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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
3
Readers face rising concerns over heart trouble linked to digestion and nerves. A physician notes stress and poor restraint contribute to symptoms while exercise and fresh meals may ease the strain. The piece mentions digestion’s role, blood flow, and anxious worry among Americans amid health scares.
The article reports Evelyn Te Hald Wis, the explorer, sailing from New York on a voyage to England and onward to Tromsø and San Francesco. A special Epworth League tour train from July 5 offers round trips at $5.07, with Pacific routes via Denver and Chezae Rute. Contact nearest Oregon Pacific Agent for details.
Ashbridge guards a 2.5 million handwriting item at stake and refuses to open the envelope drawing sharp attention from collectors. The unopened manuscript prompts questions about ownership and authentication amid a tense standoff.
Philadelphia reaches a controversial move as city council grants surface, elevated, and underground railway franchises. Mayor signs ordinances amid opposition from traction interests led by Wanamaker, who criticizes the deals as yielding windfall to financiers. A Wanamaker letter offering 35000 appears, and mayor reportedly considers veto or revised bonds to reflect true value.
Fragmented OCR notes report smallpox outbreak in Comanche County with references to Wichita and local health or governance concerns. Details are unclear but indicate fear and public health response. Names, dates, places are partly readable amid garbled text.
Santa Fe and Gould lines join 5 P and others in studying Beaumont oil as locomotive fuel. Tests show Beaumont oil reduces steam, promising lower costs for coal and fuel use. Railroads plan extensions into oil districts, with Neubert named general foreman at Point Richmond amid broader oil fuel debates and costs for Texas lines.
Weubert goes west as George T Neubert is named general shop foreman for the Santa Fe Pacific at Point Richmond California. A veteran Santa Fe mechanic since Topeka shops, he rose through Dodge City Nickerson Wellington and Alkansan City to master mechanic before taking the eastern division post. He leaves this morning for Point Richmond to oversee mechanical interests of the Santa Fe Pacific.
Engineer James Farley of the Cottonwood Division powered engine 253 from Newton to Amports in seven miles at 9 minutes time, breaking previous Santa Fe speed marks. The third vice president’s special included Farley, General Manager Mudge, and a baggage car, traveling Florence to Emporia in 45 miles in about 11 minutes, with the famed Newton to Emporia stretch cited as fastest on the line.
Officers pursued four thieves who entered Gates and Co at Roxbury. They fled west from Canton along the Rock Island railroad. Sheriff notified, engine offered, pursuit began. Burglars overhauled, captured, jailed before night with plunder recovered. President talks and local rail work noted with no statements given. Marriage reports and crew movements across Topeka and nearby shops also mentioned.
Senior Lead Commissioner Charles H Flson and officials J J Houston and John Holt return from Kiowa Comanche Wichita and Apache lands with a 120000 acre indemnity school land selection. Official notices assign county seats in three new counties: Kiown western county at east half section four township all north range eighteen west. Ft SN southern county at north half section 31 township 2 north range west five miles south of Ft Sil. Anadarko northern county at south half section 15 township 7 north range 10 west near Anadarko, with Rock Island railway through center.
Arthur Pearson, head of about 30 British publications including the Daily Express, arrived in New York on the Oceanic for a week long visit. He discussed a proposed chain of newspapers across the empire and predicted prolonged Boer War terms unless tougher measures end it soon. He planned stops in Philadelphia and Buffalo for Pan American events and meetings with friends.
A Minneapolis audience of National Farmers Alliance members heard brief talks about crop prospects and price supports. The speaker noted farmers can get 40 cents a bushel for corn on the Chicago basis and could borrow 40 cents from their bankers to carry surplus if needed, with government ready to pay 40 cents for corn.
The Assyrian ashore off Cape Race became a total wreck with heavy seas. The Petrel, forced on rocks while aiding the Assyrian, is also a total wreck. Crews escaped to shore and sheltered at the Cape Race lighthouse. Fire Chief Redell is discharged. Charles A. Salter appointed as acting chief.
An irregular ad fragment touts a Santa Fe Route sale with dates and percentages, alongside a pharmacy claim for Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry and a malaria cure. It features questionable typos and mixed product mentions, ending with a Lombard style cartoon phrase.
A June trial in Winneld centers on the murder of C. L. Wilberger. Prosecution claims the Betts defendant used a revolver and that witnesses describe the events and corroborating statements. Clyde Moore testified Betts sought money and a ride, while another witness noted a man with short trousers saw the suspect after the crime. The state presented testimony from a tax official about a sale connected to Betts.
A collision on the Santa Fe line near Williams Arizona results in five deaths and four injuries. Firemen from Williams and Winslow are among those killed or injured. Passengers were transported to Nyssa for medical care. Separate notes mention local farm cooperative plans and medical ads warning about unsafe preparations.
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