific track in Kansas City Kansas in April 1925. The case cites witnesses and alleges negligence by the railroad company in allowing the dangerous condition. The court at Wyattatin County Common Pleas reviews the transcript and judges whether the railroad bore liability.
Litigation ends with missteps as Judge Hazen rebukes the party duties in a county foreclosure case. M R Doty defends amid accusations of complicity and mismanagement, while Shepard and others confront claims over property transfers and lien actions. The judge rules the proceeding valid though terse, prompting questions about ownership and responsibility.
Chimgo proposes making coal bricks from opal dust and bitumen to reclaim waste, forming briquettes marketed by the Briquetin Caml company. Inventor Bardorr Corning claims to blend coal dust with a pitch-based binder to produce hotter, more efficient bricks, potentially aiding fuel production in the western states.
Philadelphia May 29 The Philadelphia County Medical Society showcased a Tenirkaide case of orthopedic surgery by Dr Sames P Mann. A 12 year old boy presented with a large leg and foot relative to size yet normal limb, requiring large incisions to reduce bone and soft tissue. The operation ended with the plaster cast removed revealing an unsuccessful result.
W H Brinton arranging a major U S shipment to the Argentine Republic of forty seven carloads of Porter harvesters for South America. Twelve carloads have already left Peoria as part of the record northern movement. The May 30 dispatch in New York notes the order is among the largest agricultural machine shipments ever sent from the United States to Argentina.
An eminent scientist praises cod liver oil as Nature's remedy for wasting diseases. Scott's Emulsion combines pure oil with hypophosphites to rebuild tissues, enrich blood, and aid nerves. Consumers including consumptives diabetics pale or thin people and nursing mothers advised to remember this.
General Freight Agent Gay of Santa Fe finds a copper property in southern Arizona near the Nevada Southern line. The eight eighty acre claims yield rapid ore, with a 40 000 dollar monthly output and a functioning mill. The discovery attracts attention to desert prospecting with turquoise and silver links.
Receivers Fordyce and Withers order new facilities at Pittsburg Kansas for the Pittsburg and Gulf railroad shops. A survey team measures for a west side expansion to house new machinery and enable in house die production. The plan, contemplated by former leaders, aims to add many jobs and bring in new families to Pittsburg.
May 20 reports a Katy in Parsons to be built this summer. Chief Eingt meer Fisher visited on his way to St Louis and hints president House aware of the project.
Plans reveal several large brick structures including a blacksmith shop a bullet stop a carpenter shop and a paint shop. The carpenter extension is said to run 150 feet connecting the main shops with a 100 by 106 foot footprint. The blacksmith shop is expected to measure about 70 by 10 feet.
A freight run from Springfield to Kansas City carried eleven carloads of bananas yesterday morning. The Memphis train completed the 99 mile journey in 2 hours 18 minutes including delays at Pleasanton and Paoli. Engineer Woodard coupled at Fort Scott and pulled out at 9 43.
The Storm v. Tall case from Belville Kansas upsets wage protections by allowing garnishment of Kansas earned wages in Iowa. The ruling, reversing a Kansas Supreme Court view, risks hardship and false claims against railroad employees and their creditors.
Rumors in Los Angeles say that after the Santa Fe connection into San Francisco is completed, General Manager W G Nevin will move his office and the legal department to Ban Wrantides. The freight and passenger departments may stay in Los Angeles. The Santa Fe Pacific and Southern California layouts remain under discussion as to operation. Possible west of Albuquerque arrangement tied to the Bank acquisition may trigger further changes.
The 1888 National Education association meeting in Los Angeles prompts a special through train from Kansas City on July 3 arriving July 7. Connections via Topeka and Oklahoma cities elaborate the route and intermediate stops. Fares vary by origin with several price points noted. Final unit plans to be completed by September.
Reports say the Burlington lines plan to extend their mountain route from Billings to Butte a 260 mile stretch as mining in Chloride Arizona revives with hopes of opening a rail line by July 4 for a big local celebration. The Times notes the Union Pacific offers reduced fares for the Los Angeles educational meeting July 11 to 14, praising the service via Omaha or Kansas City with deluxe cars and dining options.
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