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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1897
Page
8
An advice piece from Colchester Conn highlights female weaknesses as root causes of many ailments. Mrs Isabel Green endorses Warner's Safe Cure after personal relief from backache and other premenstrual pains, claiming it renews health and can spare women prolonged suffering.
An old medical advertisement cites Brights disease and kidney ailments as a dreaded enemy. It quotes Dr J Codd of Baltimore praising Warner’s safe cure, claiming a six year attack was vanquished by the remedy and promising continued reliability.
The committee to honor the Lutnois trade battle accepted plans for a $2,000 monument to be erected on Grehard Rich. George Craig of Galesturr designed the monument, featuring entropy art and a round column with a standard bearer figure. The base measures 14 square feet. Olof Wicbers, merchant tailor at 712 Kansas Avenue, 61st-class guild of Slothes for $25.
Longquoted interviews critique Emma Goldman and anarchism. Rev H H McCowan faces church revolt as six deacons and six trustees demand his resignation over lectures referenced with Goldman and McCowan’s stance on marriage and self defense. Church board conflict and potential congregational vote loom.
Washington dispatch reports a promise to revive the White House social customs of Dolly Madison with coalitions of cabinet women and entertaining daughters. The note says youth and prosperity push public opinion toward renewed dances, the last White House ball dating to McKee’s reception in Harrison’s era.
Two women, Mrs Ketcham and Mrs Titus, linked to the death of John Walkup, are neighbors in Chicago and unknowingly connected through a high profile case involving Walkup’s death. Minnie Walter and Mrs Titus’s past ties resurface as public interest grows in the murder trial. Santa Fe Route ads promote Topeka to Los Angeles service and travel times. NoTo tobacco ads urge quitting with health claims and free samples.
Daily News of Sport reports Capt Anson seeking affiliation with the Western Baseball league as Chicago promoters push for an eighth franchise. Rumors say Anson has negotiated with magnates, with Chicago as a favored recipient if negotiations succeed, while other chatter links him to European travel and contract renewal questions with the National League.
Washburn and Haskell collide in Topeka on Thanksgiving at Athletic Park in a star studded game. Washburn, coached by Paul Colden, fields a strong line with players like Hantcott Stahl and J Swamp, while Haskell's team led by Manager Frank Sweet features the Indian band and a showcased lineup. The day also includes the Thanksgiving Shoot hosted by the Topeka Sporting News association at Conductor's Ball.
Topeka merchants back intersat shoot with entry rush expected. Event starts at 9 in the morning and runs all day using the new Macau trap. West Side Gas club will participate as Morris Avenue and Fourteenth Street venue hosts the old West Side Gun club groom.
Conductor Dennis Has patented a trolley wire finder to aid conductors by locating the trolley wheel when it lifts from the wire. Tested under direction of Charles Churk and Superintendent Hixer, the device fits any trolley wheel and holds the wire in place. It is designed to replace the trolley at night and keep the wire connected, with two three inch wide bands extending three inches on each side to locate the opening. The inventor expects strong demand for trolley systems.
General Weyler, newly arrived, laments recall from Cuba and criticizes papers backing insurgents. He argues autonomy would harm industry, insists Spain must keep Cuba tied to its authority, and labels supporters as spies and enemies. The Barrie dispatch notes tensions over autonomy and Spanish policy.
Mortgage of 1,800,000 on the Olympic Theater equity loan to a New York firm prompts foreclosure suit. Defendants and liens appear, with default cited and missed interest payments noted. Payment history shows partial sums paid and ongoing obligations, indicating a contested financial dispute in a New York date filed action.
London Silver Men fight on issuing a manifesto outlining policy as divisions arise in a United States commission over bimetallic questions. The Teague faction leans toward a new policy while others push for adopting commercial value metrics. In Indiana, cashier R M Willetts of the English Bark promises to return funds, facing potential criminal prosecution if charged.
Evangelist Nash conducts meetings at UK M. OC. A. in the saloon area inviting crowds from 10 to midnight. A pelmementing is noted, with mentions of coffee substitutes GEA rate of pure grains and Grain-O. Promotes Union Pacific travel and Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. ads cite Geo. W. Stanafield and Miller's Pharmacy for remedies and supplies.
San Francisco revenue officials report suspensions of Deputy Collectors Zomansky Lennon and Werk Allee Davidson after Washington ordered an inquiry into testimony given in the Wollumna case. The action targets alleged political bias and improper government testimony, with ten days given for replies. Special Agent Thrasher remains tight lipped as Treasury officials review the matter and the collector weighsRecommended discipline.
A Washington based board will present to Congress the cost of an armor plant to be built with a capacity of six thousand total armor items, exceeding three million dollars. The plan uses Harveyized steel armor and Krupp hardening methods, with drafts drawn by leading experts and bids from existing plants sought for potential sale to the government. The secretary aims to have the advertisement posted this month and expects Congress within months to review full details and offers.
Justice Chesney and McClintock oversee cases including nonpayment fines, perjury inquiries, and postponed actions for Tinchenor Lundbore Edgington and Chipman with local officials lamenting court activity. Burlington introduces wide observation vestibuled trains from St Louis to Denver and Missouri River routes, praised for luxury and pace, with agents promoting a descriptive folder.
Julia A Willard’s schedule of liabilities filed in Mankato Minnesota shows a grand total of 144300 with direct liabilities at 522723 and assets listed as zero. The notice references a prior assignment and outlines financial figures amid a statewide filing update.
New York reports Edmund Hallock Lee of Moriches as the longest serving hereditary postmaster in the United States. The Moriches post office, established by Squire Fanning, has unseen roots tracing to early colonial times with Washington Jefferson and Paine visiting. the office has remained in the Fanning line, passing to James Matthew Fanning after the elder's death.
An endorsement style note suggests abandoning coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee to improve health. It claims change turns “MEN from INVALIDS” and uses period voice to urge readers to try a caffeine-free beverage.
Texas ruler 4-Hon. B. B. Hawley a Republican from the Eleventh district announces retirement from politics. The statement comes via an intimate friend, and Hawley will not seek re election. Roads cross with sports and travel mentions as the text wanders.
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