Topeka Society Happenings Open Summer Season
Social notes from Topeka and vicinity describe a bustling May welcome to summer. Events include musicales for Miss Edith Hawk of Abilene, large Vinewood dances, Orphans Home festival, thimble parties, and numerous luncheons and receptions hosted by Mrs. Wear and others. Local visitors from Kansas City and Chicago are noted, with plans for summer rounds at Vinewood and Hudson's ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Washington
Libbie Hazlett
Edith Hawk
Abilene
Will Hustman
West Fifth Shest
Professor Hudson
Vinewood
Orphan's Home
Library Ball
Edna Boat
Ollie O'brien
Blandis Dienst
Annie Jones
Caro Penfield
Lyle Munspeaker
Elna Crane
Myrtle Davin
Hattie Jones
Jeasie Shellabarger
Mabel Moss
Crandthwn Packard
Pearl McFarland
Nellie McClintock
T. J. Hankln
Vinewoort
Artie Ewart
Myrtle Naylor
D. G Naylor
Gilbert Sage
Frank Wear
Topeka Avenue
Hudson's Ball
Hamilton Lodge
Misa Grave van Houten
Imprimis
Vinewool
New High School
Willard Davis
Bira
A. H. Connelly
Davidson
Kansas City
W. K. Gillet
Chicago
Tsis
Hudson
Elk Horn Clab
Margaret Mulgane
Frane Littlefield
Paying City Salaries Under Question by Topeka Council
Legal letter to the editor from M T Campbell of Vance and Campbell argues Topeka’s city council has long exceeded statutory salary limits for city officers of the first class. He cites treasurer and attorney pay rules, warns deputies and clerks may be used to bypass caps, and urges council to act within the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Campbell
Vance & Campbell
Topeka
Campbell
The
State Journal
Cholera at Mecca Reported in El Hejaz region
The dispatches confirm a cholera outbreak at Mecca and nearby caravan villages in El Hejaz. Cholera prevails in Mecca Medina pilgrim routes with fewer Egyptian caravans this year.
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Caio
Mecca
el Hejaz
Medina
Diddah
Yombe
Slavin Challenges Corbett for England Bout Next Spring
Frank Slavin declares in Sporting Life that with boxing waning in America and the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout unlikely, he challenges Corbett to a fight in England next spring for between 600 and 5000 pounds a side. He cites Jackson’s weight dispute as a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sistie
Englad
Loxpox
Frank Slavin
Sporting Life
America
Corbett- Fitzsimmons
Corbett
England
Jackson
State Dental Association Session at Throop Hotel
The Kansas State Dental Association gathers in Topeka at the Throop Hotel with about seventy expected attendees byWednesday. President B Reed and officers attend as do many dentists from across Kansas and nearby states. The morning features papers on modern methods in dental practice, antisepsis, and the American Dental Association trip, with clinics planned for this afternoon and a business session tonight.
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Kansas State Dental Association
Throop Hotel
B. Reed
Topeka
A. W. Day
Holton
J. G. Ho
A. H. Thompson
Dr. Thompson
Snap Shots At Home and Nearby Reports
North Topeka hosts a Wild Western Star laundry while four special council meetings are slated for Thursday evening. Frost damaged potato tops in several localities Saturday night and corn along creek bottoms suffered. County commissioners plan a 9 am meeting tomorrow. Santa Fe office men fished at Spencer Saturday. Topeka bicyclists rode to Eudora and returned by train. Decoration Day prep continues as nearby cemeteries are ordered in. Washburn Mid-Continent shifts from monthly to weekly publication. Judge J B Johnson left for La Junta to hear ARUL strike cases. Rev J B Thomas preaches at Westmoreland Christian Endeavor on Wednesday. Mrs Bea Bolby, Mériden mayor’s wife, suffered apoplexy last Friday. Topeka manager Mote doubts rain after ball team announcement. College students worry over commencement orations unless someone else writes them. Dick Cooley hit a ball over the fence against Philadelphia. bases loaded, four runs. Reform school cattle escaped and trampled a forty acre corn and potato field. Asylum investigation nears end with Senator Householder testifying in defense. Mr and Mrs John Harper departed for Salt Lake City. Harper long employed at Topeka post office. one drummer notes Atchison still has home trade in paper collars.
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Topeka
Eudora
Washburn
J. B. Johnson
la Junta
ARUL
J. B. Thomas
Christian Endeavor
Westmoreland
Bea Bolby
Mériden
Mote
Dick Cooley
Philadelphia
Reform School
Asylum Investigation Committee
Senator Householder
John Harper
Tod
Salt Lake City
Utah
Har
Atchison
Letter to Journal on vouchers and mileage claims
A letter from Mes Leased Moss Dodge City claims state action on reimbursement for services at Kansas institutions. He asserts affidavits supporting his voucher for regular expenses, noting delays and potential travel to collect input, and insists Kansas owes him for justice. Also reports on state auditor actions and other state notes including public instruction staff changes and corporate chartering in Humboldt.
Snow Buys State Printing Plant At Auction
State printer E L Snow won the Hamilton printing plant in an auction bid of $18 500 after initial bids, with Major J Hudson and others present. Receiver A D Hubbard oversaw the sale on Highth street near Kansan avenue, requiring $2 000 down and $1 000 monthly payments. Snow plans to use the plant to press his claim against Major Hudson and continues the state printing fight beyond July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
E. LL Snow
Major J. Hudson
Snow
A. D. Hubbard
Highth Street
Kansan Avenue
G. B. Hamilton
Hubbard
Mr. Snow
Major Ju
Hudson
Major Hudson
Major Hodson
New Sunflower Oil Industry Opens in South Dakota
A South Dakota farmer plans 100 acres of Russian sunflowers this year, expecting yields of 80 to 50 bushels per acre. The seed will yield about one gallon of oil per bushel, with high price oil resembling olive oil.
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St Paun
South Dakota
Footpads hold Tim Hogue on Buchanan street robbery
Tim Hogue was robbed on a street near Twelfth and Buchanan, losing $3.50 in silver after two men demanded his money. Officers arrested Jim Switzer and Sam Campbell, who matched the description, following a pursuit from Fourth and Jefferson to the post office, as Hogue identified them.
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Tim Hogue
Prospect Street
Twelfth
Buchanan
Hogue
Fuvpads
Eleysath Street
Purcelll
Jim Switzer
Kangay City
Sam Campbell
Topeka
Switzer
Campbell
Fourth
Jefferson Streets
Thames
Herrmann's Wife Taken In Jersey City Incident
New York police were alerted to watch for a man with a bundle trying to cross to New York. Policeman Brune detained a man matching the description and a well dressed woman who struck him. A man shouting that the couple was Herrmann and his wife led to their detention at Gregory Street station. The valet proved the man’s identity and Mrs Herrmann faced assault charges with $200 bail set for her appearance before Justice Potts.
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New York
Jersey City
Brune
Ile
Mephistophelian
Herrmann
Brone
Gregory Street
Hypnotism Allegations Tie Sailor to Siberian Prison Turmoil
Robert Obinan, a City of Pekin passenger arriving from Hong Kong, claims hypnotism was used by Russian officials to compel him and nine crew members of the Emma to confess in a Siberian jail. He says trials were secretive, conducted in Russian, and he was separated from his mates, later sent to Vladivostok and then Nagasaki, raising concerns that his testimony may have doomed his shipmates. Mary Huron and Charles D. Welch of Topeka received county insula work instructor certificates from the state education board.
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San Francisco
Robert Obinan
Pekin
Hong Kong
Siberia
Emma
Douglass County
Alaska
Legstine Island
Ohman
Vladivostok
Nagasaki
America
Siberian
Mary Huron
Charles D. Welch
Topeka
State Board of Education
Will race old timers direct challenge by Directly
Monres Salisbury plans a New Years surprise racing Directly against aging champions like Robert J June Patehen Joho Ro Gentry Hal Pointer and other top pacers in a free-for-all. The black colt, barred from most 1-year-old races, may face the champions or remain idle, a choice Salisbury dislikes for a horse so fit and sound.
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Monres Salisbury
Robert J Anit Otara
Robert J
June Patehen
Joho Ro Gentry
Hal Pointer
Mir
Salisbury
Dover
Detroit
Male Leopard Kills Cub at Wallace Circus in Alexandris
Mexera Ind May 1 Wallace circus canceled exhibition at Alexandris as spectators watched a dramatic incident. A male leopard two years old attacked and crushed its mother's cub, valued at 1200 dollars, after the cub was placed in the cage. Keeper Forepaugh attempted to intervene without success.
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Mexera
Ind
Wallace Circus
Alexandris
Wallace
Wasnut
Utah Constitution Adopted by Delegates in May
Savr Laxerry reports Utah delegates signed the engrossed constitution for a November vote. It bans polygamy and grants women's suffrage. Grand jury size adjusts to seven with five needed, information indictments replace, petit jury to eight with a three fourths verdict generally, legislature set at sixty three, no lieutenant governor, and a robust school system is provided.
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Utah
Savr Laxerry
Henry Smith
A Pointer For Business Men Offers Printing Edge
Circular distribution is vital to nearly every line of business and its effectiveness rises when printers understand business needs. We have moved beyond old methods to the latest and most artistic type styles and possess means to produce top effects. Let us demonstrate what we mean by this. It may open your eyes. Either Phone.
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General Notes OF Society
John Prescott
Airy
Henry Boltorm
Aira Chaifes
Flossie
Wichita
D. J. Small
Ed Fmall
MaplesoonPenjesty
Sing Lacy Norton
Emporia
Winfrods
West Tenth Street
Mra Bartholomew
Creston
Lows
J. B Bartholomew
Acd Mes. Stevens
Cameron
D. C. McCray
Tyler Street
G E Bennett
Hutchinson
Clifford Histed
Denver
One
Robert Pierce
Roberts
Byroo Pet
Tuesay
Susie Wilder
West Tenth
George Rushmore
Harry Rushmore
George Rust
McPherson
A. A. Boser
Aberdeen
Wash
M. O. Krelpa
Craig
Concordia
Slisa Nellie Raub
Eugene Lemeke
St. Louis
Imperials
M.W. van Valkenburg
Excelsior Springs
Justin
Texas
Mary Muglyane
Mary Dent
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Mra
A. G. Wellington
Edith
California
B. T. Lewis
Charlie Gatewood
Dave Harvey
St Joe
J. J. Frey
Seymour Lod
Oxfords
Boston Shoe Co
State Dental Association
J. R Root
Patterson
W. N. Shirley
E. Bergstresser
C. E. Haterly
Lawrence
Washington, D. C
American Dental Association
Association
Wild Western Star
North Topeka
Santa Fe
Spencer
MES
Journal
Torexa
Kan
Board of Charities
Usus
Winfield
Winfield Institution
Osawatomie
Olathe
Beloit
State of Kansas
Diany
Dodge City
George E. Cols
Cole
Miodamus
Benton
Steyferio Reneley
Guy P. Benton
State House
Supreme Court
Atwood
Standard Oil Company
Humboldt
Orion L. Waughter
James Peery
Benj. F. Peery
Parsons
Herman 4. Kemmerer
Isaac L. Downs
Sumboldt
Oll
Eagle & Curry Men’s Hatters and Outfitters
Sheldon’s
Kansas
Wallace’s Circus
Adams Bros., Printers
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