Social and Personal Notes From Topeka and Vicinity
Topeka society features a lavish summer party hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Robinson honoring Miss Teed and Miss Hamilton of Bloomington and Mr Fred Culver of Los Angeles. Guests enjoyed lanterns, a dancing platform, and refreshments served by Mrs Wiley while music delighted throughout the evening.
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and Mire
Harry Robinson
Town
Mins Teed
Wiley
Fred Colver
Fred McGifin
Harry Robins
Spe Sanes
Celeste Nellis
AE. Heath
Fred Culver
Bari Williams
Ben Crinwell
W. H. Gunther
Fred Gordon
Luther Nellis
Ralph Peterson
Fred McGiffin
Austin Brady
Fierbert Hackin
Social Evening At Mar Cisum Street Homes
Emma Tallman hosted a lawn gathering on Mar cisum street with seven guests under lantern light. Airs J H McLaughlin and Gavnehers Billa and Laura departed for an extended town visit while others met Walter McLaughlin en route from Indiana lakes. guests included Mrs Geo Colbert of Kansas City and Miles Sue Boewell, staying with Mrs Colbers parents Mr and Mrs SK Withers.
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Emma Tallman
Marcisum Street
Knox
North Topeka Social and Personal Notes Blast
In North Topeka column items describe local visits and errands. People mentioned include Mrs. Winnie, Miss Nora Phillips, Miss Beulahman, Mr. Fred Gilek, and Mrs. Dennis Burgen with her son Hubert. Several plans mention travel to Council Grove Sioux City Denver and Davenport Iowa. Local businesses like Geo Mayer's bakery are noted. A parishioner family, Mr Isaac Norris, and Dr Daw Sun are cited with health updates. The note covers parlor gatherings, birthdays, and fishing trips on the Wakarusa with residents.
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Colummn
Rimboll
Courtney*s
Br. Ger
St. Joe
Rev. Mc. Wilson
Leavenworth
Swaden
Hays City
Crouuet
L. MecCordy
Lawrence
Fred Gilek
Winn
Lyndon
Kan
Dennis Burgen
Hubert
Sioux City
Bir
Barrett
Topeka Avenue
Denver
Geo, Mayer
George Mayer
Nora Phillips
Beulahman
Phillins
L. Courtney
Council Grove
Wiliam Amy
Shorey
Amy
Brinnie Bischo
Hook Island
Brooklyn
Elh. Rudy
Alice
Fn Davenport
Rudy
In- Algnapalis
John Parris
Isaac Norris
EA. Nor Ts
Santa Fe Junction
Shorty
Guthrie
Daw= Sun
Grace Laikens
W. S. Chartes
J. W. Stith
Monti Kistier
Wakarusa
Havin
Skinner
Nicholson
Governor Tanner Hissed by Chicago Parade Crowd
Chicago July 23 Governor Tanner of Illinois faced a mixed reception during a parade. He was hissed at several points along the route on Michigan Avenue and Jackson Boulevard, though cheers occurred at times. A local resident cited a family illness anecdote and a remedy advertisement appears amid the report.
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Chicago
Illinois
Tanner
Michigan Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
le Salle
Cinderella success draws Topeka crowds and praise
Attendance nears ten thousand as Topeka witnesses Cinderella staged by Mrs. Meredith. Journal support boosted turnout and funds for the street railway, while Meredith lauds performers, staff, and weather aiding the outdoor show.
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State Journal
Meredith
Cinderella Opera Fund Efforts Praised In Topeka
Nichols Mel Meredith and helpers presented specialties and dancing clixses for the stage while Mr Wetherell directed movements before the audience. Oscar Swayze and Capt Titus handled the business and arrangements earning public thanks. Police on duty at the grounds, led by John Gardiner, kept order for the occasion.
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Meredith
Myre
RE. B. Meredith
The
Baptist Church
Topeka
Mrs Meredith
Tom
Tme
Rae
Mr. Swayzer
Rale
Mr. Jennings
Fair Grounds
Doons
Opera
Kansas City
Swayee
Lee
JH. Wetherell
Ethel Nichols
Capt
Titus
Special Police
John Gardiner
Attendance peaks in Cinderella run at Exposition amphitheater
The Cinderella run drew 3 104 paid admissions Tuesday 4 250 Wednesday and 2 562 last night as Oscar Swayze and Capt Titus prepare to audit bills in the Carty building. Floral fund receipts are expected between 450 and 500 dollars as a final tally nears completion.
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Cinderela
Jurnal
Floral Fund
Oscar Swayze
Exposition Hall
Capt Titus
Meredith
Hiorror Moraine
Cinderella
Qsrar Swayze
Carty
Brave Ensign Gherardi Saves Shipmates at Sea
New York reports ensign Gherardi on the battleship Texas in Cob Dock navy yard rescue two sailors from a capsizing whale boat. He leaped overboard after a falling boat and saved Speers while Avapian sank. Gherardi previously saved a crewman aboard the Maine during a February storm off the Carolina coast.
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New York
Texas
Navy Yard
Sign W. H. Gherardi
Bancroft Gherardi
John Avapian
Speers
Ensien Gherardi
Avapian
Maine
Carolina
Gherardi
Ife
Burglar Confronted After Nighttime Break In
A burglar quietly enters a bedroom, flashes a bullseye lantern, then gathers valuables for about two minutes. The sleeping occupant wakes, is confronted at gunpoint, and the intruder warns violence if spoken. The thief, named Wheeler, claims he sought a bicycle lamp and lightheartedly praises the lamp. This report appears from an anecdotal Truth source.
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Wheeler
Dr King's New Discovery Endorsed by Satisfied Users
Alderman James L Francis of Chicago and Rev John Bergus of Keokuk praise Dr King's New Discovery as an ideal panacea for coughs colds and lung complaints. They report rapid relief after five decades and fifty years of use respectively. Trial bottles offered free at Jones' drug store Fifth Street and Kansas Avenue.
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James L Francis
Chicago
Dr King
J. Ak, Jones’ Drug Store
Fifth Street
Ransas Ayvenn
Rock Island Route Sleeper and Day Trains to Colorado Springs
The Rock Island Route operated sleeping and chair cars on both day and night trains to Colorado. Depart Topeka at 100 p.m. and reach Colorado Springs the next morning at 7.2 a.m. Return service leaves Topeka at 2:40 p.m. and arrives at Colorado Springs at 2:40 p.m.
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Rock Island
Colorado
Stelagi Ured
Denver
Topeka
Arrivine
Colorado Springs
Best bargains in Shoes Furman's
Bargains in footwear advertised by Furman's feature two saved lives from Dr King s New Discovery cited as proof of its cure for consumption and colds with free trials offered at a local drug store. A band for Marshall performs at Garf ield Park this evening while Peerless Steam Laundry promises shirt and collar refurbishment on West 5th Street.
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West Sth St
Furman'a
Chicago Paper Co Fails Chicago July 2
Dwight & Barnet Paper Co, printers and wrapping paper dealers, assigned this morning with assets listed at 40 000 and liabilities at 50 000. Foreclosure on a judgment note caused the assignment. Open Air Concert By Marshall's band at Garfield Park this evening. Santa Fe Route offering excursion tickets to Nashville Tennessee and return for the exposition.
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Chicago Paper Co
Chicago
Dwight & Barnet Paper Company
Marshall
Garfield Park
Nashville
Tenn
Wheat and Livestock Market Report from Chicago
Wheat prices mostly eased amid trade activity and seasonal weather in spring belt. Northwest and Antwerp cables note improved Russian crop outlook. hogs, cattle, and sheep weaker or steady with receipts around 80,000 hogs and 4,000 cattle, Texans and westerns featured in price ranges. overall market a mix of lower and steady quotes with brisk activity in futures and cash trades.
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Associated Press
State Journal
Chicago
Tyly St
Liverpool
Northwest
Antwerp
Toy Keanye
Wenteks
Sgh
Aiee
Esaireen
Peptember ‘Park
Sins
Enilyine
Iara
Jae Say
SuengLin
Upperferry
Kansas City Produce Market Notes and Prices Snapshot
A fragmented market ledger from Kansas City shows prices and conditions for meat, butter, eggs, and dairy. Entries reference Missouri and Kansas markets with scattered figures and notes on supply quality.
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A. Ge Meuiker No
Missouri
Kansas
Wheat Market Report from Sugar and Coffee NY July 22
Sugar and Coffee New York reports a grain market summary with mixed wheat and corn activity. Chicago shows weakness after gains, English shipping influence, and dull corn. Wheat contracts and weather notes in Kansas City and Missouri predict fair to cool conditions. selling largely by room traders, nervous after recent exports.
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New York
W. A. Michael Commission Co
West Sixth Ave
Tomekune
Liverpool
Toveli
Hepa
Erie St
Chicseo
Ransis City
Omaha
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Salta
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W. W. Manspeaker
MER, CO
Kansas Avenue
Social and Personal
Helen McClintock
Atchison
Heed
Miss Hamilton
Brohmington
Harry Frobin
Oscar Wolfe
Wil Carr
Cincinn
St. Louis
Wakarus
Barty Wil
J. W. White
Frank Quinton
Hermann
Viola White
Ir W. B Huff
Jay Keeler
J.C. Farrington
J. Laptey
Strone
Lantry
C. M. Gunther
Coultis Farm
Cameron Miller
Worrow
Burlington
J. B. Chandier
Oscar Woddlyerton
Olythe
McClintock
A. J. Hungate
Wintelit
Dick Alfen
Sunda
Hed. Wingert
Fommarine Tora
Wip
Phladelphia
Cana
Roman Bisek
Sree
Adame Bros
oJaccard’s
Sulla Tripp
Indianappilis
Ind
Minnie Wingert
Teavenworth Tomndow
Mary E. Weight
Fayette City
Thomas
Lyon
College Avenue
G. G. Gage
Grubbe
Amatrour
Knessley
Clay Street
Wichita
Wichita Creamery Company
Minnie White
Buffalo
N. Y
Mia Alfred Soule
Oakland
WH Lome
Saltlake City
Lamne
Tanase C
North Topeka
EC. Gregory
Frederickstown
Chamberlain
Furman's
Street
B Meredith
Eridee Hetter
Hencor
Furman’s
Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
Dr. King
Thos. Eggers
Florida Street
San Francisco
J. K- Jones
Ucsc Fa Drequist
Stent
Tre
Chicago Livestock Market
Chiese
Craven Cinceeret
Ieee Oe
Tia
Bulle of Sales
Sanaa al
Yonkers
As Ie BR Nes
le Herp
Mission Co
W. A. Michael
Tayman-Oberley Hardware Co
Kansas Ave
W. A. Michael Commission
Amyck Island
St P
ALT
S. A
Aes Media Cot
Fez
Sos Wabash
Indian Territory
J. Bradley
Mgr
Fitch Street
Oultite, Aynings, Hill
Strienter Amrt Drememiber
Ted Rigter
Hstinabed
St. Dodie
Ram
Beo'v
Telephone
Lux Commission Co
Rausss
Topeki
Ten Rational
Seren Tsien
Tenets Sational Bank of Commerce
Kas
Bank of Topeka
Karatadbeg
Michael
Weat
Sixth Avenue
Wickham
Central National Bank
Karam Union National Ban
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