The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-07
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Fred knfrtsI Of the freight house spent
Tuesday IN Emporia
Tuesday vas the day Of the honeseek-
srs rates On the santa E-s
Reuben Peabody CT the east shoo was
absent from work Tuesday.
Homer Shreves and " E Daks are two
new men IN GrahaEn's scrap gang
II g Nayler CT the storekseperfs ofice
VS. absent yesterday On account CT sick
ness
F. A. Wettling OF the storekeeper,s Office
was absent Tuesday On account Of sick
George Han Of the paint shoD returned
AloEday from a TWO weeks trip 70 points
A little BIT Of attention was paid 10 the
2 1IeAndrews Of the storekeeperss office
absence On account Of sickness
H H 249t=s- travelling passenger agent
1ar lae e1ezet Pate. vas q visitor At zte
santa Re Uel-st oErlce THURSDAY
The Santa Fe ticket agent At this point
reports that ne las Just closed very sue
cessrui year. the sales being lar ahead Of
those In years previous
J. 3 Shoekley IS new employee at t1a
ptanl1E nm De vas employed Tuesday
morning He IS the father Of James Shock
ley, VINO works II the car sheds
Harry Goodrich Of the south shop "a
rurued to WORK Tuesday after being ab-
sent two weeks on account OF sickness. He
mas been having some trouble with his
ear
The next annual convention CT the mas
ter mechanics and the master earb5ltls7ers
VIII De held at the Grand hotel at Mac
mack Island II June from the nth TO the
z4lh-
was thrown from his horse the ether day
and his leg received an injury. He VIII
probably be OF Ter a week or 50 On ac-
count q
Charles Jett. formerly Of George r Hen
1zrs1r Qffscs- was n town Monday and
came down to the shops e visit with
faf Tn+
stringtag wire foE the Rock Island
1t Il stated rhat SzIsna is TO have a new
Rock Island depot Preparations are now
being made for its erection Z VII occu-
py the same site that the cid depot did
The cid depot IS to be used fer 4 freight
deget
The oeEiciaIs Of the Lake Shore and
Southern system having been couvInced
that many railroad wrecks and collisions
the part G. engineers bremen, bra ksEusn
ard szitelr1eu- have declared against men
/ a bureau rar the examination q every
mar Wora1Hng FOR the company was put in
/ operation
Curtis EonicaI chief clerk to Division
Superintendent Mcclellan IS reported 10
F be irnpreving ron the bum he received a
week ago Thrirstisv while h= was uIavinz
Santa Claus for his children The cotton
which he had tied around his face TO rep
resent his whisAzers caught IRE and ne
cur 3 e Bean Is lazllg MS place unril
his return which VIII probably be IN a
month OF SIX weeks
Work IN TIE planning mill was stopped
Tuesday morning for about 80 minutes CT
account Of rhe breaking Of enc Of the
driving belts The BELT broke at about Il -2g
r. m a force OF men Immediately set 70
work repairing il and before Z seleck the
machinery was running again ;. D Wise.
who was working On The little planer W.
dsrnearn the belt. was llI on the head og
Il when Il broke He was stunned but not
seriously hurt
The boys ID the car sheds have q joke
on James S1eczley- Il IS said that he drove
olE in sae country tae other evening &c
visit one Of his Numerous friends He
stayed quite late and when he finally went
QIC 10 the hItchIEg post To get his horse
and buggy TIRE hircEing post was stu tnere
but the horse ard buggy were not Well
rhe outcome cE the whole Ting was that
he didu It get any sleep r1flr night After
wa zinE about a. niles h. finally found MS
outfit some place cut On the edge q to- "
ard II IS safe 70 say thar he VIII 1uL
lock and key on his horse the next time
TIE boys at tAe shops think thar Il was
probably gue Of SncckIey's rivals Wht
T took tire horse and buggy