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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
3
State officials announce a rule requiring all bills to be filed on Tuesday before the executive council meeting held on the last Wednesday of each month. Assistant Secretary Wilwon notes this change aims to prevent late submissions that previously crowded the council.
Fragmented report describes a doctrinal revision discussion among church leaders and invited scholars. Participants include Rev Dra Minton, Seark A, and Jerstok Johnson of Chicago. The group aims to replace the current creed with a more concise formal statement for broader acceptance.
A partial draft discusses committee work to draft new chapters on the poly spirit and on the love of God. Another section proposes a light revision of the con tention of faith regarding the elect infant declaration.
The Times reports Col. John N. Partridge of Brooklyn will become New York City police commissioner after January 1. Mayor-elect Low offered the position, which Partridge accepted, per the Times. Costa Rica faces growing debt distress affecting interest payments and public salaries.
Excursion rates listed for health resort trips from Phoenix to San Antonio and El Paso to Las Vegas, with various round trips and prices. Includes Chicago and return pricing and December travel window. Note format appears as agency rates with three month limits and application quotes.
Santa Fe officials allegedly study a 50 to 100 mile extension from Congress Junction Arizona to the Colorado River to unlock western Arizona minerals. Prospectors flock to the area while Santa Fe denies confirmed plans, noting the jurisdictional complexities beyond Albuquerque. The district promises copper and gold finds amid difficult supply lines and arid conditions.
Discussion swirls around a possible transcontinental road through Phoenix Arizona with surveys complete and Phoenix traders expecting action. The Rock Island line aims to extend from Chicago toward Benson then Phoenix and beyond to San Diego, with through trains anticipated within the year and a potential ownership shift to avoid third party control.
The Santa Fe plans a rush of service with sixteen Baldwin compound freight engines deployed between Newton and Thxige City and sixteen passenger engines between Newton and La Junta. The Western division will run Newton to Dodge City, with eight more between Dodge City and La Junta. Passenger engines likely arrive first, one per train, boosting service to California freight in the coming months.
A disturbed telegraph operator claims Fred Harvey plans poisoning him. He has disrupted trains by crossing tracks during movements and harassed railroad workers. authorities halted the train to stop it from entering the yards.
The Santa Fe railway announces changes to annual passes for the next year. The straight annual pass will be purple instead of gray, the B pass becomes yellow instead of pink, and trip passes will be green instead of blue. Trip passes will use safety paper rather than cardboard, while coupon book passes remain the same.
Reports on telegraph office inventories are being prepared at Santa Fe Superintendent C G Sholes, aiming to create a permanent record. Santa Fe oil burning engines expand, and rail plans under discussion include Arkansas City to McAlester. Marriage in Newton unites Miss Bianch May Dunk and Martin J Mullen a machinist.
An old time patent medicine ad touts Stuart Dyspepsia Tablets as a saferalternative to exaggerated claims. It emphasizes digestion restoration by a vegetable formula that aids the stomach liver blood and nerves. The copy argues the tablet digests wholesome food and offers relief from indigestion and stomach troubles.
The article notes Rock Island railroad plans in Enid and Strong City, praising the round house location as decisive for northern Oklahoma’s future. It covers railroad personnel movements, Thanksgiving activity, shop upgrades, and a new machine shop site, with references to Rock Island and Santa Fe operations.
Denver newspapers circulate a sensational tale that Waggener has been offered the general solicitorship of the Denver and Rio Grande, with Wolcott’s retirement seen as likely. The rumor links Gould Hill Harriman interests and Burlington ties, while Waggener denies the report and remains noted as a premier western attorney.
Dr William Ratney Harper president of the University of Chicago accepts the post directing universal education congresses at the world’s fair with responsibilities for arranging national congresses of experts in statesman, jurist, scientist, literature, pedagogue and theologian fields. France EL Clarke world Christian Endeavor president sails January 4 to expand the society in Europe for seven months. Doan’s Ointment cited as a cure for itching piles.
An old time advertisement extols Omega Oil as superior to traditional sweet oil for colds. It claims fast relief, safe use on children, and no blistering, urging a bottle in every home to save illness or doctor costs.
Plans would transform the Indian School into an agricultural college with new curricula and facilities. Officials emphasize expanded programs, faculty hires, and regional farm research to boost local farming and training opportunities.
A massive oil fire in the Ninth Street area near the East River caused extensive destruction to the Uplegrove & Brothers mill and nearby properties. Firefighters suffered injuries, millions in damage estimated with multiple firms named including J. Sanlstrugh and the Mutual Gas company. The blaze spread rapidly, oil spilled into the river, and several neighboring buildings were damaged or burned.
The readable text is garbled, offering limited concrete facts. It mentions numbers and places such as Kansas and Marabait Brow but lacks coherent names or events to identify a clear subject or outcome.
Four trains depart Topeka daily with arrivals in Chicago. Departure times include 2 59 p m and 4 40 p m with morning arrivals at 7 00 am and 9 20 pm respectively. Address listed for F F Menninger in Kansas and notes an office in Topeka with a residence on Topeka Street.
Night School of YMCA offers a free business course for all members of the Association. Studies include Bookkeeping Arithmetic and Hustness Fractal Grammar and Letter Writing Spelling and Punctuation. Professors E H Roudebunk and CB Van Horn guide the year with personal attention and an International certificate awarded on completion. For details call East Ninth Street Association office.
About 500 visitors attend the sixteenth annual session in McPherson Kansas with remarks from N Wilkinson and Carl Bowersson. A dramatic cantata Joseph by the Choral union of McPherson is scheduled along with a lecture by Byron Chicago and a return trip via Santa Fe at 216.00.
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