Topeka Snapshots Highlight Local News And Theatre Cancellations
Police matron Thorpe comments on aiding the poor in Tela of shoes. Crawford theater delays and renovations planned. The Washburn college baseball team underperforming. Enlistments in the Atchison volunteer company. Topeka window displays and five cent cigar checks noted. City jail reports larger cash receipts and weapon sales to volunteers. Open air concerts planned at Garfield park. Chanute Santa Fe official visiting Topeka. University consolidations and officer elections discussed. Topeka Press club revival talked. Camp Leedy guards cited for patrols. Chirowhas arrested for illegal liquor sales. Flags and war buttons featured at printing house. Williams secures Leavenworth depot case to Supreme Court.
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Thorpe
Tela
Pudd‘nhead Wilson
Crawford Theater
Washburn Colege
Horace Swayze
Lute Wiksdal
Reuben Spivey
Roland Mediicott
Atchison Volunteer Company
Topeka
Hub Clothing Company
McCurdy
Sutton
Marshall
Garfield Park
M.D. Henry
Barnes
Southern
Santa We
Chanute
City
Jal
Crawford
Booth
Barrett
State University, College of Emperie
Manhattan Agricultural College Volunteria
United States
Sterne
Chirowhas
Hall & Co
Jackson Street
S.C. Garrant
Maine
A. F. Williams
John C. Douglass
Union Depot Company of
Leavenworth
Douglass
Williams
Supreme Court
The Grief Within and Fading Ballroom Facade
A fragmenting chorus contrasts a gala ball with hidden sorrow. A belle feels real grief beneath fashion, while jokes from Harlem Life and New York Press poke at gender roles, money, and social pretense with sardonic wit.
The Miephant's Retort on a Broadway Car
A humorous row in a Broadway cable car ends with a dignified passenger calling for the conductor to stop. An overweight woman occupies space beside a man with a newspaper, and he laments elephants on the line as the crowd overhears a sharp call to clear a hog and an elephant from the car.
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Broadway
New York
Orl
20 000 Hammocks and 4 000 000 Rations for Tovading Army
Washington May 12 preparations show the war department’s quarter master and commissary branches gearing up for Cuba and the Philippines expeditions. An order calls for 20 000 hammocks and over 4 000 rations daily for 40 000 men, with portions likely aiding starving Cuban trades.
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Washington
Quartermaster’s
War Department
Cuba
Philippines
Quartermaster'’S
Meiklesotn
Commissary Department
Gulf Points
Tampa
Front Door Deception In Mrs Smithers Case
In a Harper's Drawer excerpt, Norah was told to claim Mrs. Blank was not home when certain visitors arrived. She reluctantly agreed, modifying the lie to avoid trouble, saying Mrs. Smithers was away and warning callers not to press. The scene highlights domestic deceit and reluctant compliance.
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Wwe
Norah
Harper
In Good Cause and the penny hug tale from New York Weekly
A brief New York Weekly note reflects on a story where a mother questions a young man’s influence while a girl explains receiving a penny a hug from Mr Nicefello to aid paying the church mortgage. The piece hints at moral concerns and community church appeals.
Fragments From a Dash of Wit and Irony
A trimmed fragment from Pearson's Weekly and New York Sunday Journal features sharp social quips. A Yorkshire widow mourns her shy husband while a pareen's quip about Abraham, Ieana, and Jacob adds irony. Another line praises Mrs. Hoon Sylvester Strait as upright beyond reproach, contrasted with a quip about irreproachable behavior.
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Pareen
Abraham
Ieana
Jacob
Pearson's Weekly
General Rogers Named Chief of Army Artillery
Washington May 12 Brigadier General John K Rogers senior artillery officer is appointed chief of artillery of the army In charge of the heavy artillery of all coast defenses He commanded the coastal artillery at Governor's Island New York City and will oversee land defenses for the current war The office was created in the Civil War and re created for the present conflict
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J. L. Rogers
Washington
John K. Rogers
Artllery Branch
Army
Pith Artillery
Governor's Island
New York City
Criti
Rogers
Descendant from Monkeys Quip Jumbles in 19th Century Press
A garbled OCR sample from New York World New York Journal Chicago Record and others features stray lines and quotes about evolution belief a bank cashier a Klondike cousin and vigilantes. It highlights fragmentary dialogue and sensational asides rather than a cohesive story.
Steamer Convoy to Manila For Klondike Troops
Steamer Ohio and Connemaugh, recently back from the east for Klondike trade, have been chartered by the government to carry soldiers and stores to Manila. Ohio likely troop transport. Connemaugh to be a store ship. Australia moved to dry dock for the Philippines trip. Cartoon-like notice warns of an entertainment Friday by Hamilton lodge with 10 to 15 cent admission.
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Ners
Ohio
Connemaugh
Manila
San Francisco
Connnemaugh
Australia
Philippines
Hamilton
Simpson Breezes Senate Election Debate in Congress
Kansas Congressman Jerry Simpson stirs the chamber as he urges direct popular election of senators. The House debates a constitutional amendment, advancing a resolution to submit a proposal for direct vote and rejecting a compulsory statewide popular vote. Simpson assails the House and Republicans, calls for reform and trust-free government, while praising the Senate as a more independent body.
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Kansas
Washington
Senate
House
Cadeewood
Jerry Simpson
Kansner
Congress
Tican
Repubicans
Femaire
Senite
Aly Selitorste
Camme
Enuran
Pst
Germany's Restrictions on U S Fruit Outlined
Washington May 12 Ambassador White at Berlin sent a German foreign office note to the state department detailing import limits on United States fruit. The chancellor backs expert guidance dividing plants into three groups: absolutely prohibited, conditionally admitted, and admitted after San Jose scale inspection.
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Washington
White
Herlin
State Department
German Foreign Office
United States
Germany
Imperial Chancelor
Ten Thousand Alimony Verdict in Von Der Ahe Divorce
In St Louis May 12 a decision was handed down in the Von Der Ahe divorce case. Mira Von Der Ahe receives alimony of $10,000 and her maiden name is restored. The proceedings were heard last Friday with Judge Mayeens presiding. Previously Mrs Von Der Ahe was Miss Della Wells.
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Chris von der Ahe
St. Louis
Mayeens
Talley
von der Ahe
Mira
Volunteers Ordered to San Francisco for Manila Expedition
The War Department released a corrected list of volunteers from Wyoming Colorado Kansas Montana Nebraska Utah North Dakota Idaho to report to San Francisco as they are mustered armed and equipped. Officials advise they may travel with partial equipment and complete it in San Francisco. Some volunteers may join the Manila expedition while others replace veterans in the regular army.
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Washington
War Department
San Francisco
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
Utah
North Dakota
Idaho
Manila
Charleston to sail Saturday with Dewey squadron
In San Francisco May 12 reports say the cruiser Charleston will not be ready to sail before Saturday. Her stores and ammunition are rushed into her magazines. She will not wait for the City of Pekin and will stop at Honolulu for coal, likely overtaken by the Pacific Squadron. The Charleston will serve as an important adjunct, next to the Olympia in size and effectiveness, with a crew of about 50 officers and men.
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San Francisco
Charleston
Dewey
Peking
Honolulu
Spanish Minister Denies Cape Verde Squadron Return
Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail quotes Admiral Bermeo denying that the Cape Verde squadron has sailed back to Cadiz. He states the fleet remains at its current position, with no return planned at this time.
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Saya
London
Madrid
The
Daily Mail
Adiral Bermeo
Cape Verde
Cadie
Faction Pushes Abermistres Declaration in Chamber of Deputies
A radical faction moves to officially declare Abermistres in the chamber of deputies, signaling steps toward independence from the United States. The report notes May 12 from Rio Janeiro via Galveston, with clarification awaited on authorities and scope.
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Rio Janeiro
Galveston
Radical Party
Abermistres
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Red Cross Society
Montevideo
Uruguay
Bpantaris
Water famine averted at Havana after heavy rain
Dispatch boats report quiet conditions at Havana Harbor on May 12. The British steamer Colgin was restricted from entering or leaving the harbor while Muscotte and several otter boats faced delays. A heavy rainfall filled cisterns and ended the water famine, with conditions described as unchanged otherwise.
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Ry West
Havana
Colgin
Deserves Nation's Honor Commodore Schrey On Dewey Victory
Old Point Comfort Va May 12 on board the Brooklyn Commodore Winfield Schrey commanding the squadron spoke to the Associated Press about Admiral Dewey's Manila victory He praised the achievement saying it ranks with history's great naval successes and noted debates over the attack order and resistance.
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Old Point Comfort
Brooklyn
Fort Munroe
Winfield Schrey
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Associated Press
Admirals Dewey and Farragut praised for courage and skill
The piece lauds Admiral Dewey and the fleet's leadership in the decisive harbor action. It notes Perry and Farragut as benchmarks and emphasizes the crew's esprit de corps, discipline, and marksmanship as keys to victory. It argues the enemy held advantages but praises the American courage and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewes
Dewey
Perry
Farragut
Riek
Oliver
Waa
Loken
Ottat
Admiral Dewey
Moving the Invading Army Across the Nation
War department calls for bids from rail and transport companies to move four southern posts of troops including 25 infantry regiments, four artillery batteries and two cavalry troops. Final bids open at noon in New York, with trains ready to depart by month’s end for multiple states.
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New York
War Department
Amos & Bley Katt
Department of the East
Motellia
New Jersey
Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Hihan Allen
Vic
Old Dominion
Clyde
Morgan Times
M. Ftall
Turwitny
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