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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
3
Railroad news notes Moore Brothers heavy buying trends fuel belief of expanding freight capacity. Analysts cite increased shipments from regional yards and rising tonnage. Industry insiders anticipate improved schedules and potential new lines serving key industrial zones.
Stock markets surge amid reports William Leeds may head a merged rail group uniting Chicago Rock Island and Northwestern lines. Talks allegedly tie Chicago and Northwestern assets with Rock Island, aided by Vanderbilts, to form a vast network stretching across the Midwest, with key executives meeting in Texas to discuss terms and potential control.
Mrs Parise Jupeax of Hoyt Street Brooklyn writes that doctors failed to help her four months into illness. A physician advised Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, which she says restored her health after three months and brought grateful relief. The testimonial urges women to use Pinkham’s remedies.
Seven proposed extensions to the Santa Fe line would run through Oklahoma, spanning from Guthrie to Pawnee and beyond. The amended charter outlines Nos 154 through 158 and details route segments, distance markers, and tribal reservations crossed.
Fragmentary notes place Osage nation location near Newkirk inland region with references to Ripley Chi and F Ha Greer, plus W H Meriva and Guthrie. reads as a terse land or distribution record with directional and resident initials, lacking full context.
The Columnbus Courier reports the rule banning tobacco use during work hours is not enforced. Depot employees ignore the prohibition, with only secular remarks resulting. One Joplin employee was cited for smoking Virginia tobacco while on duty, and managers offered no effective deterrent.
Chicago reports Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway plans to extend from Jacksboro to Graham in Texas with crews and officials listed at Alamogordo. Marconi wireless signaling for trains is discussed as a potential safety breakthrough. Wellington and El Paso Short Line notes, plus various roster updates from Rock Island employees and departments.
The article details frequent absences and returns in the railway shops with John Weel and Godfrey Hoag among those resuming duties after illness, plus numerous transfers and new assignments across machine, boiler, and water service departments. It notes upcoming work on a new gemchities shop, electric lighting installations, and various personnel movements including replacements, travel to Topeka, and regional maintenance projects.
An amalgam of railway dispatches, personnel moves, and equipment notes from the Topeka Saint Joseph rail shops. Details include locomotive repairs, yard engine shifts, personnel changes like Conductor Hackett and John Brosamer, plus plans for new machinery and building improvements at the Sante Fe plant in Topeka and related duties.
Washington march 29 Democratic members of the house caucus adopted resolutions expressing sympathy for the South African republics and urging neutrality in the Britain versus Boer conflict. Debated were two resolutions by Randall Texas and Suther New York, with strong calls to press for peace talks and a strict neutrality policy.
A Binghamton reader praises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for curing years of kidney and bladder pain. After using about six bottles over a year, pain and urinary urges ceased, with no relapse. Advertised sample bottles offered free by mail, plus an appeal to buy regular bottles at drugstores.
The Mis son caucus reports the Sulzer resolution failed 3 to 35 while the Randall resolution passed unanimously. Democrats plan to frame a resolution for House introduction and push action. Real estate transfers list Walter T. Jamison to Wilt Hardware & Tnplement Co. for 4000 and other property deals including J. and Prescott Morris to Geo. amayeaker for 25000.
Domingo Vasques, once a president of Hon duras, arrived in San Francisco after a Chilean voyage. In Corinto he was jailed by order of President Zelaya on sedition and insurrection charges. On February 15 he was released with the promise to leave the country, aiming to unite Central American states into a single republic.
The New York report says a barge stranded off Bridgehampton on Long Island sank last night. The Meoox station life saving crew searched the wrecked vessel this morning but found no signs of life. It is feared all aboard are lost.
A brief notice critiques the stage production Side Tracked at Crawford last night. The writer derides the acting and direction with sharp humor, calling the play poorly staged and overlong while praising few textures and several laughable elements.
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