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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
3
An advertisement extols Omega Oil as a superior liniment with a distinctive smell. It claims to be a pure vegetable base, not turpentine or ammonia, and notes four ingredients including a green herb that largely stops pain, likening its effect to a wind blowing out a lamp or water quenching a fire.
A homemaker guide from Re quette Building Chicago explains ginger's origins, types, and adulteration risks. It includes ginger pancakes, chestnut ginger bread, puddings, souffles, and preserved ginger cream, with detailed steps and tips for using ginger in sauces, fillings, and desserts.
Railroad reports blockaded grain ties up hundreds of cars at El Paso as Santa Fe Freight Department orders stop wheat shipments to Mexico. Kansas City origins dominate, with shipments diverted to Galveston and Chicago to speed return. Diaz crackdown on the wheat pool cited as context. Farmers wary of Mexican trade due to legal and tariff risks.
Engineer Mudge of the Santa Fe arrived in Emporia and staked ground for enlarging the roundhouse. The middle of eight engine tubs will gain 12 feet, addressing the need to fit newer locomotives. Fifty years ago the largest engines could enter. now the 1,000 class passenger engines weigh 150 tons and require more space.
Surveyors mark a new Missouri Pacific line through Osage County, with grading starting immediately. The route will pass near Lyndon and Lomax, bypass Osage City, and add about 12 miles of track. Tensions over county seat rivalry are noted as the project ends the earlier dispute.
A meeting of presidents of western railroads is convened in New York City on December 5. The call gives no explicit agenda but hints at major topics for discussion including the impact of railroad consolidations on state legislation and potential measures to address corporate power.
Attendees hear that despite prior consolidations rates remain unstable and traffic managers must heed a solemn warning. Presidents of railways, finance interests on Wall Street, and community leaders will influence the future of rail policy as the meeting underscores the high stakes in freight pricing and market control.
Freight trains will largely return to the cutoff between Holliday Junction and Emporia Junction as repairs near completion. The Kansas City branch will see reduced use, with passenger traffic prioritized on the through line during the overhaul period. Neht operator at Peterton withdrawn and Wellsville day run cut.
Sawdust Avenue mills in Topeka ship four carloads for ice packing along the Santa Fe line this winter. Budgets include shipments to Wellington Newton Woodward Ottawa and Arkansas City at about one car per day. The sawdust fuels night shift furnaces, aiding packing for the company and sent along the line as needed for fire protection.
Steel cars of the Flennerson type undergo thorough trials with 85 000 pounds loaded on one unit. The cars are fully cambered with half inch by four inch steel strips replacing round truss rods. Tests show promising results and the cars are expected to handle a 30 000 pound load. the framework atop a car is nearing completion for service in a few days.
Pueblo December 4 A Denver Rio Grande and Santa Fe railroad switchmen strike ends with an unconditional surrender. Officials refuse to name strikers to other roads to avoid harming individuals records.
Frank Drew a Santa Fe fireman was badly burned in an explosion during a collision at St. Sohn Hun. The blast drove water into the firebox, throwing him from the engine. Martin Maiony, brakeman, was slightly injured. Also notes Topeka men at a Kansas City freight agents meeting and other railroad items including Fred Gay joining Wear Coal to build the Arkiness & Western line toward Waldron and Hot Springs. A Plymouth wreck involved a freight car with scrap iron. four cars overturned. Immigration Agent for Kansas: George M... was named for Houston & Texas Central.
Charles Walsh, an accountant and expert telegrapher, is chosen by the Santa Fe to become company agent and operator at Sterling. F. C. Mangley, General Freight Agent, reviews his position and supports the transfer as Walsh accepts the new duties.
A long list of railroad shop and switch personnel is noted with illness, injuries, and absences. Managers, foremen, and crews from machine, wheel, and boiler shops are referenced along with local travel to Kansas City and Topeka. The report mentions a funeral, Y M C A committee activity, and a few personal health updates among workers.
The text reports on a damaged trust of a fire box door draft and a man named Hayes with medical needs after a fall, noting workers in a freight paint shop, new coal shovelers for gravity chutes, and religious activity by the Topeka Railroad Y. Mt CAL. It mentions a conveyor of tank upgrades and pumping station adjustments across Leavenworth and Osawite, with targets for water supply and rail car maintenance.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Mission Township Farmers Institute is set for December 17 and 18 at Oak Grange. Wednesday features include talks by Dr Henry Wallace, Prof K B Cowgill, Prof Cottrell, and others on farm and household topics with musical interludes and a basket dinner.
Rates listed for round trips from Phoenix to San Antonio El Paso Las Vegas and Hot Springs with various return periods nine months three months and until June 2. Prices shown include 365.00 90.08 4040 51.08 and other figures. Agent contact King Topeka.
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