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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss digestion and possible remedies. The text mentions enzymes, stomach function, and a question about cures without clear medical guidance. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are readable.
A Saturday newsboys picnic led from a charity trip on a Rock Island line to a chaotic scene as youths hijacked a car of watermelons during a baseball game. Officers recovered many melons, while players and spectators pursued culprits and resumed play.
Fragments describe youths scrambling to jump a moving freight train near Topeka as cars lurched away. Some escaped before dawn, while others faced peril on the rails. Injuries and fatalities are implied but not detailed in the readable text.
A group of boys enjoyed a day of mischief across rail cars, jumping from trains and raiding melons, while police kept restraint with only corporal measures. No injuries reported as they returned to Topeka, and a Rock Island official sought Mr Nisley for comment on the episode.
Rock Island Railway announces President A A Robinson transfers office to St Louis with headquarters in Bank of Commerce building. He will split time between St Louis and City of Mexico as through traffic with Mexican Central is finalized, enabling through trains to Mexico City. Cholera Infantum treatments advertised with Chamberlain's remedy and castor oil offered by druggists.
After the game the boys were marched to the railroad eating house where they lined up for sandwiches cakes crackers and fruit handed out in paper sacks. Some boys fretted as the supply dwindled while a spectator cried out about the crowd. Mr Nissley did not intend to eat but helped drive the hungry players to the yard for lunches similar to those given to the crowd. Cans of buttermilk were shared and the scene included playful teasing and wagon loads of fruit.
The article reports persistent rumors of Rock Island seeks control via Frisco and Santa Fe moves, with stock gains in St Louis and San Francisco. It details plans for a refinancing and a new Chicago Rock Island and Pacific company to gain control, possibly issuing bonds and stock to secure debt and expand to the City of Mexico.
An OCR fragment notes Seeeene All Mever sold by Sterling Remedy Co. of Chicago or New York. The terse line hints at a health product promotion in a midwestern/early 20th century catalog or newspaper ad.
In St Louis a plan to redraw Rock Island passenger territory follows a Chicago meeting. Mantz is named as district passenger agent in St Louis, with Jennings moved to freight and other changes. The article notes industry chatter about potential Atchison Rock Island consolidation and its effects on routes to the Pacific and Galveston.
Chicago reports that Union Pacific, or its financiers, has purchased the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad. Key figures include E H Harriman and J D Rockefeller alongside William Rockefeller H H Rogers George J Gould and James Stillman. Details remain secret with public announcement possible days away.
General Log Mulberry of the International Association of Machinists said in a conference at Cleburne that the 400 workers’ dispute would be settled soon. The union will demand all men be rehired first, with further grievances addressed afterward. Also noted is Hammond’s resignation as Frisco System maintenance superintendent to join the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad as general manager effective August.
Fragmentary report mentions unplangar cars, repairs, and individuals including Frank Maude, Jesse Dix, John Becker, and Suir Peelie. References hospital, sick leg, and employments with scattered, garbled phrasing and missing context.
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