Topeka Society Social Notes and Outings
Mrs. Roslin Nichols hosted an informal dinner for Mr Nichols birthday with guests including Remmington Meade Bright and Whitton at Vinewood. Miss Short’s Junior Atlantean club met for an afternoon at her Clay Street home with Timblés and refreshments. Numerous locals travel plans and social visits are noted, including stays in Colorado Texas and Kansas City. several names and trips recur.
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May Short
Clay Bifeet
el- Stotts
Charles Cooper
Charles Melintock
Albert Rosen
M. Macferran
Sargent
Atic Watera
Mim Fe Waters
Helen Curry
Mies McFarland
Lillian McFarland
Mary Norton
Edwin Lang
Colorado
Sind
Tasas City
Truberta Wasson
Salt
Tim
Geo
Bushnell
AL A Heodeers
Grimes
Meilie
Travis
Sr BB Cine
Cinco Prost
Galesboro
Ohio
Stussell Frost
Esther
Bauch
Edna Hauch
Kansas City
T. Mason
Tuchio
Albert Worder
W. Wick
Milo Stoo
Lawrence
K. T
Charlie Moon
Lar Dasie
Int
Review of Trade Shows Mixed Clearings and Strong Rail Earnings
New York Sept 1 Bradstreet notes small bank clearings yet heavy railroad earnings as distributive trade rises into the vacation season. Demand strengthens in seeds clothing wheat hardware while iron and steel show improved tone and volume though prices stay firm briefly. Copper remains export‑driven and tin slides. overall trade upbeat but finished material markets still cautious.
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Review OF Trade
York
Bradetreet
Iska
Pri- Ruiey
Trade scene shows mixed demand across metals and wool
The week reports varied steel and iron activity with exports steady for bars shapes and plates while cotton goods demand slows. Prices stay near lows as mills run ahead on orders and copper and iron trade show cautious gains. Wool prices hold firm amid government contracts. pasture figures dip slightly from last year.
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Catia
Chicago
Digherie
HG. Dun & Co
Prise “Anetector Toe Ik Coe
Cumberland
Indiana
New Crucible Steel Company
Reading Company
Bessemer Pig
Pittsburg
Western Stove
Streely
Cleveland
Mt Connellsville
Bostom
United States
Canada
News of the Week highlights and scattered items
Telegraphed digest notes Japan troop movements and a U S gunboat. The Grand Army of the Republic opens its Chicago encampment with veterans and parade. A deadly Gilman county clash leaves two dead, six wounded, house burned in a revolt between constables and arrestees. Tornadoes hit Sedalia Missouri causing heavy damage. Persia’s shahs and political upheaval feature in overseas notes. Adlai Stevenson nominated by the Populists. Kentucky and South Carolina political shifts reported. Fires destroy there. Alaska and Canadian border tensions noted. Major colonel election results in St Louis. Prohibition touring candidates plan long speaking circuit. ChineseBoxers and boxers alleged massacres echo amid global unrest. American Bar Association holds annual session. Saratoga fire damage reported.
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Japan
United States
Grand National Army of the Republic
Chicago
Olivier
Gilman
Sedatia
Supreme Lodge
Prise Ring
Husela
S.hi
Chicago Packers
Grand Army
Persia
Adlai E Stevenson
Chas
Everal Buller
Bergendal
Sheets
Kentucky Igislature
Tilman
South Carsiemia
Pextn
Humbert
Atestat
American Bar Association
Saratoga
Rae
Tipton
Wren
Great Stive Lake
Amoy
Neste
National Association of Local Fire
Taur
Spee
Imawuat
Kmetitan Bae East
Taotal
Agieilent Eruyer
Nead
Barnett
McCoy
Duan
Afiry of the Republic
Geer
China
Sar Pree
The Kimball Piano Gains Citywide Fame
Seven years after starting from a Kansas Avenue office Culley built a Kimball piano empire. He now operates many salespeople and doubles his inventory, selling as many pianos in the first half of 1900 as all of 1899. The Kimball piano is praised by artists and deeply praised in Kansas.
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Culley
Kansas Avenue
Kansas
Unclear historical notice of local events and incidents
Fragmentary report notes C P Huntington succession, tax sale changes, rail and depot incidents, library expansion, and political notices. Mentions Rock Island railroad passenger agent, prohibition enforcement appeal, Topeka events, a minister's death, and a mayoral police resignation request amid broader county and state politics.
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Mitten
Magew
Clay County
Harris
Vietal J. W. Thompson
Rock Island
Colorado
Missouri River
Reeseige
Tearin
Shwna
Rence & Endale
Republican County
Wakarusa
Topeka
Yionoer Raeterretee
Drew
Ramaey
L. L. Dyche
Feets
Grubbs
Man Eater Shark Battle Aboard Atlantic City Boat
Morris Johnson of St Louis and an unnamed companion fought a giant man eating shark in the Thoroughfare near Atlantic City. The fight lasted about an hour as the shark pulled the boat and bit through the line before fishermen helped Johnson regain control. The creature was described as the largest shark caught in the area.
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St Louis
Atlantic City
N. J
St. Louis
Morris Johnson
Johnson
Johnnson
White Johnson
Johnson Wise
Sip
Watera
Shot Tower Goes One Of The Oldest City Structures
The old shot tower at Fifteenth and Quincy streets, repaired and torn down, carried legends of rounds fired by settlers and Indians. Built in the 1860s as a residence, it became a colorful slum and rough resort. A murder over a five cent craps game led to a conviction, after police captured the killer in a rear alley. The tower housed a tavern, a joint, and dangerous stairs, with frequent night gunshots in South Topeka.
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Fifteenth and
Quincy Streets
Helms
Jackson
George Dinworthy
Dinworthy
Donovan
Charles Barry
Topeki
Ile Bie
South Topeka
Myths vs Fact About the Shot Tower Legend
A writer debunks the tale of a shot tower besieged by Indians and fired upon during defense. The piece notes the structure never was a shot tower, misnamed after a southern tower, as a Jackson man and a Beek agent advertise a Homeseekers Excursion with round trip fares to Arkansas and other western states.
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United States
Jackson
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Mrs. Nichols
Vinewood
Skinner
Miss Short
Junior
Thimbles
Addie Ey
Anne Obert
Iss Katherineleishman
Agnes Gunther
Hessle Elder
Paul Palmer
George Alien
Batenin Guerard
Sam Fleishman
Walter McLaughlin
Bob Stewart
Gars
William E. Branstrup
Indianapolis
Paul
Ahs
Mary E. Stewart
eSay
Atkhn Nicholson
Misa
Olive Lewis
Coune Groves
Bry
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Kimball Piano
T. P. Culley
Kimball
C. P. Huntington
Pabhc
Homeseekers’ Excursion
Arkansas
Arizona
Indian Territory
Loulaisna
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Chaney & Morton
John Watts
the State Journal
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