Topeka News Snippets Mixed City Life and Local Buzz
A night of light rain dusts streets as Topeka reports on civic doings and oddities. Mentions include a Santa Fe hospital roof progress, police headquarters chatter, a Ball clubhouse update, bowling tours, and local personalities like Dr. Brownfield and Col. Cape Gordon. Becomes a mosaic of humorous vignettes and small-town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Review Club
Santa Fe Hospital
Polices
Topeka Avenue
C. B Peck
Colonel Holliday
Sixth
Monroe
Board of Parics Commissioners
Col
Cape Gordon
Cope Land
United States District Court
Leavenworth Saloon Debates and Governor Morrill’s Policy
Tim Burke saloon keeper of Leavenworth mails a letter to the Gazette editor opposing Prohibition critics and defending Governor Morrill’s liquor policy. He argues that Morrill promised liquor dealers freedom under his administration, credits saloon receipts and pensions flowing to local institutions, and warns against party insiders driving policy. He calls for unity with Morrill and alignment against reformers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Tim Burke
George W. Martin
Kansas City, Ken
Gazette
Lsavenworth
Kas
Morrill
Topeka
Lewelling
Theo
Bernard Kelly
Ed Hoch
Frank P. MacLennan
State Penitentiary
Kelly
Ed Hoeb
Pickering
Exlaw
St John
Kansas
Peter Berry
Churchill
Hqnor
Tim Benes
Tim's
Not Appealable Decisi on Probate Druggist Permits
Letter to the editor notes Judge Wood of Shawnee county refused to grant a druggist permit and explains that such refusal is not an exercise of judicial function and not appealable, citing Martin & Milliken v. Probate Judge and Kansas law from 1881. Includes local notices of Silver Lake resident I P Worden and various local ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Shawnee County
My County
District Court
Butler County
Supreme Court of
Kansans
Martin & Milliken
Kookse County
Thirty-Second
Kansas
G. P. Armas
el Dorado
Householder Inquiry Frames Comedic Courtroom Scene
Report of a Householder investigation at the insane asylum revealing tense cross examinations, objections, and heckling as Judge Webb and Mr. Bird spar over testimony and decorum. Details center on arm around a lady, card incidents, and political figures present during the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Householder
Insane Asylum
State Board of Charities
Representative Eckstein
Representative Smith
Senator McTaggart
Leeda
Representative Miller
Starr
J. M. Miller
Mia Kuiberg
Rolling Mill
Mr. Pack
Mr. Wait
W. ©. Webb
de MecCasey
Judge Webb
W. A. S Bird
Senator Householder
Webb
Mr. Bird
Victor Kniberg
Mec Casey
Kniberg
Larson
Judges Webb
McCasey
Osborn to Supply St Louis Market With Fish
Mariner R. Osborn, ex Secretary of State, returns from St Louis with his family and plans to devote time to fishing trade and marketing. He owns a steamboat named Lettie, equipped with boilers and a wheel propulsion, to fish above and below St Louis, basing operations there and in waters offering best gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fansas
St. Louis
R & Osborn
St Louis
Mississippi River
Mr. Osborn
City of
Louis
Lettie
Hotel Venable to Rise Ten Stories for Exposition Visitors
Atlanta prepares for the Cotton States and International Exposition with a planned ten story fireproof Hotel Venable on the old state capital property opposite Grady monument. Georgia granite blocks will drop into place as needed. The Venable Brothers lead the project, aiming for a premier hotel with a 1200 seat banquet hall a south side dance hall and a roof garden for high class entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Venable. Ton
Hotel Venable
Old State Capital
Grady Monument
Georgia
Atlanta
Venable Bros
America
United States
Transvaal President Kruger and a biting reply
In South Africa a social tale credits President Kruger with no music in his soul after a Bloemfontein singer performed. He allegedly told the hostess he goes into the veld to hear the she wolf scream. Also, A B Reeves becomes the receiver of the land office at Dodge City today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Kruger
South Africa
Bloemfontein
Dodge
Dover Crry
A B. Reeves
Dodge City
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Edium and Furniture
Fit Halts
Children's Carriag
Reed & Tomlinson
Mendelssohn
The
Span
Throop
Gracia Cary Hunt
van Hotres’s
van Hovuren’s
Kansas Avenue
Pearles Peerless
Duck
Geinz
W. Ripley
Jackson St
Governor Morrill’s Bank
Silver Lake
I. P. Worden
Ingraine
Tagrein Berdens
van Hovran’s
Ne Pius
Thetbrownie
Kansas City
Mariner R
Osborn
Atlanta’s
Bubsocribe
Daily Starz
Jounyan
Boston
Rostun
Kansas Ave
Sinclair
Kirwin Globe
Gaylord & Barcley, Tailors
Kapass Avenue
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