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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1898

Page

2

Hermes Medical Adviser Promises Health for Women

A period advertisement discusses female health and nervous tension, urging readers to request a paper covered copy. It presents Dr Heatey of Beaterd Cy as offering guidance and claims benefits to health and beauty through a health advisory. The note references sending payment and a reply to receive the pamphlet.

Fyseraner Mika Heatey Beaterd Cy Benith Health and Beauty Hermes Ai Beast V. Pieves Huliaio

Wilmerding Case Goes Before Supreme Court in White Plains

Fragmented report details a court session in White Plains over Nov with Jack Wilmerding, descendant of Commodore Vanderbilt, facing expert testimony about alleged sexual abuse and a legal action tied to Bloomingdale and a life of care. The proceedings outline medical and moral accusations, with testimony read to the commission.

York Stra Jack Wilmerding Varderblit Allen Commodore Vanderbilt Supreme Court White Platt Bloomingdale Landon Gray George W. Oa

Unionize Negro Miners Push Faces Strong Opposition

Springfield November 2 A plan to organize Negro miners at Penaconi mines is to be seriously discussed by the United Mine Workers state leadership. Organizers expect firm resistance but believe unionization will come sooner or later as they press for better representation amid tensions with mining operators and local unions.

Springfield Penaconi of Sciuty United Mine Workers

Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Quick Relief and Cure

An advertisement touts the Pyramid Pile Cure as a rapid treatment for piles and rectal diseases. A testimonial from Mrs. M. Hinkly of Indianapolis claims lasting relief and bed confinement improvement after using Pyramid Pile and Lord Goth, asserting it as a safer alternative to surgical cure with no harmful additives.

Driverate M. Hinkly Mississippi Indianapolis Ind Lord Goth

Wall Street Manipulation Ties Up $110000 in Elevator Stock

New York authorities reveal that E N Cook and two confederates manipulated Eastern Elevator stock in Buffalo. They used fictitious quotations on the stock exchange floor, roping in brokers and draining about $110,000 from their pockets. George H L ee and a man named McDonald aided the scheme before vanishing.

New York Well Street Eastern Elevator Company of Buffalo Rank Outsiders Wall Street McClure The Stock Exchange Testeum Ismac Newcombe Edwin W. Orvis Exchange Dappertocking Edward N. O Bumme Mursin St. Paul, Hurlington Weveral Will Street Cook Geo. HL Lee Waldorf-Astoria Ian McDonald Faye Bert Cook Newcombe Wothke Joss Eid Cook Cully Pockelm

Silver Republican meeting spurs talk of new national party

In Chicago Senator Henry M Teller and ex-Congressman Charlee A Towne met ex-Governor Altgeld for two hours. The talks sparked speculation they planned a national Silver Republican party to revive the defunct Populists. They discussed fundraising, committee roles, and Towne replacing Teller on the Ways and Means panel.

Teller Towne Altgeld Chicago Henry M. Teller Colorado Charlee A. Towne Duluth Silver Republican Party Taller Washington Minnesota Altgexl Tans Asnde Tilinote Eles Ways and Means Committee Baul van Harvey Ward Wass and Teans Committee Tiarveyies Towns Sliver Republiciat Pecause

Woman Finds Rich Peacock Ore Vein in British Columbia

New York report details Mrs Alice At Treat wife of Van Anda mine owner Harry C Treat locating a rich peacock ore vein on Texada Island. Ore runs about 42 to the ton far above typical yields. A new mine camp is organized with a smelter erected. Mrs Treat plans to stay in BC with future returns for mining trips.

New York British Columbia Alice Treat Harry C. Treat Columnbia Wall Street East Fifty-seventh Street Texade Island Mre Trent van Anda

Tinrt Eyes Training Site In Hudson Hot Springs

President James A Tinrt of the Chicago baseball club returned from Mexico seeking a training site for spring. Hudson Hot Springs in New Mexico offered a potential grounds option, but hotel management hesitates without a guaranteed large party and a standing advertisement for the resort. Mr Hart accompanied Tinrt and plans to attend the upcoming annual meeting in New York.

Chisago James A Tinrt Chicago Baseball Club Ciy Mexico Hudson Hot Springs New Mexico Hudson Mr Hart Marty Pulliam Loulaville New York

Price Of Brides Goes Up For Chickasaw Men

The Chickasaw Nation enacts a law to tax every white man who marries an Indian woman at 600. The measure aims to curb white men marrying Indian brides, with fullbloods last electing a central council twenty years.

Central

Marriage License Price Affects Chickasaw Marriages

The text argues laws harm halfbreeds and squaw men, noting marriage license fees rose from 50 to 100 dollars to target white men marrying Indian women. It claims Chickasaw women hold tribal land around 3000 dollars, suggesting speculators may still profit from marriages despite the higher fee.

$250 FOR A HUSBAND

A St Louis woman registered at the Palace hotel in Cincinnati seeking a husband for $250. She claimed to be a typewriter employed at the American Cotton company and planned to move to New York for a position. Several applicants were considered, but none met her criteria as she exhibited earnest, nervous behavior and continued as a single woman. Mrs Abbie Pike, the girl's mother, stated her daughter is of nervous temperament and remains perplexed by the situation.

Cincinnati Palace Hotel Bennett Pike St. Louis Cineinrul Enquirer St Louis American Cotton Company of New York Metropolis St.Louis Abbie Pike Windsor Place

Pauper's Grave Shocks City of Chicago Nevada Story

A shabby lodging house scene near 42 Desplaines Street reveals a man known as a cousin of John D. Rockefeller and reputedly linked to a king in the rumor mill. No multimillionaire claimant appeared as remains were moved from the morgue to a potter’s field. Rockefeller, once poor and friendless, rose no. The exhausted figure, whom many aided in downtown stores, carried a prosthetic leg and a cape of fatigue. He set out about three o'clock.

Desplaines Trent John Fe Rockefeller King Ding Ki Pfeller

Emulsified Cod Liver Oil Promoted for Nervous Ailments

An eminent medical teacher lauds cod liver oil for nervous disorders and nerve tonics like hypophosphites, noting their combined effect in Scott’s Emulsion. The ad urges taking the preparation for nervousness neuralgia sciatica insomnia and brain exhaustion. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists New York.

Scott

Rockefeller case notes and inquest into death

An inquest into the death of an elderly man found on a bed in a roofed house examined the body and concluded death resulted from acute alcoholism. Jurors viewed the sparse belongings including a box, clothes, and a pair of yellow gloves in the deceased’s possessions.

Joe Hano Ockefeller Cleveland Jono D Bestar Iig House Sis Olter Indgers Rockefeller Costa

Mining King Wheeler Surrenders Care Of Valuables On Santa Fe

Kansas City man describes how C P Wheeler, mining magnate of Hamateo Mexico, traveled by Santa Fe limited and entrusted valuables to Porter Hubbell of Kansas City. Wheeler refused to withdraw the roll, later repaid kindness with a cash gift, plus a heavy winter overcoat. Witnesses include Conductor Breed and N J Aldrich.

Wheeler Mexico Kansas City C. P. Wheeler Hamateo Santa Fe Limited Albuquerque Conductor Breed Chicago W. H. Hubbell Hubbell Wheeler Hubbell Breed N. J. Aldrich Aurora Ill A. M. Mowry Queeuly Hubbeji Saat Ito Kans

Reading court awards $2500 for twenty two year courtship end

Sophia Gehring of Reading wins $2500 against Daniel Mayer in a dispute over a 22 year wait for marriage. Mayer, son of a bakery operator, delayed forever claiming duty to his late widowed mother and later said he would not marry, prompting the verdict after a long, odd romance unraveled in court.

Miss Gehring Reading Sophia Gehring Endlich Daniel Mayer Mayer Ish Merry

Former Topeka pugilist seeks Topeka athletic club

Wade Watts, a Toledo Business Men Athletic Club proprietor, writes of plans to open a club in Topeka if authorities permit limited round move contests. He suggests 20 shares at 40 dollars each to fund the venture and invites interested parties to contact him in Topeka.

Topeka Tamn Wade Watts Toledo, O Business Men Athletic Club Seceite Oes Ghdt Nothne Attair Toos Dee Pune Theeal Union

Missouri Pacific Installs New 66 Foot Turntable at Atchison

A Missouri Pacific message reports a 66 foot turntable shipped to Atchison shops. The unit will be installed in three days and is large enough to turn a polarian car. The work will occur at the Union Depot yard with payments to the depot company per engine turned.

Missouri Pacific Atchison Stme Union Depot

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