Kansas City belles and society women shine in famed circles
A portrait gallery of Kansas City society highlights Mrs Roswell Field and Mrs Edward H Bouton among the city’s young married beauties. The piece profiles their beauty, talents, social roles, and influential husbands, with other debutantes and notable locals like Miss Mattie Slavens and Miss Cora Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Field
Kansas City
New England
Kansas City An
E. H. Bouton
Simms
Cincinnati
Mattif Slavexs
Miss Slavens
Wellesley
Conservatory of Music
Boston
Europe
Hyde Park
Mamie Devol
Gen. Devol
Kandas
Devol
Cora Warner
Nellie McGee
William Nelson
McGee
Married Man or Bachelor The Ramsay Dilemma
Illinois legislator Dan G. Ramsay confesses a puzzling dispute over whether a newspaper clipped marriage contract he signed with Bessie Caldwell creates a valid common law marriage. Caldwell calls it a joke, Ramsay fears harm to her, and East St. Louis awaits a possible real ceremony. A second note on rail speed argues higher speed is feasible but costly, with engineers ready once users pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dan G. Ramsay
Mr. Ramsay
East St. Louis
Bessie Caldwell
Johnstown
Cambria
Orphans’ Court
Said County
D. G. Ramaay
Bessie CaLowall
R J. Long
J. P
Frank E. Millard
Miss Caldwell
St. Louis
Dan
Res Lightning for the Stage
Fred V. L. Smith invents an electrical device to produce stage lightning with flash lights hidden among the flies and controlled from a compact resistance block not exceeding six inches square. This arrangement aims to mimic natural lightning for theatrical use as reported by the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred V. L. Smith
Pittaburg Dispatch
Family stock and permanence in America
A discussion on preserving family stocks through country living and stable domicile. It argues European aristocracy’s country lifestyle, legacy drafting, and passing trades as keys to durable family status. It cites Eliot on family business, democracy, and permanence versus urban mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
East
C. W. Eliot
Montana Legislature Nears End With Block on State Institutions
Helena Feb 27 Work in both branches has heated up as the session nears close. The Senate indefinitely postpones bills to locate state institutions at Bozeman and Missoula, signaling they are likely dead. About fifty of 168 introduced bills pass the committee gauntlet, with many forms of appropriations and state management proposals remaining under review. The state faces $234,000 in allowed claims plus a penitentiary bill of $49,800, pushing total near $300,000 in March.
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Helena
Senate
Hoffman
Agricultural College
Bozeman
Matt
State University
Missoula
House
Jefferson River
Supreme Court
Musigbrad &Mitchell
Conley
Teton
Montana
State Board Land Commissioners
N. P. and
Cooke City Railroad
Yellowstone County
State Board of Examiners
Board of Examiners
Proposed Poor House Plans For County Farm
County commissioners meet next Monday to arrange erection of buildings at the county poor farm purchased last summer. County Clerk W A Jones will receive plans and specifications. The contract of John T Dingley for keeping the county poor will expire soon. The commissioners believe the new scheme will save the county money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Jones
John T. Dingley
Commandery Organized Amid Bank Construction Plans
A. H. Barret Commandery No. 7, A. F. & A. M., organized in Dillon under Montana Grand Commandery dispensation. Hon. A. J. Davidson of Helena represented by Edw. W. Neill Jr. and Brundage of Kansas. Regular conclaves set for the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at the Masonic Temple. Building plans for First National Bank described. completion expected by mid July. District court convenes March 9 with trial and grand jurors listed. Obituary notes the deaths of F. McM Tidball’s parents in Millersburg, Ohio. Old stage lines shrink as Union Pacific extension spurs faster Wyoming access. Notice solicits cattle herders for Centennial Valley summer 1891. response via mail or in person to A. F. Jones.
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A. H. Barret
A. F
A. M
Montana
A. J. Davidson
Helena
Edw. W. Neill, Jr
Brundage
Kansas
Masonic Temple
F. McM. Tidball
Millersburg
Ohio
Samuel Tidball
Dillon
Mr. Tidball
Bloomfield
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Douglas
Black Hills
Wyoming
Tam
Centennial Valley
Centennial P. C
Madison Co
Mont
A. F. Jones
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Belles
Missouri Border
Edward H. Bouton
Bouton
Warner
Washington
Penn
Fisnsas Society
Lora Bullene
T. B. Bullene
Mamie Drennon
Miss Drennon
Miss West Chappel
Phil KE. Chappel
Carrie Smith
L. D. Hopart
Woodstock
Birchall
Benwell
Pittsburg
New York Commercial Advertiser
R. H. Thurston
Forum
America
Mehemet Ali
Nile
Alexandria
Egypt
France
Allah
San Francisco
First National Bank
Eastman
Parker & Stelzer
Trisunz
District Court
C. W. Conger
Fred Bird
Peter Hendrickson
W. C. Moore
E. T. Rang
Henry Cushing
E. McGee
J. T. Poindexter
EB. Ball
Ed. Moe
W. G. Phillips
C. Cornell
Frank Eliel
D. B. Mason
Wm. Knippenberg
W. B. Devill
X. Benois
Phil Grotebant
G. W. Perkins
N. E. Hammer
Dennis Barton
Grand
J. F. Bishop
J. G. Bailey
W. R. Gilbert
J. C. Wilson
J. ©. Brenner
W. B. Carter
Herr
Joe A. Browne
T. H. Fox
Rife
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