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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1899
Page
3
A reader recounts persistent illness and ineffectual care until a tonic, likely Dr. Bitney Pile, is claimed to have cured him. The item mentions Poeter Milburn Co and local agents, suggesting an advertisement format for a medicinal product.
Col. Inty t.-Grorge Dixon defended the world featherweight title by defeating Tommy White in a twenty round match in Denver. The fight drew a large crowd of about two thousand spectators as Dixon pressured White with body and head punches, finally securing a decision after master referee Masterson announced Dixon as winner.
Fragmented, OCR like text references a petition or appeal to President McKinley and Prohibition figures. It mentions Jowhus J. Baltey of Podtydetpiin, Freeiden, Hiram Prev of Washingon, HL. Moore of Bowl, Dr. Janes Tans and C. Hok Patina Pha, Fonkin Levering of Baltimore, and others. The text discusses interpretations by a council or committee and names various places and people in a garbled congressional style, with references to dates, committees, and political actions amid unclear details. The readable fragments imply a formal appeal or proposal to authorities over policy or law.
A garbled wartime era note details J Warren a Santa Fe designer facing hotel revenue charges. The text mentions other figures like Jetars and a Sana proprietor, with blurred dates and locations, suggesting a local court or business dispute involving money and terms.
The New York Tribune reports that in the not distant future a new transcontinental railway may be established. Rumors persist that the Pennsylvania System and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe will combine to form a vast coast to coast line linking the Pacific with the Atlantic.
A fragmentary account details a middle division picnic with prizes and races. Names such as Pick-Sed Velidie, Mattie Eisley, and Newton Book Company appear as donors, while references to races, prize lists, and parade arrangements suggest a county fair or local carnival program. The text lists hot dishes, handicaps, and a card game schedule, with multiple inchoate mentions of organizers and benefactors.
The Santa Fe Railway plans to withdraw the current 0 cent scale to New York via the Gulf and replace it with a 1.37 scale on July 20. Officials say the action will not affect efforts to secure a direct airway route and have wired to New York for confirmation.
An advertisement touts Pabst Mair Extract The Best Tonic as a flesh and tissue builder that will make a woman plump and round, restore fullness, and enhance all lines of beauty. It promises sparkling eyes rosy cheeks and improved facial and body shape.
York reports commercial interests in Chicago plan a scheme to force gulf lines to drop current rates and seek use of the interstate commerce commission to require lower and shorter haul rates. They claim Texas points are discriminated, with Texas rates higher than farther points, prompting a move to raise the overall scale to an equitable basis.
Santa Fe Railroad enhances locomotive quality with new compound engines for Chicago Denver trains and improved freight speed. Engines No 287 recently arrived at Topeka yards with a 150 ton load, demonstrating unprecedented pulling power. The railroad press notes the tandem compound design as a major freight traffic advance and cites engineers nationwide praising the class upgrade.
D B Robinsso, president of the St Louis and San Francisco system, reports Kansas wheat harvest at 40 000 bushels and cotton at 270 007 bales. Winter wheat yield estimated at 1 60 8 bushels. crops offset by increased corn and rye acreage. Railroads enjoy rising tonnage as harvesting equipment movement stays large.
The owner of Iron Mountain sandstone quarries near Cheyenne has closed a contract with Paton Pacific for 10 cars of stone for immediate delivery. The stone will be used for additions to the Union Pacific roundhouse at Laramie and the new roundhouse at Rawlins. A large force was dispatched to the quarries to speed production.
Manager Dickinaan and Union Pacific officials visited today to inspect repairs and safety work along the line. Maintenance aims to finish Nebraska line balleting by spring and cutoffs west of Tarumic by October, though steel may arrive next spring. A Straight smokestack test on Denver engine No. 1 proved highly satisfactory, promising universal adoption to reduce fuel use and improve steaming.
News from the Rock Island route and Santa Fe lines report extended Colorado travel, reduced rates, and busy passenger movement. Rail officials discuss new engines from Dickson Works, inspections in private cars, and forthcoming double windowed chair cars.
In a court filing Mrs Bell recounts family disputes with sister Mrs Nancy J McGrath over a deed to a farm west of the city. She alleges mismanagement by McGrath and seeks to set aside the deed citing failures to honor the trust and improper use of assets. The case ties to ongoing tensions and a vanished equipment dispute. The report notes related stories from the State Journal and local context in Wabaunsee County.
Police and detectives hunt John Jordan, Bill Collins, and four colored men tied to the McFarland murder. Witnesses name connections across Topeka Denver Pueblo and Alma. Reports describe attempted lynching, watch transfers, and arrests in Newton Hutchinson Wichita.
Missouri Pacific Railway eyes extending from Joplin to Galena to secure mineral output gains and consolidate Gould roads. Agents have worked the field, surveys completed, and a contract planned soon to join key lines before severe weather.
Train crews receive a chain and jack for fast cars to block openings on platforms when air is absent. Chains stretch across platform openings to deter people from walking through. The report notes a rate of one fare was established.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox announces she will forfeit $5,000 to prove she did not author the poem Solitude. The article notes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s disputed attribution and current public discussion, detailing Wilcox’s offer and the counterclaim by “Colonel” Joee. The piece also mentions related poems and a Philadelphia game score snippet included in the publication.
The Spiritualists in Topeka escalate the clash with Major Van Voorhis and lawyer E. Chesney. Chesney faces malpractice charges in district court, with sermons and printed dodgers accusing him of misdeeds. Judge Hazen will hear the Chesney matter next Monday. A separate item notes the Cologne cruiser Colombia arriving Cape Town bound for Cape To wn.
In Topeka residents report strong results from Morrow's Kidne-olds the kidney remedy used daily by many locals. Testimony from CL Wilton and others claims cure of kidney backache dizziness and sleeplessness when directions are followed. The product is not pills but tablets packed in wooden boxes and sells for fifty cents a box at Bristle Holliday's drug store. Manufactured by John Morrow Co. Chemists Springfield Ohio.
Garden City announces cowboy races for September 14 and 15 at the Firmey county fair. Entries due by 6 pm each day. Wave Deen distances adjusted. five horses per race string. four entries per heat. Also notes heat time and daily prize changes.
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