A Strong Letter Praises Prof Samuels Glasses
A reader from St Joseph extols Prof Samuels eyeglasses claiming they restore sight without ongoing doctors, citing a son who recovered vision after starting use. The letter urges others with defective eyesight to try the glasses, noting the boy’s return to school and lasting improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Samuels
Topeka
Prof. Ram
Samuels
Dean
St. Joseph
Mas W. G. Patnsien
Remarkable Sound Phenomenon in Garden of the Gods
In Cotorapo Srnas on July 16 professors Burrill and Davenport of the University of Illinois report a spoken conversation heard across a third of a mile in the Garden of the Gods. By placing one person near the rock east side entrance and another on the opposite hill, normal speech could be clearly heard, voices reduced to a whisper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotorapo
Society Notes Spotlight Topeka Guests and Departures
A social roundup lists numerous Topeka residents and visitors at band concerts and gatherings. Names include Arthur Mila Lucile W J Black George Eagle W W Webb Emma White Daisy Lakin Frank Bennett Nelle Clough Earl Brown Carrie DuBois Carl Foulks H H Hazlett and many others visiting from Chicago Kansas City Leavenworth Fort Worth and Missouri. Several travelers depart for Chicago Santa Fe Baltimore Colorado Springs and Mexico City with future plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mila
Lucile
Mira W. J. Black
George Eagle
W. W. Webb
D. J. Harding
Emma White
Ed Curry
Frank Sim
GM. Merriam
Miss Thornton
Kansas City
Harry Weaver
Eleanor Thornton
Rhodes
Missea Nina and
May Thomas
Vera Low
Berenice Hovey
Sadie Atchison
Leavenworth
L. H. Munn
Chicago
East
W. M Daish
Kas
G. Barker
Barker
Baltimore
Caroline Titus
Lola Manspeaker
Vinewood
Paank A. Lewis
Pottsville
Arch P. Corser
Jessie Moody
Toeka
Bertha Spencer
Messra Slater
G Brown
Black
Stickney
Heeks
Gray
M. C. Frost
Colorado Springs
Bohemian Club
C. B Hamilton
San Diego
California
N. Ro Bsker
Baker
Lincoln
Nebraska
Morris Anthony
Salt Lake City
Georges Woodward
J. B Hall
San Francisco
A. Washburn
Rochester
New York
C. B Flemming
Pittsburg
King Jc
Weingsley
Split Lake
Town
Edas Morehouse
Inken
Misa Berenice Hovey
Fort Worth
Texas
Nera Low
Misa Nora Oliver
Ft Scott
Mary McCabe
Topeka
Kansas City Star
Times
Miss Adelaide
Mrs Stryker Appears In Kathleen Mayournes Play
Mrs Althea Briggs Stryker of Great Bend leads a troupe from Great Bend College in Kathleen Mayournes a romance benefiting the college. Judge Elrick Cole in Great Bend praises her officiant spirit though politics divide them as she aids campaigns and she remains active in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Mayournes
Great Bend College
Althea Briggs Stryker
Great Bend
Kathleen Mavontaeen
Mra. Stryker
Elrick €. Cole
Mra Stryker
Judge Cole
The Band Played On Popular Song Tops the Charts
The NY press notes a new song titled The Band Played On widely sung at Koster and Bial's Casino and by Coney Island bands. The chorus features Casey dancing with a strawberry blonde as the band plays on, with a humorous twist about a loaded brain and a frightened partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Koster & Bial's
Coney Island
Casey
Long Fast Ends in Death of Delavan Man A M Kennedy
A M Kennedy of Delavan Morris county died after a 43 day fast totaling 68 days without food. He neared 72, had been vigorous until illness struck and paralysis set in. Morphine injections kept him alive while he remained conscious during waking hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Kennedy
A.M. Kennedy
Delavan
Morris County
Society
Topeka
Kennedy
Logans Return From London After Bond Delivery
Secretary Carlisle and his son Logan returned to Washington from London where Logan helped complete and deliver 31 million dollars in bonds to the Hothschilds. They left Marion, Mississippi, where Carlisle stayed with Assistant Secretary Hanlin for two weeks. Travel by Baltimore and return via the Santa Fe route cost 22.25 dollars. subscription urged for the Jovakan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
London
Washixoton
Carlisle
Washington
Treasury Department
Hanlin
Marion
Miss
Baltimore
Mark Twain Lien Case Probes Defunct Publishing Firm
New York July 16 humorist Mark Twain undergoes a legal examination over the failure of Charlee L Webster & Co. creditors seek 5000 from the bankrupt firm. Clemens recently returned from Europe and stays in Elmira under a doctor’s care. Liabilities totaled about 80000, with debts to Mrs. Clemens and assorted contracts and copyrights. A medical certificate cited a carbuncle on his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mark Twain
Charlee L. Webster & Co
Clemens
Thomas Russell & Sons
Europe
Elmira
Benedict Well Again After Pneumonia Battle
Representative Sam S. Benedict of Wilson county was in Topeka on Saturday for the first time since his pneumonia illness last winter. He is improving in appearance and health, and friends express gladness at his recovery. Benedict is associated with the town of Benedict, named for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilken County
Sam S. Benedict
Wilson County
Topeka
Mr. Benedict
Benedict
North Topeka items of interest on town life
Notes from North Side of the river include visits and arrivals such as Miss Kate Colliss starting as bookkeeper and Mrs Maggie Crogden marrying Ralph McDowell. Plans reveal fishing trip on Soldier Creek and a Evansville relatives visit. Local merchants advertise services from stables to groceries and carriage works.
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E. D. Small
Atchison
Kate Colliss
Carrie Morse
Emporis
J. Morse
West Gordon Street
Will Clime
Ed Kennedy
Jim Miller
Ed Arnold
Upper Soldier Creek
Judge Carey
Mra Russell Barber
Mamie Carey
Evansville
Ind
Ralph McDowell
Maggie Crogden
Shorey
M. Ingles
North Topeka
West Eighth Street
Lodge & Colvin
Weat Nortis Street
Pratt Bros
North Toveks
Lukens Bros
Stutz & Walker
A. J. Arnold &Son
North
Kansas Avenue
J. H. Helier
N. Kan
Magnet
A. J. Proudfit
Woman Falls to River Suicide After Sunstroke
Mrs. Edward McGinnis aged 52 of 904 Jefferson Street leapt into the Kansas River around 2 pm Sunday. Her body was recovered 45 minutes later about 500 yards below the Santa Fe bridge. The coroner ruled death by own action while temporarily insane amid recent sunstroke illness and brain trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McGinnis
Jefferson Street
Kansas River
Santa Fe
Martin Shultz
Joan Nal
Church of the Assumption
McGinnis
Ed McGinnis, Jr
Joseph Bromich
James
Wolf's
John Puakinson
John Kelly
James Mallarry
Mrs Woodhull Martin Arrested on Departure Bustle
Victoria Wood hull Martin was arrested at the Hotel Majestic New York this morning and taken to the sheriff's office. Ella G Welles sues in supreme court alleging Mrs Martin fraudulently carried away goods valued at 1590 dollars in November 18304 and later destroyed most of them. Bail set at 1000 dollars. Welles, related to Mrs Martin, lived with her and Charles J Welles at 32 West Seventy second Street.
Arms for Cubans surge in exports from New York
Captain James M. Webb of Brooklyn reports small arms bound for Cuba are leaving New York and Brooklyn at roughly 5,000 a week. He says no laws are violated by the shippers, but the contraband reaches revolutionists in discourse, regardless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James M. Webb
Brooklyn
Cuba
Dan Emmett and Dixie War Song Creator's Last Days in Ohio
Daniel Decatur Emmett born October 29, 1815 in Mount Vernon Ohio became famed for Dixie the war song sung by Northern and Confederate troops. He rose from fifer to minstrel composer, creating Old Dan Tucker and Dixie with Bryant's Minstrels before fading into a modest life with chickens and a cat near Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan Emmett
South
Dan Emmett
New York City
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Mount Vernon
Arly
Cincinnati
New York
Emmett
Francis Marion Brower
Williama Whitlock
William Ward Pelham
Virginia Minstrels
Chatham Theater
Bryant
Minstrels
Dan Tucker
Jerry Bryant
Emmet
Dixie
Pretty Doctor Carol Baldwin First Woman Doctor of Science
Carol Baldwin, first woman to earn a doctor of science degree from Cornell College of Mechanics, studied at Santa Cruz High School and California State University. Born in San Francisco June 0 1809, she excelled in math and science while mastering cooking and homemaking, and faced her May examination with steady nerve and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Baldwin
Carol Willard Baldwin
Cornell
San Francisco
Carol
Santa Cruz High School
Vale
California State University
College of Mechanics
State University
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Zephy Ginghams
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St. Louis
Charles B. Thomas
Jonathan Thames
Queenstown
J. F. Jarrell
Mrs. Stryker
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