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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1900
Page
14
An advertisement extols Ivory Soap for value and purity. It emphasizes that the soap is vegetable oil based, sold at a low price, comes without costly packaging or perfume, and floats. The copy invites readers to use Ivory Soap in laundry and everywhere else, arguing it offers more for dollars spent.
Paris dispatch reports Aloses Fowler Chase, a Lafayette Indiana millionaire’s son, placed in a private asylum at No 45 Fe de Versailles. Guards failed to stop his disappearance after a keeper noticed him vanish. American relatives, the Dehmmes, claim Edmund Kelly as responsible. no trace of Chase has been found.
Baltimere Oct 12 Adial K Stevenson the Democratic vice presidential candidate arrived in the city this morning from Tingerstown on a social train with no stops and left fifteen minutes later for Wilmington Delaware to speak this afternoon. He showed signs of fatigue yet maintained confidence in Democratic success in Maryland and declined to comment on Cleveland's currency remarks.
Cecelius X Hale of Baltimore Maryland recounts poor health and repeated failures in competitions until advised by a physical director to adopt Grape-Nuts food and Westum Cereal Coffee. He claims now strong health, numerous medals, and improved stamina in races, noting ordinary coffee harmed his heart and digestion. He urges others to switch to Portum Cereal Food.
London October 13 Despite ample money, borrowers gain favorable terms as a half million in gold from India is offset by American inquiries. Gold outflow fears rise as the Bank of England’s reserve drops to £74 million and officials weigh higher rates to stem gold leaving for the United States and Germany.
William Ziegler of New York announces purchase of two vessels to search for the pole during the summer of 1901. Evelyn B. Baldwin will lead the expedition, a former associate of Lieutenant Peary and Walter Wellman. One ship to stay in the Arctic, the other to return for supplies. Ships may be bought or built in preparation between now and 1901.
Miss Eva Marshall Shonts of Chicago, president of the American People’s Christian Temperance Union, will speak at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday evening on duties of the Young People of America regarding liquor traffic. The Young People’s Good Citizenship federation directs the meeting, and a Topeka branch may form after her visit.
Fort Worth Texas October 2. The enforcement of tribal taxes in the Indian Territory has been placed in the hands of the Indian police. An deputy arrived at Ardmore today. Those who refuse to pay will be ejected.
In Oakland California Joshua Devi, brother of the late Lloyd Tevis, died in the city. The note mentions a Kentucky native and a prominent role in state policy. Separate items describe a woman who killed herself near Atchison, Kansas, with her daughter present, and a numbered reference to a Farmington event. The text includes references to various dates and local meetings with unclear context.
John P Irish California orator spoke at the Auditorium last evening under the Gold Democratic banner. He argued Mr Bryan seeks to destroy the gold standard and praised the Democratic stance, noting opposition to imperialisms and linking Cockran to current campaigns. The crowd applauded as speakers pressed the issue of currency and political reform.
He warned four years ago that abandoning the gold standard would bring falling prices, factory closures, unemployment, and rising crime. The speaker argued the gold standard, now law, has made the United States a creditor nation and shifted the world’s financial center to New York, praising Bryan while denouncing his opponents.
In Lawrence a state university tour guide explains students fund their education while Bryan touts support for leisure and intellectual development. The Kansas City crowd boos anti Bevan remarks before Irish leads cheers for gold standard and dollar pride.
The readable text shows a near death experience with references to a long illness, a handful of names and places in Center City, Iowa, including Chamberlain and Hemmady, with unclear details about a remedy or medical treatment. The damaged OCR prevents a clear reconstruction of events or disposition.
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