Social and Personal News From Topeka and Vicinity
In Topeka and nearby towns, social events filled the week as the Bohemian club gathering at Garfield park delighted guests of all ages. Numerous residents and visitors headed to Denver, Wakari, Manitou, and Lake View for brief trips, with many accompanying family members and friends. Regulars like Miss Winifred Prosmitt and Mrs. J. J. Frey were among those noted, and Washburn College President Herrick planned to spend the summer elsewhere.
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Bohemian Club
Sheirenhiven
Garfield Park
Ira Howe
W. L. Bates
Cartridge
EB. A. Prescott
Grorge Eagie
G. Moray
W. E. Sterne
Lowry
Haching
Mod
Ed Win Lang
May Dang
Lena McCray
Cowman
Cat Nellis
Cusman
Richard Gundry
Coulus Farm
Winifred Prosmtt
Kansas City
Walker Combs
Howard
Denver
Harry Willems
Manitou
WA. J. Thompson
Bon Roy
Wakari
Ellan Brooke
Atchison
Tish
Topeka
Frances McCarthy
Jean Shealan
Charles Wood
Eltle
Frank Eberle
Towith
Canada
New York
Norma Smith
Manitow
Viett
Galbera
Dallas
Tex
J. J. Frey
W. E. Swift
Erie
Mackinas
Chicas
Lois Tefft
Bessie Hayden
Mes
J. Collins
Gribe
Lake View
W. Howard
Hdna Wittiday
Horton
Hall
Boonville
Avery Turner
Juls
Etsily Turner
Colorado Springs
Quantner
My. D.C. Metsker
Sedalia
Mra
W. RB
Sterne
Herrick
Washburn College
Grean Bay
Wis
Ruth Carry
Florence Drollinger
Utah
J. B. McLaughlin
Daughtee Willa
East
EM. Blackman
Anna Wardall
Frienis
Junoon City
W. A. Morton
WH Smith
Illinois
Rock River
Chicago
Smith
Mackinac Island
One Man Denies Alaska Gold Booms From Prospector
An Alaska based prospector, Mr Shellman, counters wild gold stories saying Alaska gold is scarce and barren. He explains a Montana led expedition, under contract, will return soon. He notes high prices and hardship facing min ers, urging skepticism about sensational tales from the west.
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Tran Toledo
Cleanse Bholiman
Defiance
Fret
Whoa
Alaska
Jast March
West
Shellman
Montana
Fabious
Mae
Royal Dakine Powder Company Ad Claims Truthfulness
Consumers note the Royal Dakine advertising as trustworthy while a rival faces a judge of awards ruling its baking powder claims false. The Chicago World's Fair authority admonishes the other firm to stop publishing the misleading statements tied to its products.
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Houvest
Royal Dakine Powder Company
Euch
No More Patents To Lands Granted To Defaulting Railroads
Secretary Bliss announces instructions limiting patents for lands granted to railroads in default on bond payments. The policy targets bona fide buyers and restricts patent issuance for lands sold before default, listing Union Pacific lines and Central Pacific among defaulted roads. Proof of sale to bona fide purchasers must accompany patent lists for approval. holders of bonds secured by mortgage are not purchasers under these rules.
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Washington
Bliss
Union Pacife Maines
Omaha
Neb
Ogden
Utah
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific
Central Branch
Central Pacific
Western Pacific
Central Parise
Sioux City
Pacific
Turmoil in Spain Sparks Riots and Debates on Cuba Autonomy
Madrid reports serious odibreaks and riots in Barce lona as gendarmes clash with mobs amid reinforcements. Senor Moret y Pendergast keynote at a Saragossa banquet condemns ministers abroad and urges autonomy for Cuba, provoking a violent exchange and street demonstrations.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Senor Moret Y Pandergast
Baragossa
Saragossa
Spain
Csneves del
Hie
Cuba
Senor Moret Y Pendergast
Romanones
Senor Dupuy de Lone
Lone
Senor Moret
Pendercast
Bara
Americans Marrying British Aristocrats Spark Backlash
London dispatch cites Morning Post letters on Anglo American matches provoking quarrels with England. Correspondents mock “best Americans” seeking aristocratic alliances while debating diplomacy, reparations, and a proposed committee of American wives to promote love and peace.
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London
Morning Post
England
Ubey
Kulckerbockers
New York
Cavaliers
Wireittl
New Hogland
Kishome Lord
Sailsbury
Sherman
Paris
Cham-berlalt
Curkon
Chamberlaiin
Mr. Carson
Sultan An Is Off Now In London July Note
Constantinople correspondent reports Turkish ministers accepted frontier proposals from European powers but the sultan has not ratified the acceptance. The note appears in The Past. Location London with July dating.
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London
Constantinople
Magnetic healer Mrs Thompson draws attention from Col Jetmore
Col A B Jetmore offers a theory that physical magnetism powers healing through Mrs Thompson of Pleasant Valley. He argues the body contains an electrical force, likening the heart to a steam engine, and cites Charlie Nelan’s recovery to support that magnetic manipulation aids circulation and cures.
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Thompson
Pleasant Valley
A. B. Jetmore
Col
Jetmore
Harvey
Cole Jetmore
Charlie Nelaan
N Nmber
Topeka
Charile
Topeke Avenue
Tommy Martin
Leedy
Young Martin
Seo
Waltel
Deane
Iistone
Fragmentary Notes on Ife Inquest and Death
Inyatery of Ife reference suggests an inquest into a death with possible mixing of truth and humbug. The readable text hints at uncertainty and oblique commentary about the circumstances surrounding the death and investigation. No clear names or dates are present in the fragments.
Cooling the House Greatly by Home Remedies
In Ladies' Home Journal Mrs. 8. T. Korer advises cutting artificial heat in summer. Use stove early, select foods that keep well, avoid large fires, prefer bare floors to carpets, spray grounds for cooling, and let a controlled air flow sweep through the home morning and evening. Maintain clean rooms, keep sleeping areas cool with ice water in centers, ventilate cellars at night, and whitewash cellars to stay dry and fresh during heat.
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8. T. Korer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Denning Screen For Small Expense Shoe-horse Base Screen
A practical two-panel screen built from a found inexpensive shoe-horse, costing 25 to 50 cents. Panels mount with pasteboard inner covers, brass beads, and ribbons. top valence hides wires for hanging stockings. Each panel holds pockets for tools and patches, with elastic lines to secure items.
Making Soups from Fruit
Instructions for fruit soups using currants oranges cranberries and raspberries with arrowroot thickening and sugar. Press fruit for juice and combine with hot water to form a smooth puree then mix in juice and serve in a punch bowl with cracked ice as a starter course.
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S. T. Rover
Ladies’ Home Journal
Tea Harmful or Helpful Says Medical Writer
A medical writer warns neuralgia sufferers to avoid tea and drink coffee instead. The remedy is described as coffee with lemon juice squeezed in for a purported effect. The note emphasizes choosing coffee over tea as a remedy.
Philadelphia Excursions Ticket Info in St Louis
Railroad tolls and schedule details for Vandalla Pennsylvania Short Lines excursions offered in St Louis with agents J T Foley and W F Brunner listed for Kansas City and St Louis. De Witt's Early Risers advertised as safe laxative pills by G W Stansfield of 12 Kansas Avenue.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
J.T. Foley
Kansas City
W. F. Brunner
A. G. Pagt
St Louk
de Witt
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
Mueller Cleared by Oakland Church Official Board Exonerates Pastor
The Oakland Methodist Church official board led by Presiding Elder J R Madison thoroughly investigated rumors of scandal involving Rev E M Mueller and Mrs Bert Pugh. They found no evidence of misbehavior and exonerated both, with two previously doubtful men signing the exoneration and stating the rumors were false.
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Oakland
BE. M. Mueller
Oakland Methodist Church
Bert Pugh
Oakland M. E. Church
Presiding
J. R. Madison
Pugh
EM. Mueller
H. Benedict
W. BR. Maggs
Call
H. Pugh
Moore
Ton A. Ruzick
S._ GOODRICH
S._ GOODRICH. B.D
Mesers
B. P. Williams
Man Charged With Criminal Assault In Lake Street Case
George R. Worth a man of Lake street between Fourth and Fifth streets is jailed on a criminal assault charge. He allegedly enticed W J Holloway’s minor daughter into a barn loft on Lake street and assaulted her. The girl reported to her mother and Holloway aided by police identified Worth as the attacker and he was arrested late last night.
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George R. Worth
Lake Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
W. J. Halloway
Lake
Fourth and
Will Holloway
The
Santa Fe
Chandler Street
Worth
Holloway
Donovan
Capron and
Kesson
Burtis declines asylum attendant post amid Topeka politicking
Local report recalls Fred Burtis of Topeka who declined a $18 per month attendants job at the asylum after moving from Waterville Kan last January. He says he has pride and would not work for such pay and notes his home paper may mock him. Also notes preceding compromise by Gov Leedy and Burtis family politics. Two brief medical testimonials praise Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and colds. Beggs German Salve is widely advertised.
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Burtis
Fred Burtis
Topeka
Waterville
Kan
Kansas Maual Life Insurance Company
Rie County
Topeka Insane Asylum
Leedy
Burts
Washington County
Burtsa
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Phoebe Thomas
Jupetion Cits
Dr. King
Thos Eggers
Florida Street
San Francisco
Jones
Forth Street
Kansas Avenue
Grand Monday Festival Day Fraternal Plan Amid Talks
Secret societies aim to make Monday a top festival day by expanding lodge work during festival week. A postposed lodge meeting and talks to unite fraternal groups under a unified Monday plan proceed, with Grand Chancellor W A Jra coordinating a Topeka gathering.
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Snorher
W. A
Eira
Knights of Pythias
Pythias
Topeka
PARDONS REFUSED FOR SEVERAL PRISONERS IN STATE BOARD action
The state board of pardons refused pardons for Henry Jackson of Wyandotte County serving 25 years for murderuary, Henry Kirkpatrick of Sumner County 5 years for surgery, Henry Frazier of Jackson County 6 years for burglary, and Walter Lawrence of Montgomery County 5 years for forgery alongside other requests.
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Henry Jackson
Wyandotte County
Nurderee
Wise
State Board of Pardons
Jackson
Henry Kirkpatrick
Sumner County
Henry Frazier
Jackson County
Walter Lawrepce
Montgomery County
Market Report Detours Through Mixed World Prices
Associated Press market summary notes volatility in wheat corn and hogs with Liverpool and London futures mixed. U S spring wheat harvest weather pressures, large orders push prices, Chicago shipments lag last year while Northwestern yields remain uncertain.
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State Journal
Chileano
Saly
WHEAT
Yeaterday
Liverpool
Paris
Antwerp
London
Yesterdny
Wales
Chicago
Red Fiver
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