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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
10
Fifty thousand women testify to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound easing painful periods and irregular menstruation. The ad claims severe menstruation strains vitality and offers advice from Lynn Massachusetts. It asserts long standing effectiveness and no other medicine matches the record of cure.
A Kansas & Southern railway expansion is urged to reach Emporia from its connection with the Union Pacific in Pottawatomie county and later link with Stilwell's Orient road. The move, promoted by Emporia’s Business Men’s Association, aims to cross the Kansas Drives and connect with the Missouri Pacific, offering potential rail access for Westmoreland and surrounding areas. Wheeler, president of the Kansas & Southern, expresses interest in negotiations and visiting Emporia to discuss extension plans and possible aid.
Retiring Railroad Y M C A secretary John Coldwell was honored at a farewell reception in the Y M C A parlors last evening. The hall was decorated with white buntings blue lighting and red drapery. A short musical program followed with light refreshments as Coldwell received a handsome umbrella and leather rocking chair from members.
The Rock Island replaces wooden spans with 40 or 60 foot steel sections at Elmont Valencia Prxico Maple Hill and McFarland sites. Weather delayed work since last April and more bridges follow near Faiton with 40 foot spans.
Report says Rook Island shows interest in a railroad arrangement with Southern Pacific. Sources indicate a direct arrangement may divert business from Baltimore and northern points. Hamburg interests are discussed as potential partners with promised traffic guarantees.
Denver Aug 11 The Santa Fe railroad will inaugurate the first extensive block signal system in the West on the Denver to Pueblo track. The project includes extending passing tracks to near two-track capacity, plus several cut offs and curve strengthening to shorten running time.
Parific the first of 1901 will not seriously affect their casters through business. It is highly probable that the Rio Grande will during the coming winter install the block system on part of its road from Pueblo to Walsenburg. Santa Fe and Colorado & Southern trains would share that track making extension north to Denver likely. The block signal system reduces train operation trouble to a minimum and eliminates rear or head end collisions.
Pueblo Aug. 11 reports say Santa Fe railroad will start straightening its Pueblo north line and improving grades for miles, seen as a step toward reaching Cripple Creek. Officials have long eyed Cripple Creek Victor and nearby camps for standard gauge service from Chicago, energizing through cars and through billing from the Great Lakes region. Authorities estimate the line would capture about three-fifths of the district’s business, signaling a future extension into the Cripple Creek gold district.
Notices posted in the Santa Fe roundhouse advertise engine vacancies and urge applications. Engineers Harry Jones and TL Hayman assigned to June 5. Fireman James Starr assigned to routes between Kansas City and Chanute. Dr. Ash placed in regular pool replacing Charles Metzger. Flower of the West lodge No 205 to hold a special meeting Sunday at Frank Crawford’s home, 427 Jefferson Street. attendance urged as questions of importance will be discussed.
Trustler George Sherman undergoes examination for a Perret position. Excelsior Springs baseball seeks Kansas tour. Engineer EC Webb lays off, heading to Argentina. Trainmaster sauncera returns from Colorado. trip praised. Letter from Walter Nelson, now in Stockton, California, reports good position and satisfaction with the country. Extras issued: two boxcars for wheat shippers along the Santa Fe. Charley Thomas granted three weeks leave, visiting Dodge City then Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Herby and daughter depart for Colorado Springs and Denver, two weeks away. They may visit California. Mr. Herby says that is an error. S. & slack waver inspector enjoying a few days’ visit at Salina. Conductor Rhodes travels to Asberry. family plans move here next year. Brakemen McKlerman laying off. goes to Topeka. Brakeman Sylvers nursing a masked thumb. Conductor Thornburg slightly under the weather but plans car duty. Union Pacific telegraph operators now use Hamilton at Jewel watches. Lineman W. H. Day seeks trouble between Junction City and Chapman. wires found tied by barbwire along the Kansas Patis.
Firemen Smith and Mack Tucker service a wrat end in Woodward this morning. Yardmaster Murray resumes duties after days off for personal matters. Henry Arnold resigns as night car inspector for the Santa Fe in this area to pursue farming in Missouri. Arnold writes friends in Wellerton about his progress. A fragile incident with cattle loading at Gage, where a Texas steer tripped a lantern, causing it to break and roll through the yard. The event unsettled the yard crew but no injuries are reported.
From Goodland California Boies becomes train dispatcher. Fireman Hugh Robertson visited Denver this week. Engineer B Hamilton returned from Iowa and Illinois. Conductor EB Young and wife returned from Iowa. A colored porter travels nightly on No 1 to Goodland and back on No 6 to assist the train. Typhoid fever concerns nearby families as they pass through the town.
In Topeka the colored “hoodoo” doctor Sam Jones was found insane by a probate court jury. He claimed to read minds and foretell elections, boasting of talent and a 76 year lifespan. He asserted Abraham Lincoln and McKinley as future presidents, while locals recall his dangerous spells on Third and Quincy street.
Rev. A L Power of Imperia Kas praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a neighbor suffered severe stomach illness. The neighbor tried doctors without relief before taking the remedy and recovering completely. For sale by druggists.
Denver to Rock Island Route connections to Colorado Springs and Pueblo offered at 19.00 round trip with on sale dates August 7 21 September 4 and 11 final return October 31. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen discuss moving headquarters from Peoria with Chicago Milwaukee and Indianapolis discussed as alternatives. Public health commentary promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female health and motherhood, with details about mail order and stamp costs.
In Fort Scott on August 11 Carl Browne son-in-law of General Coxey spoke on North Main Street from a buggy, recounting his Washington trip and socialism. He recently returned to Freedom, claims many talents, created a flying machine patent plan, and attracts attention with his flashy dress. The labor colony couple live on an acre lot, rely on colony labor and lectures for income, while Coxey builds a steel plant in Ohio.
Major Tom Anderson of the Commercial club asks Kansas newspapers to promote the Good Roads Congress to be held in Topeka September 25 to 28. A macadam road project will be built under General E G Harrison with an exhibition by major road equipment manufacturers. The program includes auto and motorcycle races and speeches by James Wilson Charles Emory Smith Martin Dodge and others on Good Roads and Rural Free Delivery.
The Burlington-Northern Pacific Express offers through service from Grand Island to the Northwest including Montana Washington Oregon and Puget Sound with connections at Billings. Travel times to Central Montana in 34 hours and Puget Sound in 61 hours from the Missouri River. Through coaches dining service sleepers and standard sleepers. Informational notices from J C Bramball and executives Wakeley and Howard Elliott with Kansas City and St. Louis offices.
The Earl Sisters Maud and Hazel Earl are famed aerialists with Wallace Shows. Audiences in Europe, Mexico, and Canada praised their act. Australia plans a syndicate to fund a 12 week tour costing twenty two thousand dollars plus expenses. They are with the Great Wallace Shows at Topeka on Friday, August 17.
Tickets for Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs travel via the Santa Fe go on sale August 1 and 2 with return by October. Stopover allowed on the going trip after Pueblo. Also sold August 19 and 20 at the same rate, return by September 20.
Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo report that Marshall's Band will render an interesting programme tomorrow afternoon at Garfield Park. The concert is scheduled for 3 p m with tickets on sale in August.
An old society ad proclaiming how women wear a smile to please society, masking illness. It links dull eyes and sallow skin to mucous lining problems and endorses Peruna as a tonic to revive health. Free copy of "Health and Beauty" offered by Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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