Topeka Asphalt Controversy Spurs City Repairs Contract
City records reveal Barber Company used part old asphalt for street repairs under a city contract. A detectives probe, aided by the streets committee, questions if the plant melted asphalt improperly. Officials report and witness accounts cite dumping at the Topeka Water Company site and concern over pavement quality versus new materials.
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Aekedt
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Barrigan Street
Nehart
Tandard
Local Society Notes from Welty Church and Community
A Welty church Saturday morning meeting opens promptly with a talk by Mrs May Wright Barwell on The Evolution of Organization followed by a reception. Luncheon at 615 Buchanan Street honors Mrs Garvey, Big Four and Merrymakers clubs host. Numerous social events fill Wednesday to Thursday with dinners, picnics, weddings, and visits across Topeka and nearby towns.
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Welty Church
Ciork
May Wright Bawall
Iarry O. Garvey
Buchanan Street
Big Four
Merrymakers
Rig Four
Washburn College
Ada Kennedy
Lulu Aye
Laura Anderson
Mamie Anderson
Kate Erigbaum
Love Erigbaum
Cora Anderson
Mary Montsomery
Magele Brennan
Martha Miller
Mary Hartwick
Grace Brennan
Mamie Kennedy
Margaret Casey
May Stulvibil
Ballie Levis Bove
Banks
Jack Butler
Arthur King
Muler Powell
Harry Henry
Frank Spetter
Sam VanHorn
George Wilwon
Jack Morrisey
Asha Thomson
Elmo Wilem
Qarraher
Peoria
Miss Root
Church of the Assumption
Ula Patneaude
Francis Iwut Gay
Parker Hayden
Anna Harvey
Muntie Fleisch
Winifred Hartier
Topeka Social Notes Round-Up Illicit in Local Names
A Topeka society page lists many residents visiting and visiting relatives across streets Eleventh and Jackson. Names include Carrie Todd Gertrude Gels Jeanke Foley Ene Nelle Hosan Josephine Picke and others. Mrs Campbell Mrs Hendricks Mrs McMillan Mrs Hunt and many Foley family members are mentioned with travels and stays.
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Jackson Streets
Carrie Todd
Gertrude Gels
Jeanke Foley
Ene’. Nelle Hosan
Josephine Picke
Ean Maude
Idee Mamie Sttipler
Margaret Perry
Frances Scott
Victoria Scott
Manvie Martin
Pansy Wintrede
Nellie Sedan
Elenine Foley
Campbell
Chas. Hendricks
Mies McMillan
Hunt
Bowen
Johnson
Ae Een Sir
Old Riot Guns in Reading Strike Crises
Striking Philadelphia and Reading Railway workers add 22 foreign replacements to locomotive shop, demand removal of the men, and prompt a mass walkout of 175 molders machinists and others. Foreigners are expelled to a 200 by 40 foot room where 43 Winchester rifles seized from police during 1877 riots are stored. Locomotive shops are badly crippled as the strike deepens.
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Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Iocomotive
Union
Coal and Iron Police
Pase
Drew Brother's Pension Defrauding Government Case
Thomas Carr of Edina bound over after a preliminary in Macon Missouri. He is charged with obtaining a pension in his deceased brother James Carr's name by misrepresenting the war record. Carr admitted receiving back pay and monthly installments, claiming he acted as a guardian for his brother's claim.
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Edina
Macon
Exing
United States
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Carr
James
Sixth
Ohio Cavalry
Gettysburg
Meade
Washington
James Carr
Thomas
Ohio
Pankey Hurdles Delays in Topeka Telephone Line
Pankey, owner of the new Topeka telephone line, reports delays sourcing materials and parts. He expects lines to be in operation as soon as possible, despite floods of applications and uncertain completion dates. He notes demand remains high and that installation speed depends on supplier shipments and ongoing line tests.
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BF. Pankey
Topeka
Pussies
Sie Miustha
Homeseekers Excursions to Oklahoma by Santa Fe
Homeseekers can travel to Oklahoma and back via the Santa Fe with an added trip date Tuesday July 33. Round trip fare drop to two dollars to all Oklahoma points on these dates, highlight by Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co and Amsterdam Blue Gloves sales. Chaney Morton promote Saturday prices and Victorex Baking Powder in ads.
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Sante Fe
Sanite Pe
Okla
Topeke Cash Dry Goods Co
Amsterdam
Sehaney de Morton
Oklahomma
Santa
United States moves Cebu Bohol Batangas districts to military control
Manila reports the United States civil commission strips civil authority from Cebu, Bohol, and Batangas, returning control to General Chaffee due to “incomplete pacification.” Civil and provincial officers remain but operate under military rule with power to remove officials. Insurgent activity continues in Cebu and Bohol as Mindanao occupation begins. HP Whitmarsh faced charges in Manila. commission to announce results Saturday.
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United States Civil Commission Today
Cebu
Bohol
Batangas
Luzon
Chaffee
Taft
General Chaffee
Cenadumve
Mindanas
HP Whitmarsh
Benguett
United States Philippine Commission
Whitmarsh
Whales in Arctic Whaling Fleet Coaling at St Michael
St Michael Alaska July 3 18 The whaling fleet Belvedere Karink Janette and William Baylies arrived to coal for a summer Arctic cruise. After four months at sea from San Francisco the Belvedere reportedly caught a near record number of ring whales while Karluk and Gyo took fewer. They report little ice as far north as Point Hope with surprising blocks at St Michael harbor.
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Aluka
Vie Seattle
Wash
Whaltie
Belvedere
Karink
Janette
William Baylies
St. Michael Harbor
Arctic Ocean
San Frasisco
Point Hope
Knights Templar excursion routes offered for uniform fare
Cleveland July 19 A J Smith Lake Shore general passenger agent asked Knights Templar be ticketed Chicago to the national convocation at Lewisville Ky and back via Buffalo with the same round trip price as the single route. The Central Passenger association is to vote on these proposals.
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A. J. Smith
Lake Bhore
Knights Templar
Chicago
Lewisville
Buffalo
Central
Satyan
Portland Charter To Allow City Ownership Of Utilities
Portland officials report a charter revision plan approved by 19 to 7 vote to reserve city ownership of water, gas, electric works, street railways, and related utilities. The proposal aims to empower the city to own and operate essential services, under the next legislative session. The compilation includes references to water and power facilities and public utilities under municipal control.
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Buffalo Pas-American Iconic Exposition Tickets At Santa Fe Depot
Round trip tickets offered at Santa Fe depot with listed rates and terms. Ten day unit and heart style references appear among pricing notes. Details include time of departure and destinations, with some unclear word fragments from the source text.
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Santa Fe
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Hot Weather Buying 2 24h Cans Table Peaches or
A compact city listing highlights sale options for canned peaches suited to hot weather. The notice emphasizes ready stock and quick pickup with emphasis on convenience for shoppers seeking preserved fruit during peak heat.
Receiver sought for German Exchange Bank Chilton Wisconsin
Attorney General Hill seeks appointment of a receiver for the German Exchange Bank of Chilton Calumet County Wisconsin based on a report by State Bank Examiner Kidd. The bank with $50000 capital and deposits around 620000 is privately owned by Theodore and Henry Kersten. The liabilities and assets figures are stated but the data are inconsistently reported in the document.
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Chilton
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Wis
Hill
German Exchange Bank
Calumet County
Kidd
Theodore
Henry Kersten
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