Social and Personal highlights at local gathering
Recital notes place and people attend a Wednesday afternoon program at the library with Catherine Smith and Miss Wear Trishei. Birthday dinner honors Mr James McFarland with guests including Judge W A Johnstin and Mr William Henderson. Various notes mention visitors and travels of Mrs Sharitt, Miss Jones, Mrs Wear, Miss Lange, and others in Topeka and nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arne Tadtien
Mtuste Cint
Library Pit
Mise Huey
Saint Suens
Catherine Smith
Wear Trishei
Opera of Lichtenstein
Wear
James M. McFarland
AfeParland
Carrie Mediicutt
Miss McParland
Peart McFarland
W. A. Johnstin
Me. del Keizer
HG Larimer
A.W. Dana
A. EB. Weaner
Archie Willams
JG Slopécker
William Henderson
John Guthrie
Felicity Card Club
George F. Sharitt
Sue
Kempét Hall
Kenosha
Wis
FL EL Wear
Chicago
Margaret Jones
Join McFarland
Oklahoma
J. Tipton
Kansas City
Topeka
George Downs
Exaciyn Green
Madison
William Green
Birdie Sprague Waggoner
Atchison Champion
Women’s Press Association
J. G. Wood
Emma Garber
Lawrence
Miss Lange
Hollis
Milton Reitz
Herbert D. Crosby
Satina
Helyn
J. W. Milligan
Waveland
Ind
Wheeler
Denver
Bliss Hattie Nordyke
Ilar Eet
A A. Hayes
J. M. Bear
Wis Prospect Street
Minnie Weller
Colorado Springs
Ity
Lew Badgier
Pratt
Minnie Woodonk
Wichita
J. M. Morrow
Kansas Avenue
Mrre. Morris
St. Monroe Street
Abilene
BY. Plu
Edna Pene
Topeka Avenue
Delia Bistos
Mise Pass
St Marys
C. H. Matthews
Church of the Good Shepherd
Rlock
Belle Bronston
Laurent Street
Forth Side
Baptist Church
Congregational Church
J. R. Madison
W. B Hutchinson
Mills Dry Goods Co. Adds White Goods Line
Mills Dry Goods Co announces Thursday April 13 addition to the white goods line already selling fast at 15c 10c 8½c 7½c and 5c. Today we inaugurate new stock and special values for shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Dry Goods CO
A White Apron Sale Offers Broad Range of Prices
A White Apron Sale features dozens and hundreds of aprons priced from 19 cents to 1.25 dollars. The largest assortment appears at 19 25 39 and 50 cents with styles including embroidered edges and plain hems with insertion or tucks. Also offered are plain lawn aprons at 25 39 75 cents and 1.00 with bibs and hemstitched bands. A striking lot is displayed and customers are urged to view them.
Evanston Bird Day Marks First Western Exhibit
Evanston plans a traditional Bird Day with public exhibitions on Friday. Volney Foster’s cups will be displayed on trees and filed with grain. Homer H. Kingsley will supervise the exercises before adjournment, establishing the event as a permanent part of the school year. Senator Fairbanks announces a May departure for Alaska with a party and census supervisors for Lodi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Volney Foster
Homer H. Kingsley
Fairbanks
Alaska
Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
Lodi
Queen Mine Sold to Carnegie for 600 Area Operation
April 13 Corrigan McKinney and Co transferred the Queen mine to Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie will operate it with 600 area. The Queen is Carnegie's first property on the Superior iron range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Mich
Corrigan, McKinney & Co
Queen
Andrew Carnegie
Carengie
Starauctic Iron Range
Death in a Bonfire After Drinking Frenzy in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on April 13 Mrs Sarah Johnson a widow with four children died after dancing around a large self lit bonfire at 624 Emity Street. She cried Come and See me to spectators before sinking unconscious in the flames. emergency services arrived too late. She had become crazed with drink and started the fire with a pile of loose papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sarah Johnson
Emity Street
Help Blind Jesse in Topeka Distress Signal
Topeka street figure Jesse Brooks, ex-gra, has sold papers for twenty years but now in distress due to hard winter. He is a familiar sight. daily he sets papers at newspaper offices and Island depot, though feeble. A misprint notes false money selling and a plea from Episcopal secretary election in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deste Brooks
Nou Exgra
Topeka
Efe
Island Depot
Hensley-Traschel Wedding Unites Meriden Couple
A quiet home wedding at Judge Dolman's residence linked Miss Ruth A. Hensley to William R. Traschel of Meriden. She wore white swiss with satin accessories and carried brides roses. After a 4 PM departure they head to St Joseph then settle in Meriden where Traschel works in the drug trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensley-Traschel
Judge Dolman
Ruth A. Hensley
Willam Rtraschel
Meriden
Miss Hensley
Mrs. Tr&schel
Rock Island
St. Joseph
Mr. Trasuiel
Britain s new arm planned for horse and field artillery
London war office finalizes the Vickers Maxim quick firing gun for rearmament. The system uses a hydraulic recoil buffer and fires twelve rounds per minute with a forty round ammo belt, aiming to match French and German quick fire artillery rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Fnaliz
Press Women Meet in Topeka for Ninth Annual Gathering
The Kan- S48 Woman's Press Association holds its ninth annual meeting at the Copeland hotel in Topeka with officers elected, afternoon talks on literature and advertising, and a Bohemia themed evening banquet featuring readings and toasts by prominent editors from Manhattan, Cimarron, Ottawa, and Atchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan- S48
Woman's Press Essoriation
Topeka
Copeland Hotel
Oliver Royce
Phillipsburg
Charlotte P. Wilder
Manhattan
Lillian AL
Pialnrili
Gazette
Mra Birdieeu
Waesener
The
Atchison Champion
Eva Ryan
Severance News
Eiin Brown
Clifton
Mary
Cimarron
Kathrine Hoffman
Enterprise
Wilder
S.A Thurston
Cora Lewis
Kinsley
Lena Eider Puller
Ostawe
J. G. Weed
Werman
Star
Mary EB. Keating
Cimarryn
Anni
Sirs
Lena Elder Puller
Ottawa
Corn Lewis
Anna Waite
Lincoln
Elizabeth Frazier
Erie
Bohemia
Copeland
Minnafe D. Morgan
Cottonweed Falls
Paetch
Elna Brown
Liga G. Frow
Birdie Sprague Waggoner
Atubism
Mabel Diges
Severance
Dr Peers Named City Physician Nominee
Mayor Drew announces he will submit Dr. T. W. Peers for city physician to the council tonight. A petition from thirty prominent physicians petitions for his appointment, and there is strong belief in his confirmation due to recognized ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Annvu
Uxlay
T. W. Peers
Hhis
Br. Peers
Meeting in New York votes against race meet promotion
A special meeting of the Associated Cycling Clubs of New York last night decided not to promote a Memorial Day race meet. President Heenan of the League of American Wheelmen offered help to ease the association from liability, but the talks were hostile to the L A W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Cucling Clubs
Ezarantes
Heenan
League of American Wheelmen
Agent from Mudyard visits New York in April
Fragmentary OCR reports a Mudyard agency representative arriving in New York in April. The note mentions infringements connected to Kipling and Kinre, with hints of ongoing issues over many months and potential future recourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sipling
New York
PF Watt
Mudyard Spites
Conardie Etruria
Sake Concern
Mir
Obsequies for Justice Field Honor Many Dignitaries
Immense ceremony at Church of the Epiphany for the late Justice Stephen J. Field draws President McKinley and top officials including Secretaries Wilson Long and Griggs, foreign ambassadors, and notable lawmakers. Burial at Hook Creek Cemetery followed by temporary interment pending permanent burial decision by Mrs Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Apri
Stepben J. Field
Don M. Pirkinson
Edmunds
Latteries
Mackay Smith
Episcopal Church
Fuller
Supreme Bench
Hook Creek
Populists Call Des Moines Convention With Democrats
The Populist state central committee led by General J. H. Weaver set August 1 in Des Moines for their state convention, same day and place as the Democrats. They seek fusion while Democrats split on opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Central Committee
Enbalmed Beef Rumor Sweeps New York Health Board
Health authorities in New York report the alleged discovery of embalmed beef and the curing agents used, named smokaline and preservaline. Oaths are in hand as investigations begin to determine the extent of their use. Dr W Runge noted a peculiar chest during rounds but found no odor, and a quist inquiry linked smokeline to red coloring and preservaline to odor masking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. Runge
Health Board
Quiet Bay City Streetcars Idle Amid Arbitration
Quiet at Bay City Michigan on April 12 with no streetcar service as arbitration between strikers and the company proceeds. The city awaits a settlement as negotiations continue and potential service disruption looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Local Reflections and City Notes From Topeka
News snippets from Topeka recount court proceedings, social clubs, a temperance address, civic council meetings, forthcoming theater and concert events, divorce action, and municipal developments. Mentions include Salvation Army hospital needs, a Christmas-like electric sign, civil war anniversaries, and local officials with differing views on governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Hospital
J. K. Hudson
Kansas
Coe J. DB
Gasinese Ney
Bob Kaelsier
Republican Flamtean Club
Silas Porter
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Avenue
W. Perry
Fort Scott
Adon Sists
Academy of Scienes
State Horticultural Society
JL. Birides
Blue Hapide
Corncil No. 2
Keatgats Snd
Drew
W. O H. Rosaington
Abraham Lincoln
Dennis
Ricare Thaine
Channely SC
Sun Drug Co
Tom King
Santa Fe City
Pinestal
Marc Robbins
Orpheum
Sige
Denver
Santa Fe
Gertrude Sutherland
M. Sutherland
Pacific
Popeks Perple
Perwchi-Benient
Rischin A Crawford Theater
Topeka
Fren
Aes Genna Cross
SE Coblentx
United Chret
Quincy
Grand Ixtzs
Rm Ins
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Lord High Sheriff Dewar Sails With Croker From New York
New York April 18 Lord high sheriff of London Apis Thomas Dewar who is stopping at the Waldorf will sail with his friend Richard Croker after a tour of the Feud. Dewar boasts a fine racing stable and previously won the Bulgarian Derby title, having turned down a 300000 offer for his horse Fifeshire. He remarked to a reporter that they are busy here with Mr Croker and that such investigations are not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Apris
Thomas Dewar
London
the Waldorf
Richard Croker
Comstock Attacked by Angry Mob in New York
An armed confrontation unfolded at Nassau and Liberty streets as Anthony Comstock faced a mob seeking to free a peddler he had arrested. The scene involved a revolver display, punches, and a police intervention that dispersed the crowd and allowed Comstock to rescue his companion Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anthrey Comstock
Nassau and
Liberty Streets
Bors
Comerick
Ian Burke
Comstock
Dowes Street
Moon
Hebert Cappell
Elliott Shines in Grand American Handicap Shooters Drop Out Fast
In Elkwood Park New Jersey on April 13 the Grand American Handicap pigeon shoot attracts many entrants but keeps thinning. Elliot of Kansas City remains the sole shooter with a clear score as 45 of 12 rounds finish with all shooters tied at 12 kills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkwood Park
Naps
Jafl Elliot
Kansan City
Mareere
White Miners Protest Against Colored Labor Import
Des Moines reports a free contingent of 500 colored miners arriving from Pun a Til to replace striking whites in local mines. Whites threaten violence if blacks are used, fueling tensions over race and labor in the district. Authorities and companies worry of clashes amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Puna
Til
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Social and Personal
Mesa
J. P. Meyers
W. S Kale
George Clark
A. A. Godard
W.E. Sterne
Wil Thrapp
Austin Prescott
Birs ET. Cartinge
Carnegie
Reinadh Ullman & Co
Leading Tailors of
N. Hi. Wolff
Kansas Ave
Jesse
Reed
F. Alsen
Brooklyn
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
San Francisco
Los Angeles
North Tuper
Britain
Calumet
DR. Peers
A. W
Associated Cycling
Ove
Cuticura
Bairemai
D.axe
Pss Co
Topeka Cash Dry Goods CO
Furman
New Fork
Orient
Yokohama
Lord High Sheriff
Comecoce
Wall Street
Bran
Elliott
L. Wagner
Richmind
Swift & Joay
Grand Opera House
Topeka Cash Drr Goods
Alwate
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