Local notes mix of politics and events at Topeka
Community snapshot lists school board meeting Monday night. Topeka notes report police sworn in for duty. Osage coal barons seek soft coal price, and Santa Fe time card takes effect after election. Basketball games featuring Santa Fe, High School and local teams teased along with temperance, religious and civic notices in January.
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Leland Hee
Donipkan
Goat House
wPrase
Toric
Safa
Biate Temperance Union
Wopeks
Pane
Senta Fe
High Schoul
Crawford
United Presbyterian
Bulla A
PB. Ee
Church of Spiritualism
Tanvoin Post Hall
MGA
Pisk
Siannaitan
Kansas Avenue
Grape Nuts Praised by Plattemouth Reader
A letter from Plattsmouth Nebraska describes a transition from white bread and coffee to Grape-Nuts. The writer reports improved strength and mental clarity after three months, noting weight gain and a belief that Grape-Nuts supplies more nourishment than any food previously used.
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Familly
Police Note Reading At Municipal Union Meeting
Local report shows Chief of Police F. B. Studt to read a paper at the Arinis terial Union meeting Monday at 10. There was no police court session Friday as police have halted arrests of folntiste. Also mentions meetings, theater plans, street paving in Potwin, tax receipt changes, and multiple local civic notes.
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Crawford
F. BM
Tatler Grubbs
All Souls
Church of the Assumption
Epworth League of the First
M_ EB
Topeka
Shawnee County
Cole
Sixth Street
Milton Player
Chicsco
California
Republican County Central
Police Baffled by Bee Long Murders in Australia
Vancouver reports bafflement as Australian police chase two outlaw killers Jimmy and Joe Governor, half-breeds, tied to seven months of murders within one hundred miles of Sydney. They have killed two officers and a woman. a New South Wales proclamation declares them outlaws to permit capture by any means.
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Vancouver
B. C
Jimmy
Joe
Uren
Chilef Justice of
New South Wales
Forgery charge and suicide attempt in Tombs arrest reported
Charles F. Jones, secretary of the interin Mersh Rice, and others arrested on forgery charges and an attempted suicide by cutting his throat in the Tombs. Jones reportedly passed a comfortable night and his mental state denied as unbalanced at the hospital with mind clear.
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New York
Charles F. Jones
Interin
Mersh Rice
Jones
Ft le
British Losses and October War Summary in London
London reports October losses by British forces amounting to 167 killed in action and 22 died of accidents or disease, with ongoing Boer activity. Lord Roberts plans return with staff, while Cape Town readies refugees for Johannesburg and Bloemfontein hosts 7000 garrison. Daily Express claims Boer resistance may extend six months, but informed sources dispute it.
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London
Roberta
England
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Reddersburg
Pretoria
Kettyfontein
Knox
Dewet
Parys
The
Daily Express
Lord Roberts
Car Leaves Track In Mud After Defective Joint Incident
A street railway car from St Louis derailed near Morris Avenue and slid into mud after a defective joint. Passengers, including colored women with children and white women and men, were trapped at the front of the car but extricated and walked the remainder of the journey home. Also, in Venice Don Carlos said the Spain rising counters his orders and will hinder his bid for the throne.
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St. Louis
Street Railway Company
Morris Mavenue
Carlos
Venice
Don Carlos
Spain
Ayer's Pills Sold by J C Avex Company in Lowell
A brief note promoting Ayer's Pills from the J C Avex Company Practical Chemists based in Lowell Massachusetts. The ad urges readers to eat what they like and take the pills, implying health benefits.
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Ayer's Pills
J. C. Avex Company, Practical Chemists
Lowell
Mas
An Irish Cake Walk at The Ivy Leaf
The Ivy Leaf staging blends Kerry dance and cake walk with Irish melodrama. Nel O Callaghan as Darby Flynn and Virginia Clay as Collice O'Brien provide moments of life amid weaker dialogue. Special scenery centers on the eagle crossing the stage and John W Hogan’s Irish piping drawing applause.
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Afghanistan
Cork
Galway
Tittle Narine
Marty Kerrigan
Crawford
Shakespeare
Popeia
Puck
Titania
James Kidder
Ivy Lest
Nel O'Callaghan
Darby Fiyne
Edwin Hanford
Virginia Clay
Collice O'Brien
Norine
Ivy Tower
Marty
John W Hogan
Miss Hart
Mr. Hanford
Mr. O'Callaghan
Dancers Talk as Ladies Plan Twentieth Century Inaugural Fete
Dancers and committee members meet at the Commercial club to plan the Twentieth Century Inaugural Fete. Major Tom Anderson as Father Time will ring in the new year by striking the old bell twelve times at midnight. Costume questions, pricing for seats, and a pantomime inspired by Longfellow are discussed as organizers push toward a grand, American themed ball in Topeka.
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Commercial Club
Iea
E& Enterprise
George W. Crane
Syark Ae
Tom Anderson
Henry Toby
Longfeliow
Miles Standish
Colonel Hughes
Virginia
Ellen Parkers
Biss Dna Crane
Executive Committee
America
Crane
Topeka
John
Waters
A. H. Quinton
Major Anderson
Edward Wilder
Fighting in China on Shan Li Frontier
A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch dated October 28 describes heavy fighting in the Shan Li frontier mountains. An Anglo German force of 1500 led by Col Von Norman stormed Teching Kune pass, faced a strong Chinese position, and endured enfilading fire as British Bengal cavalry and mounted sappers dismounted and maneuvered to turn the enemy, relieving the Germans.
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London
Pall Mall
Schow
Shan Li
von Norman
Teching Kune
von Forresteer
Steamboat HN Chy Sinks After Hidden Obstruction
The HN Chy steamer of the Hill City line sank in Tennessee Chute near St Louis while traveling to Rose Orleanes. Fourteen passengers and crew reached shore safely as the lower deck flooded. preparations to raise the vessel proceed. Plague in Glasgow considered suppressed as the last patient is discharged from hospital.
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Memphis
Tenn
HN Chy
Hill City Steamboat Company
St Louis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Tennessee
HM City
Rose Orlane
Bete Patt
Yachs
Achenbach Denies Free Silver Charge in Clay Center
In Clay Center Kansas the postmaster H C Achenbach denies a Populist claim he favors free silver at 16 to 1. He and allies protest that the accusation is baseless and unjust, stating he is in full accord with the party on all questions.
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Slay Center
Clay Center
Kansas
H.C. Achenbach
Eourt
Bryantun
McKinley
Achenbach
Real estate transfers range across city blocks and alleys
Rosa B Gardner and husband to Lou isa A-Porter 11000 part southwest quarter 31-12-17 Chas J Holman and wife to A T Batchelder assignee 1 part southwest quarter tal y dard and wife to the City Real Estate Trust Co 1 late 146 Twies avenue John Norton's second addition 170 7E 4 6 3 and 50 street Middaughs second station Louisa A Porter Bde to Roma B Gardner 1009 lot 46 and north half Topeka avenue Walnut Grove sub Steines Oscar D Wolf et al to R G Merrick N75 south all lot 471 Harrison street Huntoons addition Jobs T Mulvane and wife to the Chiua Wolf Packing company Liam and oth-
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Rosa B Gardner
Louisa A-Porter
Chas. J. Holman
A. T. Batchelder
Tal Y Dard
Trunt Co
Twies Avenue
John Norton
Middaugh
Louisa A. Porter
Roma ‘B. Gacaner
Topeka Avenue
Walnut Grove
Oscar D. Wolf
R. G. Merrick
Harrison Street
Huntoon
Jobs T Mulvane
Chua
Wolf Packing Company
Liam and
Oth
Daylight Ride Promises Comfort and Cures for Ills
An old fragment advertises a daylight railway trip from Buffalo to New York via Lehigh Valley Railroad touted as the most pleasant journey with every comfort, claiming cures for croup throat and pulmonary troubles. Other garbled names and phrases reference property, debt, and distant transactions without clear context.
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Buffalo
New York
Lehigh Valley
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