First Woman Citizen and Notable Indiana Figures
An assortment of recollections and remarks traces the lives of early female citizens and prominent Indiana men. It highlights the first foreign born woman to receive papers, a widow known as the Widow Ryan in Daviess County, and Thomas F. Ryan of Indianapolis. The narrative notes their journeys, wartime service, and later health anecdotes, featuring references to soldiers of the Thirty-Third Indiana and other regional histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tormod
Leiah
Indisum
Ryao
Daviess County
Indiana
Richard
Rees
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Thomas F. Ryan
Indianapolis
Bryan Seeks Nomination in Salt Lake City Interview
The article outlines William J. Bryan declaring himself a candidate for the presidency in Salt Lake City, centering on his push for free silver and opposition to Wall Street influence. He warns that eastern interests and the current financial system oppress Western farmers and laborers, urging policies to curb monopolies and favor western needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
William J. Bryan
al- Ue
Brean
Elehwr
West
Atkot Banishin
Wall Street
United States
Maine
Thlaware
Dan Lamont for Vice in Northern Pacific Plan
The World reports President Hill of Great Northern met with J. P. Morgan and Northern Pacific controllers in Wall Street. A thorough understanding between the systems is said to improve Northern Pacific securities. Dan Lamont is slated for vice president, with a large railway general superintendent named as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
York
the World Today
Hill
Great Northern
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan
Northern Pacise
Don Lamant
Model of Grants Tomb Being Made for Paris Exhibit
An American exhibit detail at Paris Exposition features a model of Gen Grant's tomb. Charles Dunn personally carved eagles and intricate sculpture parts under Duncan's design. The miniature replicates the tomb at one half inch to the foot, four feet six by seven feet when finished. Duncan has donated drawings and plans. the model aims for perfect reproduction of the resting place. The work, nearly complete, will be a notable addition to the American department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gen. Grant
Charles Dunn
Washington Memorial Arch
Duncan
Grant Tomb
Dunn
Dr Andrews Named Head of New Compute University
Dr Benjamin Andrews, former Brown University president, accepted to lead a newly formed university to be funded by John Brisk Walker. The institution will be modeled after the Chautauqua school and run by correspondence, with Providence FR listed as its base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Eenjamin Andrews
Brown University
John Brisk Walker
Coemopuitten Universite
Chautauqua School
Two Companies Consolidate Into Empire Rubber Company
Stockholders of the North American and the Liberty Stubber companies of Setauket and Lane Island met in Jersey City and consolidated. The new Empire Rubber Company will be incorporated under New Jersey law with capital of 200000 and will be operated by the rubber trust to pay old debts and expand business. A Topeka woman chased a mouse into a blazing stove, leaping onto it and burning her feet while the mouse escaped. The Rock Island Route offered sleeping and chase cars on day and night trains to Colorado Springs and Denver with specific departure and arrival times. $720 from Topeka to St Louis via Santa Fe Route with multiple July and August travel dates. A touted cure for kidney and bladder disease, the New Great South American Kidney Cure, claims six hours relief. Sold by Geo W. Stansfield in Topeka and San Cruz Co. in Topeka Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North American
Liberty Stubber
Setauket
Lane Ieland
Jersey City
New Jersey
Empire To Rubber Company
Capital
Rubber Trust
Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Denver
Topeka
Coorado Springs
Geo W. Stansfield
Kansas Ave
Sim Cruz Co
Kansas Are
Kan
Guard to Return to Topeka for Fall Festival Encampment
Kansas National Guard with 70000 rounds of ammunition may encamp in Topeka during the Fall Festival. The decision hinges on a Committee of Fifteen with Gov. Leedy and Rep. Curtis weighing whether the whole guard or a brigade should attend. Costs, funding, and potential sham battles are under debate, with estimates around 3790 dollars and 1000 state funds plus company contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas National Guard
Topeka
Committee of Fifteen
Gov
Leedy
Aspecans
Curtis
War Department
Cepartty
Leavenworth
Gunnar
Major Anderson
Mr. Curtis
Anderson
Alin
McCrum
Weise
Mom Ft Riley
Hansa
Alien
T. J. Anderson
A.W. Dana
K. Wilson
Maj. Anderson
A. W. Dana
Otto Kuehne
Paussenzer
Agent Black
Entes
Santa Fe celebration plans call for Topeka actions
The Santa Fe celebration executive committee should appoint a Topeka organizer to call meetings in Dodge City and other railroad towns. The editorial urges central action to form local committees, warning that waiting for each town may prevent organization and display efforts for the Santa Fe festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Dodge City
Allroad Boys
Santa Fe A
Santa Fe Celebration
Santa Fe
Central Committee
Bishop Millspaugh Visits England and Royal Courtesy
Archdeacon Hill received a letter from Bishop Millspaugh in touring England. He spent days with the Lord Bishop of Ely, will visit the Archbishop of Canterbury next week, and was invited by Queen Victoria to Windsor. He plans to return around September 1 via Montreal, recounting how a grandchild’s severe bowel trouble yielded to Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millspaugh
England
Archdeacon Hill
MilspeGen
Rupe
Ely
Canterbury
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Millpaugh
Montreal
E.G. Gregory
Frad- Owa
North Topeka Society Notes and Local Happenings
Local column from North Topeka lists visitors and residents of Kansas City Leavenworth and Topeka. Names include Maud Dumont, Dulcie Marple, Alma Kistler, Alle Fraaier, Mrs. Samuel Ashmore, Miss Hilton, Miss Kistler, Mrs. Hiller, Mrs. Whitney, and Mrs. Badger. Mentions sales at Coatley Post beginning July 1, church services and revivals, and a surprise birthday party for Lydia Antrim with many attendees from Topeka and Elmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimsball Pte Co
Ste
Courtney's
R.W. Blair
Kansas
John Hows
Silver Lake
H. C. Safford
Kar. Ave
PostoMce Roon
Kan. Ave
Aliana Kistler
Nine Hilton
California
T. BR. Reynolds
Alma Kistler
Alle Fraaier
Costley & Post
James Kura
Topeka
Emporis
Lulu Dunn
Elizabeth Smith
Kansas City
0. F. Whitney
Mary Robinson
Myrtle
Topeka Avenue
J. H. Badger
Elmont
H. D. Fisher
Kansaz Avenue
M. E
S_ Kelly
Tillie
Adamsville
Union Pacific
Sliver Laik
Church of the Good Shepherd
R.A. Dibble
Colorado
Ernest
Mattle
Jessie Payne
B. T. Payne
S. T Fulton
O'Rourke
St. Louis
Kansesity
Jens Porter
Daugher
Frank E Hale
Harrison and
Park Street
North Congregational Church
Caldwell
Storrs
Repubiic
North Christian Church
Fev
A. G. Alderson
E. 8. Riley
North Tist Church
Manhattan
The
Baptist Church
Laurent and Harrison
C. C Nicholson
Wil van Ness
O. D. Skinner
Virgin Gold by Dr Emmons Claims Artificial Gold Manufacture
Dr Stephen H Emmons, a metallurgist from New York, asserts he has produced gold from Mexican silver dollars in Staten Island for three months using argentaurum, a proposed element between silver and gold. He says the process yields real gold verified by the U S assay office on Wall Street which bought six ingots at test value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Klondike
Staten Island
Stephen H. Emmons
Emmens
Dr. Emmens
Alter Whitney House Plans Filed for 170000
New York plans filed by McKim Mead & White for extensive alterations to the Whitney house at the northeast corner of Sixty eighth Street and Fifth Avenue. A rear one story ballroom addition about nine feet long will be built. total improvement cost estimated at 170000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McKim, Mead & White, Archiers
Sixty Eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
William C.whitney
Amzi Lorenzo Harbor
Mary Stuart
Robert L Stuart
Enais
Stuart
Barber
Attacked by Mosquitoes Strands Young Miller Near Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon July 30 Armand Miller son of Professor Armand Miller of New York was bitten viciously by mosquitoes in nearby woods. He wandered away from home and remained missing until found by a policeman last night asleep under a tree. He is in a critical condition and severely swollen from bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Armand Miller
New York
Miller
Sale of Historic Relics New York Tribune Item
Sale of historic relics announced in New York on July 71. Tribune brief item notes auction or sale event with unspecified details and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tribune
Historic Hesbruck House Seeks Sale From Historic Era
France to this country in 1815 is to be sold. The last Hesbruck to inhabit was Judge A Bruyn Hesbruck, ex-president of Rutgers College. The old house and estate are owned by Mrs. Timpson of Poughkeepsie, one of Judge Hesbrucks daughters. The house is a treasured relic for colonial ties with Washington Lafayette George and James Clinton, Heath and other Revolutionary leaders entertained there and later during Judge Hesbruck’s era General Grant visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Hesbruck
A Bruyn Hesbruck
Rutgers College
Timpson
Poughkeepsie
Hissbrack
Washington
Lafayette George
James Clinton
Heath
Governor's trek to dome ends with perspiring ascent
Governor leads a school group through the state capitol visiting exhibits and the dome. The 249 pound governor climbs 400 steps to the 280 foot dome amid chants from the children. He vows not to return to the top. Secretary Turner of the railroad board prepares an interview on proposed railroad rate schedules for distribution at the Omaha transportation meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Leahy
Lerh
Lawrence
State Capitol
Historical Society
Board of Agriculture
Board of Railroad
Mr. McNall
Tarner
Wiws
R. W. Turner
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Gen Campbell
Gawego
Omaha
Greatest Religious Demonstrative Ever Known Proposed by the Pope
Rome letter from Carding Jacobini to Catholic bishops describes a vast series of religious events to mark the end of one century and the start of the next. The plan seeks papal approval and calls diocesan leaders to form national committees guiding the celebrations for peace and divine aid. G. W. Stansfield advertises De Witt's Little Early Risers pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rome Corres
New York Freedmen's Journal
Carding Jacobini
Jacobini
Leo
Jesus Christ
Rome
de Witt
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
Sunday at the Churches in Topeka and area services listed
Dozens of church services are listed across Topeka with multiple denominations and locations. First Christian Church on Topekin Avenue hosts evening and morning worships. other churches including Church of Christ and Scientis, M E, Friends, African Baptist, and more provide sermons, meetings, and special events. Notices mention pastors, addresses, and times for Sunday services, church meetings, and a railway ticket info snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Topekin Avenue
Rament
F. & Mallory
Trira
Suntay Eee
Beacon Wili
Eer
Coaists
Basavenue
Ramens League
Sate Iho
W.¢. T. Ae Wit
Telrado
Mt. C. A
Adan
E .m. Somerton
P. Weick
Allroad
Dr. Orms
Christian Bodeavar
Priends
Tupwke Avenue
Ant
Sonday At & Pymm
Miss Leabe
Leonant
Friends Church
Gnd
First Street
Dy. Olden
Song Sersioer
PSC
First Ching Regatenal
Kati Pom
Brich
Women's Christian
Dice Hantie McPurden
the Volunteers of America
Will Ding
Dr. Fisher
Kansas Avenue
North Topeka
Sabbeth
Buffalo
AL de
Neetn Ave
Exton Pacific
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Jean
Brazil
Rrenrimen
Willis
Williams
Fiat
Nail
W Jana
Bryan
Dan Lamont
Grant
Dr.andrews
John Brisben Walker
Rusber Trust
Morres Avenue
St Louis
Vnctuaives
U. 8
Asa
Ciilen
Just Home
Serhay
EU Mous
Ournel
Congress
Nell
Santa FE Committee
Lydia Antrim
James Priddy
Heaither
John Moore
George Wendle
Minnie
Sadie
Annis Antrin
McCamey
Griswould
Benham
Nellie
Dea Warner
Lth Bartram
Miss Histe
Ethel Badger
Pearl Antrim
Ethel Tartar
G. M. Tincher
Groree Tackson
Hardie Antrim
Mia
Ella Kopp
Virgin Gold
Alter Whitney's
Kingston House
Lafayette
Ayer
Peerkues Steam Laundry
Webb
ROYAL
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