Pensions Decrease Report From Topeka Office
Wilder S Met All pension agent reports a year end June 30 disbursements of 16 905 135 59 down from prior year with pensioners totals rising to 116 365 from 115 767 The decline is in disability pensions while service pensioners grow Spanish war pensioners remain four There are 57 widows of 1812 veterans and 47 survivors plus 178 widows from Indian wars 1842 192 and 1 942 survivors in Mexican war total figures show shifts across multiple pension classes.
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Wilder S. Metall
Topeka
Peks
Dramatic Victories Await in Crawford Theater Showings
Dramatic melodrama and vaudeville highlights fill Crawford theater listings. Lost in New York opens tomorrow with special prices and a star cast including Clarke and Dale Owen. Hello Bill features Cotson Clarke in a top comedy with a strong supporting company. Grand Opera House season at Madison Square runs Monday with Master Gordon Stater and notable vaudeville acts. Seats go on sale Thursday morning.
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Grand Opera House
Madison Square Theater Co
Hin, Ladiee
Moody
Avenue
New York
Crawford Theater
Gilliss Theater
Kanwae City
Harry Cotson Clarke
Bill
William Fuller
Clarke
Stater'n Madison Square Theater Company
Gordon Stater
George Castleberry
Hal Beale
Lulu McConnell
Nettle Doulas
Allen and Bright
Leona Staten
Defense of Reform School leadership by M'KIRAHAN
M F M'KIRAHAN chaplain defends Superintendent Charles and Reform School officials against criticism. He praises Charles for integrity and welfare focus, notes overcrowding and new admissions, and urges investigation over fault finding, urging support for those trying to guide boys to become good citizens.
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Reform School
State Journal
Charles
M. Misner
Board of Charities
Henry Allen
Shawnee County
M. F. M’kirahan
Bowser Croquet Clash Over Arches and Alimony Threat
Mrs Bowser and Mr Bowser start croquet after a delivery of arches mallets and balls. A quarrel erupts over fair play and cheating leading to a tramp entering the scene and a police call. The husband warns of alimony while the family tensions bubble to the surface amid the soft sport.
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Gulf
Seabe
Searee
Mr. Bowser
Mrs. Bowser
Notables Arrive Aboard Corania From Liverpool
Notables include J Pierpont Morgan Bishop Henry Potter Clement Griscom FP Widener and Patrick Campbell among steerage passengers on the Corania from Liverpool. Morgan declined to be interviewed and Potter laments the coal strike. Griscom notes impending steamship combine incorporation while Armour denies knowledge of a $220,000,000 meat trust and brushes off consolidation rumors.
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Amone
Ateamship
Corania
Liverpool
J. Pierpont
Wee Ie
Clement A. Griscom
Steamship Combine
Cunard Line
J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Armour
Mr Kings Book Mexico in Glimpses reviewed by Rock Island
James J. King Kansas state librarian and newspaper correspondent writes Mexico in Glimpses a vivid booklet for the Rock Island system. The volume is praised for fine typography and photogravure like illustrations, offering a terse engaging view of Mexico’s scenes history and characteristics. It is distributed free of charge by the Rock Island road. Potwin Lawn Social Postponed to next week at same venue and program.
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Mexico
Rock Island
James J. King
Kansas
Mr. King
Rock Island Road
Wanted Sewing by x seam stress Afidrese CA
Employment Bureau advertises sewing work and staffing help in Topeka and nearby areas. It lists men and references and invites inquiries by telephone to complete hiring.
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Care Journal
Employment Bureau
Pauline Topekawa
VOR SALE Good Confectionery Business and Milk Cows
Mixed and fragmentary notices advertise sales of a confectionery business dating good, good milk cows, second hand jumper, sash doors for a store, and various stray items. Text is incomplete with several unreadable names and addresses.
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Ed St
Frasta
Jackson St
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