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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
10
A historic ad style notice proclaims a happy deliverance from rheumatism via Paine's Celery Compound. It touts a wonderful victory over the disease, presenting the product as a cure and relief mechanism for sufferers.
A veteran letter extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for rheumatic and nervous disorders, claiming medical endorsements and dramatic recoveries. The text includes testimonials from a New York address and references to veterans, urging sufferers to try the product for relief and restored vitality.
Railroad news reports a steel box car designed by superintendent Henderson using steel framing and riveted connections. The car, 36 feet 5 inches long and 9 feet 4 inches wide, carries 80 000 pounds, with a rigid plate girder, diagonals, and reinforced bottom, showing strength and durability for long service. President A A Robinson discusses Mexican Central expansion plans into Mexico and the Monterey route, while El Paso posts notes on mail routing changes and a proposed fast Chicago to Kansas City train for through mail contracts.
A proposed railroad would run from Mexico City to Kansas City with transfers at Tampico and the Rio Grande north of Matamoros. The plan emphasizes connecting Nuevo Santander and Matamoros and transporting valuable cargo, with Mexican interest seen in regional development and freight movement.
A garbled local note describes a Calag area town and mentions seed handling since a long gap, with an estimate based on seven hundred bushels and a price around six dollars. The text is unclear on exact location and dates, but implies an agricultural tally and value assessment.
The Santa Fe awarded grading for seven miles of road between Big Blue Junction and Atherton near Kensay City to L. J. Smith of Kansas City. The project covers double trackage to be jointly tied with Missouri Pacific, with the Santa Fe laying its own rails.
The Chicago Rock Island Pacific machine shops in Chickasha Oklahoma are prepared for machinery and will be installed soon. The railroad expects engine shipments costing about $150,000.
A new twenty stall round house and repair shop are planned at Elwood by Rock Island. The Elwood shops will handle small repairs with work sent to Fortow. Engine 2 has been set in the boiler shop for repairs. George Schourman of the water service is down with the grip. Boilermaker William Reddy did not answer roll call Friday morning. Lee Ovenburg is slated for promotion from bolt into a slotter. No. 3 of the Santa Fe Pacific has set the shops for minor repairs. Boilermaker James Thomas was detained.
An advertisement extols the Brockway family's claimed psychic abilities and denounces impostors. It touts private readings daily at Parlors, 213 East Seventh Street, asserting spiritual insight and guidance through sensational claims and a faith-based critique of fraud, urging public trust in authentic mediums.
A scrambled report details layoffs and work shifts at the Hammond yard and Emporia shops, with workers like Walters and Thomas Tann noted as changing roles. Locomotives Baldwin types move from Emporia to Argentine service, while Frank Devlin’s funeral is set for Monday at the Church of the Atonement.
A supreme court decision likely in April will rule on whether an expressman who takes liquor orders and delivers from outside a liquor house violates the prohibitory law. The Marion Russell case, appealed after conviction in George County by Judge Thompson, centers on this liability.
Chicago story of Miss Sargent of West Chicago eloping with rival John Lee of Higin after wedding plans with fiancé M Dunn of El Reno were ruined. Dunn, left heartbroken, learned of the elopement by phone from Elgin as Miss Sargent married in Elgin. Lee works in Geneva county courthouse. Dunn formerly with Chicago & Northwestern railway.
R G Dun & Co sees an unsettled trade picture with thaw floods delaying shipments and stalled goods. Despite high prices and structural demand, labor disputes, coal mine cuts, and rail disorganization hinder production. Cotton and woolen markets show uncertainty while grain exports rise and footwear steadies.
An advertisement extols a medical brew by Doctor Stocum claimed to combat germs nourish beds fortify tissues and heal chronic ailments. It boasts reduced consumption death rates and urges readers to share remedies with others for preventive cure.
A historical notice invites readers to write to Dr T Slocum at 35 Pine Street New York promising a complete combination of remedies from his manufacturing pharmacies with full usage directions. It requests writing for a spouse or others afflicted by wasting malady and asks for return postal details and address in New York.
An OCR fragment hints at a 1920s style advertisement for female health cures, mentioning nervousness fatigue and dreams of remedies. It references a location Arnold Kansas Avenue and a dubious medical claim alongside marketing language about restoring happiness and vitality to women.
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