Society circles host varied town visitors in rainy party night
Personal items note Ma and Diris Phi Adams hosting friends including James L King H V Hinckley W A Morten B T Lewis George W Veale and many others as rain disrupts outdoor plans. Whist club and LO T K members join gatherings at Harrison street Crankie Crib Monroe street and Major Sim's grove with lawn supper and fireworks despite showers. Several social briefings list residents traveling to Boston Denver Chicago and nearby towns while others plan visits to St Marys Blus Rapids Parsons and Harrisonville.
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Topeka F
Plepica
Dirs
Phi Adams
Messrs
Henry Keeler
Edwin Knowles
John Small
Bradley
Dan Small
Martin's Hill
Mraeler
Harrison Street
Supr
David
Bishop-sleet
Millspaugh
1S. Lauck
W. J. Radcliffe
Gillespie
Danny Hayes
Myrtle Fordyce
Carrie Merrick
Daisy Smith
Trissa Greenwood
Jessie Gurwood
Easily Black
Anna Crane
Nannie Hopkins
Lulu Cone
Jalie Bair
A E Hulitt
Ernest McKirahan
Lewis Greenwood
Robert Merrick
Lon Korn
Charles Lagerstrom
Guy Hagar
Will Brown
Mont Gregg
Min
Frank Edson
Minses Gertruds
Mary Roberts
George Rust
Clit Histed
BEB Club
Clarence Skinner
Monroe Street
Gordon
James Troutman
Merbert Hackney
Copeland
H. Lo Overholt
Emma Barber
Lawrence
D. J. Harding
Leura Lusk
Parsons
Ed Curry
Carey
John Sims
Mra
Charles Guild
J. W. Thurston
Boston
J. F
Denver
Tod
Coe
Mellie Sproule
St. Louis
A. B Johnson
Miss Horton
Blus Rapids
Berenice McDonald
St Marys
J. F. Glasgow
J. M. Patton
Gon Albert
Patton
Grinnell
Iowa
L. ¥. Grubbs
Leon
Edos Best
Harrisonville
Fire destroys Nordquist home at Buchanan Street
A house at 114 Buchanan Street owned by Andrew Nordquist was largely destroyed by fire after the family left for Osage City. Neighbor reported a bright basement blaze and the structure partly saved by fire department. The cause is unknown. tramp interference is suspected. Gav Eckle, home-bound by rain, survived. Additionally a Scotland report notes US potato crop figures for 1893-94 and 1894-95 with tonnage and value.
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Andrew Nordquist
Buchanan
Osage City
Gav. Eckle
Nordquist
Eckle
Scotland
Savage
Dundee
United States
Americans Banquet Celebrates Fourth in London
July 5 in London the American Society in London hosted a dinner at Holburn Restaurant with the largest American gathering abroad on a similar occasion. Wayne MacVeagh presided in Bayard’s absence and introduced the Cornell Glee Club. Charles Dudley Warner toasted "The Queen" while J E Davies proposed "The President of the United States" to which B F Stevens replied.
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England
London
Lonpos
American Society
Ohio Society
New York
King’s Hell
Holburn
Wayne MacVeagh
United States
Italy
Bayard
Cornell Glee Club
Cornell
Henley
Charles Dudley Warner
J. E Davies
B. F. Stevens
Law and Order League moves to close saloons after mass meeting
In Biawarma on July 6 the Law and Order League acts to shutter saloons and joints. A committee led by Prof. Tupper will collect evidence, while Eli Mozer claims many drug stores sell liquor and notes past tax payer involvement. He asserts cooperation with the Turner hall case and pardons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Order League
Biawarma
Tupper
Academy
Eli Mozer
Turner Organization
Law and Order
Turner Hall
L. R. Yates
Yellow Fever Rumor Denied In Tawra Fla
Reports of yellow fever in Tampa Tawra Fla are false says prominent physicians. A full investigation found no suspicious cases and doctors dispute the claim. Instead about 3,000 visitors from surrounding towns attended the Fourth of July celebration.
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Tampa
Tawra
Fla
Valkyrie 111 Will Come to America
Lord Dunraven visited Hunters Quay from Glasgow aboard Valkyrie TIL. He inspected the yacht with designer Mr. Watson and Captains Granfield and Sycamore, praising her as admirably suited with no alterations planned. He confirmed the voyage to America, with plans to sail after dock work in early week.
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Lord Dunraven
America
Tuxiers Quay
Hunters Quay
Glasgow
Valkyrie
Mr. Watson
Granfield
Sycamore
Preas
Quiet Fourth of July Fades Under Rain At Garfield Park
A damp Fourth of July in Garfield Park and Moon's grave area subdued celebrations with rain ending activities early. Marshall's band concert drew a large crowd before showers forced cancellations at Oakland and Vinewood parks. A tree near Garfield Park entrance burned from firecrackers and two thousand attended Moon's Grave event with speeches by D G Tillotson and battery B exhibitions.
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Garfield Park
Mo Grove
Marshall
Jelke
Oakland Park
Vinewood Park
Garfield
Moon
Sons of Veterana
Battery B
Tillotson
Hibernian Society
Maple Hill
Three Philadelphia Patrons Drown Off Beverly NJ
A Delaware River boating accident near Beverly New Jersey capsized a small boat carrying six Philadelphians. Three occupants Jain Anderson Frank Bevans and Mrs Marembeck drowned while Muncie Jennings and Beyans were rescued as rescuers reached the scene. Bodies still unrecovered.
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Parmapetrui
Philadelphia
Delaware
Beverly
N. J
Jain Anderson
Wyoming Avenue
Frank Bevans
Diamond
Marembeck
Mra Muncie
Sire Beyans
Misa Jennings
Pennsylvania Pops Convened With 108 Delegates
The Pennsylvania Peoples party held its state convention in this city yesterday with 108 delegates. R A Thompson was elected state committee chairman and nominations were made for state treasurer George W Dawson of Beaver and judges of the superior court W C Rheem of Franklin county John Stevenson of Pittsburgh John B Young of Beaver J W Allison of Erie and D C Coughlin of Luzerne A brief platform was adopted. Prohibitionists appointments noted.
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WuaaMeron
People'a Party
R. A Thompson
George W. Dawson
Beaver
Superior Court
W. C. Rheem
Franklin County
John Stevenson
Pittsburg
John B. Young
J. W. Allison
Erie
D. C. Coughlin
Luzerne
Populists Plan September Convention for Chief Justice Nomination
A Populist meeting in Topeka failed to form a quorum and adjourned after little business. Chairman Breidenthal said two members were sick and Rafe Cone sought Sedgwick County sheriff candidacy. The group will reconvene within thirty days to call a state convention, likely mid September, to nominate a chief justice.
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State Central Committee
Topeka
Breitenthal
Rafe Cone
Sedgwick
Breidenthal
Census Nears Completion With 25 Volumes And $11 5 Million
Washington July 9 Discussing the plan to close the 11th census Wright says only one table remains and deductions will follow, delivering the complete report two and a half years earlier than 1831. The final output will be 25 volumes costing about 11.5 million, roughly double the 1883 census. Weight advocates a permanent census bureau before the next count.
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Wasuinotos
Wright
Census Bureau
Weight
Congress
Soil to be reclaimed irrigation lands in California
Two eastern financial houses will back the Poso and Turlock irrigation districts led by Coler & Co and the North American Trust and Loan Co Chicago. They will supply lands so work on canals and ditches can finish within ninety days. The Poso district, organized under the Wright law in 1883, covers 40,000 acres bonded for 500000 dollars.
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California
San Francisco
Eastern
Californ Coler & Co
New York
North American Trust and Loan Company of
Chicago
Poso
Statue of Sunset Cox Presented by City Carriers
New York City Fourth of July rites saw the letter carriers present a bronze statue of late Congressman Samuel Sullivan Cox to the city. In Creverano Ohio a wire drawers strike expands as 1500 workers join the stoppage, with wire drawing nearly halted and wages rise about 12 percent.
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New York
Samuel Sullivan Cox
Carriers' Association
Creverano
Bankus Wire Nail Company
H. P. Nail Company
Bismarck Health Rumors Denied by Friend
A New York acquaintance of Count Herbert Bis marck denied rumors about his health. The friend relayed that Bis marck’s health has been steadily improving for weeks and called the tenth of the circulating reports false.
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New York
the Herald
Herbert Bismarck
Bismarck
Coent Herbert
Ordnance Bureau Cuts Rifle Ball Size for Accuracy
In Vasarxoros on July 5 the Navy Ordnance Bureau announces a weight drop from 135 to 112 grains for the rifle ball after firing tests. Lighter projectiles prove more accurate and other advantages are cited. The bureau also approves nickel steel rifle barrels as a major advance for U.S. gun-making.
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Ordnance Bureau
Vasarxoros
Ordnance Bureau of the Navy
United States
Officials Stole Millions In Guatemala Defalcations Reported
A Guatemala special to the World claims high government officials are implicated in defalcations exceeding 5 million dollars over two years, with funds charged for arms never received and frauds in railway material purchases. Also notes the death of Lottie C Smith in Topeka at 22 from consumption, funeral Sunday, and a local laundry pickup advert.
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Guatemala
Lottie C. Smith
Gerrit Smith
New York City
J. D. Smith
Topeks
New York
North Topeka News Briefs and Local Notes
Accidents were limited on the north side yesterday as residents shared visits and social events. Misa Nettla Fowler of Ottawa visited H. H. Fowler at 1216 Jackson street while Miss Maud Keljer of Horton, visiting North Topeka, was honored with a Garfield park picnic. A similar outing celebrated Miss Gertie Key of Kansas City visiting Mrs. M. A. Colaman on Central avenue. Laura Akeroyd and Joseph Harttell wed Wednesday evening at Holton and returned to North Topeka, planning a Colorado trip. A Fourth of July party at Silver Lake featured a long list of attendees enjoying meals and lake time. Local vendors tout stable services, groceries, hearses, embalming, and carriage work along West Norris and North Kan avenues. Senator John Armstrong of Great Bend and J. M. Humphrey of Fort Scott, managers for the Hutchinson reformatory, were in town.
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Misa Nettla Fowler
Ottawa
H. H. Fowler
Jackson Street
Mise Maud Keljer
Horton
Garfield Park
Gertie Key
Kanesas City
M. A. Colaman
Central Avenue
Woman's Republican Club
Garfield Pur
Laura Akeroyd
A.B. Akeroyd
Joseph Harttell
Holton
North Topeka
Thomas Wallace
Munroe Street
Colorado
Silver Lake
Lida Knox
Mary Howard
Jodie Pratt
Millie Thompson
Maude Shields
Maude Hioward
Bertie McCarthy
Nionie Clark
Slesars
Curley Knox
Fred Robinson
Riordan
Kansas Avenue
Lukens Bros
Stutz & Walker
C. W. Willet
N. Kan
Oriental School of Embalming
A. J. Arnold & Sor
North Kasens Avenue
J. H. Heller
J. Proudit
N. Kan. Ave
North Topeks Carriage
Weat Laurent Street
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Ree
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General Notes OF Society
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Earl of Pembroke
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Earl of Lonslow
India
Earl of Dudley
Board of Trade
A Hollander
The
Times
St. Bartholomew's
Halsmere
Anton Johan van Oostveen
Amsterdam
Maud Seymour
Williem Proctor Mellin
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Santa Fe
Cox
Marek
Arance SA
Kansas Ave
Jas. B. Hayden
Davies
Pia Nou
J. K Jones’ Drug Store
John Armstrong
Great Bend
J. M. Hamphrey
Fort Scott
Hutchinson Reformatory
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