Topeka Social Notes Highlight Summer Gatherings
In Topeka society circles Miss Efla Ramney hosted a thimble party for guest Miss Arline Nichols of Et Loule. The Country Club held a first evening picnic at Julius Weidling’s suburban home with lanterns and picnic gear, while Grace Whiting announces a wedding to Alston W. Dana. Multiple local figures and a Sunday school reception at Mr F D Fuller's class are noted alongside arrivals and travel plans for Mrs Blanch, Mrs Hazlett, Miss Everett, and others, reflecting a bustling season of social engagements.
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Efla Ramney
Arline Nichols
Et Loule
Julius Weidling
Olivia O'Brien
Franc Littlefield
Henrietta
Mary Thompson
May Everett
Hattie Holman
Nellis McClintock
Bessie Gibson
Dora Furman
Laura Weldling
Fannie Dioni
Marguerite Bradley
D. Fuller
First Methodist Church
Florence Hollister
Minoie Marsh
Messia Falls
Weidling
Jessie Tipton
Jennie Cantwell
Mioniel Marsh
Daisy Hayes
Kittie Lindsay
Tina Wade
Daisy Smith
Matel McGillin
Daisy Sampson
Lottie Griffith
Dollie Zimmerman
Maude Case
Luella Clarke
Lula McMahon
Lola McMahon
Ida Dennis
Mia.Hy Fellows
Mra A. K. van Hook
General Social Notes
Alice Guernsey
St Louis
Alice Prescott
Prank Blanch
Lyndon
Kan
N. P. Hazlett
Abilene
George Seward
Lake View
E. J. Ohmer
Phillipsburg
Indian Territory
Willa Rodgers
Nellie McClintock
Ottawa
Chattauqua
Bethan
Chicago
Wilber Amos
Dodge City
Will Trump
H.X. Devendorf
Mexico
W.D. Kilpatrick
Garnet
W. D. Beymer
Minnesota
Ralph Moore
Emporis
Edith Moore
State Normal School
Mike Collie Manahan
Richel
McClean County
Illinois
LO. T. BR Club
Mra
W. J. Radcliffe
Imperials
Vinewood
Lizzia Mulligan
Topeka residents plan summer travels across states and Europe
A list of Topeka people mapping summer plans. LR Ritchie and Mrs Sutton host in Topeka while G W Parkhurt and Lottie visit Springfield Missouri. Summers and Furman head to Cascade. Quinton duo stay at Martha's Vineyard. Thompson family in Mexico August. Kellam Cottage at Glenwood Springs July and August. Ware family at Cascade hotel. Weaver party to Cincinnati after Bedford visit. Eastman Flory July Colorado tours. Thomas sail to Europe July and spend summer in England Ireland Scotland. Hudsons in Pocatello July. J L King family summer in Towanda Pennsylvania. Larimer family in Colorado. Mulvane family to Martha’s Vineyard. Frey Scott families at Camp Harding Colorado. Embree heads to Europe July two months. Sheldon summers in New York lakes. Myrtle Welch Indiana July. Smyser July August seashore. Gossett family Manitou summer.
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Idaho
J. L. King
Emily
Towande
J. B Larimer
Colorado
Joab Mulvane
Margaret
Martha's Vineyard
Moe
J. J. Frey
Edwin Scott
Miss Scott
Camp Harding
Col
Embree
M. E
Europe
Charles M. Sheldon
Central Congregational Church
Lakes
New York
Myrtle Welch
Indiana
W. G. Smyser
Seashore
Mrs H B Stowe Celebrates 84th Birthday In Harmony
Harriet Beecher Stowe reaches her eighty fourth year today with no formal party planned. Relatives and friends worldwide observe the day, receiving countless telegrams and cables including congratulatory notes from Charles Dudley Warner from Florence Henry James from London Samuel Clemens from Elmira and messages from George Cable Mary Mapes Dodge Susan B Anthony Frank Stockton Senator Palmer and Wm Howells.
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Harmony
Conn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charles Dudley Warner
Florence
Henry James
London
Samuel S Clemens
Elmira
George W. Cable
Mary Mapes Dodge
Susan B Anthony
Frank R Stockton
Senator Palmer
Illinois
Wm. Dean Howells
Filibusterers Land On Cuban Island Mission
Special dispatch from Havana reports Cuban filibustering expedition led by Generals Roloff and Sanchez has landed with arms and munitions near Aguadores in Santiago de Cuba. The force slipped from the Florida cession last Thursday aboard the tug George W. Childs. Meanwhile a London note records the marriage of John Francia Harris to Gertrude Uphem in St George.
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Roloff
Island
New York
Herald
Havana
Cubs
George W. Childs
Carlos Roloff
Serafin Sanchez
Aguadores
Santiago de Cuba
London
Lespes
the Times
St George
John Francia Harris
G. & Harris
Nebraska
Gertrude
H. P. Uphem
St Paul
Minn
Kansas in June by Hattie Horner Louttian
Poem by Hattie Horner Louttian living in Chicago for Marion County Record. Describes vivid Kansas June scenery, fields, orchards, harvests, and longing for homeland. Reflects on contrast between urban life and rural prairie, and the beauty of Kansas in June.
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Hattie Horner Louttian
Hattie Horner
Chicago
Marion County Record
Kansas
Race War Threat Looms After Desperado Slaying
Dispatches from Augusta Galya report mounting tension in Mount Carmel area after Doc Sanders, a black leader, was killed resisting arrest by T G Baker and John L Tarrant. Authorities seek state aid as Abbeville rifles head to the scene amid fears of a black uprising following controversial registration rulings.
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Tom Point
South Carolina
Curcaco
Augusta
Galaya
Mount Carmel
Doc Sanders
Desperado
T. G. Baker
John L .Tarrant
Sanders
Pears
Abbeyville Rifles
Waller Abandoned by US Government Says Ex Consul in Prison
Washington June 14 Ex Consul Waller of Kansas now serving 21 years in France faces possible abandonment by the state department officials. Reports say papers show he conspired with Madagascar natives to overthrow French authority and other acts beyond US reach, leaving him to work out his own salvation.
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Itis
U.S
Washington
Willer
Kansas
France
State Department
Waller
Madagascar
United States
Man Defaces Silver Dollars Defying God Inscription
June 14. H Bissen of Howard county bound over on a defacing charge. He chopped out the T in In God We Trust, leaving In God we rust. He claimed marking coins to identify them but boasted of ridiculing God and denying belief in God. He had been at the practice for some time.
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Desegus
H. Bissen
Howard County
Marti killed again says Cuban general
The Press tomorrow reports Jose Marti is dead with treachery blamed and notes possible death of Woodward. Guerra, Cuban revolutionary fund treasurer in America, confirms the May 20 killing and that Marti died not in battle. Attorney General Crawford returns. Taylor settlement covers 344000 with surrender terms.
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Deai
New York
Jose Marti
Guerra
Cuban Revolutionary Fund In
America
Marti
Elain
Woodward
Taylor
Puree, & C
Crawford
W. W. Taylor
Oklahoma and Choc taw railroad construction approved
The Oklahoma and Choctaw railroad wins a Supreme Court decision dismissing the government appeal. Construction will begin immediately. Tecumseh residents opposed travel through the Kickapoo Reservation, but the court upheld the town site, allowing the railroad to proceed with plans to build a town of its own.
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Klahoma & Chocigw
Winsity Cio
Kansas City
Star
Perry
Aupreme Court of Oklahoma
United States
Oklahoma & Choctaw Railroad
Teecumseh
Kickapoo Reservation
Olney
Tecumseh
Fght
Supreme Court
Domino the Choice Heads Suburban Field at Belmont
In New York on June 14 the Suburban Handicap is expected to draw six horses as Domino and Sir Walter lead a small field. Domino carries 123 pounds while Sir Walter bears 124, giving Domino a likely edge in weight and performance. The matchup already colors the day’s racing, with Rival Lazzerone and others considered at risk if the field remains small.
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New York
Rempes
Domino
Sir Walter
Declare
Lazzarone
Alerald
Rubicon
Fred Douglass Will Contested in Out of Court Fight
In Recursion New York on June 14 efforts to settle the Frederick Douglass will dispute out of court have failed. Mrs Nathan Sprague daughter of Douglass will sue to enforce her rights against Mrs Douglass the widow and Lewis H Douglass her brother son administrators of the estate. She claims recent arrangements allot most of the estate to Mrs Douglass.
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Ita
N. Y
Frederick Douglass
Nathan Sprague
Stabbed by an ice pick at Coney Island incident
Pugilist Maber, alias Shadow, 27, wounded in the left breast by Italian watchman Gernio at Coney Island. Gernio held on assault. Maber treated and charged with intoxication. Also reports Kiel fleet sailing from Copenhagen to Kiel and land settlement changes for the Yuma reservation. Raleigh sails from New York to Key West to deter Cuban filibusters.
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Pugiliat Maber
Coney Island
Gernio
MRS WICKES MARRIED IN PRIVATE KANSAS CITY WEDDING
Miss Nannie Nelson and T H Wickes wed in a private ceremony in Kansas City. Wickes is vice president of the Pullman Car Co and attended by family and Nashville friend Miss McNabb. Rev Frank Richardson officiated. plans include a European trip with Wilson Barrett’s company. Mrs Nelson is ill from the excitement of the occasion.
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Kansas City
Nannie Nelson
T. H. Wickes
Wickes
Pullman Car Co
Migs McNabb
Nashville
Frank Richardson
First Christian Church
Europe
Wilson Barrett
Fannie Wickes
Mra Nelson
Chili to Coin Silver Dollars at 10 Million Annually
A World dispatch from Colon Colombia reports Chile will mint 10,000,000 silver dollars yearly and issue gold coins in denominations of 5, 310 and 90 pieces. Silver will not be legal tender beyond 50 dollars but the mint will exchange gold for silver.
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Jane
Colon
Columbia
Chili
Miss Elizabeth Key Seeks Restoration in Pension Bureau
A Daughters of the Revolution committee met Secretary of the Interior Smith to urge restoring Elizabeth Howard Key to her pension bureau post after a recent dismissal. Key, 54, has long supported her mother and invalid brother, and Secretary Smith offered uncertain remarks.
Cuban provinces join insurgents amid Cuban revolution
Reports from Wampa dated June 11 and 12 indicate Sigua and Go bora have joined the uprising. Camagasy aligns with Maximo Gomez with 5,000 plus 700 and 800 recruits from other areas, while volunteers are mobilized but insist on their own leadership. Madame Isabel Aguero arrives in Havana after a nude search by authorities. Maceo controls a seaport near Manzanillo and has cleared ships bound for the United States. An Irish nationalist convention is planned in the US and Canada to push openly against English rule in Ireland. Excursion tickets to the East outline special return limits for K P U, Christian Endeavor, and Knights Templar events.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Wampa
Sigua
Gobora
Camagasy
Maximo Gomez
Silgo de Avila
Moron
Santa Lucia
Marco Garcia
Isabel Aguero
Camaguay
Havana
Maceo
Manzanillo
United States
Marti
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Mills-Adams
Ting-a-ling-ling
Kansas Avenue
Dresden
Ting-a
Miles Adams
Topeka
Mills-Adams Co
Elazar
John Rogers
Misses Nichols
Mamie Hayes
Martie
Gertie Whaley
Agnes Walsh
Florence Sod
Olive Lewis
Sallie Beck
Leta Hardet Millice
Berdie King
Louie Suis
Mr. Fuller
Mr. F
Wilson Bros
Fine Baltimore
LR Ritchie
Pueblo
S Sutton
H. B. Stowe
Livy
Nuy
Hattie Horner Louthun
Domino the
Fred Douglass
Will
Kiel
Wasninctos
Kirkland
Navy Department
Copenhagen
San Francisco
Marble Head
Hamburg
Wasutsatos
Yuma Reservation
Dwyers Banquet
Brammngham
Eng
Dwyer
Banquet IL
Simms
Mr. Viner
Sardis
Raleigh Latin
Raleigh
Key West
MR. Wickes
Miss Key
Daughters of the Revolution
Hokesmith
Canada
Ireland
Irish National League
West
Southwest
Baltimore
Boston
Christian Endeavor National Meeting
Knights Templar
City Ticket
North Broadway
Union Station
Tenth and Chestnut Streets
St. Louia
Chestnut Arrest
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