Christmas shopping and local notices in North Topeka
A noisy collage of ads and brief items from North Topeka covers Christmas sales at James' and COSTLEY & POST, preparations for holidays, travel by residents including Mx Morse and Miss Edith Putnam, a school trip, a church service at the Church of the Good Shepherd, a drowning mix of local events, names, and family notices. The report notes Mrs. Susan Groves's death, bicycle bargains, and local business moves, along with medical updates on Alpha Robinson and Roy Cannon’s return from New Mexico.
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James
Jannes Desrborn
Bett & Bobb
N. Kansas
Sch
Fa C. O. Burges
John Morse
New York City
Mra
Morse
Weat Street
Costley & Post
Julia Waite
Valley Falls
Mims Adelin Brown
Western Woolen Mill
McAfee
Ife
B. Spear & CO
North Hansan Ave
Jao Campbell
Monroe Street
Strong City
Frank Mileham
Susan Groves
Menoken
Lacey's
North
Kansas Avenue
Edith Putnam
Liberty
Petra
Church of the Good Stepherd
Joe Davies
W. Bospear & Poe
Kansas
Alpha Robinson
Mins Elsinger
Topeka
Otto Kuehne
Freeport
Roy Cannon
Santa Rosa
New Mexico
Rock Island
Harrison Street
W.B. Spear & CO
Kansas Ave
William ‘Towler
Dibble Grocery Company
Towler
Eliingen
Riverside Hospital
Wedding and social notices fill Topeka society scene
A Topeka society page lists gift prizes at a party, a wedding announcement, and numerous notes of guests, entertaining events, and visits. It catalogs invited guests, university students, and local families visiting from Kansas City Lawrence and Chicago, with plans for holidays and governor reception preparations.
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Abby Ware
Eugene Ware
West Sixth Avenue
Atargaret Surray
Kansas City
Ae Mary Spencer
Kittle Sellars
Lawrence
Wil
University
Outland
Mu Knight
McCarthy
Delano
Brooks
Fyera
Campbell
Shaler
Newman
Nelson
Chaffee's View on Philippines Martial Court Records
Gen Chaffee military governor of the Philippines reviews court martial records received at the War Department. He denounces wartime traitors and immoral foundations of powerful states, noting no just state can be built on such grounds. Also report on postponed Freedman Spalding baseball injunction argument due to counsel absence.
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Washington
Chaffee
Philippines
War Department
Copper Deals Lend to Suicide in London
Dec 18 Hugh Kekeweh of Morrison Kekeweh Co, a leading metal exchange figure, died suddenly this morning. Reports say he committed suicide after reportedly suffering heavy copper losses. The metal exchange mourns a prominent member amid turbulent markets.
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Suicid London
Hugh Kekeweh
Morrison, Kekeweh & Co
The
Metal Exchange
Hekeweh
Sym
What's in a name Scott's Emulsion in health history
An ad style sample extols Scott's Emulsion as a lifesaving product for consumptives, sickly children and mothers, claiming it strengthens and fattens, and promises health returns. It imitates vintage ad language with branding by Scott & Bowne.
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Scott
Rockefeller Brother Visits Kiowa Ranch Amid Wheat Shortage
Wienita Kan December 19 The Beacon reports Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland brother of John D Rockefeller visited his Kiowa county ranch last night and later left on the eastbound train He says wheat pasturage in Kiowa county is nearly gone no grain is grown there on his ranch feeding grain has to be shipped for cattle his herd includes Hereford and Short Horn breeds and he believes more land in that section was idle last year
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Wienita
Kan
The
Beacon
Frank Rockefeller
Cleveland
Standard of Magnate
Joni D. Rockefeller
Kiowa County
Carey Hotel
Rockefeller
Kigws Counly
Negroes Selected for Federal Posts in Washington
The president will nominate Dr. J. R. A. Cross land of St. Joseph Missouri to be minister to Liberia and J. C. Dancy of Wilmington North Carolina to be recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia in place of Henry P. Cheatham whose term soon expires. Both appointees are Negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. R. A. Crossland
St. Joseph
Liberia
J. C. Dancy
Wilnington
N. C
District of Columbia
Henry P. Cheatham
Grange Opera House Opens in Johnson County Kansas
In Olathe Kansas the Grange observes the opening of a new opera house in the Grange building. The 510,000 conversion turned the second and third stories of the Grange store into a theater. Sol Smith Russell's play A Poor Relation stars as the opening attraction with countywide attendance expected. George Biwok, longtime Kansas State Grange secretary, serves as manager.
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Olathe
Kan
Grange Opera House
Johnson County
George Biwok
Kansas State Grange
Sampers Protest? Delay in Navy Court of Inquiry Filing
In New York on December 1 the protest by Rear Admiral Sampson against the majority decision of the Navy Court of Inquiry was not filed with the department in Washington today but will be forwarded tomorrow. Stayton and Campbell, counsel for Admiral Sampson, have until tomorrow morning to file their brief, and the document will not depart New York tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Freedman-Spalding
Scott
Supreme Court
Delancey Niccol
Freedman
York
Benai
Barrios Diamond CO
Sampson Sits Up After A P Official Visit
An Associated Press representative visited Admiral Sampson at his home and reported his condition remains unchanged. He is not bedbound and moves about, having dinner with his family last evening.
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Washington
Dr Crulkshank Dead In Denver Home
Emporia reports the death of Dr Rob years in Denver at his daughter Mrs Fred Cruise's home. A Union College and Princeton graduate, he taught Latin and Greek at Emporia College after studying at Highland College, shaping a long teaching career.
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Emporia
Denver
Robyears
Fred Cruise
Tnion College
Princeton
Highland College
Col
Pauper Claims Abuse by Farm Keeper in Kan Case
Samuel Bannister, once wealthy and Oxford-educated, alleges he was beaten and abused by Moore while Bannister is identified as an Englishman. The fragment notes a legal claim for damages in a Kan district panel dated December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Keeper
Bannister
Moore
Stoxford University
Freeman to Face Trial Over Mails Fraud and Kenney Case
Henry Freeman, a federal prisoner, was moved to Shawnee county jail in Topeka by court order. He faces an April trial on alleged mail fraud and possible involvement in the disappearance and death of Fred Kenney, who with a wagon and team traveled west in 1900. Freeman, using aliases, claims Kenney later sold his outfit and vanished after a scheme that sickened campers. He says he later met Kenney in Selina and turned over money Earned for the outfit, then resurfaced in Wichita under an assumed name. The case led to a government post office inspector and ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Freeman
Wichita
Topeka
Shawnee County
Freeman
United States
Fred Kenney
Tie Outfit
Kenn
Selina
Kenney
Oman
Topeka Woman's Illness Attributed To Spiritualism
Mrs James Curry, now staying with Mrs Susan M Curry at 5 Jefferson St, has wandered mind for ten days. The 6th child aged three months prompts removal from the rural home 12 miles out. She was briefly violent Tuesday but confined by husband James Curry. Doctor C F Mennninger says he believes recovery is likely.
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James Curry
Topeka
Susan M. Curry
Jefferson Street
Topekan
C.F. Menninger
Requiem Mass for Late Bishop T. M. Lenihan
In Dubuque Iowa on December 19 a solemn funeral at St. Raphaels cathedral honored the late Bishop T. M. Lenihan of Cheyenne. The requiem was led by Bishop Hennessy of Wichita with Archbishop Keane delivering the sermon. Noted churchmen from Chicago La Crosse Sioux Falls Omaha Davenport and Davenport attended along with many priests and nephews serving as pallbearers.
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City
Muldoon
Chicago
Schwebach
la Crosse
O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Hennessy
Wichita
Scannell
Omaha
Congreve
Davenport
Mesmer
The Hygiene of Old Age and Gentle Stimulus
An aged person’s vitality is delicate yet persistent. avoid excess coddling which can shorten life, while gentle opposition and stimulation keep vital processes active. Mentions of medicines such as Syrup Pepsin and Coca inter and references to Dr Caldwell’s Co Monticello appear as examples of remedies used by long-lived individuals.
Priests Attend Funeral of Bishop Bonagaim in Marquette
In Marquette Michigan a funeral service drew a number of priests from St Louis Cheyenne and across the archdiocese. Interment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery Nearby clergy gathered for the rites conducted in honor of Bishop Bonagaim of Omaha.
Out for His Health? Berlin Seeks Missing American Warry Marshall
Berlin police are searching for Warry Marshall, a young American who vanished Tuesday. He allegedly obtained several thousand dollars in cash and jewelry from local residents, claiming to be a Cincinnati native, 33, a former employee of Senator Foraker, and a “friend of John McClain.”
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Berlin
Warry Marshall
Marshall
Senator Foraker
John McClain
Soeneurs Et
Chicago assault victims and looting amid city unrest
In Chicago two men and a woman were attacked in their home. Robert M Brith, superintendent of manual training, was struck and suffered for hours. Looters caused $740 in damages as uprisings spread across the city. In Barcelona metal workers extended a strike, with thousands of iron workers halted since December 15. A band of strikers attacked a factory, causing injuries with rifles and revolvers.
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Chicago
Men & Women
Robert M. Brith
Umea
Smith
Barcelona
Wich
Oreo
J H Gifford Dead a Longtime Baseball Manager
James H Gifford longtime manager of the Washington Senators Browns and Cincinnati teams died today from acute Brights disease after a brief illness He had been prominent in baseball for many years and also served fourteen years on the mail service An attack of pneumonia was noted with other health difficulties surrounding his death
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Columbus
James H. Gifford
Washington“Senators
St. Lanite “Browns
Cincinnatary
Bright
Gifford
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Dr. Lyon
Hardman
Fort Wayne, Ind
Story & Clark
Packard
Schaeffer
Chicago, al
Haines & Co., Rocheater
Marshall & Wendell
Albany, N
Starr & CO
Richmond, Ind
Regina Music
Apollo
E. B. Guild Music CO
Giffin
Palace Clothing Store
Rowley @ Snow's
Klinguman Broa’s
New Crawford Theater
Iscatassys
Senin
Christman
Carteis
Muceras
St. Paul
Mins
C. T. Christensen
Hin Foon
North Topeka
Henry
George Heyden
E. Er
Myrtle Holmes
George F Ton
Derr Norton
Charles Wood
Frank Metzler
Theusual
Rome
College Avenue
Annie Ewart
Chi~eo
Afra
Charles Strawbridge
Ai. Strawbridge
Terrence Ewart
Cotas
H. Cisrkson
Moon
Notre Dame
Ind
John E Moon
Urban Poindexter
Topeka Pritay
Hi. W. Poindexter
Louise Allison
Kansan
Nellie Dost
Greenville
Tex
G. W. Jones
Mound City
J .H. Goddard
Boston
Minemus
Colorado Springs
Florence
Olive Lewis
Golden Ape Club
Masters Charles
Burton Maunnall
Berth Johnson
Lillie Lela
Grace Purdy
Donald Areas Nelson
Holmen Meade Lakinede
Bessie Campbell
Noah Campbell
Attias Loulvell
Bon
Louie Valentine
Clay Center
Yuma Tittle
Scott & Bowne
Og Pecsiren
New Fick
Oxford
Penders
Anen
D. C
Grange
Bampson
Navy Department
Sampson Sits UP
DR. Crulkshank
Emporia College
Hs Wee R
Anantiea A Rubber Bee Company
Exeital Show
Et Cungaracturé
Au Pare
Over Spiritualisn
Mr. James Curry
Cheyenne
Bach
Guettel
Xmal
Uae
Cotter Keefers
Loggins
E Alea
Ree Seyey
Ft Oracera
Wales
J. H. Gifford
Philadelphia
Alvah W UN
St. Cleons Ree
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