Word: topeka
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pollman, a banker convicted of forgery and sentenced to prison had, with the knowledge of state attorneys, entered into negotiations with Russell Davis, the Governor's son; that he promised to pay $1,250 in exchange for a pardon; that Russell Davis visited a room in a Topeka hotel and received $1,000 from Pollman, while reporters and a stenographer listened to the conversation by a telephonic device in a room near by; that Russell Davis went away and returned with the pardon; that Pollman then delivered $250 more to Russell Davis and then confronted him with the reporters...
...twelve-hour day is said to be practically eliminated from the railroads of the country as a result of a decision just handed down in Chicago by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit in a test case brought by the Government against Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. The case was brought on the complaint of the yardmasters that the twelve-hour day for yardmasters was contrary to the Hours of Service Act limiting the hours of railroad employes to nine...
...little-heralded developments in the Southwest is the establishment by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway of a double or alternate track from Chicago to Los Angeles, with the exception of a level stretch in Arizona now under construction. The completion of the latter will mark the termination of a 20 year effort by the road, will cover a route of 2,231 miles, and has cost about...
...Republicans* admonished him, brought it to his attention that politics was one thing while "merchandising half-baked scandal," "raking up unsupported allegations," "mudslinging," constituted quite another. "Very prettily said," retorted Mr. Wheeler; and continued his attacks on the Coolidge and Dawes pre-office records, through Caldwell, Wellington, Herington, McFarland, Topeka...
Edwin Thacher, '63, slide rule inventor, designer of the five-span Kansas River Bridge at Topeka...