Topeka News Bits and Upcoming Local Events
Readable scraps show Topeka area items including the state house, paving on Tenth avenue, and local society notes. Mentions a tiger of civic projects, the Santa Fe telegraph chief returning from California, the city hall and fire department repairs, and the G A R gaining members. The Topeka street fair, riverfront exhibits, and Holyday monument committee planning also appear along with brief notices of sports and theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arion
A. Dickey
Barieasie
Tuder County ‘Telephone Company
el Dorado
Nord
Topeka
Fugate
Newton
Kazans
Tenth Avenue
Clay
State
G. A. R. Department
Kansas Avenue
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Jailer Grubbs
Squires
Eco Western Business College
Executive Council
Capitol
G. Shores
Telegraph
The
California
Topeka Avenue
State House
Berkel Mission
Fourth
Juckeon
Sayers Stailey
Little Minister
Kansas City
Washburn College
Hazen
Lawrence
J. W. Gleed
Anney Ehipeen
George Henry
Nevada
Irving Wellman
Stormont Hospital
Tenth
Holiday Monument
Grand Opera House
H. H. Brady
Charles W. Bordon
Topeks
St. Louis
Chas, Mooney
Secretary of State
Chile's Side on Peru Conflict Plebiscite Proposal Emerges
An authoritative statement from Chile outlines how to resolve the Tacna and Arica dispute with Peru. It discusses the plebiscite plan, the provinces involved, potential compensation, and the conditions under which a settlement could be reached, noting prior revolts and failed negotiations.
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Peru
Washington
Chile
Teena
Arica
Eoyore
Eac
Peribd
Penrvtan
Tacna
Pletseche
Ty Enti
Provinkons
Uww
White City Factory: Purity Pride at Pusiim Cereal Plant
A busy Michigan factory known as the white city operates quietly with clean, pillared white buildings and green trim. The Pusiim Cereal Co. L414 replaces day laborers with night crews as ovens, grinders, and mixing machines stay heated, while products like Grape Nuts and Postum are marketed to affluent homes and royalty across Europe and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White City
Pusiim Cereal Co
Tattle Creek
Mich
Heyer
Eleinens
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
America
Mont Delietousr
Dumont Plans New Airship For Paris Trials
Paris April 18 Santos Dumont, the Brazilian innovator, is finishing a new navigable balloon projected to fly over Paris streets. The craft, about 25 yards long, will use hydrogen, carry 230 cubic yards, and be propelled by a ten horsepower engine with a four meter screw. He aims for speed approaching twenty five kilometers per hour and vows better performance than his earlier flights despite a recent balloon accident.
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Paris
Anton Dumont
Ruefs
Santos Dumont
Timera
Young Girl Elopes In Indiana Amid Parental Objection
New Albany Ind April 2 Henry Hrokaw and Miss Ease McAllister married in Jeffersonville despite the bride's father's efforts. Letters reveal attempts to obtain a marriage license without parental consent. Bride's age affidavit signed by an alias, and the couple had been living apart from the bride's family. parents are enraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Henry Hrokaw
Miss Ease McAllister
Cincinnati
Jefferesville
L. Z. Warder
Warder
Brokaw
Firphaw
Indianapolis
Iving
Ohio
Joan Siering
T. C. MccAllever
Greeneburg
Young Heiress Elopes From Missouri Estate Hope
Miss Bunell daughter of a notable French fortune heir elopes with 16 year old Reyes from Springheid. Guardian John O Day reports marriage in Todlan Territory. They travel via Gulf train to Miami to begin life together. estate valued at $75 000. Guardian Alfred Harlo seeks health in Asheville, NC. Mother in despair.
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Springheid
Mary Bunell
John O'Day
Af Reyes
Miss Bunell
Alfred Harlo
Philps
Springfield
Todlan
Phips
Asheville
N.C
Miami
Automobile Fever Spreads in Atlin Mining District
Seattle reports that transportation excitement reaches the Atlin mining district in the Northwest Territory as Americans return after repealing the exclusion act. A motorized machine is observed moving slowly on a lake, drawing miners and residents eager to witness the new technology. Large hydraulic plants are planned to begin operation.
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Seattle
Atln
Northwest Territory
Gilfield
Atlin
Local social and church notices fill Topeka area page
A social at Frank Cape’s residence on Harrison Street, a Sunday afternoon address by Rev. Francis Key Brooke at the Y W C A rooms, and a canceled Paris trip for a Manhattan man frame a busy Topeka area week. Other items note church fund drives, rural route box updates, a charter for Kistler Mewler Mercantile, a staff change for Andy Richards in Congress, St Andrews Brotherhood MCA service, and warnings about breaking glass.
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Frank Cape
Harrison Street
Francis Key Brooke
Oklahoma and
Indian Territory
Jackson Streit
German Methodist Conference
Topeka
Asylum
State House
Manhattan
Paris
Bke
George M. Weingerd
Kansas City
Jackson County
Dstrict
House of Congress
State Agricultural College
Publia
Stanley Igaite
St. Andrew's Brotherhood
BMG. A
Dean J. W. Sykes
Kansas
Mall
Breese
International Union
First Presbyterian Church
Gypsies Steal Girl Caught by Sheriff Held for Abduction
Binghamton New York April 28 the sheriff captured a gang of gypsies charged with stealing four year old Margaret Dundon daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Dundon of the city They held the girl while a fortune teller scheme drew her to a camp where the wanderers abducted her The gang was jailed awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Noted London Doctor Recites Cod Liver Oil Benefit
Dr Brariton, famed London physician, cites a patient once a noted barrister who drank cod liver oil before pleading. The man claimed it steadied the mind and sharpened memory, though the tale blends anecdote with belief in stimulants and digestion aiding mental work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brariton
London
Barsteter
Tm Scott
Deere
Cattle Bitten by Mad Dogs in Arkansas City Area
Farmer F Williams reports seven cows and calves killed or bitten over four days near Guelph. Six dogs show disease signs in two days. many cattle and horses bitten. Authorities believe dogs with the illness have attacked livestock and will be corralled to prevent further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Kay
Apel
A. F Williams
Guelph
Rasheries Pie Poisoning Leaves Trio Critical
Poisoning from a raspberry pie leaves Mrs. Tranter and her daughter in critical condition while Mrs. Pierce, Tranter's mother, dies and Otto Hawking remains in a precarious state.raspberries were canned two years ago and stored in glass jars.
Senate Appropriations Adds Fortification Purchases and Shells
Washington April 5 the senate appropriations bill adds 20000 for land at Cushings Island and Portland harbor Maine for batteries and structures 115.40 for field and naval batteries 40000 for high explosive shell and borite explosives. Committee additions total 640140 bringing the overall sum to focus on fortification spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Cushing
Ieland
Portland Harbor
Maine
Tuttle
Gates Sought by New York Courts in Extradition Case
New York reports that summonses were issued for John W Gates and John Lambert of the American Steel and Wire board. Attorneys plan further legal steps, possibly extradition papers, after Gates and Lambert left for Chicago. Proceedings cite misstatement of corporate affairs and alleged false reports affecting stock values. Washington Seligman and others filed initial complaints under penal code section on corporate misconduct.
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New York
Times
American Steel and Wire Company
Lamb & Voss
John W. Gates
John Lambert
Chicago
Messrs
Gates and
Eambert
Zeller
Washington Seligman
Seligman and van Antwerp
Gates and Lambert
Penal Code of
Uns
Tire
Steel and Wire
Steel and Wire Preferred Stock. When Mr. Gates
Gates
Not DUE TO THREATS Chicago denial on Gates departure
Chicago April 5 President John Lambert of the American Wire and Steel Company denies that the departure of Mr Gates and his composers from New York was secreted by threatened legal proceedings. He says that is not true and that officers finished their business in New York and returned to Chicago. He would not discuss further steps or alleged legal actions by Seligmann or others.
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Chicago
John Lambert
American Wire and Steel Company
Gates
New York
Lambert
Wire and Steel Company
Seligmann
Oberlin Alumni Dinner Highlights Funding Appeal
New York April 23 Oberlin College and John Henry Barrows joined James B Oil an Oberlin alumnus at Sherry's for the ninth annual college alumni dinner. Barrows said the institution has raised about 9000 and urgently needs 1.5 million to advance Christian education and Oberlin’s historic role as the Harvard of the West.
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New York
John Henry Barrows
Oberlin College
James B. Oil
Oberlin
Sherry
Charles J. Ryder
Barrows
Chening
Harvard of the West
James &. Dil
State law blocks Duluth line sale report
Officials in St Paul say state law against consolidating competing railroads makes the New York report of selling the Duluth line to the Transcontinental road doubtful to carry out. Railroad circles think there may be some truth to the rumor.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Duluth
Northern Pacific
New York
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Free Man Ends Slavery Pact Marries Wife Again
Stephen Brown a well to do colored man aged years married in 19P2 before slavery abolition was today granted a license and this afternoon remarried his wife Martha Brown He said he wanted to be free and could not be content until he was wed as a free man rather than a slave in Setula Missouri on April 28
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Setula
Stephen Brown
Martha Brown
Italian bootblack wins $20 verdict against Have Meyer
Dominic Viceroti, an Italian bootblack from Long Island City, wins a verdict for $20 against Henry O. Have Meyer in New York court. The case sought $5,000 damages claiming eviction stressed his earnings from $1 to 50 cents daily after Have Meyer allegedly forced him out of a St Paul building room.
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New York
Dominic Viceroti
Bootblack
Long Island City
Henry O. Havemeyer
St. Paul
Hivemeyer
Hail Kills Stock as Nebraska Storm Tops West
A Nebraska storm from April 28 brings strong winds and large hail. Wind damages small buildings and crops. hail kills young stock and ruins wheat fields and gardens across western areas. Mud damage from hail and rain observed in southeastern counties. a tornado near Thomas Rochford’s farm injures a worker. Galveston floods follow a heavy rainstorm with shattered windows and waterlogged streets.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wahoo
Cedar Bluffs
Thomas Rochford
Marriage Fees Under Scrutiny in Havana Decree
Governor General Wood reports complaints that judges seek high fees for civil marriages. Law permits a fee of one unit for the ceremony. A decree requires individuals under 23 to obtain guardians consent before marriage, curbing unauthorized unions.
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Havana
Apru Zs
General Wood
Can Play Sunday Ball As Players Cleared in Elmira Case
Elmira New Jersey April 28 18 players from the Himnire Atlantic league and Binghamton State ring were tried for paying Sunday baseball and acquitted in a test case. Jockey John Bullman heads the list of 33ers winning to California and Aqueduct. Agnes Herbert of California wed today at Forkville Court.
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Elmira
N. J
Himnire Atlantic League
Binghamton State Ring
Bullman
York
John Bullman
California
Aqueduct
Agnes Herbert
Poole
Forkville Court
Baby Hippopotamus Born at Central Park Zoo
New York April 28. In the Central Park menagerie a baby hippopotamus was born last night. It is the fourth hippo born in the park this year. The calf is about 14 inches long eight inches high and weighs about 29 pounds.
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New York
Hiles Murphy
Pari Memigerie
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Topeka State Journal
Royal
LY Pure
Agah der Grese
Streem Dumont
Queer Story
Citen Great Wonder
J.C. Eliott
Sprat’s Patent Dog Food
Kansas Ave
Frank C. Lutes
Peterson Bros
Thompson
Hartware
Lut Gates
Western College
St Paul & Duluth
Southern Pacific
Havemeyer
Galveston
Tex
Hall
Picht
Quban
Seat Fido
EW Crawford
Tse
T. Crawford
Mgr
E Flints
GEO. Klein & CO
P. W. Griggs & CO
Styropeka
Kan
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