Topeka Fire Tournament Moves Under Review
J P Cadden Beloit president of the Kansas State Firemen Association wrote Fire Marshal to try to hold a Topeka firemen’s tournament during union festivities next fall. The committee will report on inducements offered to attract Bremen to Topeka and weigh local pride in volunteer departments. Also noted is a dramatic column about actress Miss Lottie Bowes and a reference to Hall’s Hair Benei re.
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Topeka
J.P. Cadden
Beloit
Kansas State Firemen
Anes Ry
I Union
Valunteer
Migs Lottie Bowes
Sgelo
New York Dramatic Mirror
Crane
Mies
Charlotte Crane
Hays
Texas Steer” Company
Morrison
Hall
Seakers Excursions Ticket Sales for Southwest Trip
Tickets priced two dollars cover trips to Texas Arkansas Arizona and Indian territory with sale dates April 7 21 and May 6 and a final 30 day limit from sale date. For full particulars contact J P Kownex Golden Rule Suburban Daily State Journal advertise Peerless Steam Laundry Topeka Kan location at 113 and 114 West Street.
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Texas
Arkansas
Esoril
Arizona
J.P. Kownex
Ams
Aai Topeke
Kan
Great Hudson suspension bridge plan approved for New York
Secretary Swan announced War Department approval of the six track suspension bridge over the Hudson at a total cost near 25.6 million dollars. Towers of steel rise 310 feet, with 126 foot wide spans and twelve steel cables supporting the structure. The bridge will connect New York and New Jersey terminals, easing passenger and freight traffic.
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Hudson
New Yoas
Jonger
Sucson River
Swan
New York and New Jersey Bridge Company
Labout
Wight
Hadsau
New Jersey
Aestrains
Breidenthal Pops Up Campaign Literature Plan
Chairman Breidenthal of the Populist central committee pushes a campaign literature plan using a fund. He has mailed to party workers in various counties and reports over $1,000 received as orders and coupons flood in. Two clerks handle the busy work and related business.
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Breidenthal
Breidesthal
Chart of the Coal Hole Topeka project charted in fourteenth annual report
The Kansas Academy of Science edits its fourteenth annual report to include a Topeka peat bore chart and a geological formation map showing a 1600 foot drill path. The volume will feature maps of moraines in Wabaunsee and Shawnee counties and is due out next month. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is promoted for disease prevention and strength, claiming permanent cures and broad use.
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Topeka
B. B. Smyth
Kansas Academy of Science
Society
Hood
Becaus
Ified
Sarsaperius
Topeka urged as convention hub in biting satirical piece
The Hutchinson News mocks competing cities as convention sites and extols Topeka as the ideal venue. It lampoons fairness, hospitality, and grandiose plans while noting a local reform group forms a free silver convention in Topeka to showcase its boarding houses and lavish decorations.
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Bluichuse
Topeka
Hutchinson News
Ki 6
Hutchinson
Wichita
Leavenworth
Atchison
Abilene
Shupganunge
Kite
Copeland County
San
Santa Fe
Planderere
Tope
Sweet Moments Hardware Stock Promoted by Local Firms
Sweet Moments cizaret siseat Virginia and Turk announce their continuation of patronage after purchasing Marion Shelden hardware stock. They report growth with new lines in hardware tinware bicycles and sporting goods. Taquan Overett Hann 703 J W Pierce Republic In endorses a trusted cough cure. Mayberry Ti'g Co advertises spring suitings at ten dollars Kansas Ave. Harrison phone 151.
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Marion Shelden
Shelden
Taquan, Overett Hann
Femeven Bs
Mayberry Ti'g Co
Kan
Mayberry’s
CAYLOR'S BALL GOSSIP ON CURVED PITCHER CUMMINGS
The column weighs in on pennant chances for Baltimore Cleveland and others. It notes trades strengthening Boston Philadelphia New York Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati Louisville and highlights Candy Cummings who discovered the curved ball and how it spread through the game. It recalls J Bentley Seymour and Adrian Cahode Anse as club notables.
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J.bentley Seymour
New York
Candy” Cummings
Baltimores
Clevelands
Bostons
Philadelphias
New Yorks
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Nash
Hamilton
Doyle
Gleason
McCarthy
Baltimore
Boston
Ho McCarthy
Brooklyn
Tonny
Tucker
Mitch
Phillies
Detroit Aluggers
Hatenau
Orth
Inks
Meekin
Rusie
Hartimores
Pont Rusie
Ram
Ward
Pfeffer
Pittsburg
Ely
Bismarck
Adrian Cathode Anse
Oriental Optical
and Dolan
Siena
Stab
Arthur Cummings
Candy Cummings
Excelsior Juniors
Cumanings
Harvards
Jarvis Field
Cambridge
Cummings
Bob Matthews
Matthews
O. P. Cartok
Parlor Golf Brings Indoor Fun To Homes
A popular indoor pastime lets players set up parlor golf on a compact table top disk with a central hole. Ivory tees and adjustable course layouts allow a reader to enjoy golf indoors during bad weather or in small rooms, keeping the game lively and sociable amid winter days.
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Yogne
Parlor Golf Ties and Theatrical Notes Span Items
A mixed readable excerpt describes parlor golf rules focusing on putting, then shifts to dramatic scenes from Ned Neville or similar operatic acts, with lines from Carmen and a vocal interlude. It also mentions the Official Lawn Tennis Hyper ranking, noting Champion Fred Hovey at the top and other players in successive classes, plus a note on Otis Skirer's Villon portrayal and future Shakespearean tour plans with Miner and Brooks bringing an Italian actor back to America next season.
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Yeonis Mlandicaps
United States
Fred Hovey
Larned, Chace
Howland
Bob Wrenn Fins
Carl Neel
Hobart
Relic Oak From Shawnee County Jail Take Center Stage
Luther Woodford’s relic oak from the first Shawnee county jail, tied to Tecumseh 1856, is now housed by the State Historical Society. The worn piece, once displayed near a door step, was saved by the eccentric bachelor who guided visitors to the carved wood. The jail walls once blocked escapes and the artifact moves to the Peerless Siam Laundry Steam Laundry area.
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Luther Woodford
Sepcrators Adams
State Historical Society
Shawnee County
Tecumseh
Iis
Termes
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