TOPEKA'S GAIN Population increases in Kanes and statewide list
The state board of Agriculture completed county clerks' returns for 1mM showing Kanes has 12 cities and towns with LD inhabitants. Thirty-six others gain, led by Wichita and Salina, while towns like Garden City and Belle Fourche rise. several fall below 1000. The statewide ranking shifts with many cities moving up or down during the year.
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State Board of Agriculure
Amseasarn
Kanes
Citie
Gajena
Bnet
Biyndity
Hmith Ceavr
Dewin
Lawsine
Bredivine Lees
Mirus Y. Witton
Catenasone
Ila
Wichita
Kan Bon City
Posse
Isla
Aventine
Trenth Pines
Peretecies Premi
Wellington
Cofferville
Chanute
Coffesville
Dodge City
Ty Kingman
Scumman
Baldwin
St. Maul Dinety
Pigttiy
Rosedale
Furty
Baieiersen
Columbus
Climate July Rainfall and Temperatures Report
The July climate notes rainfall at 0.38 inch below normal in the Kansas section. Most of the month was warm and dry with temperatures running above normal nearly throughout, according to Weather Bureau records.
Weak nerves cured by remedies from Topeka forum
A fragment discusses overwork and nervous symptoms. It mentions Beatrice Pitanne and alleged remedies, claiming increased energy, tremors, headaches, and nervous tension could be cured. References to Rowley and Rouweid Bharvan Avenue in Topeka appear as contact details for remedies.
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Wien
Hellock
Beatrice Pitanne
Soul
Yisua
Hulk
Cmer
Rowley A& Rouweid Bharvan
Topeka
Kanur
Dineot
Sarerhean Liberators
Remedy plan details amid patients and court actions
Patient treatment proof aims to fix days of care while Sean Bee coordinates. Immediate steps discuss costs of 1M cataloged items and petition treaties for Gal. Adcom 4 Buick Drug & Wb Court proceedings outline actions and deadlines.
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Sean Bee
Adcom
Buick Drug & Wb
Dectons
July Precipitation and Temperature Across the State
The report describes July weather with uneven precipitation, heavy rain in the south and central regions, and cooler temperatures in parts of the state. Mean July temperature averaged around 77.9 degrees in the west, with variations across Cheyenne Wichita and Kearney districts, and mentions record lows for the prior year. Rainfall totals varied, with the southeast receiving the most and Barton, McPherson, and Morris counties most deficient.
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Cheyenne
Wichita
Kearney
Marshall Bifey
Shawney and Chase
Ure
Philips
Trygo
Kansas City
Ibs
Isss
Este
Isa
Harton
Sumner
Cuwler
Greenwood
Mitchell
Lincoln
Doron
Ottawe
Dickinson
Resub
Cloud
Labette
Rer
St Cowley
Elk del Wilson
Porthins
Uth
Juy
Opening Tonight Falk Veronese in Lost Paradise
The Falk Veronese Company opens the Topeka season at Crawford Theatre with Lost Paradise and a slate of shows through Thursday. The company features Lillian Moran and Hopkins Chicago stars Edward Borne and Jets Kunci with Baby Land act interludes by Jules Kurst and John A. West. Ticket prices run 10 20 and 30 cents with a special 30 cent paid ticket for tonight.
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Lillian Moran
Tatty
Hopskin
No Rain Promises In Weather Map Report
The report notes last week's rain totals across counties with many figures misspelled and unclear. Forecaster offers no rain promise tonight and Thursday with temperatures and wind directions described in garbled terms.
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Miah
Afur
Two Guns Captured at Oliphants Neck
London reports from the War Office include a dispatch noting the capture of two Krupp guns at Oliphant's Neck on August 17. The text mentions British and Boer casualties, fighting along the Crocodile River with limited losses, and suggests Boer forces were driven back toward the Armistr district by August 20.
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Oliphants Neck
London
War Office
Syed Roverts
bin Hamilton
Krupp
Oliphant
NekeMpe Critish
Hides
Crocodile River
Missouri Editors Eastbound trip reaches Buffalo on railway
Members of the Missouri Press association on a conference tour arrived in Buffalo from the west during the night and departed for Niagara Falls this morning.
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Missouri
Buffalo N
Missouri Press Association
Buffalo
Niagara Pass
Incendaries Rage Through Topeka as Fire Dept Lags
In North Topeka and surrounding streets four fires burned Sunday morning all suspected incendiaries. Authorities report two fire stations battled blazes at 846 North Kansas Avenue 439 Western Avenue and 700 Clay Street with losses totaling around 15 dollars. Residents recount alarms from box 22 and 2 while Chief Wilmarth directed crews catching no arsonist yet.
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Jack
Vesta Pacers
No. 1
North Topeka
North
Kania Avenue
Byron Andrews
Western Avenue
H.C. Bowman
C. C. Gormley
Howe
No. 3
Wuurtens
Dee
Clay Street
Parkdale
Buntay
Seventeenth and
Kansas Avenue
Belle Rwing
West Sixth Street
Quincy
Garfield Avers
Polk Strat
Thirteenth and
Western Avenues
Lachmai Hil
Tenth Atrey
Wilmarth
Fox
Ambiguous OCR fragments about a man and a dinner
Fragmentary news note mentions a man heading to dinner and hearing a bell. It hints at companies passing nearby and a supply issue or danger, but the text is incomplete and lacks full facts or clear events to report.
Gold market steadies as London dispatch praises chancellor
A London Times dispatch notes quick gold availability steadies New York markets amid war costs and debt repayment. It reports lowered rates, easing discount, and consols rising modestly while British and French gold hoards expand. Bear squeeze in United shares signals potential further price moves despite languid overall activity.
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New York
That Times
London
Stock Exchange
Treasury
France
Uintaa
Forest fires rage in Wyoming mountains as drought bites
Forest fires blaze between Battle Lake and the encampment area as rains threaten destruction. Herders struggle to move herds to water and feed on the plains below while fear grows that many flocks are surrounded by flames. Firefighters combine efforts to fight the blaze, with timber losses estimated at over seven dollars per unit.
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Battle Lake
Thencamp- Ree Arena
Las Challe
Miterx
Wu Ting Fang on China policy in interview
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang tells an American interview China recognizes the emperor and empress dowager still rule. He cites no planned revolt, says court moves to restore relations, and hopes for peaceful settlement with the powers. He expects Li Hung Chang to present terms and pledges China will rectify wrongs.
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Wu Ting Fang
New York
Herald
Washington
Wu Tir Fang
China
Wlowaror
Yusterday
Chater
Trey Tie
Li Mune Chang
Tl Lung Chang
Jan
Natm
Pekin
Vierroyé
Monic Chang
Viperer
Dowawer
Tal' Na
Forrest
Chien
Hone Chung
Onna
Real estate transfers including multiple conveyances and sums
The notice lists transfers from Geo G Brindis and Rebecca J Gregory to themselves for $1 790 on lot 140 Sixth Avenue West plus several other deeds. Transactions include Job Goods and wife to A T S P Railway Co for $1 500 on lots 31 and 3 Klein’s add and to Me Gibler and wife for $600 on lot 3 Kwin Avenue. Andrew 3 Rordes and wife to Laura Roudebush for $989 on part of Sixth Avenue Parkdale add and other entries with amounts $400 and $1 000 for various lots in Clay Street and Greenspan areas.
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Geo. R. Brindis
Rebecca J. Gregory
Sixth Avenue
A. T & S. P. Railway Company
Klein
Me Gibler
Kwin Avenue
S. Klein's
Andrew
Rordes
Laura Roudebush
Parkdale Add
Wedding Date Set For Jeese Rossington And Russell Phillipa
Social notices list October 20 as the wedding date at Grace Cathedral for Jeese Rossington of Leavenworth and Russell Phillipa, with a large attendant lineup. Also noted are host dinners, visits, and engagements among Topeka and nearby residents, including Agnes Marquand Knowles marriage, travels to St Louis and Chicago, and various social outings and club events.
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Mies Jeese Rossington
Russell Phillipa
Leavenworth
Grace Cathedral
Henry William Smyth
St. Louis
Agnes Marquand
George Holmes Knowles
Knowles
C. C. Knowles
Topeka
Matthew Weightman
Toneka Avenue
Anna I. Harrison
Mamie Tuttle
C.F. Letcher
Weathierventh Street
J. 5
Tuttle
Little Son
Welcome
Eureka Springs
Roy Raney
Arkansas City
Frank Edson
Edith Davis
Perle Latham
Black Farm
Auburn
Ethel Hailey
Kansas City
J. M. West
Blanche
Jenmie
Chicago
Wisconsin
W. F. Roehr
Helen
Charles Bauer
California
Mra_ Bauer
Denver
Katie P. G. Nos
Atch- T Dr
BE. Esterly
Lawrence
Mra J. M. Miner
Atchison
Elmwood Club
P.M. McClintock
Osage City
Ethel Page
Grace Wilcox
Miss Wilcox
Charles McClintock
Ateh
Kats Kesster
Low Groves
Clarence Pitts
C. E. Pitts
Mabel Bortog
Holton
Bro
Lee Gabler
Alma George
Garfield Park
Julia Chute
John Coleman
Herington
Ivy Frampton
Michigan
Ed Shultz
Ottawa
Koen
Charles Decker
Warren M. Crosby
Frank Bacon
Northern Pointe
Lomser
Lena Purluance
Paxton
Vinewood
Prove All Things and the Kidney Pill Claim
A historical newspaper fragment describes a London Bridge scene offering five sovereigns for five shillings, alongside an advertisement for Doan's Kidney Pills. It cites V. C. Hay of Locust Street and Kansas Avenue praising Doan's Kidney Pills for relief from kidney pain and improved health after use, with Foster-Milburn Co. as US agents.
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London Bridge
Topeka
Dean
Doan
Rowley & Snow’ Drug Store
Carter Sixth St
Kansas Avenue
Rowley & Soow
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
National Farmers Congress Opens in Colorado Springs
Delegates numbering in the hundreds have arrived and toured the region as the National Farmers Congress prepares to open in Colorado Springs. Clayton of Iowa chairs the organizing committee predicting 1500 to 2000 delegates, with topics including pure food, trusts, the Nicaragua canal, and rural free delivery expansion.
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National Congress
Colorado Springs
Denevr Ave
National Farmers’ Congress
Tomorrrow
Joop
Clayton
B. House
Iowa
Anola
Nicaragua Canal
Congress
Wheat a failure dims Indiana crop prospect this year
From Wabash Indiana a Times Herald dispatch reports reliable grain dealers show Indiana’s year wheat yield the smallest in years, not exceeding 5 million bushels versus 25 to 40 million in prior seasons. The crop is practically a failure with barely enough grain for seed and bread, leaving a deficit of about 1 million bushels.
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Chicago
Times Herald
Wabash
Ind
Afte
Indiana
Earthquake Shakes Skagway and Dawson on August 10
The steamer Dutch reports an August 10 quake that raged seventy seconds, felt along the Yukon River to Dawson. Government buildings under construction toppled at Dawson, and the Stewart river area showed a mountain split with new canyon formation. Several streams were dammed and left dry across miles of the landscape.
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Skegway
Skagway
Dawson
Stewart River
Yukon
Rock Island Route Round Trip to Denver and Tri Cities
Rock Island Route offers a 319.00 round trip fare to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Tickets on sale August 21 September 4 and 13 with a final return limit October 31.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Kate
A R Special for Chicago via Great Rock Island Route
Through train from Rock Island depot departs Sunday August 26 at 4 30 p m arriving Chicago early Monday August 27. Train includes Pullman Palace and Tourist Sleepers chair cars and a personally conducted trip. For full particulars see A M Fuller.
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Great Rock Island
Tock Island Depot
Aus
Chiago
Pullman Palace
A. M. Fuller
Train to Chicago From Topeka With One Fare Return
Train No 2 departs Topeka at 2 p m with stopping Pullman palace and tourist cars. Free chair cars and dining room service available. One fare to Chicago and return. Prine Agents Topeka.
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Chicago
Bante
Topeka
Pullman Palace
Rock Island Route Round Trip Fare Notice
Denver to Colorado Springs and Pueblo offered a round trip fare of 19.00 with valid travel on August 21 and September 4. Return options appear to align with a specified schedule and pricing.
Death Comes At Once At San Diego Powerhouse
W E McCurdy assistant en emier at the plant was found dead near the dynamo after a reported blast. A burned body fragment and marks suggest he was thrown from a nearby machine. The casual notes also discuss Comforts of Pullman travel and a special train to Chicago for veterans attending the National Encampment.
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San Diego
W. E. McCurdy
Enemier
Plant
Powerhouse
Dynamo
Abe
Colorado flyer misreads date and weather note
Fragmentary OCR text notes a morning event near Denver with a mention of a doctor and a safety concern. The readable parts are unclear but suggest an attention to weather or travel in Colorado. No clear names or locations beyond Denver.
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C. J. Brown
Willits Greed
John Sargent
Emma Byarts
J. 5. Collins
John Hodge
M. A. Low
Edward Herbet
John G. Howard
Arthur
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Winifred Clarke
Florence VanTassel
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Leslie Bennett
George Clark
Carl Lawmana
Edgar Clark
Warren M.crosby
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