Local Society Notes From Topeka and Beyond
A fragmentary society column notes Mrs O Etrion hosting supper for Mrs Lott and guests of San Dirgy family, weddings, guests from Los Angeles and Denver, visits to Topeka by Mrs Grierson and Air Lainey, and various social events. Mentions Miss Nell, Miss Jean Austin, Miss Laura Lux, and mixed notes on weddings, holidays travel, and local club gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O'Etrion
Lott
Franaden
San Dirgy
Capucin
Levitazion
Lottawer-Chierson
Mere
Lisvine Bower
Los Angeles
Cal
Mem Grurton
Mit
Very Langdon
Tyter Treet
Brann
Laure Nell
Mien Dull
Welinenaie
Ce Jean Austin
Mig Paary
Wintrod Badelene Shiney
Aise Rachel Caine
Mike Laura Lux
Meeting notes with Mrs Murch and visitors in Towanda
Mrs R P Murch of 1811 Sixth Avenue west hosts a Thursday meeting with Mr and Mrs Joe Duncan of Delphos. They visit Ailis Hadikh Root on Tyke Street while en route to Towanda Oklahoma where they will settle. Dancing is planned tomorrow afternoon at Steinbergs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mix Willay
Eugene Stanley
Slasher
Miss Lunes
Machiare
Mire
Wilder Metalh
Chicago
Dumont Smith
Kinsley
Thoreday
We Freeman
Frank Lewin
Kansas City
Mies Calla Wilt
Denver
Charles W. Bowers
Sesak
Neleon
Ruth
Fordesbarg
Ohis
J. Dy Nelbor
Kanes City
Frank Neisim
Abbou
Ana Bee
Jay
Min
Thowwssat
Errineevarte
Willeto Hutchinaan
Penny
Miks
Ste
Caneas
Hurry van Nordstrand
Boston
Trachies
Igacht Atleemhs
R. P. Murch
Sixth .Avenue
West
Joe Duncan
Delphios
Ailis Hadikh Root
Im ‘Tyke Street
Towanda
Itheir
Steinberg’s
Widow mothers seek husbands in Bayside plea
Two widows, Mire Elizabeth Guldamith and her daughter Annie Loulee Brown, advertise for husbands citing need for guardianship and home care. They seek a moneyed widower and a sentimental, upright man respectively, offering simple comforts and steady companionship in Bayside. Both are described as respectable and devout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayside
Le 1
Mire
Elizabeth Frances Guldamith
Annie Loulee Brown
New York
Gray Hay
Crim Homestead
Park Avenue
Tayside
Baysiie
Mra
Gotsemith
Lois
Goldsmith
Banaice
The
Met Lechurch
Shoplifters Season Shows Retail Theft Trends
A fragmented report on shoplifting habits notes that leather wallets, silk items, stockings, perfume, and inexpensive underwear are commonly targeted. Shoplifters’ methods and vigilance by clerks are described amid observations of store security and shopper movement.
Fragmented Retail Crime Story Fragment
Readable fragments describe shoplifting behavior and police commentary. A detective explains most shoplifters are caught, noting expert thieves and a shoplifter’s guilt while a passerby witnesses a public accusation. The piece blends dialogue with speaker opinions on crime and punishment.
Coat Duty Controversy Sparks Court Action
Miss Drolet fights a customs hold on a coat seized in New York in fall 1899. Agent Parker claimed 1400 value and refuses release until duties are paid. Attorney Julian G Dickinson says the case could go to court if the charges cannot be proven. Drolet remains anxious about recovering the garment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catrol
Addie Drujet
Parker
Detroit
Croletta
Bali
Julian G. Dickinson
de Cals
New York
Washington
Aries
PLEA FOR THE LONELY AND FIRE AT SCRANTON
Dr Mary Walker a Dress Reformer appeals to Sioux Falls women defending Blanche Molincus hotel wife of a wronged man. The letter urges disdain for outside meddling and hints at divorce. Four firemen injured as a five story grocers building at 15 Franklint Avenue in Scranton burns. damage estimated with insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Walker
Blous Fale
Dee
The
Fale Daily Prese
Mix Roland
Molingux
Dr. Walker
Sioux Falls
Mire
Blanche Molincus
Scranton
J. J. Connell & Co
Ae Grocers
Frankit: Avenue
Toeiner
Following Him Seventeen Years Elusive Spouse Tale
Chicago news recounts Elizabeth Spinetta pursued her husband Captain Spinetta for seventeen years across Europe and the Americas. The once wealthy family daughter describes his wanderlust and repeated absences from England to Italy Nice Rome Bucharest Paris and Lima before his current posting in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elizabeth Synnetta
Detme
Turnowsky
Willan
Penn Nixon
Spinette
Nice
Spinetta
Louis J. Behan
Wand
Mme
Corbin
Xounds
Bardeker
England
Italy
Mme. Spinetta
Rome
Bucharest
Bordeaux
Paris
Matame
New York
Lima
Peru
Chicagi
Philippine
Telanda
Pittsburg Doctor Performs Remarkable Hip Operation
In a Pittsburgh hospital a 7 year old girl Mary Coleman from Allegheny near Ridge Avenue underwent a pioneering hip surgery in 20 minutes. Dr McCurdy led the operation with 14 doctors present predicting a future cure for congenital hip disease using manipulation without an incision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Adolf Lorenz
Vienna
Austria
America
Ogden Armour
Chicago
Mary Coleman
Marion Street
Allerbens
Allegheny
Vity
Thebyterian Hospital
Ridge Avenue
Stewart L. McCurdy
Lorenz
Nortt
FR. Rhodes
Kaufmann Cinic
Clement R. Jones
Craig Street
McCarty
Washington
Helen Gould at School Attends Cooking Institute Event
New York public school No. 54 hosts Miss Helen Miller Gould visiting with Mayor Low-appointed duties. She watches pupils mix culinary dishes, samples a brown biscuit, and praises student Viola Willard who baked it. Gould, a patron of a Tarrytown charity, tours other city schools afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Miller Gould
Viola Willard
Mick Gould
Gould
Iyitric Line Willard
Helen Mille Gould
Ubobl
Miey Willard
He Kissed the Queen Then Fled to Escape Shame
Milwaukee December report reveals Adolph St Cyr, once titled head gentleman of the king's bedchamber in Steien court, kissed a queen in a royal lounge and fled to America after the queen was identified. The tale ends with St Cyr collapsing in confusion amid a palace scene and police discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Adolph St. Cyr
Steien
Kinsky
Royal Police
Alceves
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gottryd Troy
Uzar
Grace Cathedral
Bair
Rourweather Inc
Krom
Elenee
Odin
Getty Glanse
Gerial Haarte
Sem
Store For Ladies and Children
Kansas Avenue
China
Rand
North Window
Alton B. Parker
Jorge Alton Parker
Nature
Mary Coteriin
McCurdy
Helen Gould
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