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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1900
Page
8
Mothers urged to monitor daughters health during school years as fatigue vertigo and insomnia signal danger. The piece promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as help for young girls to safely endure these years and transition to robust womanhood.
Mrs Camp writes from Manchester Ohio praising Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound for her daughter s health. She states the doctor did not help before the remedy and recommends the medicine to others, sharing gratitude and urging others to try it if crabs or similar ailments arise.
Democratic leaders announce Bryan will focus on New York with dates October 16 to 20 and possibly finish there. Governor Stone confirms the state is contested and Croker backing may aid turnout while Bryan denies cabinet promises.
New York reports a sharp rise in coal costs as pea and buckwheat ranks jump to 4 1/2 ton and 4 a ton for consumers, while standard domestic coal holds at 6.75 for white ash and 7.25 for red ash. Dealers resist price drops despite contract clauses, amid looming lawsuits and strong demand from households and industry.
Reports in American Agriculturist note severe apple losses after the September gale with 10 to 60 percent fallen in exposed areas while sheltered orchards escaped heavy damage. The U S flax crop is pegged at 33,413,000 bushels versus 20,036,000 last year.
Phoenix Arte Sept 25 reports the Republican territorial convention nominated N Murphy for delegate to Congress. The brief item notes Murphy is the party candidate from Arizona with support at the nominating gathering.
A Shanghai telegram reports that forty five thousand native Catholics have been massacred in various parts of China. The dispatch mentions Bishop Antoine Fantosat of Adrahene as the likely bishop referenced. Persecutions have continued for over two months with the bishop pursued by killers.
London dispatch reports Duke of Devonshire and Balfour Chamberlain canvassers pushing Liberal and Unionist lines. Lord Roberts’ campaign secures Ishomalipoort, disarms Boer commandos, and seals rail control from Pretoria to Delagoa Bay. Delagoa Bay neutral base shifts to British commerce. Mozambique and Portuguese traders align with occupation. Methuen and Paget actions noted amid ongoing police bulletins and war summaries.
The piece debates wartime sentiment as electors must decide if soldiers won their battles and shed blood in vain while observers in military clubs predict a prolonged period of brigandage. It notes dispatches from Komatipoort and warns disarming the Boers will take years of surveillance as guns and ammunition remain hidden among Kopjes and mountain fastnesses.
Advices from Skagway dated September 20 report fare increases from Skagway to Dawson to 960 first class and 50 second class. Dawson to Seattle rates rise to 5 Pan class and 380 second class, reflecting a $10 steamer surcharge. No freight rate changes. railroad is keeping costs down and deterring shipments. A Forty Creek strike is noted with a nugget worth 250. Two Dawson bound mail sacks recovered 100 miles below the Stratton wreck contain only letters.
New York health officers downplay Havana yellow fever threat while urging major sewerage investment for Havana. Duty notes Havana's bad conditions and underreporting, but insists New York is safe. He cites summer delays to Gulf port trade and quarantine strain, urging Congress action.
Fire at Tron Mountain shops in Little Rock destroyed the plant at Baring Cross at 2 a m. Paint shop rear of the machine shops caused the blaze. About 400 workers were displaced and tool losses may reach 10000. The complex, largest in the region, covered an acre and linked to Iron Mountain System with other shops in De Soto Missouri. Total loss estimated at 250000 dollars.
A review notes Midnight in Chinatown2 at Crawford features a Chinese quarter opium den scene with vivid acts set on a Frisco wharf and a mountain top. What Did Tomkins Do? at Crawford stars Harry Carson Clarke as Colonel Tomkins in a farcical plot of impersonation and wedlock confusion ending in merrily.
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