Topeka Social Scene Highlights At Homes And Clubs
In Topeka and vicinity social events emerged with receptions at Mrs J Sproat’s West Heights home and Ned Osborn’s tea for about forty friends. Guests in elegant dress circulated amid palms, moss, and roses as Mrs Sproat and companions hosted and discussed social plans for New Year gatherings. The Nantilins and J B clubs outlined winter entertainments and a Nautilus motif was adopted for pins, while Miss Lottie Page and Miss Nell Peffer planned visits and travels with Topeka friends.
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Topeka
Semch
Degarte Biec
Gren Sint
Mra J
Sproat
Weat Hights Street
Silah
Emilax
Heo
Grues van Houten
Misa Lullen
Walste
Mias Tsadole Hopkins
Wales
William Thrapp
Chicago
Harry Seery
Chiffon
HL Phittey
St Joe
Jan Llyra van Houten
Allie
Mita Flora Maya
Ned Osborn
Mabora
Eomson Juincy Street
la France
Robert Delahay
MC Hamsasti
H. Neiswanger
Walter Noble
Vos
College
Nell Peffer
Washington
Page
Edom Crane
John A. Gilbertson
W. J. Black
Jackard
Adams Broa
Hither
Mir Doln Sebastian
Mamie Grant
East Seventh Street
Sit
Fred KX
Moth
Poblo
Mra. Brown
Paranta
A. H. Horton
Blue Rapids
Charles Holman
Teath
Lincoln Streets
W. F. Roehr
Elizabeth Binford
Altcurian Club
T. C. Baldwin
Thomas Archer
New Orleans
Fred G. Haas
Salina
Mre
J. H. March - Dire
Ware
Iambtes Te Tome
M.C A. Rootma
Clut
Nannie Sehenck
EM. Evans
Smith
Mex Weste
Hi. B. Ball
P.O. Popence
Jonathan Thames
T. E Bowman
Bishop Vincent
Concert by Gormley Band Delights Topeka Audience
A Topeka concert by the Gormley band drew 700 to 800 listeners. The program included Prof. Leit Miss Serena Pratt and Percy Crow. Phosis performed a wheel ing solo while the Hughes Brothers played banjos. Harry Crow and a duet sang. The band featured marches Sousa overture light waltz and moonlight serenade among selections.
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Amrway
Gormley
Gormly
Haimilton Hell
Tais
Topeka
Solasybr Prof
Leit
Phosis
Hughes Brothers
EB Meredith
Harry Crow
King
Sousa
Darkies
Prodigal Daughter
Zimmerman
Pocket typewriter weighs three ounces from Rocxroun IL
A new pocket typewriter about the size of a watch and weighing three ounces promises faster writing than a person by hand. A company has been formed to bring it to market in Rocxroun Illinois on December 18.
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Veat Pocket Typewriter
Rocxroun
Dea
Evening gown and fashion notes from New York
The article describes a blue and gray striped Dresden silk evening gown for a young girl with a voluminous back skirt and ornate creme and silver trimmings. It covers also a white sable collar, tulle details, and a garb of crape and satin. It then surveys various fashion accessories including lace fans, white satin and green crape, and a long black English cheviot cloak with gray fox fur trim.
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Sean
Dresden
Wren
Censon
An Odd Civil Service Quirk In A Cafe Scene
A Chicago Post humorous fragment shows a grocer and a policeman debating civil service rules after a tense street incident. The officer wonders if quitting briefly could allow a return, and the grocer notes the rule that it only applies during duty. The piece shifts to another jokey anecdote about phonographs and a farmer and ends with a light exchange at a restaurant.
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Carer Grocery
Emeagent
Tim
Chicago Post
Waltz Progress Report in a Humorous Exchange
A clipped dialogue shows a playful exchange where one character teases about improving at waltzing while the other affirms steady progress. The snippet hints at domestic humor and rhythm without revealing broader context.
Five Men Killed and Six Badly Burned On Steamship St Paul
New York December 18 Five men were killed and six injured when a steam pipe exploded on the American line steamer St Paul. The blast occurred shortly after ten o'clock in the engine room injuring crewmen, with passengers not aboard. The vessel bore the force of the explosion as crew scrambled to escape, some men found dead or dying along the iron stairs. The ship was delayed as repairs and assessments followed.
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New Youk
Dev
St. Paul
Fie
Louisiana Democrats Convene to Nominate Governor Candidate
The State Democratic convention meets in Louisiana to nominate a governor candidate. An anti Foster sentiment centers on Judea Samuel D. McEnery, twice governor and member of the supreme court. Foster supporters expect renomination on the first ballot with April election planned.
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Louisiana
Luxeyerout
Dac
Foster
Judea Samuel D. McEnery
Aupreme Court
Winnie Davis New Book in China Scene
Miss Winnie Davis plans a new book set in China with the author stating the work will be finished soon. The writer notes her father was a linguist who studied Chinese history and left manuscripts, and Davis Dayia shows talent for languages and historical research.
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China
You
Winnie Davialeto
Auhoress
Dayia
Imaginative Diary Claims Christmas Gifts Stir Controversy
A dubious diary entry claiming Secretary Herbert received royal Christmas presents and toy battleships for his grandson circulates. The piece, described as wholly imaginative, stirs concern at the cabinet level over its anticlimactic, possibly deceptive nature.
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Herbert Bonies
Herbert
Cleveland in rubble sculptor rhind to carve president bust
In New York on December 18 a sculptor Rhind was commissioned to carve a marble bust of the president. The work will be placed in a city museum in Atlanta as a gift from Georgia patrons who funded the project in honor of the president’s visit to the exposition.
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F:hind
New York
Clevelanii
Marte of
Bint
Beale Jaye James Blaine’s Daughter Not Suing For Divorce
Lexpos reports Dec 18 that Truxton Beale formerly minister to Porta Greece is in New York where his wife, the daughter of the late James G. Blaine, has filed for divorce proceedings. Peerless Stam Laundry.
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Beale Jaye
James G. Blaine
Lexpos
Truxton Beale
United States
Porta Greece
New York
New Haven Struggles With Crime Wave Amid Hard Times
In New Haven criminals target residents after a period of hardship. A mugger attacked George W. Young Too on Minor Street, a woman was assaulted nearby, a thief stole three diamond rings from W. G. Durt’s boarding house on Temple Street, and Robert Kvaling’s house saw an overcoat vanish from the hall. Several student rooms were robbed for clothing and valuables as scams and bogus checks surface, signaling widespread street crime during tough economic conditions.
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New Haven
George W. Young
Mistadt
W. G. Durt
Temple Street
Robert Kvaling
Word Street
Davenport Avenue
Rates Demoralized Freight Races Destroyed in St Louis
From St Louis December 12 the press notes that freight rates across the region beneath St Louis are in chaos. Rates are fixed by shippers not railways. Fitch class freight rose by two cents over half the jar rate, cotton up eight cents, and merchandise to the west and southwest shipped at absurdly low levels despite a previously promised restoration agreement.
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St. Lous
St. Louis
Seaboard
Colossul Cave Found Near Edmonson County
The region north of this place famed for vast subterranean caverns yields a new cave likely to surpass all prior discoveries except the Simmoth. The entrance lies in Edmonson county, two miles from Mammut, named Colossul Cave.
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Bowne Green, Ly
Edmonson County
Tildens Bricabrac togo Rare Collection to Sell
New York December 18 John Bigelow Andrew H Ureen and L Randolph trustees under Samual J Tilden will auction bric a brac paintings old prints and furniture from the dead statesman. The sale is set for Thursday at Mr Tildens Grammercy Park South mansion next to the Players club.
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New York
John Bigelow
Andrew H.ureen
L. Randolph
Samual J. Tilden
Willien
Ryan Fasell
Hryam Hes
Mr.Tilden
Grammercy Park South
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