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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
3
Advert claims Stuart's Catarrh Tablets cure catarrh and related symptoms with a non secret formula. It asserts physicians approve the product and lists various forms like inhalers and washes, while noting price at 50 cents to a dollar and promising quick relief in weeks.
Plain Talk notes common salves do not cure catarrh as the disease is in the blood. An internal treatment that cleanses the system is needed. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are advertised as a safe, pleasant remedy sold for complete relief of catarrh.
An old complaint is presented as catarrh across multiple mucous membranes. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are advertised as a blood and mucous membrane remedy containing Sanguinaria and eucalyptus. The prose touts internal use over douches, with testimonials and pharmacy availability at 50 cents per full-size package.
Industrial Commissioner Davis plans a tour to locate new industries in Oklahoma, aiming to build a cotton mill in the Cherokee Port area and a castor oil factory in Perry or another Castor district town. He notes Oklahoma’s cotton and castor bean potential, citing strong acreage and shipping points, and suggests favorable local conditions will attract mills and factories.
Reports say changes to the Santa Feen working force may bring layoffs. Wipers were let go at the shops this morning, sparking fears of an extensive reduction. yardmasters may be recalled home, prompting concern for reprisal and more job losses. Western agents struggle to secure cooperative pay commissions with Canadian Pacific.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to a product named Ra sar tt Pills, described as a purely vegetable digestive remedy. The readable portion hints at health claims and a salable item but lacks clear usage, maker, or regulatory details.
Bisected text fragment appears to describe a race or event with names and numbers. The legible items include Fitts and Taieneri with possible placements or times. Content is fragmented with no clear outcome or location to confirm.
A revised Santa Fe timetable, effective with the new time card, shifts the Samta Je fast mail from Kansas City to 2 30 a m. at Strong City a 15 mile skip, with connections to Strong City, Salina, Minneapolis, and through Abuena and Concordia toward Superior Nebraska, where the mail will meet Premont, Mixitiorn, and Missouri Valley trains. Kansas City departures now reach Superior earlier than before.
A life companion and a very undesirable one catarrh plagues thousands with growing severity each year. Salves and sprays fail as blood must be addressed, and Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets, containing Eunaalxptod Hyirastin Sungulouria and other ingredients, claim to cure by acting on the blood. One week’s use reportedly yields relief, with full-sized packages sold for cents by Cleveland druggists.
The timetable notes early afternoon arrival in central Nebraska while several Kansas connections are planned. Lost Springs will see east and west linkages with Feck Island. Hope will have an eastern Missouri Pacific connection. Abilene will connect to Rock Island east and west. Concoria will gain a western Missouri Pacific connection.
Union Pacific surgeons report mandatory medical examinations for all employees, focusing on general health, hearing, and vision. Examinations occur at Kansas City, Junction City, and Hills, with records kept by examining surgeons and no hiring bar yet set.
Los Angeles report notes widespread concern over a proposed relief plan for Southern lines and a possible strike. Officials from the Relief Department of Road emphasize compulsory membership and warn against unauthorized actions amid March discussions.
The State Medical Institute offers a free trial treatment for blood poison. Claiming to cure skin ulcers sores and hair loss, the program promises home use and suggests every sufferer can obtain the remedy by writing for a sealed free trial, with Wayne Indiana as the origin.
Pacific notes opposition to a proposed plan and warns of potential trouble between executives and workers. General Manager Kruttschnitz states the relief department membership is voluntary now and will remain so, with no coercion or penalties for choosing not to join.
The Pinkonal Chronicle compiles February earnings showing 107 rods with 98104 miles and a $7,049,905 year over year increase, with 49 indicating a $7,127,589 rise. The gains come despite harsher conditions last year when Dugzard disrupted rail movement from Texas to the Canadian border, though February proved the only month in 1880 with notable disturbances. A late February snow in the west briefly delayed traffic as the nation remained largely disturbance free.
A revised Santa Fe time card set to take effect April 1 alters arrival and departure times for eastbound and westbound trains. No. 1 arrives later at 3:35 p.m. and departs 2:45 p.m. Adjustments also affect No. 13 and Nos. 2a and 3. Executive committee of the Western association meets in St Louis to discuss rates for army officers charity business Grand Army encampment convention National Educational association and church advertising mileage.
Denver reports F. W. Thompson named general agent for the Rio Grande Western at Salt Lake City, succeeding W. H. Snedaker who resigned for an Illinois Central post. C. S. Gleed of Topeka, a director of A T & SF, visited St. Louis about Eureka Springs extension. Central has opened a Salt Lake commercial agency and a Rock Island connection shifts ponderous duties between Chicago and Missouri River points.
A sensational plea promises a free trial package of a remedy to cure drunkenness. Readers are urged to send name and address to Dr J W Haines in Cincinnati for free samples and testimonials claiming wide success and personal relief from despair and poverty.
A Pittsboro insurance clerk testifies that catarrh plagued him for eight years and that Stuart's Catarrh Tablets offer a palatable, convenient remedy. The copy claims tablets combine antiseptics to target germs in blood and membranes, declaring inhalers and sprays inferior. The ad extols the recent medical consensus favoring tablet forms over messy liquid or powder treatments.
R. and Brigham, longtime Topeka sign makers, have sold their sign business to J. N. Butler to devote full time to street car advertising. Brigham will oversee Topeka street car ads, remain active in the Commercial Club as a past president, with plans to split time between Topeka and the surrounding route signage.
Kansas City March 15 The rapid rise of Angora goat breeding and rafting in the southwest leads to the formation of the American Angora Goat Breeders association with headquarters in Kansas City A herd book will guarantee pedigrees enabling breeders to set standard akin to other pure bred livestock Thomas H Mastin of Kansas City is president The Arizona Sale opens The engagement of Augustus Thomas Arizona at Crawford theater next Monday night has tickets at Rowley Snow’s drug store Prices range 1 50 and 1 on the first floor 75 and 50 cents balcony and 25 cents gallery Ariz offer promises to be a top attraction of the season.
A mix of notices and ads shows Prof Worcester resigning from Ann Arbor faculty after the Philippine commission, while doctors tout miracle pills and salves. An appeal for Gavitt’s System Regulator claims kidney and liver cures, with testimonials and stamps offered. Also references to Health ads and questionable tonics fill the page.
A promotional notice touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a superior cure for catarrh. It claims the tablets provide actual relief rather than temporary fixes, listing ingredients and noting easy, convenient use. The text asserts visible improvement from the first dose and cites a price of six cents for a full-sized package.
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