Police Jottings and a Night of Disorder in Topeka
A chaotic morning near Fifth and Karnes avenues sees indignant local businesspeople over a police action on a horse hit with a club. A wandering J. H. Miller was found in Crane and Jefferson streets with head wounds and no memory of the assault, while a furniture wagon incident and a beer keg episode raise concerns about police conduct.
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Fifth and
Karnes Avenues
Humaine Society
W. F Allison
McCollum
Pith
Thorotte
Allison
J. H. Miller
Crane and
Jefferson Streets
North Topeka Community Notes and Local Updates
North Topeka items report church services and union efforts at First Baptist and Central Avenue Christian churches. Residents relocate including Montgomery family to a Grantville area farm and Hoyt family moving to join Mr Hoyt. Sidewalk completion on Laurent street near Church of the Good Shepherd praised. Travel specials offered: low rail fares to Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Shawnee and Texas destinations. Brief notices mention phonetic missives about local figures and a court hearing date for a criminal case in Washington.
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Jene Printing Company
North
Kansas Avenues
Earl Graham
Concordia
Beloit
J. M. Whitehead
The
Baptist Church
Montgomery
Quincy Street
Grantville
C. W. Hoyt
Charlie
Tesa City
Hoyt
South Side
CA. Fersstrom
A.M. Hanna
George Cooper
Jefferson Street
Oskaloosa
C. B. Society of the Congregation
Central Avenue
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Galverton
Texas
el Paso
Deming
Etc
T. M. James, Jr
Ucket
North Topeka
Kan
Assessors Outline Rules For City Property Valuation
City assessor H M Philips prepares for assessors meeting Monday to set valuation basis. Deputy assessors will follow Kansas laws on personal property taxation, listing rules, exemptions, and penalties. The document covers March ownership, statements under oath, penalties for nonresponse, exemptions, and how to handle stock, livestock, and other items. It also lists the year’s valuation scales for livestock, crops, bonds, and property categories, plus instructions to visit properties and coordinate with officials. Hawaii will not exhibit at St Louis, with funds returned to treasury.
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H. M. Philips
Philips
Kansas
Gulad
Astescar
State Board of Agriculture
United States
Hawaii
Honolulu
St. Louis
Treasury
Territorial Supreme Court
Carter
Crawford Shows At St Louis Theaters In 1903 Season
During the £ s.p.40n at St Louis Y M Crawford will stage Kiralis spectacle The Louisiana Purchase at his Odeon theater from May 25 to November 1. At The Crawford theater he will present Quincy Adams Sawyer and York State Folks for one month each. Roy Crawford has secured Anna Eva Fay's dream books for the St Louis fair.
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St. Louis Y. M
Crawford
Louisiana Purchase
Odeon Theater
St. Louis
Quincy Adams Sawyer
York State
Roy Crawford
Teoseka
Trains Buried Cutting Lewiston Off From Outside World
Lewiston Montana reports isolation after three trains are buried in snow between Lewiston and Lombard. Efforts by snow plows and telegraph attempts have failed to locate the trains or reach stranded crews for three weeks.
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Lewiston
Mont
Here
Lombard
Ebey Divorce Petition Filed in District Court
Katé R. Ebey sues Frank L. Ebey in a district court petition filed Thursday afternoon. She says they married in 1893 and since then he has been drunken and neglectful, failed to provide support, and that she relied on her parents for assistance. She also accuses him of fleeing from justice and of obtaining money under false pretenses. Ebey worked for Parkhurst & Davis until recently.
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Katé R. Ebey
Frank L. Ebey
District Court
FL. Ringer
Ebey
Parkhurst & Davis
Crosby Brothers to furnish Kansas World's Fair building
The Kansas commission awarded Crosby Brothers of Topeka the contract to furnish carpeting for the Kansas building at the World's Fair. Bids from St Louis houses were considered. The contract covers draperies and curtains with royal willow carpets for several rooms and body brunséla matting for upper rooms. Silk velour and tapestries will be used in the draperies and Saxony Brussels and Art Nouveau in the curtains. William Walsh and Joseph Petrik will travel to St Louis to supervise fulfillment.
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Kansas Commission
Crosby Brothers
Topeka
Kansas Building
St. Louis
William Walsh
Joseph Petrik
Crosby
Saxony
Brussels
Retuned Rates to California Seeks Low Fare Tickets
Fragmentary copy notes actions on selling tourist tickets to California from Topeka with a stated low rate of 35.00. Mentions Rock Island and intermediate lines, and reference to March authentication. Details unreadable. core idea involves pricing and routes for travel to California.
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Apel
California
Topeka
Rock Island
Union Pacific Half-Rate Tickets To Western Territories
One way tickets will be sold to points in Arkansas Indian Territory Louisiana Oklahoma Texas and to stations in western Kansas and eastern Colorado at half fare two dollars. Some dates round trip homeseeker tickets to the same territory at one regular fare plus two dollars. Limit twenty one days. Homeseeker points in Kansas include Golty and Onley and towns west of Oakley. Take advantage of reduced rates and learn about Union Pacific land on site in western Kansas. Depot Agent John W. Hamilton and city ticket agent A Lewis at Kansas Ave. 825. John W. Hamilton lecture Max Auditorium March 25.
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Arkansas
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Kan
Golty
Onley
Oakley
Enion Pacific
Jton
A. Lewis
City Ticket
Kansas Ave
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John B. Spear
Pesca
Egonomy
Santa Fe
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Cronin
Padeanise
Lave
SW. Cowley
Minenum
Kitlett
Serine
Strom
Keameriere
Dimae
Hutton Tsement
Kansas Avenue
Joe Alien
Storrs
Biller
Warren M.grosby
Ood Vane Hans
AVE
Nation Department Specials
Stephenson
Somra Wat
Evertidy
Oxford
Hurlburt
Tollee
Mae Riker
Fox of Riker
Pace
Riker
Sears Gauss
Washington
Fatepapke
Groff
Justice Pritchard
Samuel A. A. Grom
O’brien
M. O'Brien
Iil Manning
St. Elizabeth
Priso Omer
Inkans Sertum
Cleveland
Intanme Soldoda Meekune
Gaa
East Ohio Gas Company
West Virginia
Akron
Lexison
Kemp
Hayden Edwards
Das Ooveriave
Onondaga
J. B Herpess
VIA
Union Pacific
John W. Hamilton
Aiaruudore
Max
Crosby Bros
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