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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1900
Page
3
A dense, instructional piece blending dietary claims with numerous recipes and kitchen guidance. It covers fats from vegetables, dietary balance, and practical dishes like Butter Cakes, beef crust, French oysters, and hashed potatoes, interwoven with controversial claims about fat and nutrition and procedural cooking notes.
Two seventy six dollars worth pass to Kansas City and return on The Great Rock Island Route. Tickets sold for 11 morning trains on November 22 with return valid through November 30.
The Santa Fe roundhouse and shops at Topeka strain to accommodate ever larger locomotives as new Rhode Island plant parts arrive and a new turntable is proposed. Chief officials Barr and Murdge inspect the facilities amid cramped stalls and growing need for expansion to ease handling of huge engines.
In Kansas City Transmissouri officials clash over mileage credit plans. Eastern road members charge ticket brokers backers profit from the mileage ticket. Debate splits roads into two camps with Santa Fe as neutral. A new committee fails to resolve the issue, to be revisited in Chicago.
Southern Kansas Express collided with a Missouri Pacific freight at Garnett early Monday as signals were misunderstood. Conductor Murphy and crew aboard the passenger train faced a derailment risk but escaped serious injury.
Cleveland November 21. After ten years of effort leaders push to abolish free transportation, with the decision held up until December 15 as legislative delays persist and debates intensify over proposed changes shaping transit policy.
Decades of transport chatter swirl in a patchwork of notes. Frank Trumbull of Colorado and Southern aims to discuss a Beaver Cripple Creek airline while Santa Fe and Wabash stories promise westward links. Holiday goods move fast through Topeka as Christmas approaches. Seaboard official flags accounts short at Fernandina. Firemen’s ball eyed for December 20 amid work notices and car movements.
The report covers rail operations including Engine 69% repairs after cylinder damage, return of James Webste from time off to resume duties, and staff movements with Switchman James Ryan heading to hospital for rheumatic treatment. Also notes on Grange meeting in Manhattan with plans and speeches on Good Roads and Grange objectives. Football travel details for Kansas vs Missouri for Thanksgiving are listed with ticket sales starting November 2.
A new farce titled Thanksgiving matinees and night performances debut at Crawford Theatre marking a shift from the usual specialties. The novelty promises dramatic events and a lively interval of comic scenes.
Nov 25 dispatch reports a detachment of the Third United States Infantry ambushed near Malolos. Two privates were killed and three wounded as insurgents fled into a swamp. Gen Bates claims 27 insurgents captured, six of whom killed seven people last spring. The era notes wire-cutting and troop movements, with ships and transports preparing to sail.
C W Douglas, of Topeka, publishes Missionary News at Shanghai. The monthly paper, about six inches, covers missions and missionary work in China. It lists missionaries reported killed, safe, or unheard, totaling 107 killed, 36 safe, 24 unknown. The paper is Presbyterian despite printing broad missionary news.
In Leaser Ville West Virginia on November 23 a crowd of two boys built a driftwood fire on the river bank along the Ohio near Wheeling. As water rose one boy tossed a can into the flames causing a flare that drew alarm and prompted nearby adults to intervene.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is praised by numerous readers who report instant relief and complete cures after use. Endorsers from Cleveland Albany Indianapolis and other cities share experiences of long standing piles being cured without surgery and at fifty cents per complete dose.
Fragmented reader letter content discusses weather shifts from heat to cold, remarks on the dangers of early cold snaps, and promotes Peruna medicine for catarrh and related ailments. It references the need to start treatment early and notes concerns about pelvic catarrh in women, with dubious medical claims throughout.
A fragmentary report notes an incident involving Durig family members including infants and youths. Names listed include Harmon Finley, Willie Davis, Robt Finley, and an infant child. No clear location or outcome is provided in the readable text.
Washington November 11 Nina Edwards of Tipeks Kansas has been appointed a teacher at the Twmakh Indisc school. Details mention metropolitan events and ticketing phrases amid unclear text.
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