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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1897

Page

2

Rival Physicians Question New Serum Secret in Frisco

In San Francisco a controversial claim surrounds Dr Joseph Hirschfelder and his tuberculin based serum said to cure consumption. Supporters cite patient recoveries shown at Cooper Medical College while opponents question methods and safety, noting Koch’s prior work and the need for broader verification.

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Wisconsin Man Dies After Drinking 11 Glasses of Whisky

Oshkosh report states John Webster Jr drank eleven full glasses of whisky in succession. He collapsed unconscious and lay in an alley for hours before discovery. A bartender faces manslaughter arrest. Nearby, ads tout Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and chest ailments, urging free bottle at Swift and Holiday’s Drug Store. The First Born theater production in London closes after six performances before returning to America.

Wisconsin Oshkosh John Webster, Jr Webster Inday King Swift & Holiday's Drug Store

Pyramid Pile Cure touted despite alleged barbarous surgery

A barrage of testimonials from readers claim the Pyramid Pile Cure relieves painful piles and other symptoms after one night’s use. Advertisers insist modern medicine makes surgery unnecessary and that pharmacists nationwide endorse the remedy.

Turning Wheels and Many Refuse Orders in Busy Market

Dan & Co reports October failures at a modest level as business shows broad improvement. Mills slow to finish orders keep production high while prices fall. Rail and textile demand rises, wheat and cotton fluctuate, and exports show mixed strength with regional trade easing after election jitters.

New York Dan & Co's Weekly Review of Trade Tne Milla Selves Het Milneis Steel Company Shopisus Boston Oge Fi Atlantic United States Canada

Market activity in New London stocks stalls amid limited trading

The market shows scant public participation with declines met by short covering and small profit taking by large traders. Activism is muted as major houses focus on Union Pacific and recent Chinese baggage arrangements, delaying broader investments and keeping prices volatile through Friday.

New London Union Paelie Chicese Bas

Wolcott and commissioners arrive in New York on Cunard ship

New York greets Edward O. Wolcott and Gen Charles Paine two monetary commissioners named by President McKinley They confer with European governments on feasibility of shiblicking and bimetaillem Adlai E Stevenson also travels back The group plans to go to Washington Lane of the silver party accompanies them Lane notes European opposition to monetarist plans and expects eventual U S adoption independent of Europe

New York Nav Edward O. Wolcott Colorado Charles Paine McKin Ley Cunpanis Cammis Sloper Adlai EB. Stevenson Wolcott Punt Washington Charles D. Lane National Sliver Party Campania Europe Lane

British Complaint Over City of Everett Relief Ship

A Duluth dispatch reports Captain Lavorg of the City of Everett complains of treatment by Calcutta British customs and local citizens. San Francisco merchants deny intentional nuisances and praise British aid. They state no duties were charged and relief cargo was transported freely by the British government. British Consul General Warburton rejects dispatch claims, noting no duties on cran and food supplies and a dispatch dated Calcutta August 25 from the ship’s captain mentions no issues.

San Francisco Duluth Lavorg Everett Calhcutta Chamber of Commerce Hue Chamber of Commerce of San Pranciaca Warburton Calcutta

Stripes for Carriers in Milwaukee Office

Milwaukee mail carriers react to a new service stripe rule. Each stripe equals six years of service. four city carriers will wear six stripes each. Names include EH Bramball, Louis Manz, Henry Loren, and John Zettier, all with over two decades on the job. They began delivering malls 22 years ago and will likely wear stripes at the Thanksgiving inspection.

Milwaukee EH. Bramball Central Office Louis Manz South Side Stallion Henry Loren John Zetter Northwest Station Loreh Zettier

Suckien Arntos Salva Promises Cure All Skin Ailments

The ad proclaims Suckien Arntos Salva as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and many skin eruptions and guarantees satisfaction or money back. It is priced at 5 cents per box and sold by Swift Holliday Drug Co in Golden City Missouri. A Missouri attorney testifies one box cured his long standing piles.

Suckien Arntos Swift-Holliday Drug Co Essex Golden City Swift & Holliday Drug Store

Mark Twain Attends Vienna Reichstag Turmoil

Vienna Times correspondent reports the Reichstag session as the most disorderly seen with anti-Semitic and obscene remarks. Mark Twain and Russian painter Vereschagin visited the gallery. Twain likened the scene to a lynching meeting and planned to attend the next 12 hour speech, inviting Lecker to join and possibly improve the performance.

London Vienna The Times Reichsrath Herr Wolff Dr Lueger M. Vereschagin Samuel C. Clemena Mark Twain

Not Even After Death G A R Divides Over Burial Plot

A dispute arises in the local G A R post between colored and white members over burying deceased veterans in a dedicated plot. A destitute colored veteran was buried there recently, and Mrs. A A Holmes had her former commander's body moved to a private lot. This is described as a historic color line drawn after death in the state.

Hiawatha G. A. Fi Colo Red Secul Butts G. A. II G. A. RB A. A. Holmes Te State

Looking After Animals Another Report Of A Starving Horse

Special Officer Dan Wyatt investigated neighbors' complaints about a starving horse at George Bennett's Locust Street residence. In the barn, a colt appeared ghastly thin, with only hay scraps on the floor, while another horse and a cow seemed better fed. Wyatt planned to report to the Foster Township society to pursue action. The colt likely diseased and the missing feed contributed to the condition.

Dan Wyatt Foster Tiummne Society George Dennett Bennnet Bennett Locust Street Sixth Seventh Col Wyatt Wyatt

Civil Service Removal Rules Relaxed by Secretary Sillis

Washington reports secretary sillis issued an order guiding classified service removals. It references the president's July order prohibiting removals without due charges and hearing. Employees have three days to submit a written defense through proper department channels, or defenses are waived. The order applies to pension and Indian agencies and other Interior Department sites outside Washington, with suspensions possible for urgent cases and must be reported promptly.

Washington Sillis Inet Department, & Defense Department of the Interior District of Columbia Department

A Colored Woman's Invention Sells in Topeka

A colored inventor, Mrs Senko of Iowa, patents a false bottom for wash bowls that keeps clothes off hot surfaces, reducing burning risk, with potential baking use. A consumer letter from Mrs Ford of Eidera Hardin Co Iowa praises German Salve for curing severe itching from scrofula sores. druggists carry it.

Topeka Pines Senko Fimily Ford Eidera Hardin Co Iowa

African explorer Cavendish reports coal finds and volcanic upheaval

London reports H. 3. Cavendish, a young traveler, recounts travels around Lake Rudolf in East Africa. He claims coal near Lake Rudolf and Stefanie, a shattered volcano west of the lake, a dangerous elephant encounter, and mapping of previously undocumented western regions.

Mr Cavendish Lake Rudolf London New H. Cavendyh Reemmane Somaliland Cavendish East Africa Caventish Lake Hudolf Africa Zambest Stefanie Rudolf Cavendist Sodigo Vo Regiow Teleki Donaldson Smith Botteem Nome Bottega Guilese Donaldson Smith Man Ava Lake Stefanie

Last Victim Found After New York Central Disaster

In Havershay New York on November 6 the bed of Algernon W McBeay missing since the New York Central wreck with Garrisons was recovered this morning in the river wreck site four miles below the crash. McKay served as private secretary to Superintendent Van Etten and rode the engine at the moment of plunge.

Havershay N. Y Algernon W.mcbeay New York Central Moalini Tonla McKay van Etten

Chinese labor rumor at Carbon Hill mines provokes stockade plan

A Chicago dispatch reports operators at Carbon Hill plan to import Chinese labor to undercut strikers. Mines houses and shaft area allegedly to be enclosed with a stockade. If successful, other operators may follow.

Chicago Daily News Carbon Hill

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