Odd Fellows Lodge Hidden Cave Chamber in Tennessee
An outline of Gap Cewek Lodge No. 7d, an Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge room located in a cave in Carter County, eight miles east of John Auna. The cavern serves as a meeting and initiation hall with an 18 by 60 feet main chamber and a 14 by 18 feet anteroom, lit by natural light and furnished for lodge use, reportedly attracting members from nearby towns.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Tennessee
Gap Cewek
Carter County
Johnauna Wadedeticoe
Gan Creek Lodge
Nathaniel Ryder
Great Secret Order
Local North Topeka Notes and Social Updates
Town letters from North Topeka report residents traveling to Marys and Alma, illnesses including scarlet fever, visits to Manhattan and Topeka, and a series of social events. Meetings planned at Chexterfeld hotel and Congregational church, with dime socials and teas for local families and clubs.
Durrant's Fight for Life in Federal Appeal
Sen Francisco reports on March 11 that George A. Mnicht joins Durrant's counsel. He prepares a petition for the Supreme Court to rehear the previous application and seek a new trial. If denied, federal courts will be annexed to.
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Durrant
Sen Francisco
George A. Mnicht
Aripreme
Hartmans Move to El Paso Wichita March
Mr and Mrs Hartman of El Paso Wichita plan to relocate March 23 with Mrs Hartman guiding Tom Old Mexico while George J begins a new superintendency in the Mexican Den. They will live at Ho Paseo Tex. Also notes One Minute Cough Cure quickly prevents grippe complications and is sold by G is Stanfield 615 Kansas avenue.
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Mm Hartman
el Paso
Wichita
Stanfield
Kansas Avenue
Public spat cools as Fitzsimmons avoids confrontation
In San Francisco on March 23 Mrs Fitzsimmons shields her husband from rivals by staying close. Corbett and Brady circle for a possible verbal challenge but hesitate amid her vigilance. Fitzsimmons heads to Sacramento for an exhibition, while plans for a quiet encounter are postponed.
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San Francisco
Harry Corbett
Winch
Pitzsimmons
Garson
Bob
Jim
Col. Burns
Nevada
Fitzsimmons Soo
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Sacramento
Brady
Jhn
Pitssimmons
THAT KINETOSCOPE DEAL It Is Alleged That the Fighters Will Share the Profits
The San Francisco report details Kineto scope receipts from the Stuart fight. It cites W I K Wheelock stating 3060.06 is the full Stuart share and notes an $11,000 cash payment by Rector to Stuart split with others. Contradicting claims of wider profits, a Variscope company with four stockholders is described, linking Corbett and Fitzsimmons to shares.
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San Francisco
Stuart
Carson
K. Wheelock
Rector
Tehlers
New York
Stuart Dows
Corbete
Fitzsimmons
Brody
Variscope Company
Nector
Corbett
Fitz Ammons
Perentase
Brady
Talian
Wheelock
Forger and Chicken Coop Burglar Sentenced to Prison
Judge Hazen sentenced two county jail prisoners, Dan Fullerlove and Pat Palmer, each to one year in the state penitentiary. Fullerlove, of Parsons, Kan, forged a Santa Fe pay check for 56 dollars. Palmer burglarized a North Topeka chicken house. Arthur Ransom, bound over for peace, was discharged after county attorney Jetmore’s motion. Reed had claimed threats but left the state with his father.
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Hazen
Santa Fe
Palmer
North Topeka
Ransom
Arthur Ransom
Joseph Reed, Jr
Jetmore
Reed
Young Reed
Women Are Clubbed As Polish Stockholders Rally
Chicago stockholders of the Christopher Columbus Loan association met last night to address a missing secretary and $65,000 allegedly gone from the safe. Women investors surged at the officers, police forced back the crowd, and a committee was formed to decide indictments while the state attorney was asked to bring the matter before the grand jury. The group is described as mostly poor Polish and Hungarian women.
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Chicago
Christopher Columbus Loan Association
Sechsel
Hsels
Hohemlan
Pacific Coast Lumber Trust Seeks Higher Prices Again
San Francisco lumber men attempt to revive a lumber price trust aiming to raise prices from $4 to $6 per thousand. Dealers say milling costs exceed present prices and fear a gradual rise will secure profits. The previous mill commission collapsed last year as mills outside undercut members, leading to its disintegration.
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Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Combine
Commission of Lumber Mills
Commission
McKinley Grants Ten Day Reprieve for Buston Gang
A Washington telegram reports President McKinley has granted a ten day respite to four Buston gang members sentenced for the murder of ex-Sheriff Frank Chavez on May 29, 1892. The delay postpones their scheduled execution set for today in Santa Fe New Mexico.
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Grants
New Mexico
Santa Fe
N. ML
Washington
Mc Kiniey
Buston Gang
Frank Chavez
Bliss Refuses Resignation Amid Lake Front Case Report
Washington March 23 Bliss denies any plan to resign over the Land Commissioner Lamoreaux resignation and the Chicago Lake front case. The president reportedly acted in accord with Bliss. The item notes excursions via Santa Fe with a route cited April 6.
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Bliss
Washington
Siightest Foundation
Lamoreaux
General Lend Office
Chicago Lake Front
Gieves
Santa Fe
Topeka Society Notes Bring Weddings and Visits
Recent society items in Topeka highlight the upcoming marriage of Miss Mabel Chase and Mr. James Grey Thomas Jr in Mobile with a New Orleans visit by the couple. A farewell dinner honors the Marburgs bound for Europe, while numerous social events include club meetings, dinners, dances at the asylum, and visits by local families and students across Kansas.
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Mabel Chase
James Grey Thomas, Jr
Mobile
Ala
Misa Chane
G. M. Chase
Clarence
Algiers
New Orleans
Thia
Albert Latham
A. Marburg
Europe
Brr
James Is
Hayden
Fritz
New York
W.G. Senyner
Pearl Latham
Matthews
Connecticut Mutual and Kansas Insurance Fight Over License
President Jacob J. Greene of the Connecticut Mutual and Webb McNall, Kansas superintendent of insurance, clash over a license to operate in Kansas. Greene demands renewal fees be recognized, cites a long disputed claim about a corpse in a murder case, while McNall rebuts and questions the department’s duties and authority in handling the dispute.
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Jacob J. Greene
Connecticut Mutual
Webb McNall
Greene
McNall
Kansas
Bro- Nall
Neense
Spd
Walters
John W. Hillmen
Hulman
Dhttree of Justice
Mareh Srd
City Bank of Hartford
Fourth National Bank of New York
McNair
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
John W. Hillman
Hillmon
Hather County
Connecticut Mutual Ase
Jatimen
Hijima
Dwelling Home Insurance Company
Western Home Insurance Company
D. W. Wilder
NONE CAN WHIP FITZ
Dan Stuart heads to Coronado and Dallas after predicting James J. Fitzsimmons would easily defeat Bob Fitzsimmons. Stuart claims Fitzsimmons would beat Corbett in four rounds and predicts a future showdown with Kid McCoy as the next challenger, expecting McCoy to improve into a serious heavyweight rival.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dan Stuart
Coronado
Dallas
Tex
Stuart
Firesimmons
Corbett
Bob
St. Patrick's Day
Amdea
Fitzsimmons
Kid McCoy
Mr. Fitzsimmons
Local arrests after city chicken violation and Smoky Row raid
On complaint by Geo Grant Wlagier several residents on lower Lawrence Street were arrested for letting chickens roam violating the city ordinance. A Smoky Row raid by Detectives Capron and Price and Patrolman Campbell led to arrests of Kate Parish Carrie Brody Jennie Brown and Simon Jones for maintaining a disorderly house. Humane Officer Hire caused the arrest of George te on cruelty to animals. a horse with a cancer like condition was led along Parkdale street. In police court Judge Atchison discharged Bid ale after learning the animal had been killed.
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Geo. Grant Wlagier
Lower Lawrence Street
Astrum
J. Haneran
Chas. Mayer
Grant Witton
Smoky Rown
Kate Parish
Carrie Brody
Jennie Brown
Simon Jones
Parish
Brody
Capron
Price
Campbell
Operane
George Te
Riddle Ives
Parkdale
Woman on School Boards Parlor Meeting Promised
A parlor meeting to promote women on school boards will be held at Mia Santos 1032 Morris Avenue on Wednesday. A good programme is planned with a dress by Annie L Diggs Sauciades and invitations extended to Al Lowman Hill Indies to attend.
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Mia Santos
Morris Agenue
Annie L. Diggs Sauciades
al Lowman Hill Indies
Your Boy Won’t Live a Month Proves Dr King Rescue
Mr Gilman Brown of 34 Mill Street South Gardner Massachusetts learned his son would not live a month after doctors failed to help. After spending $373 on treatments doctors finally urged a different approach. Dr King’s New Discovery and a few bottles restored the boy to health and able to return to work.
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Gilman Brown
Mill Street
South Gardner, Maws
Dr. King
California Limited schedules and railroad dining comforts
The notice advertises California Limited trains from Tepeks on Thursdays and Sundays at 11:83 a.m. with Nestivated Pullman sleepers and buffet dining cars. It notes a 4 hour journey to California on the Santa Fe Route and mentions through sleepers, with the California Express at 4:35 pm. Also references local patent medicine ads and a Bealeakin er remedy at a Kansas drugstore.
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California Limited
California
California Express
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A. Rel
Himball Printing Co
Kanese
Ewan
Kansas City
Mike Grace Manter
Hatan
McNiry
St. Marys
Tony
Rerabaugh
Imperia
Charles Tikens
Alma
McPartend
Blanchard
Inabie
Fred Rowe
Rimeot
EB. P. Baker Witt
Kansay City
Velonte
Chexterfeld Hotel
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Congregational Church
Dr. Kirkpatricksys
Raye
Mra
Alc
Mien
Ethel Wagen
Mies
Phoebe Hayes
Wing Fuller
Miss Spillman
Auburndale
Asylum
Ladies’ Ald Society
Second Presbyterian Church
A. C. Davis
Cenavenue
Notlin
Mabel Skinner
Josaln Campbell
Eme Page
Grace Page
Clara Lury
Cora Pendy
Zodla Lukens
Eleanor Lufem
Della Glimun
Mabel Gitmin
Nellie Crittenden
Sirs
CC. Nicholson
Abner Hans
Pole Street
Fred Rose
Elmont
Misses Unter
Harriet Miran
Ida
Lis Wettman
Laure’ Mo May
Titininet
Nellie Blossom
Sawyer
Edna Rawger Goo
Saunders
Fred Deppe
Biri Jie Grant
Beatty Wilder
Arallan Aster Hanter
Donald Wetinen
Police High Five
Afr
Jistier
van Hoten Street
W .D. Taavey
Miss Kimball
EC Berne
Davie
Mra Dundap
AW Paris
Snn
Mra. Decks
Mea Dunlap
Mtr
Hcom Quincy Streat
Mrs. Fitz
De.Witt
G. W. Stansfield
M'Kinley
Topeka
the Asylum
Martha Hradehaw
Jean Frost
Edith Gudiard
Lee Redden
Lilian Vincent
Nannie Hopkins
Georginba Wasson
Martie Whaley
Fred Gordon
Austin Brady
Joan Work
Ben Coswell
Jack Newman
Mer. Low Graham
Margaret Alulyane
Ollie of Brien
Franc Lattlefield
Isabel Mack
Edward Mel Bride
H. S. Morgan
8, Stoddard
Lou Bronesn
Bonaventure Club
Nina Edwards
Lord Byron
Mise
Florence Packard
Plano
Venestana
Bereny
Misa Edwards
Mark Twain
Clara Heinils
Gree
Anna Helmig
Honomary
Darlows
Grehestea
Mr. Hurley
Kergimael
Cece
Ida Packard
S. E. Robertson
Oxage County
C. & Banker
Ladies’ Aid Society
First
M. E. Church
Calvin Hood
Emporial
Theodore Hasmmuatt
Mary Lakin
Amelia Garvey
Wilmington
Lucile Mulvane
Ottawa University
W. W. Webb
Port Arthur
Washburn College
Druery College
Jas. Walker
Baldwin T
Clifford Welsh
Pearl Brubaker Ia
Leavenworth
Blanche Joerger
Frank Lazerstrom
Arthur Johnson
Elbert
Johnson
M. McDonald
Minnie ‘Thompson
Indiana Territory
Lulu Thompson
Kansas Ciy
R.A. Sherer
John Hunyan
Stilloh Baptist Church
Mattie Jennings
Pilgrim's Progress
Jennie Woodall
Buchanan Street
Sam Gardenhire
Marburg
McMahan Sind
Inssie
Manhattan
Edward Wilder
Helen Scott
Kansas Ily
Modern Literature Club
Caro Penfield
Isabel Peck
Lola McMahan
Joshua Martin
Lame Street
Will Trump
Ottawa
J.C. Dee
Fitz
Prescott
West 8Th St
J. Ik. Jones Drug Store
Futh Street
Ebing
Burns
Scalda
Hazel Alte
Jetown
Stuumfield
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