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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1901
Page
7
A colonial era advertorial describes a severe blood disease with skin ulcers and coppery splotches. It cites medical perplexity, pranks of mercury and potash, and promotes Swift’s Specific as a vegetable antidote with testimonials from Jake Martin and others. The piece claims dramatic cures and offers free home treatment literature from Swift's company in Atlanta.
Missouri Pacific No. 2 departs Kansas City at 9 50 a m a slid vestibuled train for St Louis with Smoking car Day coaches Reclining Chair car Seats Free and Pullman Parlor car Connections at St Louis Union Depot with Eastern lines for New York and Atlantic Coast points Ticket Agents P E Nipps Topeka Kansas H C Townsend G P T A St Louis Missouri
Mrs Mabaans pleads guilty in intriet court to four counts of selling liquor. She and her two daughters were arrested on a warrant by Assistant Attorney Jem al Feddes at the Wicne eet. Two other defendants faced multiple charges as well. Sentencing includes a fine and possible jail time.
An eclectic mix offers travel routes and fares via Santa Fe, with notes on health topics and the need for lodging information. Includes a summer tours appeal to Kansas, Topeka, Hutchinson, and routes through Santa Fe, plus an exposition and river notes. Returns and pricing feature $465 round trip.
A conference in the city launched The Home Rule Party with a broad reform platform aimed at governing changes including liquor selling. Key leaders named, committees formed, and headquarters set in Topeka at 238 East Seventh Street. The platform pledges to unite reform movements and pursue political action at state and national levels.
A fragmented platform fragment argues for temperance enforcement, government ownership of utilities, and monetary reform. It advocates federal currency retirement of U S notes, savings banks, and public control of roads, water, telephones, and transit. It calls tariff and tax reduction, civil equality, and anti monopoly laws, plus direct elections and home rule.
A new Vulcan compound engine built by Ballien company arrives for the Vinewood railway to aid both passenger and freight service. The locomotive, once used on the Santa Fe system, features Westinghouse air brakes and is larger than the road’s current engine. Track delays at Vinewood and Topeka limit immediate service, with repairs ongoing on passenger car tracks and a full start anticipated after month’s end.
Local tax commissioners face criticism over Vanderbilt assessments as opponents argue the personal property values are disproportionate. Attorneys for Vanderbilt claim the tax amounts exceed fairness, citing alleged miscalculations and improper disclosures while officials defend the valuation process amid a tense hearing.
A jumble of job ads seeks salesmen for beer trading and travel corpora positions, with addresses in Philadelphia and Topeka. Also listings for housework, general help, and various employment agencies, plus a note on tax law changes and rates in Albany.
In Beattle Washington May reports claim rich placer finds in the Arctic region near Behring Strait. Captain Francis Tuttle of the revenue cutter Boar and T Wyatt of Cutter Mining confirm sightings of promising gold yields. A letter dated January notes a strike with pans yielding up to $2.50 per pan and anticipates summer money trouble.
For sale real estate items include seven percent acres three blocks near meting on Jackson st at 53 400 tax details listed. Also Kansas ave property 13 000 with taxes, and other parcels on Fifth st. Two acres and Seine estate notes mention rounds and low price offers.
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