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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1899
Page
3
An advertisement touts Botanic free as a cure all for eruptions, sores, and systemic illnesses including cancer and blood impurities. It claims rapid healing for children, asserts removal of troubles with a plant-based remedy, and offers to mail medical details prepaid to interested buyers.
The Topeka Jewish community marks Rosh Hashanah at sundown with evening services, Biblical hymns, and ceremonial readings including passages from Samuel. The observance continues with a period of repentance leading to Yom Kippur, with days added to the calendar and calendar calculations noted by local authorities.
Sources in Santa Fe circles predict a major restructuring after C R Hudson leaves the road. Two assistant general freight agents would replace him, handling rates and commercial business west of the Missouri River from Kansas City or Denver. Possible appointments include B Montgomery and B F Williams, with Gorman and Mostemery among considered executives. offices likely in Topeka Kansas City or Denver.
New York reports Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. designed locomotive, built at Albany shops of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad, shows low maintenance costs and strong performance. It ran well on the Mohawk division, handled passenger service after freight duty, and proved a good steamer with no extraordinary incidents. The boiler’s cylindrical form yields higher heat surface, pushing steam pressure beyond usual limits while safety valves held to 185 pounds after an initial 105 pounds.
An unclear OCR snippet references pay rates for officers and enlisted personnel. It mentions a regiment ready to start, and that the rate charged is the second-class rate, with a $5 figure and possible changes to a Hebe rate.
In a Saturday match at Athletic Park Senta Fe Rounders overwhelmed Boistermakers with a 46 to 3 victory. The Rounders dominated early and late, pitchers changed for the Boistermakers three times, and Home runs by the Women highlighted a chaotic game with several ball mishaps. Empires-Dan Lane and Elmer Baughman kept score. Will Hoeck served as score keeper.
Railroad notes report Ed Solty back from layoff and others at Topeka shops and depots. Misses include vehicle repairs on car 008, George Helwhr returning from Mendla, and John Purcell visiting from Argentine. Incidents mention M. Nicholson’s illness and Dark Reardon’s wrist injury while working on a repair shed cur.
Engineer Burcu recalls a near tragedy near Hall station as two young girls wandered onto the tracks ahead of a Burlington freight. He applied brakes and reversed, but one girl jumped a bank into a ditch while the other stepped aside as the train stopped.
Santa Fe announces lower fares to meet Southern Pacific on a September business excursion plan. Special tickets valid September 4 for thirty days apply to all west of Albuquerque, with rates slightly above the single fare from San Angeles to San Francisco. Santa Fe opposed extending the San Francisco scheme but followed after Southern Pacific to protect its travelers.
The Santa Fe company centralizes the claims process under a claim attorney as it shifts handling away from general claim agents. This change aims to accelerate settlements, reduce intermediation, and place final opinions with an in-house attorney before action. Transportation costs are set at 50 dollars from Frisco with a private rate of 37.52 dollars. state charges reflect regular first class rates.
An Emporia railway page notes engineer Rosetter leaving for a fret pool trip and many crews assigned to passenger work out of Topeka. It reports a September meeting to form a federation of railroad branches, steam heating plans with two large boilers, and stoves being removed from the roundhouse. Several staff movements include Wm Rowlands resting thirty days, Wood heading to California, TL Hines returning, and Chas Baker back from Paporera.
The Rock Island announces new appointments effective at one o'clock with Wm. F. sharing the western headquarters at Goodland and taking effect in the paper ante room.
Master Merhatie Gavitt has returned from a two week vacation in Michigan. He was accompanied after spending the summer there. P Carr has been engaged for locomotive fireman services.
Foote transferred to Sky to Raton. Strong City hosts the past year as friends plan a sunhouse. L. E. Gartside and Jett prepare for a six week vacation at the old Horn cherry home. Firemen W. W. Wellman and B. H. A. Fenn passed examinations becoming engineers. Porter moved to Indians after Fireman Jerry Dunkieberssr’s death. Rittenhouse assigned to run on the Great Bend branch. Machinist Martin J. Mullen resigned for a similar post at Ft Atadi.
New York reports a London sourced World dia- Dutch item stating a wall paper trust forms a 15 million dollar capital pool uniting nearly all London manufacturers except four. The plan imposes a ten year dealer non competition with foreign makers, promising a 20 percent immediate price hike and mass layoffs for about a third of workers as the syndicate foresees huge profits.
A Louisville Courier Journal piece extols Washington Indiana police for wearing rubber sole shoes to move stealthily. A traveling man recounts quiet, almost invisible officers slipping up behind him in a saloon and at social gatherings, praising their gumshoe efficiency and noting reprimands for duty neglect.
The narrative recounts Neville Chamberlain’s lesser known past as a Sunday school teacher at the Church of the Messiah in Birmingham about two decades ago. He led a class with unorthodox methods, mixing scripture with natural science and colonial history, challenging students with Socratic-style disputation and insisting religion meant active duty to others.
A brief National League note records a BLOOuR of Wood and a 2016 second mention for Donah. The scant OCR fragment confirms only names and league context without full event data or outcomes.
At Galena Geive Park, Weir City defeated Galena 7 to 5 in a Sunday game watched by about four excursion crowds. Battery for Weir City were Guiena, Bernard Whret and Fred Shoots. for Galena Gase and Cooley. Attendance was noted as a small crowd.
Sept 4 sees the Elks carnival in Detroit with plans to host a boxing bout refereed by mount Clemens officials. Fitz announces no intent to join the Chicago Athletic association and instead will tour the country this fall and winter with a strong vaudeville company.
Chicago September 4 Rommy Ryan signs with Fort Dearborn Athletic Club for two bouts, within a month. He will face Hilly Stift in six rounds one week from Friday night and then take on Joe Chornekt in early October. Bantam welter bout featuring Jimmy Barry is on the card with a pull of bouts including Kauffman vs Hudson and Crosby vs Phillips.
A letter to the editor from Leavenworth discusses the Klondike Saloon matter and argues prohibition is waning. It criticizes Stanley, Gidard, the Mall and Breese, and calls out reformers while urging broader public sentiment to take action in Kansas. The writer cites trade papers and parties, noting unease with enforcement efforts and political fault lines.
A Topeka resident testifies that five weeks of gripping pains and kidney trouble improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He bought them at a local store and endorses the remedy, noting the product’s availability through Foster Murn Co in Buffalo N Y as sole U S agents.
John Boyer letters reveal political theatre around Klondike, liquor sales, and potential cross-river ferry plan to influence voters. IOUs and schemes emerge involving agricultural college position and prison matron bid as agitation continues to affect local administration.
Sept 4 Glasgow university selects H M Gleeson from Kansas J J Bailey of Michigan and J T Bissett of Kentucky for a naval architecture course. They receive five days furlough before sailing to Glasgow. Gleeson, a top graduate of the Naval Academy, has served in the Marblehead and on Admiral Sampson’s flagship, with the construction corps as a promising career path.
A fragmented column features humorous captions and phrases about travel poses and photo sessions in a late 19th or early 20th century Chicago setting. It references Home Sweet Home, humorous quips about barber wives, and mock titles like The Primrose Path and The Time of Joy.
A fragment notes a Santa Fe offer for a round trip to New York with a return from New York, dated August 71, and a price of 32.55 dollars, subject to train departure details.
A compressed roster lists Kansas county fair associations with their secretaries and September dates. Entries include Anderson to Jewell counties with officials such as Garnett secretary, J Woodlant Burlington, Tracy Learnard Laywrench, BD A Mims Garden City, Si McGrew Holton, Edwin Snyder, and Lee Roy Hulse Mankato, spanning September 1 through October 26.
A fragmented roster listing G A H reunions this summer and fall. Sections show dates in September and partial names such as J D Matte son Fred Levin and D M Reid with secretarial mentions. Locations include Wichita Gaylord Grenotk and Grenotk September 18 21. No state reunion is noted for September f-
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