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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1898
Page
3
A questionable medical pamphlet advocates dry air therapies and sprays for respiratory illness. It promotes AVON 7 20 brometilad and the HYOMEI inhaler as cures, claiming benefits for coughing fever and chest symptoms while urging home use and pocket remedies.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe rheumatism treatment at a New York facility with cited physicians and a request for consultation. The garbled text mentions hospital attachments and directives, but the intended actions and dates are unclear.
Trap to Kent. Hingle or doute, speedy horses, fine fookers, by the hour or day, at Wat son s livery barn Seventh and Van Buren. Four decors gave me up The Perfect Little Pill Beges Little Giants cures Constipation and Indigestion Sick Headache relieved. For sale by Druggista S. S. Ford Ty Ty Ga Beggs Diar Thoea Hassam gives best satisfaction to my customers for all Summer Complaints For sale by Druggists.
Santa Fe Railway changes engine plans to save about 320000 annually. Roswell New Mexico’s adjacent mountains are poised to become a prosperous summer resort once the Pecos Valley extension connects, offering high altitude climate, abundant game and fishing, with a Santa Fe controlled operation guiding freight and seasonal passenger service from Kansas City to Roswell.
Unprecedented output reported in Santa Fe shops with new bulk stock and engines. Two and fifty mammoth 10-Mot furniture cars completed, four 60-foot pattern cars with no platforms, several smaller orders, and five Consolidation engines built for Santa Fe by Dixon works. Wells & Franck Co. completed order for 2000 refrigerator cars. Engine department rebuilds noted as well.
In early Kansas railroad history division supervisors reacted to reports that workers on a rival line had been baptized by a traveling evangelist. He ordered thirty men baptized at the river to match the rival road. The tale includes Santa Fe lodge officers elected at Irwin No. 260 and a damages suit by John F. Delaney against Rock Island Railways over a car peeling incident blamed for a fall and later claimed as general paresis.
The filing in Smith County federal court seeks $15.09 damages for injury and $29,435 for pain and suffering from a banana peel incident. Delaney also claims $245 for doctors bills and $20 for medicine after he slipped and struck his head on an iron radiator, causing brain injury.
An eastern and Chicago division running plan replaces Topeka based engines. Previously engines from Topeka hauled trains to Marceline and back while Fort Madison to Marceline routes used other engines. Now engines run Topeka to Fort Madison and return with crews changing at Marceline. The change saves three engines at about 250000 dollars plus 3 percent interest.
A Santa Fe Passenger Train No 407 halted near the Kansas line to meet a northbound train. Delays followed as the telegraph office was closed and crews waited on a siding. A herd of 15,000 sheep was encountered, with 308 killed. The train remained on track and later resumed.
Western Lines approve Santa Fe suggestion to reduce harvest rates starting June 2. One cent per mile fare to begin as hundreds of harvest hands travel by rail through Kansas. The Santa Fe initiated the move and officials pushed the change to aid the harvest season.
A dusty report cites growing tramp infestations on Santa Fe and Union Pacific routes through Kansas. Rail customers salute reforms yet complain trains pass by harvest fields. Complaints from Prescott Sylvan Grove Lucas and Lincoln reach the railroad board with no hearing date fixed yet.
Readers note a schedule of church services across Topeka including First Church of Christ Scientent at 240 West Sixth Street with lectures by B A Kimball, Christian Spiritualists sessions at United Brethren and Topeka Post Hall, and morning and evening sermons at Lincoln Post Hall and various churches. The listings cover Methodist, Presbyterian, Unitarian and Litheran services, Sunday schools, special observances like Children’s Day, and a note about Santa Fe Line trains to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Sensational updates from Kansas reveal the death of Judge Thomas, presumed drowned while fishing near Caldwell. Authorities investigate the incident as a likely accident on a rural retreat.
Caldwell June 11. A believed murder shadows the death of Judge J M Thomas, initially ruled a dynamite accident. Alleged accomplices Poulson Finch and Ellison face intense scrutiny as investigators press for full inquiry into the fatal river incident and changing testimonies.
Congressman W D Vincent responds to a telegram from Andrew Shearer and Charlies McAdams announcing unanimous renomination by the Fifth Congressional District Populist convention. He thanks delegates, cites commitment to serving the country and students, notes pride in representing a district with top schools and churches and a high literacy rate.
The letter praises Kansas as a state where progress and patriotism thrive and where Jeffersonian Democracy guides a pure political climate. It lauds being a Kansan as better than royalty, expresses pride in representing the people, and reaffirms a pledge from five years ago signed by W. D. Vincent, thanking delegates and district supporters for the nomination.
Atchison plans a two day state Democratic convention starting June 15 with hotels chartered, city facilities reserved, and press seating arranged. Events include baseball games at Forest Park, a Turner Hall prize ring, and performances by Becker Sisters and local bands. Mayor and merchants host volunteers for a lively political and social gathering.
W E Stanley Republican candidate for governor recounts an extraordinary experience before the convention saying no one asked for money for campaign purposes. He explains he was urged to avoid entanglements and insists he received no financial requests while campaigning across the state. The piece also includes a testimonial from Mrs Mary A of Arkansas praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, ending with local supplier details.
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