Topeka club trial ends with contested depositions
Jury will hear remaining arguments as judges limit testimony in the Topeka club case. Witnesses clash over liquor sales at the club with depositions trimmed by Judge Hazen. Defense and prosecution present contrasting accounts while observers note possible perjury and political pressure in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Club
Linton
Aston Kahs
Hackman
Ee “Pegieg
Lyon Whigky
Vpeka
Peg
Hazen
Robinson
Duffy
Pegreg
Ovyermyer
Topeka
Women Temperance Meeting Debates Prohibition and Priestley Tales
Gracia Potts leads a Woman's Progressive League gathering at 116 Hast Highth street. Delegates chosen for July 4 temperance meeting include Lydia Forbeck Maria McLalin and Elizabeth Wardall. Gracia Hart denounces the liquor lobby and praises prohibition while others debate ministers, medical uses of whisky and grape juice in sacraments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracia Potts
Mra
DL Furbeck
J. G. Otis
Elizabeth Wardall
E. B. Green
Miss Marie Green
Maria McLullin
Mra. Davis
Gracia Hart
Misa Anna Wardall
Mra . M. Hargraves
Woman's Progressive Plague
Hast Highth Street
League
Lydia Forbeck
Maria McLalin
Elizabeth Wardall Gracia Hart
Kapses
Republican Party of
Kansas
That Pretty Cottage: Merriams Buy West Fifteenth Cottage
The West Fifteenth street cottage near Rev. Sheldon’s home is not Carroll Merriam’s project it is E B Merriam’s. Carroll’s brother Frank and his wife plan to move in soon after purchasing the lot 1627 and fitting the cottage with modern comforts. Carroll may later build a house on the adjacent college road between his father’s house and Thos Lyon. A contractor is preparing bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Merriam
Frank Merriam
West Fifteenth Street
Chas M. Sheldon
Friends of
Carroll
Merriam
E B
Frank
Evon
Fely
Foton College
Thos Lyon
Offers of Agencies Plague Topeka Postmaster
A. J. Arnold, agent, faces odd letters from outsiders seeking favors. Assistant Postmaster Eugene Wolfe notes villagers assume the Topeka post office handles only local business and junk schemes. Nebraska bill collection, a Kansas butter-churn exhibit, and a washing machine firm offer commissions illustrate the quirky appeals received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Eugene Wolfe
Topeka
Nebraska
Outlaws Escape After Surprised Oklahoma Posse
A Woodward deputy posse hunted Tip Wyatt alias Dick Year and gang sixty miles west of Hennessey, Oklahoma. In a sudden encounter the outlaws fled after brief gunfire. Charley Black was wounded, three horses fell, and officers sustained minor injuries. The bandits retreated toward Waters ranch and escaped in darkness, pursued by a trailing posse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haenxesser
Woodward
Tip Wyatt
Dick Year
Hennessey
Charley Black
Tulsa Jack
Cimarron
Waters’ Ranch
Porcutt
Rock Island Railway
Beer Bottle Note From Riverbank Kidnap Plot
A beer bottle found on the Missouri riverbank near Bellefontaine farm contains a lead pencil note from abductors claiming to hold captives on an island in the Platte near Omaha Nebraska. The note, signed A Pilford and John Buckmaster, asks rescuers to come quickly and to seek the third island downriver near Elk Horn Creek. Authorities in Omaha will investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Tandy
Bellefontaine
Fort Bellefontaide
Missouri River
Harrigan
Tollowa
Platte River
Omahu
Douglass Street Bridge
Elkhorn River
A. Pilford
John Buckmaster
Omaha
Annual Unitarian Echoes at Garfield Park and July concerts
Tomorrow a packing list of local events includes the Unitarian Sunday echoes at Garfield Park in the afternoon, Marshall's band to perform three concerts on July 4 at the same park, and H. X Devendort selling household goods horse buggy and harness at auction after noon. Wallace's show tickets go on sale July 8 at Sim's drug store. Judge Hazen grants Miss Edue ta Fluke absolute divorce restoring her maiden name Edna Leota Boom. Estelle Osbon improves after hospitalization and returns to Holtoa. Crystal Ice Co of Topeka wins annual contract for ice at 15 cents per hundred. Mosers hold present contract at 30 cents per hundred. Charles Johnson declared insane, to be sent to the asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Sunday Echos
Garfield Park
Marshall
H. X Devendort
Wallace
Sim
Kaneua Ave
Hazen
Edue Ta Fluke
Edward Bruce Fluke
Edna Leota Boom
Estelle Osbon
Lawrence
Chiist Hospital
Holtoa
Crystal Ice Company
Topeka
Charles Johnson
Waylum
Johnson
Santa Fe
Surly Man Rescued After Ferry Collision
A brick scow strikes a ferry boat sending passengers into the water. An life insurance agent coerces a sinking man to promise to try a 14 year policy, then rescues him and fills out an application on the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Recorder
Boy Wins Praise For Map Drawn Alone
A young schoolboy received praise for an exceptionally well drawn map he created. The master doubted it was his solo work and asked if Fritz had help from a brother. Fritz insisted no one helped, confirming he did it all by himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz
Giessener Zeitung
Corntosset
Tim
Washington Star
Supply and Demand Northern Visitor Dialogue
Kentuckian notes the region has many large families as a remark on population. The exchange highlights local feuds and mortality shaping family numbers in the area. The Indianapolis Journal quotes the conversation as a reflection on regional demographics and violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onah
Indianapolis Journal
Rival Fabia Retort and Engaged Partners Exchange
A humorous exchange shows a rival remarking astonishment at an engagement with Mr De Shy while a reforming retort suggests he may be bashful, prompting a wry comment on poets and muses. The scene shifts to a sun heat quip about burning wood, illustrating light gossip humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fabia
Mr. de Shy
Topeka News Highlights From Everyday Life
A mix of local notes from Topeka includes a milliner delivering bonnets by bicycle, Missouri peaches in town, county exams starting tomorrow, and Fourth of July plans. Local sports cover Topeka beating Emporia 6 to 3, with Reister homering late and Braoner on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Missouri
Jeunes
State House
Leavenworth
Ray
M.G
Topekas Commandary Knights Templar
LE. Billingsley
Santa Fe
Mesers
John Marshall
Kansas City
Dennis Lindsey
Gilbert Wolf
Fair Grounds
McCaba
Wright
Woman's Organization
John Young
Court House
Emporia
Reister
Braoner
McIntosh
Juatics Furry
Keene
Prince Hall
Kansas
Jurisdiction
Colorado
His
Tota
Fresh Fish and Garvin at 1005 Topeka Ave
Local listing for Fresh Fish and Garvin at 1005 Topeka Avenue with contact number 340 and a rail route suggestion to Beatrice. The note mentions a sale item priced at 250 dollars for a round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browse & Garvin
Topeka Ave
Rock Island
Beatrice
Saieye Jone
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure Praised By Brooklyns Judge
Testimonial letters hail Munyons Rheumatism Cure as the best in the world. Residents from Grove Ohio to Allegheny Pennsylvania report relief from rheumatism nervous disorders and dyspepsia after using Munyon remedies. The Philadelphia company sells homeopathic treatments for many ailments at about 25 cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Rt
Nue
Brooklyn
Prof
Munyon
E . Vaughn
Grove
Geauga County
Manyon
George O. Fisher
Allegheny
Hobinson Street
John L Gill
North Grant Events
Columbus
Ife
Ric Munyon
Homeopathic Remedy Company
Philadelphia
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Mollie Lee
Tlatsie
Topaks Cub House
Dillard Willams
Rod
A. F. Newely
John E Cooper
Gerry Duke
Titt Lincoln Street
Lam
Dick Hodgine
Beteta
Dick Hodgins
Sterry
Duke
A. B Whiting
C. F.C. Taylor
Whiting
Topels Club
Aed Malvane
Malvane
The
Bank of Topeka
H.C. Lindsey
W. A. Thompson
Chief Lindsey
W. P. Tomlinson
A. K Whiting
Hays
Tim Donoven
Captain Gish
Gish
Donovan
Lindsey
Topeka Cint
Auennails Frank Hobart
Berry Duke
O. F. C. Taylor
Newton
Hobart
Police Board
B. Isenhart
Col A. & Johnson
Ug Ope
W. A L. Thompson
H. Vance
Thompson
Jess
Women's Progressive Political Club
Equal Suffrage
Garfeld Park
Otis
Return
Temperance
A. J. Arnold
Iano
Texas Siftings
New York World
Sparkie
HINES
Fports
Juny
Dexver
Purrio
Coronado
Beetos
Mass
Louisgutz
Bathmore
Rida Hale
owLier Bros
Southeast Corner
Kan
Olympic Park
J. W. Ripley
Jackson St
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