Christmas entertainments and society notices in Topeka
A long list of social events and personal mentions unfolds in Topeka with bridal teas tables and dinners planned by Mies Vere Low Mies Kana Crace and Miss Mary 13. Various society figures Mrs J F Danlle Mrs J S Hotman and Miss Hertha Richter appear in weekend gatherings. Travel plans, visits to relatives, and engagements fill the pages with holiday cheer and community updates.
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Kana Crace
Mies Mary
Anday
Industral School
Alves
Bo Seale
Ciothing
Lander
J. F. Danlle
Noves
Hotman
Pittsburg
Clusia
Heronice Puller
Chicano
It Taylor
Tolu
OR Richter
Salamon
Sherfey
Councy Grove
D. S. Myers
Madison Street
Meylag
Stedman
George S. Main
Burlingame
Hellanthos Club
Clts
Arthur Capper
George Griwford
J. Crawford
Emporia
Topelos
Hazel Pusel
Areleeven
Mw Mud Dair
Cameron, Kan
Toneha
Prile
Lo Hawkeo
Herbert Armatromwe Hima
Lawrence
N. Roberta
Carl Kiene
Mena
Ark
Telatives
Fort Swith
Gore
Topeka
Mra
Clee
Walter Noble
Atchison
Ked
Harry Bert
Quine
Bert
Millie
Alles
Charles Lovett
Madfadpent
Massie Hudes
West Sixth Avenue
Harvey Davin
Harley Hamilton
Kansas City
Mary
Chicago
Vadis Gorn Cikash
Wedding Invitations and Travel Notice From La Reader
A fragment notes engraving of wedding invitations tied to a trip itinerary. It mentions Howard Jonnton traveling to Bonaper oll, Key, with plans to spend Christmas and a passage in Topol with a relative, and references Adams Brus on Til Kansas avenue.
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Topol
Howard Jonnton
Bonaper Oll
Key
Carda
Adams
Kansas Avenue
Vaccination dispute heads to Supreme Court in January
Ombert of Dodge City argues that school board powers to exclude unvaccinated pupils violate constitutional rights. Osborn, whose children were kept from schools over vaccination refusal, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel reconsideration. The case, labeled as a matter of rights versus public health, will have final hearing in January in the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
Ombert
Dodge City
Osborn
Cleveland Addresses Graduates on Trusts and Combinations
Grover Cleveland spoke at the Pierce School of Bust graduation at the Academy of Music in Cleveland. He warned against trusts and combinations, praising neighborly trade and mutual welfare while criticizing monopolies that endanger local dealers and craftsmen. Governor Btene presided over the exercises.
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Eefere Pe
Zola's Coming Novel Plan and Social Aim
A fragment outlines Zola's next work Fravall ae aes fy Use, planned as part of a series addressing labor, false pretenses, and harsh societal issues. The author pledges to reveal truth and heal through depicting misery caused by prejudice and class injustice, envisioning a new cooperative society.
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Smile Zales
Dastey
Lost daughter found after six year search
John Lane of Phillips Wisconsin, after a lengthy search, reunites with his daughter Felne Lane who had eloped with Fischer. Fischer died, Felne lived in a charitable home in Kenosha, then worked as a domestic. After her mother’s death, Lane learned her address and they reunited.
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John Lane
Kenosha
Wis
Phillips W. Way
Felne Lane
Fischer
Chris
Flecher
Charitable Hom
Kenoeha
For Stolen Kisses Court Affirms $375 Damages
Des Moines December 94 the supreme court affirmed a district court verdict granting Miss Brenner of Decatur County 376 damages against F R Boeger who allegedly seduced her and repeatedly hugged and kissed her without consent. The court found no error in the trial ruling and held no reason to deny recovery.
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Town Supremes Court
Des Moines
Supreme Court Today
Baerenner
Decatur County
FR. W. Boeger
Boeger
Miss Brenner
District Court
Supreme Court
June Towner
Jndge
Train crash at Millers nursery injures several passengers
A passenger train on the Chattanooga Rome Southern railroad collided with a string of box cars at Millers nurseries last night. Several passengers were injured though none fatally. The engine was destroyed and the engineer and fireman escaped by jumping. the fireman was severely injured. Investigation found the switch had been broken and the tampered mechanism discovered.
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Rome
Gia
Ralimad
Millers Nurseries
Auttah
Torsad
Christmas Snapshots From Home News
Local pages report politicians returning home for Christmas, travel notes, weather snow forecasts, and social events. Mentions Senator Fidker in Topeka, Rev Charles M Sheldon’s arrival, readings at Saturday Night Club, power outages from machinery fault, and public notices on court moves, library meetings, and good roads talks. Also reports on a Beloit Industrial School transfer, a fire at Mrs Nordine’s home, and a range of local civic and church activities.
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Reva
Satureday
Crawfort
Tom McNeat
State Teachers' Association
Binto Horticultural Society
Lbrarians
State Association
Commercial Club
Topeka Laundry Company
Robert E. Sisk
Forber
Sarah Edna Harlinger
Frankfort
Mmnd
Kansas Avenue
Ute
Raneasavers
Mest Presbyterian Church
Smallpox Quarantine Tightens in Greenup County Kentucky
The Courter- Journal reports a critical smallpox outbreak in Greenup County with a rigid quarantine. Hundreds of cases and a death rate of twenty percent prompt state health orders mandating vaccination for all residents. Chesapeake & Ohio suspends ticket sales and freight to the county. guards prevent departures and several would-be crossers are stopped.
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Louisville
The
Courter- Journal Today
Sage
Greenup
State Board of Health Bee
State Board of Health
Portsmouth
Chespeake & Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Young Girl Hangs Herself in Malvern Home
Hastings detective Jnez Gibson reports a 12 year old girl, niece of T Gibson, hanged herself in a closet upstairs at her uncle’s house in Malvern. An inquest found no clear cause, but she had recently fallen behind academically and was despondent.
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Hastings
Jnez Gibson
T. 10
Gibson
Malvern
Golden Eagle Shot Near Brazil Farm
A seven foot wingspan golden eagle was shot by Robert Kennedy on his farm south of Brazil Indiana. Local report says it is the county's first of its kind slain. The bird was carrying a pit when Kennedy fired at about eight o'clock this evening at T J Coughlin Hardware Co on Kan Avenue.
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Brazil
Ind
Robert Kennedy
Hts
Br. Kennedy
T. J. Coughlin Hardware Co
Kan Ave
Miner Union Leader Sentenced to Six Months in Maryland Jail
William Warner organizer of the United Mine Workers and five others were convicted for assaults on non union men during the Georges Creek strike. Warner began a six month term at Allegany county jail after being admitted to the Maryland base of correction. Six others remain jailed for shorter terms and efforts push Governor Smith for a pardon, claiming the act was more technical than malicious.
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Paltimore
William Warner
United Mine Workers
Georges Creek
Maryland
Allegany County
Warner
Smith
Castellanes Plan Brief American Stay Amid Credit Collapse
Paris reports the Castellanes face severe financial distress with creditors sieging the house and attached valuables. Horses and carriages are unusable as credit is refused at the chateau deulera. The count borrows in Paris for horse feed and the family intends a long stay in America, amid rumors of a hurried departure due to Wertheimers and unpaid debts.
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Paris
Chateau Deulera
America
United States
Wertheimers
Santa Claus Burned at Belleville School Christmas Pageant
A one year old boy wearing a Santa costume caught fire when cotton on his coat touched a candle during a Christmas exercise at Belleville Public School No 1. The costume flames spread to his beard and mask as frightened children screamed. The boy was rescued and will recover.
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Newark
N. O
Julia de Witt
Peace plea letter from Sixto Lopez in Luzon
Sixto Lopez, in the city on an educational mission recording the Philippines, sends a Christmas letter to the president of the United States pleading for peace. He asks for relief for widows and orphans, grieving mothers, and patriots who died for their country, urging reconciliation and an end to suffering.
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Pinara
Sixto Loopez
Philippines
Abs
Addessal
United Btases
Chatr
van Triots
Sers
Peck Is Home From Paris Exposition Report
Ferdinand W. Peck commissioner general to the Paris exposition Mrs Peck and Assistant Commissioner General Woodward traveled aboard the St Louis of the exposition Peck compared Paris to the United States display noting the Paris event was outstanding though many exhibits favored the U S. He said final settlements and details remain to be handled on both sides of the water. Woodward injured his left ankle aboard ship. In Atlantic City a British steamer from Nassau landed passengers after signaling for assistance and lifeboats were deployed by nearby life saving crews.
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New York
Ferdinand W. Peck
Peck
Woodward
St. Louis
Paris
United States
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Austria
Major Bracket
Gota
Cunis
Coke Freight Rate Cut Only To Exposed Pittsburgh Line
Three railroad officials announce that the reduced coke rate applies only to shipments to Pittsburgh and Chicago. Rates to Connellsville and other points on the eastern seaboard remain unchanged for now. About a quarter of Connellsville coke production goes to buyers, with operators pressing for further reductions, especially to Pittsburgh and the west.
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Pitts
Pillsburs
Ne Comnelleville
Pittsburs
Chicago
Connellsville
Pittsburg
Murder charge looms over Edwin H Knight in South Berwick
South Berwick Me December discovery of a mutilated body in a barn on the Knight farm a May murder case linked to Edwin H Knight 43 a native and businessman arrested at his home on a warrant. The investigation center on Mrs Fannie Sprague and Pansy Sprague findings after a fire at the scene.
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South Berwick
Edwin Ih. Ae
South Berwick Junction
Fannie Sprague
Guat ‘Ber‘wick
Knight
Fragmented note hints at military ranks and pay details
Text appears garbled but references officers and lieutenants, a force with ten qualified officers, pay around fifty shillings, and a Canadian connection. Mentions a journal and readers of a stats journal. Details are unclear and partially indecipherable.
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Ted Palins
Canada
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Onaga Republican
Fifth Avenue Hotel
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A. T. Pigg
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A. H. Frisby
Castellanes
U. S
Santa Claus
N. J
Luzon
Friend of Filipinoo
Atlantic City
Beri
Montelle
Nassau
Antillia
T. J. Coughlin
Edwin H. Knight
South Barwick
Entiar Cok
Diane
Badeo-Powell
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Stats Journal
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