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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
3
Travel sale notice promotes inclusive stopovers and sleeper car itineraries from Detroit to Denver and back, touting worldwide tours and hotel accommodations. Mentions July departures, tickets via Banta Fe, and a broadened extension option.
Fragmentary OCR yields unclear prose about a Rosem character and a scene lacking wind. No verifiable names, places, dates, or events emerge to form a confident summary.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Christian Hadeuver of Cincinnati and a travel related matter with a Daly sum and renewal privilege. References to Santa Fe folder copy, observation car to Colorado Springs, and unclear health mentions follow.
Rail workers predict objections by Lone Wolf and other Indians will not halt the August opening. Cattlemen push opposition while smallpox reports are exaggerated. Officials note calm agency visits and anticipate the open will proceed despite lingering concerns. The controversy surrounds land rents and the expected allotment, with new strategies anticipated for free grazing and bore promises.
A group of dispatchers from Hetuen traveled by rail visiting cities from San Francisco to Denver. They rode Santa Fe, Rock Island, and other lines, touring Salt Lake City and Chinatown, noting a dinner in Las Vegas and stops at Barstow and Santa Barbara. The trip included coast and mountain scenery and was followed by expressions of railroad appreciation.
Omaha obituary era fragment describes President Burt of the Union Pacific denying reports that all executive power of the Southern Pacific would move to UP. It notes no closer absorption between the two systems and mentions a watch presentation to Carman at a public officer event in the engineers’ room, with shop men present.
May 2 Orient officials face local opposition as a new route across fields around Emporia is proposed, with disputes over highway alignment edges and rising land costs. Citizens’ committees and Sante Fe interests clash amid calls for fair compensation and safety concerns, while workers shift to related projects.
Mim Mabel Dut Held Foster wed William Andrews Clark Jr son of Senator W A Clark in a private Butte ceremony attended by relatives and few friends. Rev Brackstone officiated in the bride’s parents home with no attendants. The couple received gifts and plan to reside in Butte after a short honeymoon.
Washington June 20 Acting under Chief Hydrographer Newell the geological survey party begins work in the Gunnison river valley western Colorado planning a tunnel through a mountain range to divert the river into a dry fertile valley A separate party starts preliminary work diverting St Marys river into Milk river valley Montana.
Union Pacific offers daily Tourist Sleeping cars from July 4 to July 18 from Topeka to San Francisco with Ben Francis as conductor. Fare is 500 for a double berth. Round trip arrangements begin August 1 with stopovers at Denver. For details contact the nearest Union Pacific agent.
Miss Mabel Foster becomes the bride of William A. Clark Jr. heir to Clark fortunes. The ceremony links two prominent families with Clark wealth and social prominence noted in society pages.
City council grants to the street railway company power to pave or not pave its right of way, triggering petitions on Second Street between Quincy and Madison to be withdrawn. Property holders object to tracks and half paving, while College avenue work moves ahead with cinders between rails.
Washington reports former Congressman Springer, counsel for the Kiowa Comanche and Apache Indians, filed a memorial with the president urging withholding of the proclamation for allotments and settlement to allow Congress to repeal the present law. He notes Chief lame Wolf and other chiefs are Christian and argues against intimidation of tribal members. If the lower court denies an injunction, he’ll take the case to the U S Supreme Court. In Illinois, Republic Iron plant closed due to a labor dispute as workers walked out and a supervisor barred a completed project from use.
LaCrosse Wis June 26 report says the entire force at the plant of The to cat trust recently purchased will be moved to Kansas City. Round trip tickets to Pueblo Colorado Springs and Pueblo on going trip offered with rates and days listed. Auctions to Salt Lake City and Ogden. call for copy of a Colorado Sym.
The article warns that many cheap catarrh cure imitations flood drug stores, tempting druggists to substitute cheaper products for Peruna. It asserts Peruna's universal price and claims, citing numerous hospitals, physicians, over fifty Congressmen and Senators, and tens of thousands of people as proof of its standard status.
Manila reports estimate forty insurgents were killed or wounded in recent clashes in Albay and Sorsogod provinces. Returning insurgents were noted near Laguna, with authorities pursuing them toward Cuvint. Charges of theft and sale of public property are brought against witnesses. Provost General Davis offers a plan for Manila’s municipal government as the U.S. Philippine Commission considers modifications.
Minneapolis dispatch reports Colonel W. E. Haskell named by William R Hearst as business manager of the New York Journal. Haskell will assume duties July 10, with E B Hoebrook as business manager for the Minneapolis paper and smoothing transition with current editor S. Stone. The piece also notes a Colorado governor’s son wedding and Brown University endowment progress.
A garbled ad-like fragment touts cures for kidney and liver trouble claiming a seven year bed illness and nervous complaints, asserting Three bottles Electric Bitters restored health within three months. It cites a dubious guarantee and links to a local drugstore, promising relief for rich and poor alike.
An incomplete advertisement fragment notes Borden's Bug Brand Condensed Milk and a baby care product. It mentions sending 100 for "Babys THary" at 71 Hudson St and a sale price of 215.00 for a July period, with unclear dates and references to Colorado and Shula Pe.
The notice advertises a Union Pacific tour from July to August with day trips to San Francisco and stops west of Denver. It urges members to contact a Union Pacific agent for details and securing seats.
A fragmented notice mentions a person named Yoana in a local context with unclear dates and locations. The legible bits reference a resignation or decision and times or hours, but most details are garbled. Provides minimal readable entities without a clear action or outcome.
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