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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
3
An advertisement proclaims Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for sick and despairing individuals. It cites testimonial claims, including John W. Boyd of Mishawaka Indiana, who says rheumatic pain eased after partial use, allowing him to work and gain weight.
Rest and health to mother and child path. Winslow's Soothing Syrup claimed to soothe the child soften gums allay pain cure wind colic and diarrhea. Promoted as a trusted remedy by millions of mothers worldwide with a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
Kansas youth Frank A. Waugh, raised in McPherson County, trained at State Agricultural College, taught horticulture at Vermont and now near election to Massachusetts Agricultural College chair, with endorsement from a Massachusetts regent. Cholera infantum warned and claimed curable with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. castor oil suggested, sold by druggists.
Railroad bulletin reports the Santa Fe Colorado Division operating smoothly with no interruptions or delays. Officials cite steady freight and passenger movement, strong demand, and efficient scheduling as factors behind the continued reliability.
The Colorado division of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe operates the block system for 180 miles from Denver to Pueblo. About one third of stations rely entirely on telephone communication with telegraph links at principal posts. Additional stations were added to knit the system, and every alternate office provides telegraph service for train location data. Semaphore signals use a 45 degree tilt for caution and a distant signal for limited view. Santa Fe has long pursued signal improvements in the West and has introduced a new signaling system on Raton Mountain. Superintendent Gaunt, now in Los Angeles, oversees major reconstructions and repairs as quadruple lines from La Junta to Albuquerque near completion, signaling potential coast-wide enhancements. Gaunt is a strong advocate of telephone use in railroad work and is noted for inventing a method of telephoning over telegraph.
Strikers claim three Santa Paula boilermakers, among the present force at work patching boilers, were among the best. One man, a union member, says he was drunk in a Sacramento car, woke in a box car hotel, and chose to work out the week. An official pressured him before quitting, alleging the man was a traitor. The other two quit, neither are union men, but plan to join and obtain cards before leaving.
A Dig benefit ball for San Bernardino boilermakers drew nearly 1000 tickets sold mainly in the east and along the Santa Fe line. San Bernardino saw 300 tickets sold and 120 couples lined up for the grand march. Tickets were priced at $1 each. Moving Santa Fe offices in Los Angeles began July 15 as the company shifts to Conservative Site quarters, affecting several hundred employees.
Rushing Breakers to Cheyenne prompts near 9 union machinists and workers to set day and night pickets. Line of lookouts runs from the depot to the yards as company officials say they face no trouble in finishing the work amid tensions surrounding the new mel.
Fragmentary text describes a strike context with mentions of Frank Beneeran and wage or warrant ideas, but content is garbled and lacks clear facts, dates, or locations.
James Balliger heads the Rock Island steel gang based in Wellington, Kansas, moving to lay 85 pound rails to Fort Worth with 115 mile end at Chickasha. After a slow period due to management changes and harvest layoff, the crew, now paid $1.11 daily, advances one mile of track and plans to rebuild to Caldwell within a month, aiming to reach Chickasha eventually.
A Chicago dispatch reports Santa Fe plans to gain control of Oceanic Steamship Co, operator of routes from San Francisco to Hawaii and Australia. Under Spreckels ownership, Oceanic stock valued about 2.5 million dollars. a Santa Fe move could transfer Oceanic property with little resistance. Santa Fe has shifted its Pacific coast focus to San Francisco, previously failing to secure Oriental service with Hamburg American and Pacific Mall lines, and now eyes Oceania as a fit for its strategy.
Denver July 15 General Auditor H J Bettis and two assistants examined Union Pacific Freight cashier Edgar H Neff in Denver He is said to have misappropriated nearly 8000 with a reported 3000 short discovered July 4 Investigators linked the loss to gambling or speculation Neff who has served 12 years as cashier resides Welton Street and has been relieved from duty He is bonded for 25008 and the railroad faces a financial setback
Chicago reports the Milwaukee and St Paul road denies any westward extension to the Pacific coast. No surveys west of Missouri have been made. The company plans to develop current Seana territory and would not depart from this policy, risking rifts with Union Pacific, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific.
The Chicago Rock Island and Mexico railway elects M A Low as president with J H Conlan as vice president and general superintendent and J M Meyers as secretary and treasurer. G Dayton resigns as roadmaster. H H Myers named interim. Multiple staff changes and illnesses noted among shop workers and car repair crews.
The Santa Fe car shop workers endure high temperatures and accidents as crews report illnesses and injuries. Foremen A R Davis and James Ford supervise amid staff shifts, with several men away on vacation or recovering from heat exposure and a sore arm. Nearby events include a planned baseball game between Santa Fe and Democratic Flambeau teams and the return of long-time workers to night shifts.
The court in Sealand has awarded the estate to Frederick Mare of A8 county as the heir to a fortune left by a deceased party. Details indicate the will and rights were settled this week, with Mare positioned as the beneficiary amid proceedings that touched local employees and associates.
Local clubs Topeka and Emporia Elis meet in a ball game at Emporia. Adriana Sherman pitches for Topeka with Dr. A B Hogeboom as catcher. Other players include Wilt Curry Jess Goddard Wilt Coulson Frank Bennett and substitutes from the lodge contingent. The item notes an obituary for Mrs Chas Godfrey Leland and announces a 10 day excursion train to Chautauqua Lake with Chicago fare.
Charles Roshrig a former Topeka resident who worked in the Banta Pe shops was severely scalded in Cheyenne Wyoming last Saturday when a leaking flue caused steam pressure to rise and burst a pipe. He had gone to Cheyenne to work in the Union Pacific machine shop.
Superintendent Frank Nelson sends letters to all higher institutions of the state asking heads to prepare brief sketches of each institution history. In forty years this is the first such move and Nelson believes the colleges should be gathered into a coherent form for his forthcoming report.
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