Worthless Papers and New Law to Destroy Them
A Kansas law allows registers of deeds to destroy outlawed or released chattel mortgages and other worthless documents after keeping a destruction record and presenting to county commissioners. Frack Brooks in Topeka says his office is crowded with such papers and would require months and extra staff to burn them, though some counties have begun “office county bonfires.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baufax
Board of County Commissioners
Registers of Deeds
Kansas
Frack Brooks
Register of Deeds
Topeka
Fr. Brooks
Wellmans Divorce Finalized After Long Separate Years
Judge Hezen grants Mrs Ids M Wellman a divorce from A G Wellman on abandonment grounds. Custody awarded to the mother of their thirteen year old daughter. Mrs Wellman to receive alimony totaling 1000 dollars in addition to prior drawings of 655 dollars per year.
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Ocnae
Hezen
Ids M. Wellman
A. G. Wellman
Personal Items of Interest About Topeka People and Vickers in Town
Society notes from Topeka recap a lively week of visits and parties. Included are birthdays, engagements, travel plans, and gatherings featuring many local residents and visiting guests, with mentions of Topeka’s social circle, clubs, and upcoming Bible school events.
Beating Justice and a German in Topeka Falls
A Colorado discussion notes a Topeka visit by County Attorney Cochrane as a criminal docket set for September. A German man, Gehart, 65, living at 127 North Topeka avenue, fractured his right hip after a fall this week and is under Dr. Muna care. Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for teething is advertised at 25 cents a bottle. The first half year of the college and academy begins Wednesday, September 11. catalogs are available.
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Colorado
Monty
Cochrane
Colorado Springs
Topeka
Fr. Cochrane
Tal
At. Gehart
Bert. M. Gehart
North Topaka Avenue
Muna
Winslow
Washbourson
College and Academy
Instruct the Girls They Are Not Yet Numerous
A late 19th or early 20th century reflection argues that women’s higher education is expanding. It notes rising student numbers, cites Vassar as a pioneer, mentions coeducation at Cornell Michigan Harvard Radcliffe Barnard Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe deans including Irvine Thomas James Smith Irwin and others, and highlights growing female faculty roles and leadership.
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Alamns
Marta Mitchelia
Matthew Vassar
Vassar College
Institute of Learning
Young Indies’ Seminary
Vassar
Alice Freeman Palmer
Cornell University
Ezra Cornell
Cornell
University of Michigan
Ann
Gtown
Harvard
Willy Nilly
Harvard Annex
Radcliffe College
Columbia of
New York
Barnard College
Maria Mitchell
Chicago University
Wellesley
Ite
George Herbert Palmer
Palmer
Chicago
Julia J. Irvine
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Elie
Leipsic
M. Carey Thomas
Boston School of Technology
West
Woman's College of
Bryn Mawr
Irvine
Zurich
Thomas
Emily James Smith
Barnard College For Women
Columbia College
Miss Smith
Miss James Smith
Emily
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Girton College
Cambridge
England
University of Chicago
Agnes Irwin
Philadelphia
Louis Agassiz
BES Epec
Dexter
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Nottingham
Saxony
Brussels
HH. Mills & Son
Kansas Avenue
Wellmans
Kale
Ralston
Luse
Dean Obherry
Chase & Sanborn
W.S. Kale
Kansas Ave
Bell and Harrison Telephones
Vickers
Exhl Palmer
See Au Itty
Mise
Wood
Misa Houla Parker
Gussie Fletcher
Emporia
Maude Miller
Clara Tayman
LaVerne Brubaker
Pearl Brubaker
Carrie Delbert
Jennie Simms
Lena Pitts
Ethel Palmer
Ethel Wood
Beulah Parker
Misees
Frank Caies
Charlie Hugo
Morris Schlegel
Miss Barnett
David Gosnett
Mary Sommers
Sue Sharritt
Winifred Prescott
Sbttie Snyder
Dale Weed
Jassie Kings
Etta Beck
Ella Correll
Jessie Stultz
Helen Fitch
Elberta Wilson
Sadie Shull
Effie Hazen
Bessie Elder
Kitty Garrison
Jessie McMahan
Edith Corlett
Minnis Wolf
Nellie Lincoln
Bertie Love
Ethel Fox
Margaret Gilfillan
Hazel Fassler
Florence Hillyer
Lizzie Cole
Helen Welker
Bessie Hayden
Mexica
Wilmer Glasscock
Gerald Glasscock
George Huron
George Noble
Terrence Ewart
David Gossett
Aurel Ridings
Henry Lautz
Fret Wick
Willie Wick
Norman Southers
Merle King
Amasa Akers
Louis Wilson
Willie Wicksdal
Lou Wicksdal
Dorr Norton
Tom Frost
Gill Updegraff
Charlie Wolf
Percy Walker
Ralph Graham
Fred Stauffenherz
Howard Alderson
Charlie Sheffield
W. W. Webb
el Reno
Oklahoma
Will Smith
Guerrier
Atchison
Bethany
Webb
H. W. Roby
Boston
K. MacLennan
Emma Bergland
C. E Johnson
N.J. Burdick
Ellen Hillis
Wilmington
Del
J. P. Updegreff
Riverside Stock Farm
Manitou
Ed Mackey
St Joseph
Topeka Ffriends
Min J. Re Merrifield
Dan Cain
Dellas
Frask Cain
Michigan
Emma Evarts
Bessie Penna
Willet
Wetherholt
Mason
Ritter
Carter
Griffith
Fletcher Oliver
Daugter
Minnie Dean
Fort Scott
Frank Sims
Zenora
Taylor Street
W. J. Black
Denver
Carl Phillips
Lawrence
Jarrell
Mamie Jarrell
Frank Jarrell
W. H. Bogle
A. B. Quinton
K. A. Allen
St. Louis
California
M. Snattinger
W. K Hopkins
Garden City
Lucile Miller
Charles Miller
Burlington
T. L. King
E. B Foulks
Grace
N. F. Frazier
Eldorado
Hortense Kelly
Arthur Capper
Blanche Stewart
France Littlefield
Isa Nellis Mobr
Maryville
F. B
Getchell
Tyler Street
M. C. Taulby
J. Tyalby
Jitle Marie Matson
R .E. Jamison
Jamison
Lincoln Street
D. A. Clements
J. A. Parkinson
Quenemo
EE. Robinson
Western Avenue
D. J. Harding
D J. Harding
Ivah Davis
Edna McClintock
Hiawatha
Col
Mr. Herricx
Daily Note
William Smith
Mary Jones
Mary
Bosan
Santa Fe
Topeka Avenue
D. E. Bauch
R. E. Morse
R. E. Form
BIBLE
Ottawa
George Lerrige
Topeka Y. McGa
W. C. A.state Bible School
Forest Park
Bible School
RK. Lloyd
Theological Seminary of
Oakland
D. Burns Griffith
Moody’s Institute
J. Bo Larimer
W. L. Byers
Henry Lantz
Dick Rodgers
Ernest McDonald
John Adams
George Howe
Henory Lewin
Topeka Y. W
Canada
Ontario
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