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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1898
Page
3
An article extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as remedies for female health issues and nervous distress. It cites testimonials from women like Mrs. Kurata and Mrs. Witt, claiming restored vigor, improved appetite, and renewed spirit after months of indigestion and weakness.
A garbled collage from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page weaves jokes, quarrels, and stray quotes about war, family dinners, and politics. It includes snippets on birthdays, tax appropriation, and familiar names like Cleveland Plaindealer, Indianapolis Journal, and Cleveland Evening Plain Dealer, reflecting a chaotic page of humor and commentary.
One in every four suffers from rectal disease. The common itching and moisture are described as a nuisance. Traditional ointments offer only temporary relief and a permanent cure is claimed by Pyramid rate preparation available via Pyramid Co. Ball, Mich. Free back offer.
Railroads announce orders for thirty locomotives increased to thirty five with Baldwin and Dickinson producing twenty five and ten respectively. Santa Fe plans three electric headlight equipped engines for area Phoenix line and extends short run to Ash Fork due to Williams switch work. Personnel moves include Guy McMillen promoted to fireman at Le Junta and several transfers among Dodge City, Fuchio, Pueblo and Las Vegas.
The Memphis Railroad Company is nearing completion of an eight handsomely built depot at Pittsburg. Three gangs work on the structure, telegraph wires, and the granite platform. The platform, costing over 200 dollars, will be one of the citys best constructed walks with cinders and granitoid layers under Portland cement.
A misadventure in a remote town describes a man who seizes caboose cushions as a memento then lights a fire in his buggy. A smoldering ember from horsehair starts a blaze that destroys the buggy and cushions, leaving only ashes at dawn.
From Emporia. In September 2050 shifts and duties are described for Engers Rogers, Perkins, Playford, Bert Graham, and crews including Hrakestrew and Pallow. Several engines 6M, 162, 75% Te, G16 are ordered off division to New Mypaice. Gulletly moves to Topeka. Shy and Sunderland return to Argentina. Katy brakeman W Pond suffers severed left hand injury at Hartford.
Albuquerque October 11 Mr Sloan of Trammer Co Sweetwater has become receiver of Colorado Valley Railway and intends to build the road to San Angelo. The line may extend northwest to connect with Santa Fe or Rock Island at Sugden via Wichita Falls. No local bonus required as eastern bankers supply funds. Reports say work may begin on the Concho Valley road. surveyors are at Angelo.
St Louis October 18 Missouri Pacific Railway places order with Cooke Locomotive for ten ten wheel locomotives weighing sixty two tons each of latest type. The Santa Fe round house at Arkansas City will be expanded to hold twenty two engines. Other local items note crew reinstatements, vacations, accidents, and city updates in Topeka and nearby towns.
Local notes report city events, clubs, weather, and public notices. Posts about the Salvation Army hospital, city planning for repaving Sixth Street, street lights, and recent marriages mingle with routine council thoughts and upcoming events.
Falmouth Oct 15 The Mohegan disaster inquest began with a service for victims at Keverins church and survivors traveling 26 miles on rough roads. The coroner expressed sympathy for relatives, many from distant countries, as testimony from A S Williams, Richard Kelly, and others described ship condition, crew actions, and boat launchings. The adjourned hearing aims to hear nautical expert testimony after testimony from crew and passengers. The total bodies recovered by midnight stood at 56 with many not identified.
Washington October 18 important action by the Episcopal Church bodies on remarriage of divorced persons. Bishops rejected a full proposal and endorsed a briefer amendment allowing canon for temporary forms and guidelines for kinship by congregations already in communion with the church under bishop oversight. The measure goes to dioceses and then to the next general convention.
The Topeka Savings Bank sues BKyndall and James I Sing for detention of chattel property from the Grand Opera House including furniture and scenery as damages. Judge Hazen rules on alimony and a state case, ordering Pratt to pay $20 for child support with subsequent $5 quarterly payments, while rheumatic cure testimonials fill column space and local laundries advertise shirt waists that resist fading.
The war investigating commission toured camps around Jacksonville Florida on October 18. They inspected hospitals kitchens stores and quarters interviewing privates officers and staff. They found patients well cared for reading and writing letters and beds or cots clean and well screened despite one complaint about climate and occasional refrigerator beef. General Dodge summarized that only one regiment objected to climate and the inquiry would proceed with sworn testimony.
The peace commissions resumed talks in Spain with the Spanish presentation of Tuesday seats and the American written answer on Cuba and the island debt. Examination of American canvases continues at the next joint session, with Spain likely to respond in writing soon. The exchanges show U S resolve not to assume Cuba debt while noting local Cuban burdens like municipal obligations and railroads.
General Guy V Henry and Col J B Castleman planned a noon ceremony in Ponce with regimental bands from the First Kentucky Volunteers Third Wisconsin First Volunteer Engineers and the Nineteenth Regular Infantry to play the Star Spangled Banner after the guns. Due to intense heat a troop review was canceled, but music and other festivities will proceed.
Weir City Journal carries a letter from T. L. McManus denouncing Governor Leedy for not removing state mine inspector Geo. T. McGrath. McManus cites loyalty to the Populist party and claims Leedy’s action pushed him from the party, noting Leedy previously pardoned him in Cherokee county jail for selling liquor.
District court found McManus guilty on 16 counts with 480 days in jail and a 1600 dollar fine. Appeals lingered until February, bond denied, 67 days in jail before bond. Courts sustained lower rulings but delayed sentence for illness. Governor Leedy pardoned McManus after election amid claims of political conspiracy and Populist pressure. Local reaction split between vindication and irony.
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