Tiger Bill at the Wichita Show A Curious Audience Scene
Meo draws attention as Tiger Bill attends a Wichita play. He studies the action from a high seat, jokes with nearby spectators, and jokes about Uncle Sam and gold versus silver while the performance unfolds. His reactions recall Wichita’s saloon controversies as he exits pleased.
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Meo
Wichita
Tiger Bil
Bil Cama
Tiger Bilt
Belohin
Uncle Sam
Fat
Tiger Bill
Tiger Bitl
Harry’ la Marr
Bill
WOUN A LOGAN JR SUED OVER CARBON LIMESTONE ESTATE
Louise Anrew s et al sue John A Logan Jr in common pleas court over the will of C H Andrews. The clause grants Edith Andrews Logan all property in Carbon Limestone and directs cancellation of debts against the company. suit seeks court instructions on administering the estate and settling outstanding debts. Additional fragment mentions a family matter and a testimonial for Dr Hand's Colic Cure.
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Younesrows
Louise An @rews
John A. Logan, Jr
C. H. Andrews
Edith Andrews Logan
John A Logan, Jr
Carbon Limestone Company
Aaid Carbon Limestone Company
W. Andrews
Carbon Limestone Company At the Time of My Se Dota
A. Logan, Jr
Andrews
North Topeka News Backs and Health Notes
North Topeka news notes Ed Gitmen’s recovery after illness and Marcy Irons Walter High and Dave Eider enjoying a quail hunt. A broken plate glass window on Kan sague and a note about a New Years Eve incident. Revival meetings led by Rev. J. M. Mason and a Perry arrest inquiry for a horse theft suspect. Local businesses advertise meats groceries and services.
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Ed Gitmen
Marcy Irons
Walter High
Dave Eider
Robbins
North Topeka
Kansague
J. EL. Powler
Jackson Street
Kensal Avenue
J. M. Mason
Barnes, Paeers
Will Agais
Wee & Colvin
Perry
Air
Lodge
J. B. Heller
N. Keosas Avenue
A. J. Prodilt
N. Kaave
Geo. J. Graves & Sona
Weat Laurent Shest
Y Tops
Cushions
Wagona Aus Balitte Ord Ball
Phose Sas
Topeka Police Board Sees Last Meeting New Year
Frank Foster attends final meeting of the Topeka police commissioners as the board frees city prisoners for New Year. Hank Trowbridge and J W Bowler receive clemency. Foster hints at no forced changes, awaiting department needs and board temper.
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Topeka
P. L Bonebrake
Board of Police
Hank Trowbridge
J. W. Bowler
Frank H. Foster
Foster
Board
Transaction of Business
Starz Journal
Twelve Temptations at the Grand Delights Audiences
The Twelve Temptations show drew large crowds at the Grand with afternoon attendance paying regular prices and evening performances selling out. It featured Signor Aurelia Coccia, Signorita Con cittio, and others, plus juggling by Matthew Byrnes and a burlesque boxing act. The comedy and songs earned applause though some rough humor tempered overall enjoyment. a second night was expected to draw another strong audience.
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Signor Aurelia Coccia
Signorita Concittio
Chitton
Signorita Amelia Bussig&uo
Signorita America Concertina
Signor Aurora Borealis
Matthew Byrnes
Hrothere Byrnes
Bella
Brothers Billot
Harry LaMarr
Gus Brano, Jr
Katie Gilbert
Aera
Salina to Vote on Waterworks Proposition
Salina voters face a city proposition to authorize new waterworks with an appraisal of the old franchise. The council moved to submit the measure to a public ballot last night, with a company opposing the city plan and pledging to contest the move as long as possible.
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Salina
Butidor Bay
Salna
Coun OY
Slander Suit Filed Over Insult in Jefferson Township
Rudolph Mangold of Jefferson township sues Peal Tischauser of South Newbern for $2,000 claiming in front of witnesses she called him a thief and accused him of being dishonest as a tenant while a tenant. The document notes unrelated advertisements and fragmented text from the era.
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Rudolph Mangold
Abtiens
Tichauser
Axtiene
Jefferson Township
Peal Tischauser
South Newbern
Mangold
Tischauser
The Two Thinkers On Stats In A Car Seat
Two men in a carriage discuss statistics with grandiose air. They marvel at tiny units in water and claim vast coal power, joking about a train length to the moon as they riff on numbers and intellect.
Sketches by M. Quad A Trifling Mistake
A Detroit Free Press sketch by M. Quad recounts episodic tales of encounters between narrators and colorful characters. The pieces include a chance meeting on Cham bers street, a farmer’s picnic tale and a tale of a would be jumper, plus a Savannah to Charleston train encounter with an alligator and a humorous shot to a hat. The set preserves dialect and humorous urban vignettes from an earlier era.
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Charleston
Savannah
Moses
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Farewell Dinner for Grimshaw in Chicago Tribune
A group of newspaper workers gather to bid farewell to Grimshaw who is slated for a diplomatic posting in Europe. They reflect on shared years, the chair he will leave vacant, and the Atlantic separation ahead, with champions of the newsroom raising a toast to his good fortune.
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D. W. Fuller
Cevajobarie
Dr. Kings
G. A. Dykeman
J. K. Jones
Toledo
Forea
Europe
Nos
Grimshaw
Joss
Debtor and Deacon Discuss Sins of Omission
In a Pittabury Chronicle Telegraph item the deacon asks Mr Dakane for his view on whether sins of omission or sins of commission are worse. Dakane, a creditor with wide experience, argues that sins of omission are the greater fault.
Grocery Catalog From War Era Market List
A dense list of varied grocery items with quantities and brands including Navy Beans Arbuckle’s Coffee Lion Coffee Lima Beans oats salt pork tomatoes Scrapple and canned goods. The fragment also notes bulks like oats and starches with items such as cornstarch glass starch and buckwheat flour along with spices and preserves.
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Arbuckle
New Orleans
Kansas
New York
Flour sacks and patent brands listed in trade notes
A fragment lists flour sacks and patent brands including Shawnes Fancy Gold en Rod neaalesy Patent No 7 Lily 160 lb sacks Big 4 Topeka Patent Crosby's Beet Leiter Patent Sud Gold Dust and related trade terms.
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Neaalesy
Aeby’s
Leiter
Meats and Lard Prices and Labels Noted
List of dry salt meat per pound sugar cured breakfast hams per pound No 1 sugar cured hams per pound California hams per pound good white lard per pound white label lard and related items appears in the snippet. The text shows product names and unit prices or labels though figures are partially garbled.
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California
Soap products and prices in a mixed ad text
A garbled ad style listing several soap products with prices and brand names such as Proctor and Gamble Lenox Soap and Pathak Biowa Soup. The text includes box quantities and a $3 per unit price claim amid unclear OCR.
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Kirk
Proctor & Gamble
Aesc
Pathak
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