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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1904
Page
4
A promotional offer states we have purchased the American rights to Tiquozome and will ship a sample. It touts Liquosone as a germ-killing tonic claimed to cure diseases medicine cannot and urges readers to request a local druggist sample bottle at 80 cents or 1 dollar.
A long awkward speech draft shows a frightened speaker trying to read and adapt a bill on postal reform and decline to read aloud. He recalls stage fright, room pressure, and the challenge of delivering a coherent argument amid a crowded Seventh District setting.
Baseball supporters or subscribers to the Topeka Gas and Furniture or similar fund show progress toward funds for the spring season. Remittances should go to H. K. Ward care of Excelsior Coke and Gas Company. The list includes numerous donors with varied amounts up to five dollars and more, indicating growing support for the team’s first game of the season.
A brief readable fragment appears to describe simple, plain language writing. The exact meaning is unclear from the garbled text. The note references plain style and a potential example phrase.
Secretary Taft met March 14 with prominent railroad and financial figures to discuss Philippine concessions and capital attraction. No firm decisions were made, and Taft said the aim was to draft terms for possible franchises. Participants included William H. Taft, J. Gilbert Smith, James Speyer, and others. J. J. Hill was absent.
The Rock Island and Frisco city offices will consolidate and relocate. The Frisco office moves from its current site to Handas City, with a planned consolidation set for April. The Rock Island remains in Kansas City as the consolidation proceeds.
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Rock Island Railway plans Monday start on Armourdale yard improvements including a large new roundhouse with space for thirty locomotives, ice houses, and extended yard tracks. Flood damage closed lines, but 42 miles of track and multiple structures were repaired. over 4000 cars were displaced.
Chicago March 14 The Grand Trunk plans to make Chicago a stop over on the way to the St. Louis Exposition a move that could disrupt eastern rail traffic. A Central Passenger association committee discussed action and failed to decide. General Passenger Agent Bell of the Grand Trunk left for Montreal after meeting with the association about granting Chicago stop overs on World’s fair tickets. The company argues stop overs exist in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Detroit Niagara Falls and other cities and argues denying Chicago would conflict with existing policies. Some fear increased ticket scalping risk though others say eastbound patrons need Chicago as a transfer point to reach St Louis routes.
The Iowa legislature sees a bill by State Senator H C Yount of Keokuk to abolish the three person railroad commission. Yount argues the board has existed over thirty years with broad powers and been under railroad influence, a nonpartisan but widely opposed reform. The measure has been debated in prior sessions and faces serious consideration.
The Santa Fe at Newton Kansas enlarges and extends the platform between tracks one and two by about seventy five feet and adds a brick platform between tracks two and three. An awning may be installed to shelter passengers from snow sleet rain and sun while using dining facilities.
Conductor Clirk Ward and Engineer Frank Scott join Charles Snyder in a bold aim to travel to Russia via the Trmans- Biberian railway. The trio plans to reach icy Russian lands, a hazardous undertaking many friends hope ends safely.
A Scotsman who worked in Scotland nearly all his life moved to the United States in later years. He settled in a new western plains district and joined a railroad construction project. He advised the project leader with a cautious query about crossing the country, prompting discussion among the workers.
A Richmond business leader named Lt. Andrews praises Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for debility exhaustion and stomach and bowel troubles. He recounts personal history of illness, two doctors failed to help, then the remedy restored appetite sleep and energy, urging others to try it via their druggist. The testimonial is dated December 16 and invites inquiries.
In New York, Davia H Mutat, William A Clark, J J Hil and Burlington leaders discuss a tripartite agreement to secure a southern outlet for the Barlington and a connecting link with the San Pedro Los Angeles line. The plan envisions a vast steel highway through the middle of the country with Denver as executive headquarters and middle distribution point.
Horece G Burt, ex president of Union Pacific, is said to accept chief consulting engineer of the Trane-Siverian railway at 100000 dollars a year, remaining with the company at least a year to plan improvements along the Orenburg Tarkkend Trans Baikal and Trans Siberian lines. Rail road conventions for 1904 are announced including dates at Chicago New York Buffalo Savannah Washington St Louis Niagara Falls Saratoga Springs and Buffalo.
The fragment describes various distress symptoms including constipation fullness of blood to the head acidity of the stomach nausea heartburn belching and a sense of suffocation when lying down. It mentions dizziness perspiration yellowing of skin and eyes and burning sensations with heat and numbness or tingling in the limbs.
A fragmented list lists meetings for the traveling engineers, master car and locomotive painters, roadmasters, American general passenger and ticket agents, superintendents of bridges and buildings, and railroad commissioners. Locations include Chicago Atlantic Atlantic City Old Point Comfort and Monte ery, with dates spanning September to November.
Chicago dispatch reports Southern Pacific plans include forty 60 inch bore large freight engines and twenty eight prairie type passenger engines. Freight engines weigh about 210000 pounds per unit with tenders at 7000 gallons capacity and engines designed for water purification plants. Kruttschnitt notes these machines are among the largest in general use.
Galveston Texas March 14 Judge R G Street instructed the jury to find for the defendant in Angelina Perussina vs Gulf Colorado Santa Fe railway company, ending the case after several days. The November 14, 1903 verdict for 7000 l was a notable civil court award. Reports note Santa Fe personnel movements and maintenance plans in Kansas City Topeka Argentine and Chanute with switches, bridges, and new interlocking on the line.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a medical or pharmaceutical note and a lumber company mention. Names and places are garbled. readable items include Pino's Cure, Volee clone, Boasyonem, Red Cater Poste Thames Lumber Co, Bastin Be hospital, Caindiab Sauto, and HGF. No clear events or outcomes emerge.
Banks in Topeka plan a challenge to the assessed valuations used for taxation this year. William Sims of the First National Bank and P J Bonebrake of Central National Bank told county officials that bank and mortgage home figures should be reviewed, with a state board able to lower or raise assessments. The effort aims to address longstanding inequities in how banks are taxed.
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