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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1900
Page
3
A testimonial advertorial claims Eladia E. Veegetablie Compound cures fits peculiar to women, tones health, eases nerves, relieves backaches, regulates menstruation, and treats inflammation and displacements by acting on the female body. It warns that alternatives may be dangerous and cites many letters of cure.
An entire family near Calico Hook in Marion County died after eating toadstools believed to be mushrooms. Local physicians report multiple poisonings and a deadly outcome for all members involved.
In a garbled report from Ohio, references to a supposed cure named Infastum appear. The fragment mentions an infant oil and a bottle offered for recovery but lacks verifiable details or credible attribution, leaving the claim unproven and unclear. The text cites a Dr Curtis Tishur or Tockweltur and a local druggist, with no established efficacy.
An advertisement lists rail and travel options including $20.00 fare, July 39 dates, and August departures from Cheyenne with connections to Denver Colorado Springs and Utah. It promotes the International Convention Hospital Young People’s Union and notes sale of tourist rates to Colorado and Utah from Missouri plains to Denver and Salt Lake City.
Topeka schedule lists a fast train to Chicago via the Santa Fe leaving at 7 00 p.m. and arriving around 7 40 p.m. The service offers standard and patina seating and mentions an old relative arriving with train names and stops to Chicago.
Rail freight to San Francisco surges after opening of the San Joaquin route. From 100 to 260 cars daily move east to the city, as shippers favor the Santa Fe over the Southern Pacific amid anti-SP sentiment in California. Santa Fe, Mooney and Oceanic lines discuss cooperation to maintain cross-rail traffic.
Charles Dorman,代理 of the Columbian Electric Axle Light company of New York, with Milton Plager,introduces the new axle lights for Santa Fe passing coaches. The system, claiming to blend best features of rivals, is set to standardize lighting across cars. The Santa Fe will retrofit cars previously using older lighting, with remaining equipment upgraded as materials arrive.
At a board meeting of the Tratiwad Yo MO A the secretary Jon Coldwell resigned to take direct August. Thomas E. Prout of the Keattrend MO A in Argentis will fill the vacancy by appointment. Coldwell has been a diligent worker and helped grow the organization to about 615 members. He has actively supported the coffee room and other departments and members regret his departure. He has not yet decided his next role.
Bids received at Chicago for twenty new Santa Fe locomotives to be used in passenger service. Construction aims to complete by year end. Units to strengthen western routes and boost speed and power on the system.
St Joseph July 10 The drastic changes in Grand Island railway leadership sweep through the system with wholesale staff layoffs. Only one senior official remains, as passenger agent and other key roles are reassigned. several foremen and shop workers are moved or released.
Baggage agent Walsh Patrick Walsh of the Sanita Pe returned yesterday from San Francisco where he has spent two weeks writing the bundle of baggage men on the San Joaquin Valley road. He says operations on the new road are progressing well and weather was favorable. In the west he met Robert S. Gordon now baggage master for the Santa Fe at San Francisco and formerly a resident of Topeka and a long time baggage master at Colorado Springs.
A fragmented report tracks Osborne and a corps of engineers forming a field party in Mexico and Kansas City to locate Stilwell’s line from Chituahum meditty del Norte to Olstabce of IB miles. It notes a coastal Stilwell line between Kun ewe City and Port Stilwell on the Pacific with ticket sales and a return window until September 30, amid joint regulations and wartime efforts in a West Kansas City context.
Kansas City scene tickets for visiting western points went on sale last night with roughly equal numbers of tickets sold and extended. A vacancy on the Howard branch of the Santa Fe has posted a roundhouse bulletin seeking engineer and fireman applicants. The oldest applicant will get the post. A weed burning engine arrived at the Richison depot for a trial run with Master Mechanic Weller and Superintendent Do Bernard aboard. The engine will burn weeds along the track at about six miles per hour.
In the Santa Fe yard district Faris under Statative Fisduct and staff changes: Dan Shannon lays off while Gens Drew lays off. Henry returns to the machine shop. Stene transfers from bell yard to roundhouse trac group. Haruly returns after an absence of several days.
Chicago adventurer Peter Nissen also known as E Bowser or Howser braved Niagara Falls whirlpool in his 20 foot craft Fool Killer towed from a rock above the rapids. The vessel rode the current, capsized several times, and was recovered by a bystander. Nissen described a harrowing journey with cold, fatigue, and near-drowning before being hauled ashore.
An old advertisement promotes Cincinnati round trips via the Santa for July 10 to 12 with long-winded testimonials about cures from Dec tric Bitters and Burdock Blood Bitters. The notice includes dubious medical claims and a mix of names and places, reflecting vintage health supplement rhetoric.
An early 20th century advertisement-style piece claims kidneys filter waste, warns overwork causes blood toxicity and pain, and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal remedy with sample offers and mail order details. It ties kidney health to many constitutional diseases and urges treatment by doctors.
In remarks on the Stevenson vice presidential nomination, Overmyer says Stevenson would boost votes in Kansas. He cites Stevenson as a steadfast silver advocate, labor friend, Illinois coal-mining manager, Kentuckian by birth, and a unifying figure who enjoyed broad support and long support from reformers.
In compliance with a mill agreement, most Fall River mills suspend operations for four weeks due to weak demand for print cloth. Nearly twenty thousand workers are affected as production slows across the industry.
Lord Salisbury United States Ambassador Choate and Mel Choate dined with the queen at Windsor last evening. Her majesty will visit London on July 11 for the garden party at Buckingham Palace.
Chicago Democrat, once the Dispatch, an Adan era paper founded in 1592, suspends its daily edition and will continue as a weekly under Mathun & Lords. The note cites lack of patronage as the reason for discontinuance. Dr. D. B. Cargtia of Wastita, LT, praises Electric Bitters as a blood purifier curing years of scrofula and sores, with 30 cent price advice.
Attorneys Garver and Austin urge the city to condemn the present water works plant. They argue appointing preselected appraisers would avoid protracted disputes, while condemna tion would enable the city to take the property. A proposed agreement with preappointed appraisers could work, but blind action risks a damaging legal fight.
Wyandotte Democrats press Kansas City favors to house the state committee headquarters in Topeka, with offers deemed liberal but no pledge to relocate. Meanwhile a garbled section references counterfeit products and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve warnings about fake remedies and dangerous agents.
Councilman Morgan introduced a plan requiring the city attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting firearms within city limits. The measure passed unanimously amid Fourth of July incidents involving blank and nonblank cartridges. Penalties set at not less than $2 nor more than $20 per offense. Seaton street hitching rule defeated. Piercy street opening from Lene to West streets adopted.
Lincoln Nev July 10 leaders of the Democratic party met to outline a national campaign plan. A joint campaign committee with members from Democratic Silver Republican and Populist parties will direct working of the campaign and pursue fusion on state and congressional tickets. Chicago is likely as national headquarters.
Omaha July 10 William Nev ia a Populist congressman from the Sixth Nebraska district was unanimously renominated by the fusion congressional convention He had been chosen a year to fill the unexpired term of W J Green Populist deceased signalizing continued party harmony in the district.
The inventory of the late vice president Garrett A. Hobart was filed in Paterson New Jersey. It lists the personal estate at 2208411 dollars with bonds in 26 corporations and stock in over 160 companies. A device in the report notes the estate and its holdings.
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