Topeka Real Estate Boom Drives Local Purchases
Real estate activity in Topeka grows as buyers from nearby towns, including Jefferson and Valley Falls, invest in several properties. J D Norton buys ex-Secretary of State Allen’s house at 618 West Eighth for 5 000 dollars. J M Whitehead acquires the Pessley property at 416 Taylor for 6 000. G W Yates buys 96 West Eighth and resells 1738 Harrison cottage plus three lots for 1 500.
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al. D Norton
Topeka
Anld E W. Benedict
James Hatfeld
Rev. L. Blakesley
Eighth and
Park
Valley Falls
Dr. Benedict
Jefferson County
M. Wood
J.D. Norton
Allen
West Eighth Street
JM. Whitehead
Pessley
Taylor Street
Faulkner
Rockford, Ii
Mr. Congdon
Eighth Street
G. W. Yates
Mr. Yates
Jharrison Street
Lee Jones Refuses Ticket Sales for Fight Event
Lee Jones declines to handle tickets for the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout, saying he will not engage in that business or tolerate associated people. He advised President Stewart he can arrange transport via Denver Colorado Springs and Poebls or the Santa Fe route for 17.00, with See Howley Bros.
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Dallas
Denver
Colorado Springs
Poebls
Howley Bros
Populists in County Split Over Convention Representation
Country Populists accuse Elevation area and city Populists of trickery shaping county convention representation. They claim city votes for Lewelling gave control to urban delegates, risking loss of country influence. A heated meeting forecasts tension at the September 14 convention.
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Mission Township
Lewelling
Emma Desmond Aims to Boost Bergman Pardon Effort
Emma Desmond an infamous New York anarchist visits Pirissors Pa to rally support for Alexander Bergman who serves 23 years in the Western pen for attempted murder of BC Frick. Desmond, New Orleans native with ties to Emma Goldman, plans to stir sentiment before seeking signatures for a pardon petition.
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Emma Desmont
Erick
Pirissors
Emma Desmond
New York
Alexander Berg- Man
Frick
Desmond
New Orleans
New York City
Emma Goldman
Bergman
Aheemii
Prick
Blacks and Whites Clash as Lynching Fears Rise
In Wiceros North Carolina on August 12 a riot between whites and blacks formed after rumors of an intent to lynch Arthur Tuttle, a Black man on trial for Policeman Vickers murder. About 150 Black residents gathered at the jail, armed, until Forsyth riflemen and deputies restored order. Fourteen riders were arrested. by morning calm returned.
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Wiceros
N.C
Arthur Tuttle
Vickers
Gray
SteArthur
Brown
Degrdes
Tuttle
Hugh's Dog Bites Man Leads to Vicious Dog Charge
Hugh McGivern faced a court action after his dog bit a passerby. McGivern declared the dog not vicious in court and vowed to have it killed, with Sergeant Donovan instructed to ensure the dog is disposed of.
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Donovan
Burglary defendant Wright bound over in burglary case
Everett Wright colored facing a burglary charge for entering Albert Sherwood’s home on January seventeenth. In Justice Guy's court he was bound over to the district court in five hundred dollars. The state rested its case after presenting evidence last week. Wright offered no testimony. He was captured in Lawrence on July twentieth by Police Captain Gardiner. The woolen mill sale was not bid at today’s sheriff sale, with bidders absent. offered again in thirty days if no deal is reached.
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Everett Wright
Albert Sherwood
Justice Guy's Court
Wright
Lawrence
Gardiner
Woolen Mill
Sherwood
Sheriff's Cale
Sherif Burdge
Poker Gamblers Raided in Thirteenth Street Street Raid
Police raided an upstairs room at Thirteenth and Lincoln streets early Sunday morning to break up a poker game. Five men were found, fled upstairs, and were arrested with false names. They were jailed at Fifth and Jackson. ten dollar bail each posted but they did not appear next day. The raid followed multiple complaints about the gambling den and underscored that poker players are pursued as strictly as craps players.
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Thirteenth
Lincoln
Ellison
Rye
Carlson
Haisch
Dee Wilkerson
Fifth and
Jackson
Mr. Bundy
Thomas Wheeler
H. FP
Martin
Geo Grant
Frank Thompson
Tom Ende
S Hoe
Baby Biography Memo From Kaplan to Cleveland Father of Four
A. O. Kaplan of this city sent President Cleveland a blank book titled Baby Biography for each birth of his children. The third book prompted a letter of thanks dated July eighteen, 1395 from Grover Cleveland praising the gesture and noting joy in the growing family.
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Keptian
Ciscissari
A. O. Kaplan
Cleveland
Baby
Buzvano's Bay
Masa
A. C. Kaplan
Styrian
Sim
Grover Clevela
Peffer Seeks Paper Money Over Silver Idea
Senator Peffer, traveling through Estonia and Kas on his way home to Topeka, endorses paper money over silver as a circulating medium. He praises E M Holden and the Independent League for promoting land values as money basis, notes Emporia effort to end silver reliance, and cites Santa Fe housing demand driving rent needs while many vacant business houses exist in Topeka. Also reports a Union Pacific freight agent in Sacramento, aged 40, hanged himself, leaving a wife and two children, with an insurance policy cited. Plus Union Pacific fare sale to Bestes Aug 19–24.
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Estonia
Kas
Peffer
Topeka
Parsona
Emporia
Holden
E. W. Benedict
Journal
Santa Fe
Sacrasento
Cal
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Judge
Seaves
Denver
Work on the Dam At Lower Dam Progressing Steadily
A Topeka Journal visit finds a bustling tent city along the river bank where workers on the lower dam site are steadily paid and the race-way construction advances. Daily spending tops $50 with teams earning 2.50 to 1.75 dollars daily while work continues despite no dam material on site.
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Topeka
Journal
Japan Wants U S Ships For Navy Contracts
San Francisco report notes Irving M. Scot of Union Iron Works plans to travel to Japan to bid on building ships for the Japanese navy. A statement from the imperial cabinet adviser praises American naval innovations, signaling openness to using American yards for Japan’s new fleet.
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San Francisco
Irving M. Scot
Union Ironworks
Olympia
Japan
Imperial Cabinet
Russia
Europe
America
New Women at the Bath at Lincoln Park Beach
Chicago august 12 Lincoln Park commissioners opened a beach for free bathing on saturday women were asked to wear skirts ten women mostly of questionable repute attempted to enter in men's suits one in a cheese cloth chemise and bloomers was sent back others in blue serge and a mother hubbard nightgown were turned away witnesses described uproarious scenes as attendants enforced dress codes with deter mined onlookers and a clergyman noting propriety.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park Commissioners
Mother Hubbard
Lightning Strikes Quakertown Again with Severe Storm
Turbulent thunderstorm darkened Quakertown New Jersey last evening following Sunday’s strike by lightning. Residents reported seven fiery balls in the sky bursting in multiple locations. A country home of Captain Samuel Evgeratt lost doors and furniture while floors and rafters were damaged. the occupants on the first floor escaped injury.
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Quakertown
N. J
Samuel Evgeratt
Italian Strikers Attack Workmen on Squirrel Hill
In Pressur e, Pa a mob of about one hundred Italian laborers, formerly with Booth and Flynn on street work and now striking for 25 cents more per day, attacked a group of workmen on Squirrel Hill. The clash left several injured but none killed. police dispersed the rioters and captured 21 who carried a red flag. Work proceeds under police guard.
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Prrrssure
Booth
Flynn
Squirrel Hill
Mols
County sale deeds overdue threaten land revert to county
County treasurer staff endorse the 84 sales and prepare for the September 3 sale. Several buyers from the September 1 1891 sale have not issued deeds. If deeds are not secured by September 2 the land will revert to the county.
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Lgad
North Topeka Items of Interest on the River's North Side
North Topeka notes include baby news, visits from Dr. Pratt of Rossville, multiple trips to Denver and La Cygne, and several local residents departing for Manitou. Local businesses promote services from Capital Library Stables to Pratt Bros and Lukens Bros. A vote counting machine prototype by James McKee is announced, plus funeral coverage for Mrs. Florence Giles and Henry Turner with services at Church of the Good Shepherd and Topeka cemetery procession.
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V. L. Lonegen
Jackson Street
H. F. Pratt
Rossville
O. A
Joba
Olivia Bischof
JG Smith
John Buchanan
Camp
Denver
Harry McMains
Pratt
Pratt Bros
North Topeka
Lukens Bros
Stutz & Walker
A. J. Arnold &Son
Kansas Avenue
Munyon
J. H. Helter
N. Kan
Magnet
A. J. Proudds
N. Kao
K. P. Jodges
James McKee
Florence Giles
Central Avenue
Church of the Good Shepherd
Dean Millspaugh
Henry Turner
Topeka
Gordon Street
Samuel Beasley
New Millionaires Club Plans Two Million Dollar Country Estate
Wealthy New Yorkers led by Cornelius Vanderbilt J Pierpont Morgan General Samuel Thomas William Rockefeller Chauncey Depew J G McComb and D Archibald have bought about 230 acres at Dosss Fenny N Y and plan a Newport style country club with a 1 000 000 land purchase plus 1 000 000 in buildings a 350 initiation 150 annual dues and a 40000 private dock A large hotel and casino will be built on the property and an excursion to Boston via Vandalia Pennsylvania Lines runs August 19 to 25 with stopovers in Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York and other points including Atlantic City and Cape May
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Dosss Fenny
N. Y
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. Pierpoot Morgan
Samuel Thomas
William and John D. Rockefeller
Chauncey M. Depew
J. G. McComb
D. Archibald
Cyrus Field
Newport
Vandalla- Pennsylvania
Boston
K. T. Conclave
Vandalia-Pennsylvania
Pittaburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Atlantic City
Cape May
Long Branch
Asbury Park
Seashore
Hudeco River
Niagara Falls
Bullyson
St Louis
Excarelon
St. Coulis
Munyons Remedies Praised By Westfield Physician
Rev W E Andrews of Westfield Mass testifies to the value of Munyon s Homoeopathic remedies noting cures in his family for cold dyspepsia nerve and headache ailments. He praises the 25 cent Stomach and Dyspepsia Cure and the free diagnosis service offered by Professor Munyon at Philadelphia.
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W. E Andrews
Westfield
Mass
Munyon
Manyon
Homeropathic Home Remedy Company
Philadelphia
Arch Street
Engineers Celebrate Thirty Second Anniversary of Brotherhood
Pirrsuven August 12 next Friday and Saturday the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers marks the thirty second anniversary with grand officers present including Everett of Cleveland and poet Shandy McGuire P Fennell. An 9am secret meeting and 2pm open session occur at Bijou theater with addresses by Gov Hastings and mayors of Pittsburg Allegheny and others. A Beattie bicycle tournament will be held at Aliquippa on Saturday.
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Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order
Everett of
Cleveland
Suriivor
Grand Lodge
P. Fennell
Bijou
Gov. Hastings
McKenna
Pittsburg
Kennedy
Allegheny
Aliquippa
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Issuela
Lee Jones
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Peerless Steam
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Peffex
Union Pacific
U.S
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N.J
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Jovena
The
Golden Eagle Glothing Co
S. Ettlinger
NEW Millionaires’ Club
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Brus Ramos
Kaos
Beatties
Michigan
Iews
Nebraska
Ilinois
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Kansas
O'Donnell
Blue Rapids
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George T. Loher
J. F. Corneil
Portland
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