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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
3
A vintage advertisement promotes Kodol as a tonic to prevent summer sickness by curing indigestion. It claims 99 percent of summer illnesses stem from digestion problems, listing symptoms like belching gas heartburn and loss of appetite while praising EC DeWitt Co of Chicago as the maker.
An advertisement touts Dr Hoff's Wonderful Medicine as the only radical cure for consumption asthma tuberculosis and other lung troubles. It claims endorsement by top physicians and lists Dr Grosslauser of Quincy Street Topeka as the maker using imported drugs with a 41 00 dose for four weeks treatment.
A series of transfers including G Talcott to Sarah A Forrester for lot 9 on Jefferson street Crane’s addition. Martha Hopkins and husband to Anna Greenwood for £160 covering lots 449-451 and So Sea SNe Fae aRorona a Sectay. Macferran to John Hing for 3400, lot 228 in Hore's addition. Wing and wife to W F Evans for 17 dollars, half interest in lots 28-30-22 Ree 34 Teeth avenue west Park addition. Buckner and wife to Topeka & Vinewood Park Ry Co for 426 dollars, part section 5-12-16. J L Wood et al to Topeka & Vinewood Park Co for 350 dollars, part northeast quarter 6-12-10. B R Wheeler receiver to Jesse Anderson for 20 dollars, lots 82 and 84 Lawrence street Mulvane & Chase's second addition. D A Mulvane and wife to Jesse Anderson for 30 dollars, lots 82 and 84 Lawrence address Mulvane & Chase's second addition.
The Knights of Pythias supreme lodge closed its biennial session in San Francisco with the installation of officers for the next two years. The next meeting is announced for Louisville, Kentucky, in 1904. The remaining content references Satin-Skin Cream and Satin-Skin Powder, priced at 25 cents.
The Santa Fe announces a dozen deluxe drawing room sleepers for the California Limited trains. Each car will have seven state rooms and two drawing rooms with full toilet facilities, hot and cold water, and elaborate finishes in vermillion, cocoa, maple, and marquetry. Drawing rooms will cost about three times a double berth, with Topeka to Denver fares around 450 and Topeka to Los Angeles or San Francisco around 1400, plus a library car, observation sleeper, and dining car in the standard lineup.
Wellington August 21 railroad division workers plan to form a general store in Wellington with a manager to run it. About a thousand railroad men are said to take stock, each contributing 35 to 50 dollars. The idea recalls a past Sumner county farmers attempt that failed, and two grocery failures in Wellington last month suggest stiff price competition.
Mexican Central announces engineers will work across the Texas border at El Pan, locating a line to San Antonio. St Louis is becoming the railroad’s hub as management seeks traffic with U S railroads. Expected ties with Frisco and Rock Island, with an eventual agreement after Frisco reaches San Antonio. First line from San Pedro to Paredes under construction, grading and track work underway near Be Pedro and Paredon.
A new line connects Sandoval to Apules with a branch to Santa Ana. It runs 46 miles from Lecherin to Sandoval, plus a 10 mile branch to Pachuca. Maximum grade 1 percent and curvature 2 degrees. Grading is underway for about 12 miles from Lecherta with track ballast already on the ground. A survey is also in progress for an extension to the eastern terminus, location pending.
The Oberlin Kansas community reacts to Burlington line cutting passenger service to one second class train daily. Oberlin City Council convened to urge Burlington officials to restore adequate, fair train accommodations for local residents and shipping interests, calling citizens to a meeting August 18, 1902.
The Santa Fe adopts electric headlights for locomotives while critics from the St. Louis Republic warn double track operation may be dazzled by bright headlights. A Monon wreck near Hammond prompts officials to assess visibility and safety implications across rail lines. The Rock Island reportedly finds the system successful though concerns linger over opposing-train visibility.
Experiments in a Tilluptee Central device fit box cars with ball bearing journals to ease movement. Four sets of three quarter balls support thrust on curves with journals rated for 14,000 pounds crush and 23,000 pounds on smaller balls. A loaded car moved a distance to New Orleans and back, suggesting seven year journal life and potential for easier train movement.
An old advertisement portrays a sick woman hesitating yet hopeful as it touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims the medicine grants confidence, opens investigation, and offers cures for weakening ailments, inflammation, and related female health issues.
A great exodus of railroad boiler makers from Topeka spreads across western shops with 130 positions open in eastern shops. Grand Boilermakers chief McNeill met in town, urging relocation to eastern lines where western men are preferred. Some crews head to San Bernardino for service work while others seek nearby cities, as Osawatamie and other hubs attract labor.
In Kansas City Kansas the commissioners appointed by Judge E Lo Fischer began appraising the Orient railway right of way. The route runs from Kerr's park south end, northeast to Seventh street, then parallels the Kansas City Northwestern line to First street, with about one hundred properties to be condemned.
Daily routine continues as staff shift due to long service while a new white shop building is mapped. A temporary superintendent and a Whit ing Bardpment company rep oversee erection of a boiler and machine shop with a steel frame and veranda. Meanwhile a derailment delays a wrecker as carriages are raised and inspected.
Four year old boy suffered stomach cramps and color. Doctor prescribed morphine, patient worsened. Half a teaspoonful of Calle Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy given, child improved within an hour and slept. E J Wiel Lake Wisconsin. Mir Wilkins for the Sheil Lake Lumber Co.
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