Girls in Black Enrolling Clerks Carry Bill to Abolish Office
A dramatic Kansas Legislature scene shows over twenty women in somber dress presenting a bill to enroll bills by printing, a move to abolish the enrolling clerks. Resolutions mourn the loss of the office, while Senator Cooke defends economy and jokes about the clerks’ futures.
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Cooke
Senate
Mins Phebe Turner
Bil
Ben Rich
Kansas
Mim
Tsik
Cook
Lizzie Armstrong
Anna Brown
Dolan
Ella King
Nellie Forney
Joe Flicks
Leaertsoee Sarsh Barrett
Minnie Wilson
Jessie O'Bryan
Mamie Martin
Katie Day
Enetesie Radio Ear
Lutieytle
Mau Uarply
Maggie Merry
Phoebé Turner
Lds Willams
Digni
Wilson Arrest Over Poem Notices On Kansas Avenues
The Temperance agitator A Q Wilson was arrested for posting notices on telephone poles without permission. The notices attacked liquor interests and urged boycotts, calling on Topeka residents to oppose certain drug stores and to back state law. Police officer Captain Gardiner led the arrest after a confrontation with Leo Jones at the Throop hotel.
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Q. Wilson
Topeka
Leo Jones
E. B. Walker
Fred Holler
Kansas Avenus
Jones
Wilson
Gardiner
Which Ten The Board Of Trade Aids Western Farmers
The board of trade in Curcaco appoints a sub committee to solicit funds from merchants to loan seed purchases for drought struck farmers in forty nine Nebraska counties and ten Kansas counties. Railroads pledge 30000 for seed and transport. US seed funds and cattle/horse data included. bills for road improvements and state financing noted. Concert notices and local events listed.
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Kansas
Chicago
Curcaco
Board of Trade Committee
West
Mesars
Cable
Rock Island
Topeka Municipal League Gains Momentum and Members
The Topeka Municipal League emerges as a real civic force with nearly sixty members and hundreds more ready to join. It seeks to depoliticize city government, educates citizens on municipal affairs, invites all classes including women to meetings, and aims to elect by business qualifications rather than party affiliation.
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Topeka
Municipal League
Mem Ra
J. W. Gleed
W. HL. Rossington
E A. Austin
R Bitton
A. W. Dana
Vinton Phenis
H. ©. Bowman
T. , Bowman
W. E. Swift
T. &. Lannan
D. W. Nellis
W. C. Chuffve
P. I. Bonebrake
Claud Hamilton
J.F. Scott
J. D. Norton
F. Morse
M. Snattinger
John Guthrie
EW. Benedict
W. Fl. Beerbaum
G. Samuelson
LA. Stebbins
F.L. Whitaker
J.tf. Sweezay
Robert Lawrie
George D. Hale
M. L. Geehorn
Rev. W. P. File
W. J. Mallen
Richard Hargraves
Robert Weir
Clinton J. Evans
W. C. Campbell
Oe Marshall
League
Howal Jones
W. H. Rossington
Trades Assembly Hall
Gea
I Trades Assembly
Ace Ly
Arte Central Nationel
Castellanes Sails in Style to Europe from New York
Count De Castellane and his wife Anna Gould depart on the New York for Europe. A crowd eyes the couple as they board, with the count planning a four week London stay, then Paris, and a long European tour. Baggage totals 41 pieces. Gifts arrive from Gould family.
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New Yor
Count de Castellanes
Anna Gould
New York
Europe
Southampton
London
Paris
EU- Roe Et
Bishop Thomas Ill Near Death Then Improves in Topeka
Reports from Topeka indicate Bishop Thomas III of the Episcopal church fell ill in Ellsworth, was taken to Salina for possible surgery, then moved toward recovery in Kansas City. His son Rev Nat Thomas remains at the bedside as word shifts toward a better outlook without operation if strength holds. Meanwhile Consuelo Vanderbilt and John W Mackay are linked to marriage rumors as two prominent American families unite.
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Senator Dillard
Gray
Fort Scott
Dillard
Senate
Topeka
E & Thomas
Episcopal Church
Drs. Thomas
Dean Millspaugh
Saliia
Desic Clintock
Weir City
Kansas City
Salina
Thomas
NcClintock
Ellsworth
Nat. Thomas
Leavenworth
New York
Consuelo Vanderle
John W. Mackay
Mackay
New York Elections See Democrats Win Licenses in Several Towns
New York state held city and town elections with Republicans prevailing in Amsterdam Auburn Baldwinsville Canaodoigua Clyde Ithaca Kingston Middletown Mumford Palmyra Benfierd Penington Pittsford Plattsburg Piga Saratoga Savannah Parma Webster. Democrats secured licenses in Brockport Charlotte Elmirs Cates Gouvener Hamlin Hornellsville Pekskill Niagara Falls and failed to win in nelisyilie Leroy.
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New York
Amsterdam
Auburn
Baldwinsville
Canaoduigua
Clyde
Ithaca
Kingston
Middletown
Mumford
Palmyra
Benfierd
Penington
Pittsford
Platsburg
Piga
Saratoga
Savannah
Parma
Webster
Repubblican
Brockport
Charlotte
Elmirs
Cates
Gouvener
Hamlin
Hornellsville
Pekskill
Judge Tuley Allows $127,000 Fee to Railroad Attorney
March 6 ruling by Judge Tuley grants Edwin Walker a decree for $127,000 in the Chicago Danville and Vincennes road case. Of that total $85,000 is for legal services. The court found the fee adequate for extensive ten year labor and an extraordinary proceeding.
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Tuley
Edwin Walker
Chicago, Danville
Vincennes
Walker
Vanderbilt party at Monte Carlo amid yacht ice dockings
Mr Vanderbilt and the Neustrett Woman are at Monte Carlo and Cannes with the steam yacht Valiant idle near the ice. The Nemoria entries did not participate in the day’s proceedings. Neustretter, linked to divorce rumors, lives in a Monte Curio villa while Vanderbilt stays aboard. James Anderson, veteran actor, dies in Lexpos after a storied stage career.
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MR. Vanderbilt
Monte Carlo
Cannes
Wm K. Vanderbilt
Valiant
Vanderbilt
Monte Io
James Anderson
James
Phelps Cod Macready
United States
Trade of Bourget Twain feud sparks duel talk in New York
March 6 report notes Paul Bourget mocked Americans in Outre Mer provoking Samuel Clemens to respond. Max O'Rell denounces Twain as insulting French women and hints at possible duel, while Pittsburg strike talks collapse and miners prepare to strike over 65 cent cure demands. Mexico Mo miners return to work at 75 cents per ton amid wage disputes.
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New York
Paul Blower
Max O'Rell
Parle
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
O'Rell
Twain
Outre Mer
Paul Bourget
Outre Mar
M. Bourges
Bourget
Mr. Twain
Mexico
Lanyon & Co
Topeka Daily State Journal Legislative Appeal
A promotional notice urging Members and Officers of the Legislature to subscribe. It advertises in-town delivery at ten cents a week and mail rates of ninety cents for three months, or sixty cents for two months. The paper proclaims its motto First of all, the news.
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J. Ewing
W. B. Sutton
D. M. Frost
State Board of Irrigation
Sutton
Frost
Emery
Lawrence
Rainmaker Montgomery
Sherman County
New Irrigation Board
Irrigation Board
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