Senator Landis on Politics in Topeka Visit
Senator Harry Landis of Medicine Lodge visits Topeka. He predicts a mandatory regular legislative session next winter, aims to grill Governor Morrill on investigations and salary increases, and notes Republican weakness aiding Morrill’s renomination amid calls for accountability. Local items cover Saline County railroad assessments, alfalfa prospects near Garden City, and Topeka civic notes.
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Wister
Harry Lundle
Medicine Lodge
Topeka
Seaator Laniis
Senate
Landis
Jovanal
Barry
Morrill
Cy Leland
Republican Party
Topeka Visitors Send Praise From Liverpool Tour
John Sargent of Topeka received a letter from F O Pomenoe of Topeka recounting a visit to Liverpool with his wife and Mr and Mrs T E Bowman. They praised the Queen’s realm and its grandeur of castles and estates. The party later drove to Hawarden to see William E Gladstone, finding him absent due to London ministry duties.
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Scenssiu
John Sargent
Topeka
F. O. Popence
T. E. Bo
Liverpool
Popense
Bowman
Hawarden
William F. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
London
Lord Rose
Giants Crush T A A Bench Team In Park Game
The Giants defeated the T A A bench squad at the park as the Athletics with pro players faltered due to inexperience. About $12 was collected to cover the Giants board bill at St Nicholas. Arm injury marred Arthur Switzer’s game as he tore a tendon near third base and may be out for a month. Schmeltzers from Kansas City expected for future fixtures. Cecil Spooner’s Grand tour to feature The Hidden Hood Capitaola Becky and Little Miss Mah performances Friday and Saturday. Chautauqua Lake trips advertised via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with B P Bumphy handling inquiries.
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Athletics
St Nicholas
Arthur Switzer
Pitchare
Drubbs
Tos Kanes City
Schmeltzers
Tures
Buraday
Blues
Missouri City
Riester
Hindmarsh, Switzer and
Heck
Broover
Kingsbury
Topeka
Topeta
Fox
Miss Rivers and the Partiman House Transformation Scene
In Hillsdale the social circle follows Inex Rivers as she faces judgment after rumors of cosmetics and artful beauty. Fairlie and Thorpe debate love and sincerity while Deacon Partiman learns of Miss Rivers’s secret painting hobby and a planned marriage proposal nears its moment.
One Drink Drove Him Crazy on Gauptil Island
Captain Casson of the Cupria reports gagus distilled on Gauptil island causes a gray sap to ferment into a drink that makes a person instantly stupid for a day or more while natives claim paradise. He cites a crewman driven mad by one serving, and notes the Uguor softens bones and slowly destroys the body until death in convulsions.
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Gauptil Island
Casson
Paradise
Outspoken Populist Leader Rules Out Congress Run
DONE WITH POLITICS. Populist leader Mr Boots tells a State Journal reporter he is out of politics and will not run against Charley Curtin next fall. He defends the state public works board, disputes Thacher’s “big steal” charge, and invites an inspection of the university electrical building books.
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State Journal
Congress
Charley Curtin
Charley Curt
Charley Curtia
Charley Curtie
Charley
Scott
Popul Orist Board of Public Works
State University
Thachers
Thacher
State Auditor's
United States
Nonintoxicating Beer Headed For Topeka Sale
A Kansas report describes a nonintoxicating beer manufactured by a Saint Louis brewer for Topeka drug stores and saloons. It claims the drink tastes like regular beer but contains no alcohol, with a stated two percent limit under Kansas law. A trial price of five cents per drink is noted and skepticism about long term popularity remains.
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Prohibition
Topeka
Kansas
St Louis
Testaurante
Atchison Tved
Roe Declared Insane After Jury Verdict
William Roe, also known as Charles or Carter Roe, was declared insane by a Topeka probate court jury yesterday afternoon and is confined at Bedwell Hospital. Previously brought from Missouri on a burglary charge, Roe has refused food for days, his mind described as nearly blank and responses vague. Some think nourishment may restore him, but Judge Wood deems him hopelessly insane, with a decline from a once-active state to a wreck at about thirty-five years old.
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Thorpe
Falile
Fairlie
New York
Milliner’s
Mr. Fairlie
Partiman House
Ibex Rivers
Mrs. Partman
Miss Rivers
Mrs. Part
Deacon Partimown
Deacon Portiman
Fairlce
Inex Rivers
Mr. Patlio
Pri
William Roe
Bedwell Hospital
Roe
Charles
Carter Roe
Topeka
Missouri
Martin & Dennis
Eddilion
Tours
Wood
Rue
Beware of beggars in Topeka charity fraud scare
Several Topeka residents warn of charity solicitors claiming to help imaginary poor. Workers presented names and addresses that led callers to vacant lots or empty houses. A woman paid a dollar to a solicitor who spoke of need at 316 Locust Street and 115 East Thirteenth Street, which have no homes.
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Topeka
Locust Street
East Thirteenth Street
Marshall's land May Play at Watering Pisces on aa Eastern Trip
Topeka based Marshall's Military Band plans a eastern concert tour next month. The 60 piece band will accompany the Knights Templar to Houston for the national conclave on August 27 and then perform two days each at Old Orchard Beach Maine Parmington Maine. Possible Manhattan Beach dates and a Topeka departure reversal are noted.
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Marshall's Land
Topeka
Marshall
Hoston
Assne Knights Templar
Old Orchard Beach
Parmington Maine
Mr. Boua
Manhattan Beach
Ciies
John Marshall
Ellery Murray to Work in Mexico on Coffee Lands
Ellery Murray brother of the late Jubo A. Murray leaves Topeka for Mexico to pursue his brother's plan to buy lands for coffee raising. He will be gone for several years as he continues the project with several others, believing in Mexico's opportunities despite his brother's death from yellow fever. Murray has spent much time in old Mexico since his brother's passing and now seeks a successful outcome for the venture.
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Ellery Murray
Jubo A. Murray
Topeka
Mexico
Murray
Old Mexico
Kansas
Policy of silver men in Idaho plan cited by governor
Port Angeles, July 17. Gov. W J McConnell of Idaho passed through Port Ia on way to Yaquina Bay and discussed the silver issue. He said supporters of silver would not force the financial question in the nation's politics beyond securing a platform declaration by the Republican convention next year.
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Reneas
D. J. Addison
Saline County
Omaha
Pacific Express Company
United States Express Company
Political Ticket Demands Protectionist Platform
A party signals support for a broad platform including financial system reforms pensions for soldiers and national projects such as the Nio sraugue canal and Hawaii annexation. The leader’s influence is tied to upholding the platform despite differing views on finance. A missing 86000 package later notes a separate Omaha incident.
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Niosraugue Canal
Hawaii Islands
Stanile
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