North Topeka local notices mix of births and visits
North Topeka items from the Gide s and area reveal visitors from Kansas City St Louis and Pratt. Local addresses include 1231 Van Buren and 1165 Kauss avenues. Memorial day services at M E church and Shorey post office delays noted with patrols and carriage trades advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Weston
Kansas City
John Russell
Meriden
Mra
Flovence
E. J. McCurdy
Louis
Garteld Park
Fim
MA. Haat
Bhava
van Buren Street
Kauss Avenue
Hast Indiahool
J. J. Maze
Weat Ordon Street
George Kurta
Quincy Street
Pratt
The
Nation Reserve Lodge
Magnet
A. J. Proud
N. Kan Ave
Lukens Bros
High de Ariel
Steele & Walker
Goshen
Lyon & Reynolds
Kansas Avenue
Willeta
N. Kan
Oriental School of
Lodge & Calvin
Weet Norria Street
Capital
Morses Board
L. A. Ryder
Atchison
Logas Tree
Janes Black
Monroe Strew
Miss Byrd Watking
Junction
Ouon
Grantville
Acto
Angust Lewis
Sud Topeka Avenue
Lewis
Edward Preegrove
Silver Lake
HL Riordan
Kuneag Avenue
Pratt Brow
North
Kanesa Ave
North Topeke
Georgen
Dore & Sone
A. J. Arnold & Son
North Kansas
Ue Sant Escase
Gruggiste Sundries
Mucyon
Reujedien
Z - J. H. Heller
N. Kan. Ave
Court- Rey
Yar
HJ. Nading
Shelbyville
Nadine
N.V
Phe
Arkaneas Press
The New Kaw Bridge Proposed by King Bridge Co
The King Bridge Company of Kansas City seeks to build a new bridge across the Kansas river on Kansas avenue. A company representative visited Topeka and will present plans and drawings to county commissioners. The firm was a bidder on the Quincy Street bridge project years ago.
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King Bridge Company
Kansas City
Kansas River
Kansas Avenue
Topeka
Quincy Street
Russian family returns to Russia with 2500 dollars
The Bender family of six leaves for Russia after four years in America. The father and two older sons worked in the Santa Fe shops and saved 1500 for living and the return trip. They built their own furniture and never missed a day of work. Nearby, Frank Neiewander’s farmhouse near Silver Lake burned with a loss near 1000 dollars, insured in part.
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Russia
America
Martin Bender
Santa Fe
Benders
Topeka Wheat Pit Shows Bulls and Bears Clash
In the Topeka grain room of the Columbia building traders battled in wheat as bears quieted the market after a volatile morning. Prices swung from 75 or 79 and 79 to a low around 77 before a late recovery. Some speculators closed out with small gains or losses while others chased further rises, aided by phone instructions from distant buyers and sellers.
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Topeka
Columbia Building
Stock Exchange
Strate Journal
Market moves west as wheat firm at eighty cents in Abilene
May 24 Abi lene Kansas The John t z Brothers mill paid 80 cents for wheat and found it hard to get at that price The price is the highest in years Kansas millers have large orders to fill and see no prospect of securing enough wheat to do it Chicago prices are lower Stoffman Son Enterprise closed a deal with Chicago for immediate shipment of a large quantity of wheat to Enterprise for milling purposes
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Abilene
Sigh' Avitens
Kan
Johntz Brothere
Kansas
Chicago
Stoffman & Son
Enterprise
Calve Signs with Abbey Opera for Metropolitan Season
Mila Emma Calve returns to management with Messrs Abbey Schoeffel and Grau and signs to appear in sixty performances at the Metropolitan Opera next season. She will perform in Mephistophelo, Cid, and La Navarraise. Attacks American rival import into France spark controversy in Paris and Parisian papers claim health and treasury harms.
A Charming Concert Not Large Yet Much Enjoyed
A Library hall concert last night drew a modest audience yet proved highly enjoyable. Performers included Mrs Mayo Rhodes soprano Miss Louise Roman pianist Misa J Abbie Clarke violinist Lotus Quartette H L Shirer fires tenor H E Overholt second tenor F B Alderson first bass V Hinckley second bass J J Falls accompan. Clarke’s violin solos drew frequent encores, though she answered only once.
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Library Hall
Mayo- Rhodes
Louise Roman
Misa J. Abbie Clarke
Lotus Quartette
H. L.shirer
H. E Overholt
F. B. Alderson
V. Hinckley
J. J. Falls
Mise Clarke
Suffrage Oration Shines in New York City Meeting
Carrie Chapman Catt and Annie L. Diggs spoke at the Brooklyn Woman's Suffrage Society final meeting in New York. Diggs called for universal education and rights, arguing a man’s breath does not justify denying a ballot, while her paper, The Story of a Jan Vater, aligned with broader national suffrage arguments.
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City
New York
Brooklyn Woman's Suffrage Society
Carrie Chapman Catt
Annie L. Diggs
Kansan
Jan Vater
Tax on Liquor and Tobacco Revenue Plan
Mors Tax on Liquor and Tobacco proposes sharp rate hikes to boost revenue. He urges tobacco up to raise at least 15 million dollars, beer up 0 million, whisky up 15 million, tea and coffee taxed to yield 30 million annually. He claims combined changes could yield 90 million in income and a 40 million surplus, criticizing the McKinley bill and praising Cleveland's bond actions.
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Monsrvery
Michael D. Harter
Financial Department
United States
Cleveland
Mooney Kept In Chains At Reform School
William Mooney a 16 year old reform school student who had escaped with four others ten days earlier is kept in chains after being recaptured near Osawkee. The superintendent Rev Mr Howell objected to chaining but capitulated to officers demands to keep him chained to his bed at night and chair by day. Offenders recaptured incur a $5 payment to the officer who brings them back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mooney
Reform School
Young Mooney
Osawkee
Howell
Mooney
Saloons Closed in Chase County Shipping Back Wet Goods
In Chase County Kansas saloons and joints are closed as owners ship back their wet goods. County Attorney Dennis Madden has jailed two suspects from the case. one bailed and fled, the other held by his wife’s illness. Bishop Vincent to speak at a Ninde Circle event in Strong City. Two express robbers captured near Cripple Creek. Sheriff identifies Peter Barr and Jim Stewart as suspects in the Weiss-Fargo robbery.
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Chase County
Strove City
Kan
Dennis Madden
Chase County Jointists
Express
Leapville
Colo
Leslie
Weiss- Fargo Express
Cripple Creek
Peter Barr
Jim Stewart
Blind Fish Found in Stanncca New York Cave
Quarry workers in ve Stanncca New York uncover a limestone cave with greenish water containing eyeless fish that swim backward in circles. They propel themselves by tails and move like freshwater crabs. Several specimens were sent to the Pennsylvania fish commissioner.
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Ve Stanncca
N. Y
Pennsylvania Fish Commissioner
Booths Now Citizens Ballington Booth and Wife Abjure Britain
Ballington Booth of the Salvation Army and his wife have renounced British subjecthood and taken US allegiance in Hudson County Court House Jersey City Heights. The oath was administered by Judge Kenny.
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Ballington Booth
Great Britain
New York
Bllington Booth
The
Salvation Army
England
Hudson County Court House
Jersey City Heights
United States
Kenny
Seminary Trustees Defy Assembly Ban On Students
Charles Butler, president of the WILL NOT NOTICE IT. Causon Theological Seminary, says trustees will decide after a meeting whether to heed the assembly's boycott recommendation. He believes the ban will not affect their work and they will proceed along their established lines.
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Causon Theological Seminary
New York
Charles Butler
Board of Trustees
Union Theological Seminary
General Assembly
Assembly
Catholic Missionaries to Begin Street Work Here
Catholic missionaries under Bishop Horstmann plan a Catholic Salvation Army style street outreach in Creverann, beginning on street corners with meetings. An organization will form, extend to major cities, and several local clergy may resign to join the effort.
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Holic
Creverann
Salvation Army
Horstmann
Delivering the Bonds to Rothschild in London
W E Curtis, assistant secretary of the treasury, sails to Southampton aboard the New York to oversee the delivery at Rothschilds bank in London of 30 million dollars in United States bonds. The bonds were allotted to the Morgan Belmont syndicate under February contract. The shipment is scheduled to depart on a later date.
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W. E. Curtis
Calve Signs With Abbey and Gran for Next Season
Emma Calve signs with Abbey Schoeffel and Gran to appear in 60 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House next season. She will also take part in novelties including Boito Mephistopheles, Massenet Cid, and La Navarraise. A ground clearing service is planned by Second Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 p.m. on the corner of Third and Quincy streets with prayers songs and talks led by Rev. Barker Skinner and others.
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America
Abbey
Grau
New York
Mila
Emma Calve
Messra Abbey
Schoeffel
Metropolitan Opera House
Mile
Calve
Boito
Wil
Gran
Costa Rica Ready to Resist Nicaragua War Threat
A World dispatch from San Jose says Nicaragua provokes Costa Rica with ceased communications and frontier telegraphing. President Iglesias plans defense but will not mobilize unless forced. Cabinet insists they can whip Nicaragua if war comes, with better troops and arms.
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Costa Rica
New York
San Jose
Nicaragua
Nicareagua
Iglesias
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North Side
Shorey
M. E
J. R Madison
Glendenning
W. B Hutchinson
W. Byota
van Neye
Blue Fest
Post Hall
C F. Washburn
E. J. Washburn
Grace
Ona Miller
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Ethel Galloway
Mabel Stump
Hazel Miller
Evelyn Miller
Della Gelagia
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Kay Zarker
Clarence Tiinl
Wayne Smith
George Chamberlain
Leland Chamberlain
Kari Tew
Loyd Tew
Kaw
Daisy Girl
Lisa Pisley
Edna Parkhurst
George W. Currier
EC Brennan
Kelly
Kangae Avenue
Kaw Bridge
Frank Neiewander
Topeka Bucket Shop
Lara
Paris
Journal Des Debats
France
Annie Diggs
Lorillard’s
Vincent
Ninde Chautauqua Circle
John H. Vincent
Ninde Circle
Ansas
Revere
Phosphi
Bragen
Sixth and
Quincy Streets
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