Topeka Urges Big Auditorium After Pure Food Show
Enormous crowds at the Pure Food Show expose Topeka’s need for a large venue. Citizens demand an 8000 seat hall to host conventions, fairs, and national gatherings, with fundraising urged to build an auditorium and spur city growth. Public debates over financing and civic planning accompany calls for ongoing events at a central venue.
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Topeka
Topuka
Omaha
Karisas Uy
United States
Uris
Eltlath
Nan Iema
Topeka Commercial Club
Tapers
Holt
Cocerts
Eivat
Hamilton Hall
A Day of Timables Lecture at Cooking School
A cooking school demonstration titled Left- Overy! featured Mies Colling guiding a large audience through a salmon croquette dish. The chef detailed ingredients and steps, including salmon, butter, flour, lemon, sugar, salt, cayenne, and tomato juice, cooked in a double boiler and formed into cylindrical croquettes.
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Ern
Kansan Dey
Mers
Miss Colling
Mies Colling
Exhibitors clash as secretary battles window draft
A chaotic scene unfolds with a secretary, Adams, facing an enraged exhibitor over a drafty upstairs window. A woman threatens action, workers complain about drafts, and a man slips upstairs to close the window, while Adams stays to resolve the confrontation.
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Amon
Atfee Teiay
Adamerald
Aan
Secretary Adams
Tua
Adams
Great Crowd Arrangements for Pure Food Show
Last night’s Pure Food show drew crowds estimated at 3 500 for the day. Treasurer Green said the entrance was blocked and Ticket Seller Watson could not handle the rush. Watson, Green, and Newland aided by Mr., struggled to admit attendees as a long line formed to Sixth Street before decide to clear the doors.
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Green
Joors
Watson
Newland
Sixth Street
Crowds Strain Exits at Washburn Exposition Night
A large crowd pressed into the Washburn exposition hall, with doors reopening after a crush. Secretary Adams summoned police to prevent trampling as people descended stairways and exits at alley side. By ten, the crush eased though aisles remained blocked, and a concert in the cooking school auditorium offered seating after the rush ends.
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Adams
Peltice
Cooking School
Washburn Give Club
Chicken causes fun at Fed exposition booth stampede
A frightened chicken wandered at the Aunt Jemima pancake booth sparking chaos as it escaped and toppled a Coffee Company display. The incident damaged a hat and a large fan while two servers reacted in alarm. Manager Geo Carrier Off faces a ten dollar bill for breakage and two workers may sue for nerves. Mrs Sutton runs a lemonade booth, calling her drink the best Topeka has seen.
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Jemima Booth
Eaincke Coffe Company
Geo. Carrier
Sutton
Topeka
Train Crash on Twelfth Street Incline In Kansas City
A late eve accident on the Metropolitan Street Railway on Twelfth street incline caused two trains to collide at high speed. Conductor George McNeal suffered multiple injuries including a broken right leg and mashed left hand. Passenger Ro J Morledge and Fr Weir were also hurt from jumping. A woman was thrown from the first train and later missing.
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Kansas City
Jame
Twelfth Street
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Girone
Georet McNeal
Ro J. Morledge
Garnett Avenue
Arcond
Fr. S. Weir
Parke Avenue
Tenreed
Rene
Geirman Brewers
McNeal
Debs' Life in Peril in Cripple Creek Buggy Crash
Cripple Creek on January 27 reports Debs thrown from a buggy as two horses bolted after passing Moor-Anchor shaft house. Edward Boyrr, labor leader, rode with him. both uninjured though the buggy and a wheelhouse were demolished.
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Debs
Cripple Creek
Blugenr VT
Debe
Geld Hill
Edward Boyrr
Mie
J. Foley
Rush for Free Coal On City Sidewalk
A New York store manager piled two tons of coal on the sidewalk with a sign inviting the needy to take some. By noon most of the coal had vanished as feeble men, women, and children helped themselves, aided by the season’s cold. Beerbohm Tree’s New Daughter reported from London with the mother and child thriving.
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J. E. Crockett
New York Atore
Beerbohm Tree
London
Abbott’s Humorous Jonah Sermon Delights Congregation
Dr Lyman Abbott delivers a witty sermon on Jonah and the Whale drawing roaring laughter. The piece contrasts biblical themes with a farcical mood and notes a satirical tone amid churchgoing life.
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Jonah and the
Abbott’s Jonah tale stirs laughter at Plymouth Church
New York January 27 Dr Lyman Abbott toured Lakewood for health and faced uproar over his Plymouth church sermon as he argued Jonah and the whale were parable not literal truth. He defended biblical allegory while critics warned of eroding faith and comfort.
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New York
Lyman Abbott
Lakewood
Plymouth Church
Abbott
Jonsh
Esther
Xerxes
Great Jeneth
Jonah
Ninevah
God
Nim
Jonaent
Dr. Abbott
Dr. Brices
Nick
Wiin
Christ
Jefferson Yanvin
Adhoth
Plymouth
Peat T Zak
Henry Ward Beecher
Mootye
den Jongh
Fragmentary Sermon Dismissal Report From Congregation
A fragmentary report notes that no deacon or bearer expressed dissent by leaving the sermon. Only one man left, then returned before the service ended, according to the account.
Talmage Panic At First Baptist Church Night
In Minneapolis a crowd of about three thousand flooded into a 1,500 seat First Baptist Church venue. Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage was billed to preach. The building filled hours before start. women fainted during the crush and two men fought. A man’s leg was broken. Dr. Talmasy remained undisturbed as volunteers carried victims to fresh air.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jay
First Baptist Church
T. Dewitt Talmege
State Printer Case Opinion by ex Chief Justice Martin
Ex chief justice David Martin writes to Albert Horton arguing the Hudson Snow ruling should let Major Hudson serve the full term. He disputes the attorney general on the Snow Hudson matter and affirms the Hudson title to the state printer’s office, noting the judiciary binds until overturned and urging adherence to organic law.
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Otter
David Martin
Albert H. Horton
Major Hudson
Hudson
Martin
Atchison, Kan
Albert Horton
Topeka
Kan
Bnow-Hudson
Snow
Supreme Court
Tate
Justice Alten
Bnow
Hudron
Attormer
Pigued
Senate Banking Bill Proposes Major Banking Law Changes
The Senate committees on banks and insurance endorse a new banking bill urged by Commissioner Breiden. It shifts the hard commissioner term from four to two years, though not unanimously. It also revises bank capitalization tied to city population, a provision seen as harmful to banks facing population growth.
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Senate
Ink Comminissioner
Breiden
The Cry of Want Must No Longer Go Unheeded
A civic call urges action against widespread poverty and hunger, demanding government aid and reform. Officials and local groups respond with plans for relief programs, food drives, and increased assistance funding to curb hardship and restore dignity.
Legislation Needed On Unequal Wealth Distribution
United States Senator W. A. Harris from Kansas delivers a speech at a joint session praising the election and arguing for reform. He calls for limits on corporate power and tighter control of finance and transportation to address wealth diffusion, urging equity in corporate rights, personal liability, and monetary policy. He references the Por tsmouth college decision and cautions against artificial citizens with excessive influence.
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W. A. Harris
United States
Kansas
Iday
House
Senate
Harris
Union
Ingalls
Peter
Earth
Porrtmouth College
Corporationa
Sms Strane and
Montellows
Narrative on money, liberty, and public virtue in a historical discourse
The text presents a political oratory focusing on monetary theory and the role of the people in governance. It references metallic money versus collective decision making, Burke’s wisdom, tariff debates, and the duty of representatives to defer to public will. It reflects confidence in republican ideals and emphasizes unity beyond factional interests.
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Burke
Woodfall
House of Commons
Westminster Hall
Republicas Party
Orchard Bill Defeated In Legislature Debate
The committee of the whole considered a bill restricting trespass by vagrants under trees near WIL The measure faced debate over the term willful and failed with the enacting clause struck The president Cleveland reference and remarks by Mr Dell highlighted opposition to forwarding the bill as written
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Dell
Sugar Industry Bounty Bill Promotes Beet Sugar
A bi by Senator Armstrong argues for state bounty to sugar manufacturers. The bill would pay five eighths of a cent per pound for sugar made from beets and sugar cane, provided at least 30 percent crystal sugar content and 45 jer ton paid to cultivators. Inspectors to oversee weighing and quality, with weighmen at the factory town sites.
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Armstrong
Barton Enutity
Hiapecturs
Redim Dene Welahmen
Aate
Old Board Removals and New Appointments Reported
The article notes removals from the board and new appointments in the state government. It mentions Gov Morrill and Gov Leite addressing the changes, with George Storch David Baker and G W Campbell named among those affected. The report reflects political turnover and proposed reorganization.
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Morrill Neil
Leite
George Storch
David Baker
G. W. Campbell
Topeka Bill to Buy Park From Coal Hole Fund
A bill seeks to empower the City of Topeka to transfer money from the treasury raised as a fund for prospecting coal. The aim is to purchase and improve a park using the same fund. Representative Larimer of Fhaowner is listed in the measure. The intent is to place the park under general revenue and governance.
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Larimer
Fhaowner
As & Bill Uy
Topeka
Perk Fond
Branch schools for Hays proposal in state plan
Representative Baseau introduced two bills to locate four western branches of the state normal school and the state agricultural college, turning part of Hays into a branch, with continued coverage on page three.
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Hays
Pt Hays
Baseau
Asoari
Normal School
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