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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1901
Page
3
An advertisement claims the Pyramid Pile Cure from the Pyramid Co. of Marshal, Michigan, offers a safe, inexpensive, and effective treatment for piles with no work disruption. It promises dry healing, minimal side effects, and notes it is available at drug stores with a treatise on causes and cures of rectal diseases.
Hill and Morgan lead talks to outwit rivals in a bold plan to control Asia bound traffic. Great Northern and Santa Fe connections, Hamburg American ventures, and Pacific lines converge to boost steamship and rail capacity, aiming to dominate transpacific trade and port access from Vancouver to Manzanillo.
Frank V Benson of the Tin Shop receives a patent for a signal lamp used on railroad switches. The inventor describes a refined, powerful lamp with reflector and wiring improvements. The piece notes the lamp’s potential to surpass ordinary lights and mentions associated workers, factory ties, and expected adoption in rail operations.
Chicago May 53 Rock Island management sketches a twelve story fronting station on Van Buren Street. The project includes a Rock Island system frontage and elevated spur. No work this year. construction expected to begin next summer and complete the Trainee by spring.
The plan calls for shifting the freighthouses and installing four datiane at Polk and Harrison streets. Levees north of Polk Street will be widened and made more commodious, with present structures removed or reinforced.
Engineers on the Whitby line face reassignments to regular engines. Each worker now operates a familiar engine, improving knowledge and service. The shift aims to boost efficiency and safety by having crews trained on specific machines.
Men from the West and Middle West assemble in Chicago to travel by a six-Pullman party train to San Francisco for the thirteenth annual meeting of the National Association of Railroad Commissioners. Delegates and families depart Tuesday, routing via Burlington to St Paul, Great Northern to Seattle, Northern Pacific to Portland, and Southern Pacific to San Francisco, to discuss railroad gross earnings.
May 2 Wichita Kansas report says the Santa Fe freight house was struck by an electrical blaze and burned to the ground while at near capacity. The blaze reportedly damaged nearby structures but the building adjoining the frail house was saved by heroic railroad workers.
Santa Fe workers report for duty after lay offs as dispatchers, switchmen, and car department staff resume duties. A two day excursion train from Otuswa to Leavenworth carried twenty five coaches, with workers visiting Leavenworth. Several employees return from health-related absences and others transfer duties, while some stay at home due to illness or personal matters.
A fragmentary report details Fireman Benson and multiple rail divisions, with names like Sherman and Heeler present at the Corton division. It notes duties, transfers, and returns, plus mentions of engine numbers, a switchmen convention, and upcoming assignments.
The superintendent of Motive Power Geo YW Smith now in San Bernardino attended to shop matters while visiting western rivals. Other notes include staff transfers at Las Vegas yards, new tool use by Foreman Stoffel, and talk of track extension and refrigerator service between Las Vegas and Kensay City.
The report mentions BH Holler and Steve in relation to pine district activity near Wichita. Frank Hobbie is noted tense after a few days away and a brakeman differs with owner Fred. The scene references Ford oma S on Tuesday with various business tasks and a ride-in context.
The County Attorney in his first term saw a string of verdicts and pleas as 31 defendants appeared for trial. Notable convicts include Peatis Atkinson for highway robbery and several others charged with larceny and assault. Multiple defendants were acquitted including John Jorth and Mrs Caroline dercules.
Boston records the death of Chas A Boutelle aged 62 at McLean asylum in Wa verly after a yearlong confinement for brain trouble. Pneumonia developed Sunday, ending a career that included a Civil War service and later naval retirement. Three daughters survive Grace Boutelle, who headed a turinehold etico? and died in 1892. Boutelle’s illness began December 21, 1899, when he collapsed at a city hotel, later returning to Bangor before again entering McLean asylum. His mental condition had shown only limited improvement.
A wartime era column argues pie making as a science and home craft. It contrasts factory pies with home baking, urges wholesome ingredients, and notes urban demand for pies among indoor workers. The piece discusses dietary impact and stresses home production for health and taste.
A long homemaking article extols wholesome fruit pies, focusing on crust quality and digestion. It stresses using cold shortening and water, proper folding, and chilling for flaky, digestible pastry, with practical tips on equipment, timing, and winter storage.
An advertisement notes restoration of gold frames for one cent and mentions Haseow Benoit, an optician, with a promise to take frames as good as new. It references a Wednesday evening event or appointment and hints at local shop activity and pricing.
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