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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
8
Nonsensical text fragment mentions hair health, sales increases, and a product promise to restore vitality. No clear date, organization, or identifiable individuals present. content appears as garbled marketing copy with scattered phrases about hair, health benefits, and product usage.
Washington reports two year program by Department of Agriculture shows wetum remedy reduces losses in hog cholera. Dr D Gulmon leads animal industry purge. experiments in Page County Iowa show 20 percent loss, later trials saved many hogs with 19 percent loss. Salmon asserts serum proven and cost saving for farmers nationwide.
Paris reports Gen Kitonener met with General Whitehener and voiced belief diplomacy can avert a broader war. Major Starchand welcomed in Pauhoda and urged calm discussion. The interview stresses opposition to the view that war is the only solution and urges patient talks to reach a peace acceptable to both nations.
A deadly incident linked to extreme fasting is under investigation in Ton Angeles where Misa Nel Thompson, a colored woman, reportedly forced by preacher Mrs Wil lians of Christ into prolonged fasting led to her death. The case follows claims by Saint Francis Clinton Sisters that a Rheumatism Remedy once cured a rheumatic sister after a single bottle and is now marketed by local drug firms.
Nikola Tesla describes in The Electrical Review a method to send electric power through natural media over thousands of miles without wires. He asserts his high pressure system could deliver energy to distant terminals, enabling large factories and city trolley networks, with a staged commercial transmission and a single terminal emitting current that can be received at a second elevated point. The piece notes an illustration showing electricity leaping from a terminal and cites a two and a half million volt estimate, framing Tesla’s work as advancing from laboratory to practical industrial testing.
A fiery speech denounces foreign imports and mob violence, vowing to deploy Gatling guns to defend white workers. The speaker condemns foreigners and outlines harsh measures to stop perceived threats, urging firm state power to maintain order.
A fragmented report notes a planned consolidation labeled not a fire brick trust but a pay ing combine. Key players include Canton area manufacturers such as Yale key and Ohio Pulley. Nir. Hipp has retired from New York after arranging $15,000 to complete the organization.
Matthew P. Anderson, 23, a Wyoming Seminary student from Kingston County, died last night from injuries sustained while playing football at the seminary against Dickinson College in Carllale last Saturday.
An open switch on the Union Pacific rear end collision near Omaha resulted in three dead and one seriously injured. Engineers Samuel Hindman and William Hall and brakeman John Griffite died. Brakeman Shannon was fatally injured, thrown from the cars. Griffite and Shannon sustained serious injuries.
Col Little reports from San Francisco that the second and third battalions of the Twentieth Kansas embark at noon aboard the Todiana bound for service with the Indian transport. The first battalion remains with Col Little aboard a sternboat. Tomorrow the Odowa will sail with two remaining battalions of the Washington regiment. Formal orders await the Lews regiment to sail on the Pennsylvania with date undecided.
The case of Ben and Bettie Jordan colored for maintaining liquor in police court yesterday was dismissed. This marks the third arrest for selling liquor since the current police force began duty, with each time the couple escaping severe penalty. Judge Werry ruled the evidence insufficient for conviction, and the Jordans with beer and gear will return to North Yopeka to keep beer for their own use.
Tod Sloan fell during the third day of the Newmarket Houghton meeting. Vatel, Leopold de Rothschild's bay colt, won the Houghton handicap. Rony Moore ridden by Ant Ryed Secubettie de Bio 2 finished third amid a field of nine. Morgante faced heavy betting at 160 to 30 against.
In Zanesville Ohio the three large paving brick plants are reported to be included in a new paving brick combine. The move would centralize manufacture of modern day working machinery and cut out outside suppliers from competing. Also included is a testimonial from C Bogis of Stamp Town West Virginia praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a 15 month old child.
An absentminded professor lectured on art in his first year as girls listened. During exams those who had listened wrote papers that amused the professor. He sat with a pipe and mug, concerned by the laughter that followed the joke.
A professor in a college art class provokes giggling from female students by praising statues of the Parthenon. He adjusts his clothing mid lecture, the room erupts in laughter as the bell ends class, and he leaves with uneasy thoughts on why the women found the talk so amusing.
A collage of comic snippets and spoofs referencing Cyrano de Berryjack, Hughey Jenkins, and various newspaper quips. The piece mixes slang, mispronounced names, and punchlines about poets, reporters, and a fighting culture, blending jokes from Chicago and Baltimore venues with light satire and spoof dialogue.
The secretary of state of Nuevo Leon Mexico announces two confirmed yellow fever cases in Monterey and ten doubtful. Quarantine measures are expected to be issued by Mexican officials. The Mexican National Railway reports smooth passenger and freight service toward Mexico City as weather turns cooler within 200 miles of Monterey.
A Havana dispatch says the American evacuation commission seeks warships, but Washington has not replied. General Wade and General Butler hesitate to meet until there is progress on evacuation dates. A joint session is planned to discuss arrangements, with Spain likely to withdraw by January and cede sovereignty by December. American camps in Havana province are planned as models for future armies, health protections are emphasized, and readiness to deploy labor and materials is outlined. Insurgent bands near Seina warn of harassment if American troops take charge, while authorities report lawless conditions near the sugar estates and ongoing tax disputes led by local insurgent leaders.
A fragment states fairs were refused on war grounds. The following day Sdbeushta forces took possession of a drove of cattle, which were slaughtered. The incident caused alarm among local residents amid reports of an epidemic and insurgent activity near Chentae.
Kansas Bankers Association meets in Leavenworth with State Bank Commissioner John W. Breidenthal outlining a proposed state guarantee fund. The plan would require 5 percent of each bank’s average annual deposits to be deposited with the state treasurer and secured by bonds, creating a fund to protect depositors if banks fail. Receivers would liquidate quickly and payout to depositors from the fund, with eventual reimbursement from the fund. The idea faces questions about feasibility and impact on banking stability.
DIRECTUM sold in San Francisco with J BE Green of this city as representative of the Grents state. Green sold Directum to W Emptrey of Greens Falls for $20,000 in good old. Directum, now years old, had a glorious season across the east as a champion trotter. He finished the season by lowering the wire trotting stallion record to 2 45 ½. Directum was bred by the late John Green of Dublin, California, sired by Director out of Stem Windee by Venturd.
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