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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1901
Page
3
A damaged OCR note from Lapest Michigan describes catarrh as a constitutional affection linked to local remedies and claims of rapid improvement after using a preparation. The text mentions a specific company in Atlanta, Georgia, as connected to the products or cures, with unclear supporting details.
The Supreme Court issued late Saturday rulings disposing numerous county cases across Kansas. Decisions include affirmations and reversals involving Shwware, Cowley, Harper, and Reno counties, detailing school funding, property claims, and probate matters. The term announced multiple remands for further proceedings and adjustments to prior judgments, with notable amounts and party names reflected in the docket.
State fish warden George W. Wiley declared the new fishing statute in full force in Clay County. He cited convictions, warned violators of enforcement, and noted deputy wardens will act promptly. the fifth law from the last session took effect May 1 and bans illegal fishing with strict penalties.
An old advertisement claims a universal remedy for digestion and stomach disorders. It touts relief from dyspepsia, headaches, foul breath, and poor appetite by promoting natural waste elimination and bodily balance through patented components.
Santa Fe announces RP. C. Sanderson, chief machinery officer, will resign effective May 15 and plans to move east. The shakeup signals possible removals of foremen and shifts under Barr influence. John Player named as potential third vice president. Collinson discussed as successor and transfers rumored for boiler shop leadership.
Fragmented reading shows changes in leadership positions and staffing. Providence and Santa Fe references appear amid scattered notes on machine work, repairs, and trains. Names like John Thorne Atchison, Bernardtine, and others surface with vague duties and resignations.
A mid May fire along the Rouge River in Del Ray devastates Brownlee & Co mills and a Western Union Telegraph yard. Winds of 35 mph drove embers across Cedar telegraph poles and storage piles, melting streams and destroying cedar stocks worth tens of thousands. Fireboats and city engines battled the blaze as darkness fell, with insurance unclear on many losses.
A blaze at the Beorse yard of G. A. Rauph & Co. in Dé Ray injured a mite from Dé Ray and caused about $73,000 in damage. Insurance covers the loss.
A fragmentary London Chronicle account recalls Bendigo as a famed Australian digger, noting his 1715 68 olmors gold output share and the 19 October jubilee. It mentions the old shepherd Bendiga, Havenewood pastoral setting, and a Shakespearean restoration project at Stratford with early Wendisto newspaper reclamations.
North Topeka residents express frustration over many dogs infesting the north side. A passerby asks about a dog tax official who could visit in official capacity to replenish the city treasury. Citizens say bites occur and urge the despatcher to enforce duties and curb nuisance promptly.
Bernberg of the Danish Export Association departs for a business mission to the United States to promote the advantages of Copenhagen as a free port and a distributing center for Baltic and North Sea ports. He aims to highlight Copenhagen's role in shipping and trade.
The Topeka Exposition association executive committee met Sunday in Commercial rooms. Members include Salmson Vincent Kaczynski Dr Pritchard HA Heath Frank Waters W J Miler Br W Henitton and W A Marton. They report capital stock subscriptions totaling four to five thousand dollars and plan aggressive fundraising in the city and county to support the fall state fair preparations.
An excerpt describes Gen Chuttee and staff discovering a gate within a walled fortress. A Chinese envoy appears, sparking tension as American and French forces debate whether to aid the Imperial City towers. The interpreter questions and German-like sternness frame a tense moment of possible escalation.
A U S government note in Washington states Russia will retain troops in Manchuria to preserve peace and assist the government in suppressing insurgents. It asserts there is no hostile intent toward China and that troop presence aims to aid a stable settlement rather than aggression.
A garbled passage mentions warm weather, straw goods, and carriage sales with scattered references to Borin London and America. The text reads as a tangle of misread OCR, but hints at travel milieu, fashion items, and markets. No clear event or person can be confirmed from the readable lines.
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