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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
10
An ad extols Paine’s Celery Compound as a cure for headaches and nervous debility. It links headaches to a tired nervous system and claims the product strengthens and vitalizes nerves, citing Mrs Henry Westrick of St Clar Michigan reporting relief from chronic headaches and dyspepsia after use.
Pensions granted to Kansans include recipients such as Martin Young of Richland with $12 and Delilah Develien of Parsons with $12. Other names appear with amounts shown, though some entries are garbled, listing towns like Opolis Hutchinson Wilmot and Winchester.
Fragmentary ad copy touts One Minute By Cure as a cure for coughs croup grip asthma and bronchitis. It claims rapid relief after a few doses and mentions a family scene at home with a child who was thought to be ill but improved after taking the remedy.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 Marshall's band performs a Garfield Park concert. Mia Mollie Allen of South Park Ky notes relief from indigestion using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets during attacks. Sold by all druggists.
A California report claims new compounds cure Brights disease and diabetes with recoveries up to 87 percent. The notice mentions pending investigation and urges urgent contact for reports and treatment in the city.
Topeka and San Bernardino reports show Santa Fe machinists on the Topeka division receive 50 cents daily, up from 25, a voluntary move said to discourage a boilermaker strike. The raise may cover about workers and signals possible broader wage shifts across the system as railroads hedge against labor unrest.
Announcement of transfers within the Santa Fe outlines A B Todd moving from Winslow to San Bernardino as division master mechanic while M J Drury and J P Fitzgerald shift to new supervisory roles. George Lindoff will assume Todd’s former duties. Alfred Lovell arrives as assistant superintendent of motive power in Topeka after leaving St Paul. Lovell, a Worcester Tech graduate, previously led motive power at Northern Pacific.
Rail employees in Topeka and across the Rock Island system are noted in a series of appointments, shifts, and retirements. The piece lists moving personnel, trainmasters, superintendents, and shop crews, with scattered comments on health, travel, and the local operations affecting motive power and machinery.
A fragmented note highlights illness as a major enemy to laboring people, linking disease to the stomach and allied organs. It mentions stomach trouble and heart or lung illnesses, with garbled phrases pointing to medical treatments and uncertain local references in Ohio.
Congressman A M Jackson was badly injured near Mineral Kansas while stepping from a rut toward a sidewalk and breaking his leg. The incident occurred September 6 as he traveled in the town area, with doctors and local officials assisting him. President Corrigan announced wage increases for trainmen in Kansas City, affecting Metropolitan lines and West side divisions with minor pay adjustments. Judge Sapp of Galena will handle Jackson’s appointments until his recovery.
Allan C. Caster, a former Kipp merchant sentenced to two years for obtaining money under false pretenses, hanged himself with a towel in his county jail cell. Authorities cite remorse and fear of prison as probable causes. Caster had come to Kansas from Ohio about two years ago.
Baker Notes from Baldwin Kansas dated September 6 report Migs Telford of the Latin department, Hag Farshased, and three jots north of Dr Osborn’s residence are involved in plans for the erection of Bandsome Smear 1 at Bedford. Albert Kirk Grassmen is noted from last year.
Mr. O H Baker of 121 West Seventh Street reports chronic kidney and bladder trouble eased by Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Rowley and Boon’s drug store. He notes initial relief in a half box and continued effectiveness after a recurrence. Pills priced 69 cents. Foster Milburn Co. and Don’s as U.S. agents. Do not substitute.
A truncated OCR fragment mentions Madison and an event or log segment. Readable terms include Bag or SCR and vague references to a date or log. Not enough context to determine specifics beyond these sparse items.
Trustees faculty and student body of Baker mourn the death of H W Sparr, top president of the board of trustees. Other notes mention Chas Kuhn visiting from South America for Baker enrollment and Rev Don Colt returning to his Baltimore church after vacation in Baldwin. TL. & Dyce, a senior law student at Kansas University, makes frequent summer visits.
About 7 000 people attended the fourth Barton County stock exhibition fair. A band performed and offered entrancing entertainments with war dances. Spectators enjoyed the show as crowds gathered for the event in Great Bend around mid September.
A fragmentary account describes a warp making faulty attempts to ensnare a snake. The reptile struck, attaching to the warp, which fled. Cringing figures then settled upon Aseenalce and stung him to death, in a chaotic scene labeled Kiews Gle.
Fragmentary OCR lists Stine as business manager of the paper and mentions candidates at state and local levels. The sentence is incomplete but places Stine in a leadership role at the local publication. No other concrete facts present.
Fragmentary note from Clay Center announcing publication details and political coverage. Mentions state, congressional, and judicial tickets and the Populists in relation to party pages.
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