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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
15
Leavenworth figures, Topeka society notices, burlesque city gossip, and sport previews fill this fragment. Mentions include Deyo of Leavenworth, Jarrett victories, Washburn football, local clubs, and upcoming meetings at Felicity and Scottish societies.
Fragmentary text discusses nourishment, starch, and digestion, noting claims that bread components transform in the body. It mentions wheat, flour composition, diastase, grape sugar, and a Maine Experiment Station study comparing calories in bread versus grain nutte. The language is garbled but centers on nutrition and feeding effects.
An advertisement asserts Grape-Nuts provides more usable nourishment than ten pounds of meat oats or bread. It details a nutrition experiment offer, claims on digestion and absorption, cites white flour disadvantages, and includes a chemical analysis praising protein and mineral content to support the product’s health image. The text promotes the cereal as a complete food and invites scientists to invest in testing the claim.
A disparate Topeka area items page notes an invited meeting on cruelty suppression, local officials in Shawnee County travel mentions, and various social events. References include Mrs EB Thomas visiting from Topeka, a W C T U meeting at First Methodist, and local church activities. The report includes civic notices, theatrical mentions, and a sports update about Washburn High School teams.
Retail managers report freight congestion and delayed shipments from eastern firms have limited Christmas toy inventories. Despite widespread stock, buyers fear gaps as carloads were stuck at Newport News and deliveries slow. Merchants stress early orders and new, higher price toys to meet growing demand while noting Germany still leads toy manufacturing with the United States gaining ground.
Former President and Mrs Grover Cleveland arrive in Princeton for a morning visit en route to Philadelphia where they will attend the West Point Annapolis football game. The outing highlights ongoing social and sports event participation.
New York city report of 13 year old Eisie Isermann who died from convulsions caused by anxiety over failing a mathematics exam. She attended Public School No 16 at 509 East 10th Street. Doctor Schoonmaker arrived but could not save her. cause noted as worry affecting the heart.
Norristown, Pa. Nov. 29 James Yoder of Douglass charged with attempted arson and assault and battery. A relative accuses him of applying burrlee paper to cattle tails and striking his sister Mrs Cleaver after she remonstrated.
A series of transfers records showing numerous properties sold or conveyed. Names include Charlotte Croft, E Campbell, EC Davis, Aley family, W F Aley, Berryman, JH Hunt, EW VanKink, B G Horton, Aetna Trust, Rossville, W Vankirk, A Clattin, and John Claflin. Properties cover blocks and quarters with southeast and southwest quarters, parcels in Fairchilds addition, and specific lot numbers and section references. Amounts listed include 2550 and 40 dollars among others.
The Nov 23 Press notes jockey Johnny Felt leads the winning mounts in 1902 with Lifvie teks Milton Henry second. Rigby and Thompson occupy mid to lower placements amid era of eroding names and strained reporting. Dr. Kans claims protection amid new illness mentions. prices listed include 1.40 dollars. Death and illness references appear in clipped, garbled copy.
A York reader recounts a petty robbery in which a man pretended to brush a passerby’s coat, snagging a scarf pin. The pin reappeared later, still in the assailant’s possession, with a note thanking the victim for the chance to examine it.
London reports a Swedish vibration cure advertised as a universal remedy for nerves and various ailments. Adelina Tothamone promotes the method as a perfect healer, drawing crowds of fashionable followers, while critics doubt its efficacy. In Buffalo, New York, livestock markets face disruption as the agriculture secretary bans exporting stock from New England.
Fragmented OCR text describes export buyers forced out of the market at the local yards, 7000 sheep cars arriving and routed to Boston, and shipments from Chicago increasing. Local tote brown supply drops slightly and prices ease. A stray medical ad about cough remedies appears, with schedule mentions for Calcaree and a doctor in New York newspaper style.
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