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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1903
Page
10
Rail line notices detail timetable revisions and new time card implementation for Colorado Flyer starting June 4. It lists changes to connections, sleeper service, and routing across major stations including Santa Fe Denver Kansas City and Topeka with mileage and arrival times, plus notes on connecting trains and revised schedules for Western and Eastern divisions.
Fragmented report from a 1919 era pacific war era narrative mentioning Proctor & Gamble factory, Stilwell and a route to the Atlantic seaboard. Describes passenger movement, ship lines, Hamburg America contract links, and Mexican and Kansas routes. Sketches life near old Bellamy colony and Mesjour government ties with Cheer. Ends noting Stilwell’s travel to New York and London.
A report notes 3000 men laboring on the Rock Island to Verasillea route, with details on mile stakes, grading, and track elevation. Crews prepare for spring readiness as work expands toward Versuil lie and nearby towns.
Fragmentary OCR mentions plans or actions related to transit lines between cities, a contracted connection between Monroe and Mexico, and reductions in road disuse. Instability and garbled phrasing obscure dates, places, and exact parties, but implies immediate central war impact and a phased timetable for completion.
Newton Kansas May 21 Local businessmen gathered as a railroad promoters meeting explored plans to bring the North and South line to Newton. The club endorsed using legitimate means to secure the road and urged bonds valued at forty thousand dollars, though the form of bonds—county city or township—was not fixed. Enthusiasm ran high that the project will start soon.
The Santa Fe plans substantial yard changes near Argentine and Turner. A smaller elevator moves north, the larger SW moves farther west toward the town, with switch shunts relocated west of the yard. Weighing scales shift east of the Twelfth Street Bridge and outbound freight is rerouted. Four main line tracks will replace two from the yard’s west end to the Union depot.
Horace and Tribune residents compete to locate the best water supply for the Santa Fe division point. Morace, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad workers search night and day as rival towns push to demonstrate their wells. Local officials may grant Horace more time to prove a ready water source.
Gathsheba Turley, by attorney SB Amidon, files in district court a $4600 damages suit against the Orient railroad. She alleges the railroad damaged her farm by bulldozing and tearing hedges and fences and diverting two and one half acres of land. The petition claims eight and one half acres were taken without just compensation and that agricultural use has been harmed.
New York May 23 President Gillette of the Denver and Southwestern Treasury wardens files deny any absorption plan by the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek road. He states no negotiations are underway. He also said interest variance on the 6 1 2 per cent bonds of the Denver and Southwestern due June 1 will be promptly met.
A World Herald dispatch from New York reports a May date for a potential Union Pacific strike conclusion. Terms of settlement are described as to return to work, equal pay, no discrimination, and abolition of shop duties, amid broad union references and plans affecting Western Pacific construction financing.
Harry E. Brownlee of the Santa Fe reports progress as the new office in the machine shop is completed for Electrician Stiles. J. M. Meade, resident engineer, makes a short trip over the Mixsourt division. Edward House joins the pattern shop from Manhattan Agricultural College. Ly Fe truin No. 2 was an hour LG inivutes It yesterday, No. 6.
A sweeping testimonial letter from Mrs. Colonel Gresham and other women tout Peruna as a cure for chronic catarrh affecting the stomach liver kidneys and pelvic organs. The report cites improved health after using Peruna with multiple personal anecdotes from New Jersey Virginia and Ohio, urging readers to seek Dr Hartman for guidance and to publish the letter widely.
Srosa the weet arrived here 20 minutes after J T Hastings joined a new employee. A E Cooper and Spangier were seen at Winfield while H A Millers exent rode to Topeka. Col C F Cavert and J T Ghitan traveled to Chicago and east respectively. P G Ripley and F P Ripley passed through Topeka en route to Chicago. private cars referenced. Passenger office baseball games announced. high water on the Southern and Western divisions halts service in places near Topeka. schedules disrupted by floods.
The text notes a method to shield water and earth from affecting a pole and to guard against warts. Inventors, researching since March 1, describe a plan as a prudent investment given thousands of poles used annually.
Governor’s office received a telegram from the Secretary of State acknowledging Michael Herbert the English minister’s loss claim. The notice concerns destruction of Ratcliffe property at Grand Lakes about a year ago and references tensions and public anger after disputes with workers and fishermen.
Fragmentary OCR text references destruction of houses, a suspect named Nie, mentions of government plans, Great Britain, the Governor, District Attorney Br. McMuliion, and Grand Junction. Details unclear due to damaged text. mentions an investigation and official actions without clear outcomes.
Readable copy notes a Marshall's Band performance on a Sunday afternoon at Garfeld Park with musicians listed and a street address 5 Kei Ave. The fragment mentions a winter setting and time but lacks precise date or full lineup.
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