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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1901
Page
3
The text discusses cold remedies and heat related health claims, mentioning disease prevention and dietary notes. It references miscellaneous names and phrases, with no coherent narrative or clear events.
The Union Pacific announces special tourist sleeping car tours to San Francisco with Epworth League involvement. Tours depart July 6th through July 13th, with round trip rates and limited stopovers west of Denver. Details available from nearest Western Pacific agent.
The Santa Fe Railway plans to expand its Topeka shops by one third and extend the San Bernardino shop complex in California to employ about 1100 men, up from 500, with large land purchases and yard track additions. The project aims to boost upholstery, form, and other departments, enabling more locomotives and cars to be built locally. Nearby land acquisitions and new shop buildings are expected to be completed, with construction likely on the south side of the street and a new truck line.
The report shows track work extending into eastern Kansas with about 200 men arriving and 300 more expected. Vice President Conlin says the track laying department will resume main work in about three weeks, with crews moving to harvest folds region.
Five Mexicans aimed to wreck the Santa Fe Byer at Thornton New Mexico last Saturday night to seek excitement. The night operator noticed the switch damaged and the track obstructed with cars and poles. Romero, a teenaged worker, was arrested after confessing to being one of the five but claiming others caused the switch and lock tampering while intoxicated.
A Topeka freightman reports freight rates west of the Missouri have collapsed with prices dropping 12 to 24 cents per hundredweight and Gulf grain movements rising. Eastern rates weakened after a brief stronger agreement. western lines may follow suit as competing heads reconvene. The Santa Fe chief clerk expects the drop to last only a few days.
Railway circles whisper that Santa Fe plans total absorption of Colorado and Southern south of Denver with negotiations moving toward that objective in New York. Reports say Santa Fe would also take Northern lines north of Denver and deny South Park’s fate, while Union Pacific loaned engines to Colorado Southern. The talk hints at a major reorganization of western routes as cattle traffic shifts toward Montana and Wyoming.
Kansas City and Memphis Railroad comptroller resigns as of June 25 to take a new post as general manager. The abrupt move shifts leadership and may affect future railroad operations and governance.
A projected Rock Inland project near Santa Osa will create a major new trade center in fertile lands. The plan includes a Dawson coal fields branch and a spur to Las Veen, linking eastbound trunk routes and boosting regional commerce.
A new UP service promises a shorter route to the coast from Tinto using a coastal corridor. The plan focuses on reducing travel distance, improving efficiency, and boosting regional connectivity for passengers and freight.
Fragmented text hints at Pacic routes and competition between Southern Pacific and Union Pacific, with mentions of California, Los Angeles, and potential road guarantees. Details are garbled, no clear events or dates emerge.
Twenty new locomotives on the New tare Coates road are described as the largest engines in use on the line. Details cover cab roof, driving and traction wheels, and a new lever system to boost power during operation. A Rio Grande Western railroad leadership shift is announced, with Metcalfe and Hughes assuming dual roles as general managers and traffic chiefs.
Workers at the car sheds report many friends among them. Several men, including Thomas Cheekfield and Edward Hays, return from Albuquerque NM after weeks away, noting limited pay and dissatisfaction with the country. Others, like John Peach and Willan20 Fouls, come home from Madison and Topeka after short visits. Engine 268 runs test, John Hafner injures foot yet can work, Jacob Bauffner improves after illness.
In Topeka a would be robber tried to enter the home of car shopman David Fleming at 2007 Buchanan Street during the early morning hours. The thief stole Fleming’s chair and pockets contents, but left keys and other items. Fleming’s dogged odds of escape were discussed as neighbors and police investigated the incident.
The fragment notes Italian workers at Mistour Pacific baliext gang and mentions Salvator Mule Henerikt Dangerfield and O Edward night Boller as locals connected to the scene. W G Jones, a Continental Casualty travel agent, was in town Monday interviewing railway employers and distributing envelopes of court plaster.
Reports detail engine 229 return from Horton, a new machine, and plans for a rail line between Kuneak City and Horton. Rock Island’s only trailer engine operates Omaha to Fairbury while crews train for speed, with mention of a 13 1/2 mile trip in three hours and a fire incident at Enterprise.
Two deaths and seven prostrations occurred in Chicago due to the heat. The deceased include George Wiley, who collapsed at the Work Ins foundry in Abrameen. The heat also affected cattle and several people, with reports of suffering along streetcars and other public areas.
North bound Pittsburg and Lake Erie No. 23 wrecked at Monaco, 26 miles from Pittsburg, killing two men, fatally injuring three, and injuring about forty. Names include William J. Cunningham of Rocks, Pa and Pree Black, baggageman, with multiple other injured passengers from Cleveland, Beaver, Kittaning and Courtland. The hastily switched track caused a car to overturn, sending two cars over.
Reports say over three tons of gold valued at about 2.5 million dollars is being shipped from St Michael toward the Roanoke steamship. On the 20th a hundred thousand was moving up the Yukon from Trews on and expected to arrive soon. Miners in El Dorado claim near-surface gold is depleted while Pilon stock remains to be mined this winter with district estimates around 10 to 15 million dollars for the season.
Judge Hazen ruled for Hawkins in Hawkins versus King, awarding $4,968. The case centers on Col A L Hawking loaned $4,000 to James L King, who mortgaged his 506 Topeka Ave homestead and paid interest until January. The court held that if a husband and wife execute a note or mortgage and the husband pays interest while the wife does not, the property may still be liable regardless of alleged exemptions.
Public notice warns of a rising crisis in kidney and bladder ailments across the country. It claims sudden deaths and severe afflictions justify urgent measures. The State Journal advertises Klimer & Co offer a “celebrated specific” with free samples and promises medical information at no cost.
The article describes Union Pacific excursion rates for a summer trip from Missouri River to Rocky Mountain and Pacific destinations with one round trip fare plus 72 dollars. Tickets valid July 1 to August, with extended sale July 1 to 10 for certain routes at 15 dollars round trip, return by October 19. Office details given for City Ticket Agent in Florida and depot agent Jc Fulton.
Epworth announces a special tram fare for a July trip from Topeka and San Francisco with a double berth at 1500. The round trip fare will be 000 with tickets available until August First. A depot overpass west of Denver will be shared. For information contact Union Pacific Agent in Denver Colorsac Springs and Paybia. Trip tickets on an att pase Be depot Ke rater on June 18, 099, with daily departures and 374.00 fare. All tickets good for return data and potential discounts to Butt Dake City CA copy of YA Contractor mer.
A garbled message mentions a father and sisters, an unknown event near a Likely location, and references to weather and damage to trees. The readable words suggest a personal notice about family illness or death followed by unclear details and dates.
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A fragmented notice notes a marriage between two individuals tied to local names. The readable fragments point to a ceremony and involved parties, with no explicit dates or venues provided. The item reads like a society snippet from a small local page.
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