Town and Country Socials Aid Dorothy’s Ninth Birthday
A series of social events crowded Thursday afternoon and evening at homes on Western Avenue and Quincy Street. Mrs. T. B. Brown hosted a children’s party for Dorothy’s birthday with music and refreshments while other gatherings featured guests from Ottumwa and local families, plus an Elks party and a Pleasant margin party with dances, flowers, bonbons, and luncheon in a small town setting.
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T. B. Brown
Quincy Street
Dorothy
S$ O
Tie Tavern
Marian Wean
Aay Kelly
Muriel Siropaon
Mildred Morton
Frances MetClintock
Louise McClellan
Laura Southwick
Lula McCabe
Berpice
Mrs W J Hadeller Hosts Jolunthe Club Party
Mrs W J Hadeller will entertain the Jolunthe club next Tuesday afternoon at her Fourth Street home in celebration of a birthday. Guests left many pretty presents. Afternoon games prizes included a silver card tray and a bon bon dish won by Davie and Mik. F Hensel announced refreshments were served.
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Ford
W. J. Hadeller
Jolunthe Club
W. C. Rigby Ax
Frank
Edson
L. Kirkpatrick
Fourth Street
Suit for damages linked to freight accident at Muskogee
Parsons Kansas February 28 George A Kellogg sues the M K & T railway for twenty thousand dollars claiming a fatal injury after pulling down a coal apron on a northbound freight locomotive at Muskogee July 24. Kellogg alleges the apron crushed him as coal fell and he now uses a crutch and cane unable to work. Also reported railway experiments in Chicago with a telephone system over existing telegraph lines to handle business between Chicago and Kankakee, fifty six miles, with satisfactory results despite weather.
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Parsons
Kan
Geo. A. Kelogg
X. x. Rt. Railway
Laias
Muskogee
Sit. Skellone
Muskogen
Kellogg
Kinck
Chicago
Tllinois ‘Central Railway
Kankakee
Crescent Catsup and assorted goods price listing
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century price list shows items like Crescent Catsup, cheese at 13c per lb, canned peaches, naval oranges, Kirk's Toilet Soap, Gold Dust soap, bulk pepper, Silk Soap, laundry soap, oats, white fish, and various milling or packaging mentions. The text is distorted with OCR errors and stray phrases.
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Kirk
Register Day Near As Voters Gather Notes
Dated notes show local drives pushing registration ahead with 2100 registration books opened for women voters, plus civic activity across Topeka and nearby towns. Reports mention a Washburn football coach hire, Nordic concert plans, and political maneuvers shaping upcoming public events and the weathered street repairs.
Doctor-Author Advocates Postum Over Coffee For Heart Health
Dr J W Carhart of La Grange Texas discusses his switch from coffee to Postum cereals citing relief from heart trouble and angina. He describes personal weight gain improved exercise capacity and reduced attacks after replacing coffee with Postum and endorses it as a nerve and brain nourishing beverage.
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J. W. Carhart
la Grange
Texas
Grain Growers Session to Form Regional Cooperative
Kansas hosts Hutchinson meeting for farmers from Kansas Minnesota the Dakotas and Nebraska with Oklahoma likely to join. Secretaries urge a united price setting across states to counter grain trust proposing coordinated sales price and organized markets. Evening program includes speeches by Governor W Stanley Alonzo Wardail J A Souders and others outlining cooperation Elevators and co operative grain and live stock associations featured.
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Kansas
Sutchingon
Minnesota
Dakotas
California
Hutchinson
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Butler
Farmers’ Trust
Fiatchinson
W. Stanley
Alonzo Wardail
Topeka
J. A. Souders
Graim ‘Trust
B. Hoffman
Inventory shows Shawnee bonds in state school fund tally
A state treasurer inventory lists county by county bond holdings for the state school fund. Shawnee county holds 526,656 dollars, with totals for all counties and districts aggregating to 625,000 dollars in the fund.
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Shawnee County
State
Forde
Allen County
Anderson
Atchison
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Tirana
Butler
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Clay
Cloud
Comey
Comanche
Cowley
Crawford
Decatur
Dickinson
Doniphan
Douglas
Edwards
Eli
Rus
Ellsworth
Pinney
Ford
Franklin
Geary
Alina
Mitchell
Montgomery
Morrix
Morton
Nemaha
Neosho
Non
Norton
Osage
Ouborive
Ottawa
Panziee
Phillipe
Pottawatotte
Pratt
Rawlins
Reno
Republic
Pica
Riley
Rooke
Rush
Russell
Saline
Keott
Sedgwick
Seward
Shawnee
Sheridan
Sherman
Smith
Stafford
Stenton
Stevens
Sumner
Thorms
Washington
Wilson
Woodson
van Gorte
Totai
Japanese Times editor warns treaty fuels Japan’s enemies
Victoria B C Feb 28 K Sunisto managing editor of the Japanese Times of Toldo says the Anglo Japanese treaty will create enemies for Japan England behind her may support Japan to keep China open The editor notes Russia is losing prestige in Korea and Japan is quietly occupying the peninsula He warns of unrest in China from boxers and calls ongoing emigration discouragement and growing trade via improved steamship service.
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Victoria
B.C
K. Sunisto
Japanese Times
Toldo
Japan
Great Britain
Far East
England
Manchuria
United States
Mumia
China
Sunisto
Yuan Suk
Li Hung Chang
Suniste
Canada
America
Peoria Man Executed for Murder of Midwife Artie Hinkle
Joseph E Hinkle was hanged in Peoria county on September 15, 1901 after being convicted of murdering his wife, Artie Hinkle, following a dispute over an immoral life. A reprieve and pardon review were denied after state examination.
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Peoria
Joseph E Hinkle
Artie Hinkle
Hinkle
Yates
State Board of Pardons
Paving Companies Unite in Western New York Consolidation
A Utica New York dispatch reports 39 quarrying firms mainly from Albion Medina and Holley have formed a consolidated paving stone company. The venture plans to pave a $250000 project and control a large share of the nation’s paving stone supply. Western New York supplies much of the stone used in major cities including Rochester Buffalo Pittsburg Detroit and Cleveland. Also notes cheap California excursions offering $25.00 fares in March and April via Santa Fe.
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Ewestee
Utica
N. X
Atbon
Medina
Holley
Unites States
New York
Rochester
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Detroit
Cleveland
California
Santa Fe
Brain Operation Lifts Pastor’s Brain in New York
In a rare surgical feat reported from Baltimore, Rev. Williams A. Stark, pastor of the Broadway German M E Church, had his brain raised from the bed and nerve roots causing neuralgia removed. The patient reportedly endured the operation and stood it well.
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New York
Baltimore
Williams A. Stark
Broadway
M. E
Death and rail road law figures cited in 19th century item
Obituary notes Joseph M. Grout a leading railroad attorney in Illinois dies at 46 in Springfield after a paralytic illness. He served as corporation counsel for the Seine & Ann railroad, later for Pearls Northern and Decatur & fold lines, and was active in Masons and Knights Templar. Also mentions Judge John Hy Mn and Texas railway figure, plus mining accident reports in Telluride involving Charles Lund and Anderson.
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Joseph M. Grout
Springfield
Fee
Joseph MM
Grout
Hig Horse
Webruary
Joseni
Seine, & Ann Railroad
Pearls Northern Road
Decatur & Fold Road
Emlaht Templar
Pythia
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