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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1903
Page
10
An assortment of ladies Bia Oe cotton and Egyptian Jersey Ribbed Vests, misses gray mixed Union Suits, and children's camel hair vests with pants offered at Saturday sale prices. Military pad supporters and elastic garters are advertised with various price points, including 5c to 50c per pair and 75c to 90c for higher quality items.
Railroad fares set at one and a third from December 18 to 24 for Washburn students with certificates required. Faculty vote to begin holiday from December 15, aided by railroads offering the reduced rate. Certificates must be shown at the local ticket office. small fees apply in Kansas City and other points.
The Kansas City Journal notes doubts about a yellow fever diagnosis in San Antonio with a city health officer and state inspector debating the case. Officials quarantined the town. tourism slowed, yet residents described the climate as healthiest, and a fair proceeded despite restrictions.
Newton Kan Dec 11 The Newton shox force of pipe filters began piping the pound house for heating adding 5000 feet of steam pipe to the already tall system When finished the Found house will have extensive heating links and old stoves will be relegated to scrap. Frisco trains may reach Hutchinson via Medora by January 1 using Rock Island tracks for eight miles Through service planned. Apprentice machinist in back shop sustained a bad cut and tool knocked out in accident.
A worker was struck in the mouth by a revolving grindstone during routine duties. The injury required multiple stitches and was treated by the company physician. The Newton Kansan Republican notes the incident as reported by local sources.
Illinois Central in 1903 ordered 176 locomotives with 99 delivered. Deliveries include 70 freight engines 183000 lb, four consolidation engines 179600 lb, ten Atlantic passenger engines 178600 lb, five switching engines 11890 lb, and ten more freight engines 200.80 lb. Future orders by April 1 19M include ten Atlantic engines 175600 lb and ten more switching engines 118900 lb and 148000 lb. Total cost near 2 million, largest engine valued between 175000 and 340000 dollars.
Denver report notes a government record for year ending June 1908, compared with Gazette figures, criticizing high casualties and unsafe conditions amid increased train throughput. It highlights unskilled workers, sleep deprivation, and reduced pay, claiming British lines showed poorer outcomes than U.S. rivals.
At Peabody Kansas the California express west bound left the track around 6 30 Wednesday afternoon. Engine and baggage car overturned and two other cars derailed. Engineer William Dix ankle injured. Fireman Peter Hanly lightly injured. Baggageman Bites fractured collar bone. No passengers hurt.
Fort Worth Texas December decile mra Keenan wife of H T Keenan general Worth died this afternoon after an illness spanning many months. Remains will be taken to Quincy Illinois for interment. Walter Keenan son of the deceased, general passenger agent Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad. Not for the Orphans' Asylum. Philadelphia December 1 widow of former president of the Pennsylvania railroad, Mrs J Edgar Thompson, who died last month, did not add her estate of 2500000 to that of her husband. The will leaves her entire estate to her sister Christians Benner Smith. An orphanage for railroad employees is planned.
A. Mudge general manager of the Santa Fe returns from the east after meeting directors. Clarence Lesela, an employee, will be gone about six weeks. Directors who attended the stockholders meeting of the Santa Fe were met here on Tuesday.
Extensive detective text shows a network of tariff evasion and price control schemes tied to eastern routes. Central Passenger Association notes that most lines east of Chicago avoided tariffs or promised to, with only a few held to different paths.
Jefferson City Missouri December 1 The supreme court refused to call a jury to try the case of Attorney General Crow against the terminal interests. The decision ends the jury option in this suit and directs further legal steps.
Topeka State Journal notes Rowley and Snow report a rise in rest formers customers for Mio-na based remedies. Advertisers claim Bilona aids digestion and appetite, with Rowley & Snow noting Mio-na as best selling in stock. Public notices urge druggists in cities to stock the product.
The Santa Fe and other rail lines begin preparations to handle heavy holiday traffic this year. Rate changes include one and one third fares when standard fares meet certain thresholds. Tickets on sale November 3 to January 1 with return limits through January 4. Mr Rice, Topeka storekeeper, will oversee a new Santa Fe storehouse opening in Haton M and inspect La Junta improvements.
In Omaha on December 11 the United States grand jury reported twenty two indictments in western Nebraska bribery and land fencing probes. Charges include a former state senator over postmaster appointment at Alma and multiple ranchmen in Cherry and Custer counties. The case cites Bartlett Richards and the Nebraska Land and Feeding company as central figures with large fenced ranges and alleged official collusion. The jury plans a supplementary report naming more ranchmen and a former official.
Wichita Kansas reports on a lodge celebration with members from Albert Pike and visiting officers from Topeka and other centers. The account notes a formal reception and ceremonial activities marking the lodge’s event, though some OCR text is garbled in places.
A brief note explains that sterility in women is very rare and invites women who think they are sterile to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice to all would be and expectant mothers.
The Norton County Fair Association met at Elmswood Park and elected Gen Moulton president Geo Moulton and H J Mills as officers with C J Shimenth as secretary. Directors named include C J Shimeall IH Miz CM Sawyer B A Stiffel F E Kennedy and W Wheeler. The group reports a financially sound year despite a vegetable snow year context.
D J Pulr answers suit by Frank D Trekel alleging involvement with a lumber trust formed over a year ago to fix prices and curb competition. He cites large southwest firms as members and notes others may exist, some unnamed. Also mentions Arkansas City sugar beet topic and Grange session with new members and farm address focus.
A fragment mentions Pisyer and a product called Piso’s Cure for coughs and colds. It references years on and tilts the bent, with odd phrasing like Starmexures.
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