Fragmented society notes and curious local vignettes
A collage of odd happenings and local color from Topeka and surrounding towns. Items include newspaper pricing notes, Cof feyville baseball enthusiasm, tabernacle performances in Odawwa, a wedding choir interruption near Mankato, sunflower powered paper mill speculation, an Arkansas protest against colored hammocks, and a humorous tale of a tattooed man after a hammock incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Paira
Odawwa
Mankato
Latinu
Arkansan City
Weather Indications and Political Ruminations
Carcaco June 21 reports fall tonight and Saturday with light variable winds. The piece then shifts to a collage of political commentary, noting delays in federal court cases, a death penalty delay for Harry Hayward, and reflections on presidential candidates from Lincoln to Garfield. It mentions Cy Leland’s clashes with Chancellor Snow, the Sound Money league’s fundraising schemes for newspapers, and assorted Kansas paragraphs about local people, agriculture, and societal quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcaco
Haneas
Tur
Sound Money League
Veto of Franchise Ordinance Delays Street Railway Grant
Mayor Webster Davis vetoed ordinance No 6480 granting eight year extensions to the Consolidated Metropolitan Street Railway. He cites failure to secure adequate compensation and asserts city ownership should serve the people. Council paused the measure after the veto, warning the grant is worth millions to the company and delays city revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ite
Webster Davis
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Common Council
Wesster Davis
Consolidated Metropolitan Street Railway Company
City of Toronto Dusa
Found Almost Nude in Corroxwood Falls Man Declared Insane
George W. Hurlburt, about 40, captured in Corroxwood Falls Kansas, examined for lunacy and found insane. Claiming to be from Springfield Missouri with a divorced wife and three children, he acted violently, set fire to clothing, and resisted seizure before being jailed. The incident began when W Adare found him nearly nude in Strong City yard and later in Brown’s wagon shop yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corroxwood Falls
Kan
George W. Hurlburt
Probars
Springtsld
W. Adare
Strong City
Wm. Brown
Eight Year Old Fannie Beott Testifies at Burre Murder Trial
In Burre Nebraska on June 21 the eight year old daughter of the murdered ex treasurer testified about the Parker post office capture and the crowd at the ONeill home. She identified a man seen in ONeill as wearing the same clothes and having similar eyes to the Parker suspect. Doctors testified on the post mortem, describing neck marks and concluding death was from strangulation though the rope position did not prove suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burre
Neb
Jane
Fannie Beott
Parker Post Office
O'Neill
Robbing the Indians island claim on Metlakabuas land
Port Townsend June 21 reports an effort to take Annete island from the Metlakabuas tribe in Alaska. The land was ceded in 1887 and hosts villages buildings and mills. Prospectors found a gold quartz ledge prompting mineral patent filings and an Indians forest entry protests. Summer tours promote Union Pacific system travel via Topeka agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Washo
Alaska
United States
Alseka
Annete Island
Forest
Former Kansans in New York List Drawn by Gleed
Mr C S Gleed recaps many Kansans in New York city from travel brief residents to prominent professionals. He notes Caldwell at university submarine telephoning work, Graves and Harper Bros staff, Burnett and Faas with Santa Fe, Ellis as private secretary to McCook, and Whitman the Empire actor among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleed
Banta Fe
New York
Kansas
Big City
Mr. Caldwell
The
State University
City
Blake
Sandy Hook
Scotland
Caldwell
Professor Blake
Charles Graves
van Tassell Graves
Baneas Supreme Court
Harper Bros
Arthur B. Bartaux
Lawrence
Elmer C. Ellis
Marion County
John J. McCook
Atchison, Topeka & Sants Fe Company
Leo L. Redding
Men of
Wichita
Chicago Inter Ocean
St. Helena
Great Charity Loan Bureau
St Bartholomew's Parish
Vanderbilt's
Henry L. Cull
John Whitman
Russelll Whitman
University
Empire Theater
New York City
Whitman
Georgis Brown
Charles O. Randolph
Kansas City Times
Topeka
New York Times
Washington
A G. P. Segar
Wall Street
Council Grove
Ion
John Brown
Segar
Keansas
John Swinton
Hugh Pentecost
James Rankine
T. M. Hand
House of Kellam & Co
Kitty Whiting
Metropolis
Hand
Forum! Magazine
Florence Saunders
Iste
John Frazer
J.B. Goddard
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Trunk Line Traffic Association
Charles W. Price
Leavenworth
Topeka Capital
Electrical Review
Kansas Roots Meet New York Banking Pair
Mr George H Nolte and his partner F R Cordlay, once Kansas residents, run a thriving banking and brokerage firm in New York and Boston. The speaker notes many others could be named but observes that a Kansas native always keeps a warm place for the old state in his heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Nolte
F. R. Cordlay
Kansas
New York
Boston
Lake View Club to Hold Praise Meeting After Great Rain
Lake View Club management announces a Saturday praise meeting to thank for abundant rains that raised the lake water by about two feet. A Baldwin branch drain pours fourteen inches into the lake boosting expected all season sport as many fish died in drought but spawning is strong and the waters teem with this year’s hatch. Croppies and sunfish measured one to three inches are plentiful, suggesting better fishing next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake View Club
Baldwin Branch
Pleasures of Youth at Base Ball Game
Col Johnson and Maj Sims attended the base ball game yesterday. They sat with interest in the grand stand and reacted as Leavenworth led and Topeka bat. After the game they left with quiet smiles, like two boys rushing for the street. The note mentions Ft Riley history and a Presbyterian church excursion on Tuesday, June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Johnson
M.J. Sims Henew
A. J. Johnson
Maj
William Sims
Leavenworth
Topeka
Ft Riley
Presbyterian Church
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the State Journal
Pere Neete
City of
Or Frank P. MacLennan
Tuberbs
Kansas Town
Tae Federal
Mia Hillman
Harry Hayward
Miss Ging
Minnespolle
Minn
Mr. Carlisle
Waar
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Garfield
James G.biniie
Batora Republican
Cy Leland
Snow
Leland
Bossiam
Republican Party
Fort Scott
Beloit
Ford County
Columbus
Corporation
Burlington
Paraona
Wichite
Mitchell County Normal West Sunbonmela
Anya
Dodge City
Chat Fonds
Davis
Cottonwood Falls
Fannie Scott
Union Pacific
F. A. Lewis
Union Pacific System
Kansas Agenas
Vase Childs
Avid i
Black Sox
Balbriggan Underwear
Gotham
WHO
Caray
Neosho Falls
Frank Presbrey
Greenwood County
Stella Spalding
Omar Powell
Hasle
Broadway
Will M. Thacher
T. D. Thacher
Joseph M. Shellabarger
J. M. Shellabarger
Boekman Street
Price
Alfred Gray
State Board of Agriculture
James Herron
Herron
N. Berry
A Berry
Marshall County
KE. M. Hamilton
James A. Bish
Blair & Co
Wall Fers
Major Babcock
Fabius M. Clarke
Corbin
Thomas Ewing
This
Oliver M. Farrand
Leavenworth Jeweler
Maiden Lane
Nimrods
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