Social whirl in Topeka as Miss Willis visits from Los Angeles
Social notes recount a springtime dancing party hosted by Miss Bossie Hayden on Van Buren Street in Topeka. Guests included Miss Hesele Willis of Los Angeles, Cal, with many local debutantes and visitors listed. arrangements featured simple greens, Nasturtiums, gladiolas, Japanese lanterns, and a lawn reception.
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Mise Bossie Hayden
van Buren Street
Hesele Willis
Los Angeles
Cal
Mids Eingden
Lois Mert
Gertrude Hankln
Gertrude Hank
Sarah Horner
Mixa Lucile” Mulvane
Fislen Walker
Lee Redden
Harry Seabrook
Everett Akers
Jean Bailey
Hall Frey
George Noble
Wi Trapp
Karts Kellam
Joe Wilson
Seth Chase
Leslie Guild
Tom Frost
Bradnd Len Johnson
Dave Sibley
Paul Palmer
Dave Gossett
Sam Flcishman
John McParland
Terrence Ewart
Charles Foulkes
Alpert Patten
Ed Martin
Bari MacDowell
Merle King
Faare
Arate Undegramt
Wiksdal
Reuben Spivey
Cheap Rates East and Travel Offers To Chicago And St Louis
The Union Pacific will sell tickets to Chicago for 140 dollars and to St Louis forFAO July 16 to Zevinclusive also on July 234 26th and 20th August 2d drh Sth and sth Proportionalily cheap rates to all eastern points. For further information call F A Lewis City Ticket Agent 425 Kansas avenue or J Fulton Depot Agent The Monarch of Patent Medicines Beggs Hair Renewer It makes new hair brilliant hair hair on heads that have no hair Take no substitute At druggists.
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Union Pacific
Chicago
St. Louis
F. A. Lewis
Kansas Avenue
J. , Fulton
Floral Parade Extravaganza Raises Funds at Fairgrounds
A thousand dollars and ten floats will star in the floral parade at the fairgrounds gate. The committee shuns Garfield park, turning to a grove by the gates. tickets go on sale at many outlets with a plan to raise funds for the floral parade through high ticket sales and extravaganza costs cover timber lighting and decor.
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Gerfloat Park
Foirgrounds
Gerreld Park
Fair Grounds
Los Angeles
We Fiora
Garfield Park Management
City Railway Prepares Big Crowds for Cinderella Show
Topeka City transit officials under Manager Joseph Patten plan rapid service for the Cinderella opera at the fair grounds next Tuesday to Thursday. Cars will run every two minutes from Eighth and Kansas to the fair grounds, with extra motor cars and trailers added. Double trains will shuttle crowds before and after the performance, drawing foot traffic from South Topeka and nearby streets.
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Fair Grounds
Hibsul
South Topeka
Seventeenth Street
Kangas Avenue
Fair Grounds Gate
Cinderella's Coach Prep for Tonight's Carriage Show
The coach named Cinderella's will be turned out of the carriage shop tonight, then by Tuesday it should resemble a fairy dream. The running gear is a man, painted light yellow, with a white body and auld trim. Scarlet interior, drawn by Shetland ponies, echoes the fairy tale transformation as mice become ponies and a pumpkin becomes a coach. Kinley and Lannen work on the framework, with Cinderella and Prince Charming slated to ride, accompanied by a coachman and two footmen in full livery.
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Cosch
Scotland
Cinderella
Cinderelle
Kintey
Lannen
Cinderella set at fair grounds stage with three acres seating
Mrs Meredith, Swayze and Capt Titus announced Cinderella will be staged at the fair grounds instead of Garfield Park. A stage and amphitheater will be built inside the fair grounds near the gate, with seating terraces and dressing tents. Guards will man the entrance to keep non ticket holders out.
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Meredith
Swayze
Capt. Titus
Fair Grounds
Garfield Park
Topeka
Historic Governor Jennings House Razed in Teffernonville
The old residence of Governor Jonathan Jennings in Champs ton, twelve miles east of here, is being torn down. Senator W. H. Wat Sami will erect a handsome new house on the site. Jennings, Indiana's first governor, lived there after his tenure and was twice married.
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Jennings
Teffernonville
Jonathan Jennings
Aluna
Champston
Here
W. H. Watsami
Mrs Sutton Defends Credit for Opera Cinder Ella
Mrs Sutton declares she is not involved with the PUbLe project and credits Cam for assisting Mrs Meredith in the opera Cinder Ella. She asserts her own hard work merits full recognition and asks Justice to acknowledge her role.
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Mr. Meredith
Cam
Eight Hour Day Drive Sparks Long Labour Battle
London July 17 George N Barnes head of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers warns of a protracted struggle as workers demand an eight hour day. Federation employers began a lockout affecting about 45 percent of members while more later joined, many firms already granting eight hours but others trying to roll back contracts.
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Amalgamated Society of Engineers
England
London
George N. Barnes
Amalgamated Society of Bgliners
Tullers
America
Barnes
Uion
Forsyth Petition Targets Sugar Schedule in Tariff Debate
Maj. Gen. George A. Forsyth denounces the sugar trust and argues the sugar schedule should be removed from the tariff bill. He alleges revenue loss from raw sugar rushes and warns officers face discipline for meddling in policy. His action risks court martial and travel restriction.
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Sen
Forsyth
Washington
George A. Forsyth
Els
Sugar Trust
Congress
Ito
United States
Treasury
Army
NAV
War and Navy Departments
War Department
Ryth
Secretary of War
Glib mountebank tours Paris Texas claims world voyage
Paris Texas July 17 Quite a character appeared last night calling himself George Harrold. He says he will be 19 in September and at age ten began a world tour planned to cover 670 miles in ten years for a 310000 payment from the New York World and Associated Press. He claims gifts from Depew Li Hung Chang and James Berry and shows race relics and a Shah of Persia knife among odd items. He speaks several languages and seems well traveled.
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Paris
Tex
George Harrold
New York World
Associated Press
Jie
Chauncey M. Depew
Li Hung Chang
James Berry
Persia
Paying Off Mortgages In Nebraska Six Months Ended July
Nebraska mortgage lenders report a remarkable six month period ending July 1 with an estimated 28 million dollars in debt paid down. Rural areas contribute most to the total as farmers use income from recent large crops to reduce loans. Eastern firms note borrowers reluctant to renew on favorable terms, preferring repayment.
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Nebraska
Morteere
Dovie
Nebrasize
Pursued by a Woman Leads Olney to Denver Marriage Plan
A Corning New York dispatch reports A H Olney of Gibson left for Denver to marry after his testimonial for a patent medicine was used in an advertisement with his portrait. A Denver woman offered to marry him claiming a $40 000 fortune and sent $75 to hasten his arrival, hoping to wed soon.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Corning
N. Y
A. H. Olney
Gibson
Denver
Olney
Tim
Open Saloon in Topeka Closed After State Journal Exposure
The open saloon in the Jockheck building on Kansas Avenue between Fifth and Sheth Streets was boxed and shipped to Kaunas City after being exposed by the State Journal. Proprietors were arrested and await trial after an injunction halted operations. The Topeka experiment failed.
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Jockheck
Kansas Avenue
Fifth and
Sheth Streets
Kaunas
State Journal
Topeks
Bryan Defends Bimetallism at Transmississippi Congress
In Salt Lake City July 17 W J Bryan closed the silver resolution debate with a forceful defense of bimetallism. He argued the gold standard costs more American lives yearly than Spain in Cuba and praised international bimetallic policy while noting the majority report was adopted and the minority defeated. The session adjourned to 9 a m.
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Bryan
Salt Lake
Utah
W. J. Bryan
Minnesota
Denver
Hawaii
Lombard Street
Cuba
United States
Spain
Seay
Hugh Craig
California
Congress
Oelock
Obstinate Farmer Sits On Track To Halt Railroad
Pittsburg July 1 Henry Gray, a West Deer Township resident, blocks the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad right of way by sitting on the track. The company offered 1900 for the right of way, but Gray refused the money and would not move.
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Pittsburg
Pittsbos
Bessemer and
Lake Erie
West Deer Township
Henry Gray
Gray
Americans in Russia Return to St Petersburg After Moscow Visit
William E. Vanderbilt and party returned to St. Petersburg today after spending two days in Moscow. They arrived aboard Vanderbilt’s yacht Valiant and traveled by a special train, drawing royal-scale attention. The party toured the city in luxurious troikas and was greeted by railway officials in the street staterooms.
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William E. Vanderbilt
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Mr. Vanderbliit
Valiant
Russia
Poor Uncle Sam in Hawaiium Situation Sparks Globe Debate
London July 17 The Globe columns discuss the Hawaiium situation with sharp satire and claims that no expert knowledge is required to see the dangers it poses. The piece mocks partisan panic and argues for cautious policy toward the Pacific crisis.
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London Globe
London
One Minute Cough Cure Promotes Foreign Conflict Fear
A speaker warns that the United States would struggle against Japan in an ocean conflict. He predicts Japanese ships would ravage the American Pacific coast, urging urgent action while touting One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy. G. W. Stansfield, 033 Kansas Avenue, promotes the tonic for colds and consumption.
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United States
Java
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
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