North Topeka Community Notes and Local Advertisements
From the North Side, 4 P. Wilson builds an addition on Quincy street while Irving from the south secures a position with Wm. Green & Bona. The Indies missionary society of the MLE church met at Rev. Madison Inet’s home. Miss Alice Brown of Kansas City visited, then returned home. Harry Cornell returns from Kansas City and heads to Hutchinson for a hotel day clerk post. Frank Connaughan, recently in Colorado telegraph work, heads home to St Marys. Ledges & Colvin advertise Capital Livery, Feed and Suits Stables with $10 boarding and various guarantees. Pratt Bros promote Stutz & Walker buggies. A. J. Arnold & Son showcase prescriptions on North Kouses avenue. The Magnet Restaurant, J. Proudie, and wholesale fruits and confections are listed alongside carriage repairs and North Topeka Carriage Works. Fire department tests wind and speed on two horses. Ned the sorrel awaits a mate. Mrs. Mary C. Tozier, mother of Chas. T. Widge, turns 82 today. Briden and his mother share a rare separation, with keepsakes including a 1814 almanac. Tozier has two sons and families in Hostel. she has buried three sons and two husbands. Her memory fades, hindering conversation.
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Frank Connaughan
Colorado
St Marys Ledges
Fre
Wilmarth
Ned
Mary C. Tozier
Chas_ ‘T. Widge
Mr. Briden
Mra Tozier
Havana Papers Plan Inconvertible Paper Money Issuance
Aug 27 Havana dispatch says Antonio Maceo and other insurgent leaders in Puerto Principe push a revolutionary government while Spanish authorities consider issuing inconvertible paper money to fund military operations.
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Texpox
Havana
Times Telegrapha
Antonio Maceo
Puerto Principe
Spsnieh
Whisky and Pistols Cause Triple Killing Near Sweet Grass
A Pioneer Press report from Butte Montana details a triple death near Sweet Grass at the international boundary. William Long, a cowboy and alleged whisky smuggler, killed a mounted policeman named Richardson, then after fleeing allegedly killed Ire Brown, who reportedly shot Long as he lay dying. Long’s mother lives in Los Angeles.
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Ire Brown
Long
Los Angeles
Cal
Choynski In Fine Form for Godfrey Bout
Joe Choynski the light heavyweight champion arrived from Louisville and will face George Godfrey in a twenty round glove contest before the Suffolk Athletic Club in Boston Thursday night. He says he is in top condition and expects to repeat his previous victory from years ago.
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George Godfrey
Cxuicaco
Joe Choynski
Chicago
Louisville
Boston
Choynski
Suffolk Athletic Club
Mass
Choyneki
George
Explosion Kills Two in Owasse Threshing Accident
By the explosion of a threshing machine boiler at Owasse two people are dead and several injured. Dead include Babcock Monroe, a farmer, and Alloa Hoflinda, daughter of Frank Hoffman. The old engine had been declared unsafe and was in the hands of an incompetent fireman.
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Owasse
Babcock Monroe
Alloa Hoflinda
Frank Hoffman
Minnesota to Intervene in Northern Pacific Case
In St Paul on Aug 27 the state of Minnesota moves to be an intervenor as suitor Thomas W. Pearsall seeks to block the Great Northern and Northern Pacific consolidation. The attorney general seeks speed and an early decision to oppose the deal on behalf of Minnesota.
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Minnesota
Northern Pacific
St Pact
Mion
Thomas W. Pearsall
Great Northern
Thecays
Local notes mix town life and court actions in September edits
The itemized column spans church meetings, real estate purchases, arrests, and local court moments. Highlights include a Kansas River Baptist gathering planned for Topska, real estate sold on Western avenues for 2500 dollars, a license dispute over a grease remover, Epworth League rides to Reform school, a sandal over watermelon quarrel with a trial set, and a drunk driving style arrest with a ten dollar fine. The report also notes delinquent tax deeds, a rail station sighting on Kansas avenue, and a brief on four youths arraigned for theft.
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Kansas River Baptist Association
Topska
J. N. Hollum
Europe
Hollum
Ohio House
Kent Erickson
Jennie M. Palmer
Hamilton County
Ohio
Western
A. F. Merithew
Epworth League
M. I. Church
Reform School
H. M. McHan
McMillan Boys
Ira Hunter
Oaklind
Thursseget
Frank McKinney
Kansas Avenue
Garfield Park
U. P. Depot
It Is the Law And Captain Gardiner Arrests Cyclist Otto Townsend
Otto Townsend, a well known city cyclist, was arrested by Captain Gardiner after passengers on a Lowman car flagged him for riding on the sidewalk. Townsend paid a $3 fine in police court. The captain said rough roads and mud urged him to issue the warning and arrest.
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Gardiner
Otto Townsend
Police Cour
Townsend
Otto
State Journal
Judge and Mrs Caldwell Entertained at Judge Horton's
In society notes Judge and Mrs Caldwell were hosted by Judge Horton in a formal gathering with fellow guests. The event highlighted social ties among local legal and civic figures, reflecting a bustling social calendar.
General Notes of Society and Social News in Topeka
Personal notes from Topeka society recount dinners at Judge and Mrs Horton special guests from Arkansas Illinois and Missouri. Attendees include Judge and Mrs Caldwell Foster Brown Bees man and others with travel rounds to Manitou Denver and Colorado springs. Updates on club meetings lectures and upcoming entertainments feature many names and upcoming visits with a farewell for Mr Serrigo heading to New York City.
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Topeka Peeple
Sod Mra
A. H. Horton
Mia
Henry C Caldwell
Little Rock
Arkansas
Cornelia Caldwell
Miss Bird McCisilen
St. Paul
H. ©. Caldwell
G. Foster
C. J. Brown
Osborne
Mise Caldwell
McClellan
Earl van Dorn Brown
Judge
Mrs. Horton
Harrison Street
Ira Foster
Caldwell
Empire Fans Lead Fashion in Pretty All Medals Feature
The season showcases empire fans made of silk with tortoise shell or mother of pearl sticks and glittering gold lines. Louis XVI black net fans with painted medallions. scented wood gauze fans with ivy motifs. ostrich tip fans. white net fans with satin medallions and gold spangles. ivory pearl ebony sticks with gold inlays. black lisse fans with gold stars complement evening gowns.
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Empire
New York Sun
Pickled Watermelon Rinds and Water Ice Recipes
Instructions for making pickled watermelon rinds using alum and spices, plus a method for sugar clarified water ice. Steps include peeling rinds, boiling in alum solution, steeping, then cooking with vinegar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves. Also explains sugar clarification with egg white and zest for lemon water ice.
A Bread Meringue And Household Hints
A recipe for bread meringue uses eggs sugar lemon rind and bread crumbs with milk then baked and topped with a meringue. Additional tips suggest sassafras to deter flies, pineapple prep to enjoy core pieces, buttermilk for laborers, brass and copper cleaning with oil and rotten stone, keeping soot from ovens, preserving fish skin with vinegar and flour, and warming late diners in a covered dish.
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North Topeka
Cube
Funda
Butte, Mont
Kpord
Shaffer & Seo
Rockford National Bank
AT. Waggoner
Honestpeices
Kansas
Avenua
Choynskis
Judge and
Mrs. Caldwell
Judge Horton's
General Notes OF Society
W. A. Morton
G. W. Crane
BT. Lewis
Manitou
Glenwood Springs
J. J. Frey
Mra BT
Lewis
Plainfield
Illinois
Mr. Lewis
Beesman
Will Alexander
Dottie
Paris
Archie F. Williams
Excelsior Springs
Edith Mountain
W. A
Bird
Leavenworth
Todry
Mra Caldwell
B. M. Payne
M. C. Whiting
Eureka Springs
F. K Holyoke
J. W. Going
J. B. Larimer
Graces Lemon
Kansas City
Nina Shester
Vinewood
George M. Eagle
New York
C. B. Paddock
Wichita
Washburn
Topeka
J. B.johnson
Buoglers
J. C. Wilson
Misa Rose Horton
Maniton
DeForest Jarmers
Denver
W. W. Phelps
Mra Hughes
Lieutenant Hughes
New York City
J. W. F. Hughes
Potwin Place
Mra
E. B. Poulks
Mrs. Foran
Annie Foran
Alice
Winnie Prescott
Spring Lake
Michigan
Winnie
Prescott
Stedman Club
Misa Mary C. Maxwall
J. R. Hague
Vinton Phenis
H. W. Roby
D. Hodgson
Albuquerque
N. M
First Baptist Church
P. J. Serrigo
Ida CG. Barnes
Thirteenth
Clay
Lerrigo
Bexter Springs
Mes
Ed A. Austin
Southern California
Virginia Shippey
Jessie Proctor
Shippey
Misa Minnie Sweiler
Frances McCarthy
Misa Kate Montgomery
Carbondale
Mary Sutherland
Dennis Campbell
Wiley
Campbell
Tris
Lincoln
Foo Chow
China
Oscar II
Sweden
Norway
Perris
Chitheaan Fomense Glaga
Wilch
Midway Plaisance
Lincoln Monument
Springfield, Ill
Antery Orable
Miet
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