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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
3
Several lots of Kansas real estate will be sold to the highest bidder on or before August 25. Interested parties should send details to the office handling the properties for consideration.
The report notes orders directing recruitment of ten new volunteer regiments mainly in New England and central western states while Kansas and Pennsylvania are seen as best for recruiting. It states little effort will be made in the Midwest and cites prior success in Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, and gulf states. The move adds about 23 000 to strength for a total army of 2 045 000. volunteers already called are deemed sufficient for potential needs. Recruiting at Vancouver Barracks for the Thirty-fifth and related regiments continues, with remaining excess destined for Philippines units still forming.
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Real estate in Topeka and vicinity shows a boom with rising demand and higher prices. Real estate men like W C Stephenson M Wood S Marhes B Merriam and others report robust activity, new pavement boosting western districts, scarce desirable rentals, and several planned business street developments. Accidents came with distressing frequency on the farm. Cuts bruises stings sprains Dr Thomas electric Oil relieves the pain instantly.
Text details Lot 12 on Huntoon Street and Lot 144 on Euclid Avenue East with streets and block references. It notes section duties, copying ordinances, and tax collection responsibilities, plus attestations and seal. Language is garbled but indicates official approval and publication steps.
Kansas City reports spreading rail strike action as Santa Fe initiates a cutoff with the Missouri Pacific and M K and T. Three systems pledge neutrality from the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf, while Rock Island Pacific reverses relations with Pittsburg and Gulf. Chicago Great Western Chicago and Alton St Joseph and Grand Island avoid boycotting. Courts unlikely before U P Wabash and Burlington decide.
The Brooklyne locomotive works will produce a larger locomotive than any before for Timets Central. It is a 13 wheel freight with 12 inch cylinders 24 foot eight inch boiler and eighty seven inch drivers. Weight with tender about 250000 pounds and tractive force near 526000 pounds. The story includes notes on Abilene station improvements Tonkawa Santa Fe traffic and local happenings from Wellington and Ha ton Las Vegas and Chicago notes.
Topeka residents praise Morrow's Kidneyold tablets for backache, kidney and bladder issues, and nervous ailments. Co N Ela of Quincy street reaffirms relief after two boxes, noting long absence of trouble. Tablets are sold at fifty cents for two, mailed on receipt of price from John Morrow & Co. Springfield, Ohio.
In Topeka real estate man Calvin Brower describes severe back pain from railway work and kidney trouble. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with positive relief after using a first box from Rowley & Snow and urges others to try the remedy. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Dynan's.
Trainmaster Fox intends to depart within one week to ten days for Los Angeles and the Pacific coast. He will be joined by Mr. Fox. This will be the first layoff since 2895. Fox plans sea bathing on a steamer to San Francisco then the Centro Pacific to Salt Lake City on return to Las Vegas, with a stop in Colorado to visit railroad men and study mountain railroading. J. W. Gibbons returned to work after his father’s funeral in Kansas City and burial back home in Tilinels.
A reader letter alleges a nurse and management cover up a death at Osawa Asylum. A well-born patient died a week earlier, with no notification or funeral arrangements. The body allegedly remained unembalmed and decomposed, prompting officials to order an immediate local interment, while relatives remained ignorant of the death.
Cleveland figures Afr. Alexander Winton and Charles B Shanks prepare a cross country automobile test next week. They will drive from Chicago to New York about 1100 miles, carrying a message from Brigadier General Anderson to Major General Merritt, with War Department support and a early Monday Pullman start.
Aus. 18 Presidents Rich of Southern Mormon society returned from Frankfort Kentucky where he sought Governor Bradley’s help to shield Mormon elders. Bradley urged Rich to request loyal Kentucky officers and judges for justice and warned that if they failed he would enforce government authority and punish mobs.
The report notes two foxes found by the dogs after a long chase of three hours then both escaped into holes. Ten minutes later a third fox was sighted and after a short pursuit it escaped similarly. In the evening a fourth fox appeared as the pack pressed the chase, totaling 42 dogs involved and their endurance pushed to the limit.
The mayor and city commission enact Ordinance 2079 creating and defining a district boundary in Topeka. The measure, approved in May, outlines administration and enforcement provisions and designates the official paper for notices related to the district.
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