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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
4
February reports show Rock Island lines posting a drop in net earnings and operating income versus last year, with costs rising and efficiency challenges. Frisco lines, including Chicago and Eastern, show a mixed yet stronger February with higher earnings but still offset by rising expenses and a tighter fiscal year outlook.
Fragmented OCR reports a heated legal struggle in April with Attorney General and Great Northern officials. Mentions attempts to consolidate control, possible seizure upon return, and ongoing negotiations amid political pressure and maritime links.
Western states examine similar laws as legal departments review willingness to act in a high stakes struggle over the Northern Pacific. Rockefeller and Harriman face Morgan in a fight to gain influence, with bets on control of the continental route and possible shifts of routing between Wisconsin Central and Milwaukee and St. Paul if northern interests prevail.
The railway ticket protection bureau told readers to mail tickets to St Louis without delay for verification and report any forgery to Chicago headquarters. They warned forged tickets may appear during the St Louis World’s Fair and Buffalo expositions and pledged swift action against scalpers.
Salina Commercial Club plans protests over a Missouri Pacific line abandonment affecting Saline City. Citizens and business leaders met to organize, with Dr. Cowen and W. S. Grisser to travel to St Louis to discuss the issue with railroad officials.
In a new western classification effective yesterday, mummies, bones, ruins, and related artifacts receive adjusted handling terms. Large consignments over twenty thousand pounds face first-class rates as authorities note the influx to St. Louis. Separately, the Rock Island line delays Villa Grove cut-off opening, awaiting passenger service updates.
Severe weather disrupts routes as through passenger service shifts to Chicago and Eastern Illinois via Danville Roselle and the Big Four after the Hillboro Mitchell cutoff. Hutchinson urges Rock Island to restore an evening westbound train with arrival from the east at 3 pm, linking Bucklin and Hutchinson to bolster commerce and access for local merchants. The plan seeks sustained service and a $30,000 annual benefit to Hutchinson’s business community.
Tex commission reports that express companies, parties to pending injunctions in federal court and railroad commission matters, have temporarily declined further action while seeking a compromise of differences. Austin sources note April 7 as a reference point in ongoing discussions.
An elderly patient reports long battle with heart trouble and sleep loss improved after using Miles Nervine and Heart Cure. The testimonial claims regained weight and ongoing reliance on the products. It mentions a son suffering nervousness and cites medical endorsements and a mail order address for Dr Miles Medical Co.
Memphis officials report the Cotton Belt will withdraw its passenger train from Memphis after the rate dispute with the Memphis freight bureau. The railroad will transfer freight and passenger operations to other points, with workers reassigned as offices close. The move follows contention over proposed rate reductions that would burden Memphis business.
Rock Island announces planned grain rate reductions from Omaha and Council Bluffs to Chicago on shipments west of Omaha. Wheat four cents per 100 pounds and corn three cents, due to wartime efficiencies amid railroad competition. Also notes Worthington promoted to assistant director of maintenance and operation in the Pacific system and details of through traffic coordination with Alton Santa Fe joint arrangement.
Horace G Burt, ex president of Union Pacific, writes of his experiences in Japan aboard the Korea stormed by Japanese forces. He and Mrs Burt plan travels to the Philippines, India, and China. Rail officials and staff across the Santa Fe system are reported absent or reassigned due to sickness, other promotions, and ongoing company troubles. General Cronje and Boer War veterans arrive at Newport News aboard the Doune Castle.
A fragmented advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints in children. The illegible text and garble obscure specifics but imply a product pitch and medical claim.
Police report telegraphic tip placed Bell in the city and he and Schreiber were arrested after Bell broke from officers near the jail and leaped into rail yards. Schreiber was recaptured. Bell, alias Hammond and Gresmy, tied to large robberies and sensational Denver escape in October 1904 while en route to Philadelphia.
Huntington April 7 Two men died after a pistol duel outside the North Park convention hall following the Republican district convention. John McFarland, chief of police of North Fork, supported William Dawson while J A Ballard backed Col. Charles F Teter. The rivals encountered as they left the hall and shots were fired.
At the St Louis fair Kansas unveils a corn mosaic pavilion centerpiece a steer sculpted from corn kernels four colors used for eyes and shading. Plasters of grain and grasses form the prairie landscape with electric elevators and marblelike columns. An agricultural poem of wealth in soil asserts corn as art and vitality.
A patient letter from Mrs Lizzie Redding of St Leila Missouri endorses Perruna as the sole effective remedy after others failed She credits the product with restoring energy nerves and health and urges readers to seek Dr Hartman for personalized advice The notice emphasizes spring usage and appeals to women facing female difficulties with claims of curing countless cases
Fragmented OCR text describes a Kansas scene with a pavilion designed by Charles H. Kissalaum of Atchison for a palace of agriculture. It mentions collecting agricultural material, painted models, grouped tinted surfaces, and woodwork methods. The piece also includes unrelated anecdotes about a terrier theft and a Los Angeles resident’s death, plus notes on grasshopper swarms in German East Africa.
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