Excursions Santa Fe Route Offers Wide Travel Reach
Home seekers' excursion to Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Idaho, Arkansas, Louisiana and southwest Missouri. One fare plus $2.00 for round trip, sale October 9, valid twenty days. Santa Fe route ads and notices mention daily readership in Topeka paper. Also includes a block promoting De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve with testimonials and use for burns and sores.
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Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Arizons
Idaho
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Ticketa
Jovenor
Topeka
de Witt
Euzel
J. EK. Jones
Chae Rogers
Bay City
Mich
Nazel
J. K Jones
Checking the Babies and Creche-Maid Theater Trend
New York theaters experiment with in-house creches for unattended infants during vaudeville shows. Mothers deposit infants with a check system while they watch performances, aided by paid maids who soothe children in a dedicated room, preserving audience comfort and continuous entertainment. The note contrasts earlier methods and cites Detroit Free Press on evolving theater practices.
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New York City
Toon
Eluren P. Ui
Bnt
Maida
Kturs
W Bagaloft
Detroit Free Press
Girl Pilot Elise Polhemus Brings Ships to San Diego Harbor
Elise Polhemus, a San Diego harbor pilot in training, handles vessels with local knowledge and may soon receive a full pilot certificate from the California board. Her early success includes guiding a 3,000 ton collier clear of a shoal while the captain hesitated, prompting praise from coast pilots. Fees upon certification could reach five dollars per foot of draft plus four cents per ton.
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Elise Polhorus
San Diego
Elizabeth Polherius
California Board of Pilot Commissioners
Miss Polhents
Daugh
Zuning
Polhemus
English
Brilliant Military Career of General Ruger to Succeed Miles
General Thomas Howard Ruger, slated to lead the Missouri department from Chicago as Miles moves to New York, is noted for wide experience and notable Civil War and postwar commands including South Carolina in 1876 77 and West Point administration 1871 1876. Born Lima Ohio April 2 1832, he graduated West Point 1854 and practiced law in Jamesville before the Civil War. June
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Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Branklin
Tera
Georgia
South
Fort Asiniboia
Helena
Mon
Fort Leavenworth
Missouri
Dakota
California
Pine Ridge
Califournia
Department of the Missouri
Ruger
Schofield
Miles
New York
Thomas Howard Ruger
Nelson A. Miles
Chicago
South Carolina
West Point Military Academy
Lima
West Point
New Orleans
Jamesville
Wis
The Chinese in America and the War Spirit
A Mississippi planter recalls Civil War views and discusses Chinese migrants. He portrays Chinamen as ubiquitous in the East Indies and America, describes their roles from shopkeeping to farming and medicine, and notes frequent homeward returns with foreign wives while Chinese women rarely accompany them. Dated xenophobic reflections are presented as part of a past era.
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East Indies
Snd
China
Iguana Snake Killers Described by Traveler
A traveler recounts iguanas hunting snakes in South America. The large lizard is a swift, powerful predator, capable of overpowering serpents with rapid tail blows and quick pursuit. A humorous anecdote of an iguana attacking a trailing lasso highlights its hatred for snakes. Also mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers promoting headache relief. Prescott & Co. relocate to 118 West Eighth Street.
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South America
de Witt
J. K. Jones
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Ayer
Kansas City
St Joseph
ST. Louis
Omaha
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Atlantic Coast
Wew
York
Philadelphia
Boston
North
East
D. ©. Ives
Ral
St. Lenin
Galtona
Bowes
Tien
Lou
James Charlto Enecal Favsinger
Axent
Tll
Birney
Roe
Drum State
Charles Worrall
Kansas Avenue
Ox Children
Surunda
Wethersi
Academy
Santa FE
Europe
France
Louis XII of
Franes
Absburg
Warnet
Theaticr
Setes Een
Pama
Sus
Littre
Hyrti
Tentlemen
Hyrtl
Lord Coleridge
Oxford
Wiebica
Heturn
R. L. Cofran
Topeka, Kansas
E. H Woolger
Mgr
Jackson St
The
Topeka School
Asonic
Ida Gertrude Russell
Prescott & Co
West
Eighth Street
Hiram Huse
Elmwood
Willow Ave
Potwin Place
Sepeke
Eansts
Wen
Topeka Transfer Company
Sanhas Avie Tele
F. P. Bacon
Arthur Massay
West Fifth Street
Topeak Marsey
Elauer
Ean. Ave. Tepek
J.K. Jones
Drugeist
Bransab
Jackson strest,Proprietors
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