Music Lovers Attend Complimentary Topeka Benefit
A Topeka audience filled the auditorium last night for a concert honoring Miss Karolyn B. Whittlesey, a renowned local music teacher. Despite years of illness she remained active, with friends organizing the event to show support. performances by Dalton, Pribble, Sha, Moore, Briggs, Powers, Parkhurst and others drew praise and enduring appreciation from a musical crowd.
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Karolyn B. Whittlesey
Topeka
Miss Whittlesey
Nevin
Quartette
Dus E Dalton
Harry Pribble
W. M. Sha
James Moore
Kentucky
John Kleinhans
Israel
Elijah
Harold Stewart Briggs
Nist
Francis Ischer Powers
MacDowell
Jensen
Chopin
Excelsior
George W. Parkhurst
Damon
Fischer Powers
Trades Council Meeting Opens Building Trades Unions
A gathering of building trades unions is planned for ten Welock Bundy morning at 0 Kansas avenue to organize a trades council. The temporary body was made permanent with officers including President C.K Behulte and Vice President WF Booth. Delegates will attend union meetings and a committee on law and trades rules was appointed. A concert by Marshall's Band is scheduled for Garfield park tomorrow at 3 PM.
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Kansas Avenue
Federal
Cee Prius
Evenine
Eas
Wenhiie
of Deer Ae
Previngnt
C.K Behulte
WF Booth
J. 13
Wesley
R.A. Moulton
Charson Nonemaker
J. M. Jones
Eat
Garter
C.F Teall
Gelewates
Trades Council
V. Bu
Street clash over teams for sanitation work in city
Street Commissioner Griggs and City Physician Judd clash again over use of street force teams for sanitation. Vanderpool reports alleys between Quincy and Jackson streets need cleaning. Griggs refuses, saying sanitary work is not street department duty. Mayor Parker hints Griggs should comply, but Griggs insists the sanitary department must do its own work.
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Press
Judd
Griggs
Vanderpool
Quincy
Jackson Streets
Health Department
Parker
Griges
Sanitary Department
Pyramids Fraternal Insurance Heads to Denver Meeting
The Topena allegation route meeting of the supreme lodge of the Ancient Order of Pyramids will depart Denver on Sunday September 9. The fraternal organization, active in 12 states, has grown about 70 percent in two years under new leadership. Leaders include Judge EB Prost royal prophet H S Landis royal scribe and Dr L A Ryder royal medical director. A special Kansas City train will transport delegates to the royal temple gathering.
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Supreme Lodge of the
Ancient Order of Pyramids
Denver
Pyramids
Topeka
Kansas City
E. 8
McClintock
McClintocks
A.M. Harvey
Law Committee
W. W. Harvey
Cheops Council
Ko Rogers
Fletcher Lang
Royal
L. A. Ryder
Royal Medical
Royal Temple
Rally for Independent candidates at Cumberland church
Large attendance and enthusiasm marked a rally for Independents seeking sheriff and county attorney posts at Cumberland Presbyterian church on Potwin’s edge. Speakers included Frank Stahl and L A Stebbins. the event bolsters Stahl and Stebbins in the Sixth ward. Independent Brewery fire destroys Canal and Walnut plant. early today damage totals near 1000 dollars. insurance coverage noted.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cumberland
Potwin
Stahl
Stebbins
T. M. Davis
Frank Stahl
L A. Stebbins
Independent Brewery
Cincinnati
Independent Brewery Company
Canal and
Walnut Streets
Charles Jennings
Charles Bonet
City Attorney Chooses City Duty Over District Plea
Spencer, the city attorney, faces a conflict in the Fourth ward benefit district dispute over Second and Third street improvements and a ten per jot tax. He defends the city’s position, notes the council’s boundary choices, and explains that courts likely will not overturn the process or alter the contract with landowners, predicting only a possible reappraisal and higher tax on properties nearest the planned open streets.
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Spencer
Fourth Ward
Spencer Lieee
Mr. Spencer
Mayor rejects beer sales at state fair grounds
A State Journal reporter asked Mayor Parker about beer sales at the state fair next week. The mayor said management would not be foolish enough to grant a beer permit openly and would avoid any obvious approval. He warned that any permit would be hard to detect and politically bad.
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The
State Journal
Parker
Sidewalk tax list tangled by inspector errors
County Treasurer Philips cannot verify the long list of sidewalk repair assessments. The list, drawn under Street Commissioner Snyder, was poorly entered by Sidewalk Inspector Bickell, with many lots combined and costs aggregated. Ground cracks from a dry season caused repairs. the tangled stub book now hides which repairs belong to which property, risking city revenue. Street Commissioner Grizey will report inability to resolve the mess. Lived 107 years. Santa Monica, Cal. Martin Ruiz, …
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Philips
Snyder
Bickell Tt
Grizey
Local News Snapshots From Topeka And Nearby
Topeka items report varied notes from civic and social life including a divorce filing by Ellen Douglass amid threats, court terms in Wichita, athletic and academic appointments, and upcoming events such as a Derby Day and Pain’s Pompeii tour. Other entries cover hospitalizations, fire loss near Menoken, street committee debates, and hiring needs in restaurants as fair week nears.
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Wienaerhs
Gsrarmant
Ruth Collins
Lakeratveraty
Milix
Wasnburn
Wellington
Marion Bissell
Street
Kansas Avenue
Rheumonia
Ellen M. Douglass
Edwin E. Douglass
Federal Court
Wichita
J. F. Reisner
Topeka
Baker University
Salins
Henry T. March
The
Maccabres
Hays City
Albert T. Reid
Llewellyn Reid
F. G. Mitchell
Arizona
Cooley
Popeka
Pittsburg
Boston
Roosevelt
Judge Horton
A Rm of Wiegener, Horton & Orr
William Helser
East Second Street
Stormont Hospital
Dusty Miller
Kansas City Blue
Peoria
P. Price
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
J. D. Knox
Charles Samson
Kansas Exposition
Capt.Wilcox
State House
Emporia
Wilcox
Emporia Company
Low
Pouraday
Pain
Pompeii
New York
Kansas City
W. F. Ryans
St. Louis
Rock Island
State Railroad
A. M. Coleman
Menoken
Walter Coleman
Degree of Honor Lodge No. 7
Nece
Smith Street
Free Employment Agency
Asman
Council
Upor
Discovery at the Right Moment Nick of Time
Mrs Fannie Hall of Orieana New York, invalid for over ten years, with chronic diarrhea and poor nourishment, credits Grape-Nuts with a life change. After starting the product she reports weight gain from 115 to 135 pounds, improved health, and family use of the cereal for dessert with cream.
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Nick
Fannie Hall
Orieana
N.Y
City Attorney Finds Franchise Ordinance Defective
The city attorney on file notes the franchise ordinance is defective. Attorney Adrian Sherman representing the company says he is willing to delay, and the proposed franchise may be dead. Also listed are several Kansas City hotel registrants from Topeka and other cities, plus various brief notices about lawsuits and public affairs including a $75,000 damages suit under Sherman anti trust law and a public funeral in Berlin for Prof. Virchow.
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Adrian Sherman
Topeka and
Kansas
Kansas City
W. F. Evans
Topeka
Wilcox
Arkansas City
C. H Luling
Wichita
W. Morcis
Cawego
R. Hite
G. G. Benton
J. R. Miller
Dodge City
E. Beden
Winfield
H Smith
W. M. Prince
Clay ‘Center
Ward
Raisin Trust
Gued
San Francisco
United States
United States Consolidated Raisin Company
New York
Pacific Coast
Roosevelts Accident Sparks Outcry Over Traffic Rules
A London dispatch cited by the Tribune says President Roosevelt’s accident intensifies nationwide protests against weak motor traffic regulation. Police efforts are mocked by sensationalist press, and U S public anger grows as reports from Slavonics reference indeterminate turmoil amid Croat tensions and official responses.
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New York
Roosevelt
Cays
London
Tribune
Unknown fragment hints at Vit Golsenao and Routing Sie
A fragmentary notice references Vit Golsenao and Routing Sie in an unfinished report. Details are obscured, leaving ambiguous names and aims.
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Olorado Speman
Cole
Bae Copsevete
Lodar
Seniea
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Garfield Park
Marshall
Topsks
Order of Pyramids Meeting
Stahl and
Thomas
Santa Monica
Cal
Martin Ruiz
Columbus Buggy CO
Stanhopes
Surreys
National Electric Automobile
Hamilton Hall
Quincy Street
Warner & Potter
Virchow
Berlin
Prof
Iam
Madden
John E. Madden Chase Schorr
Washington
Newport News
Philadelphia
Norfolk
U. S
Ea Ae
Chicago
Otto
Martin Duty Bard
Alvin C. Bhu Berch
California
Levern R Te
FAT
E. W. Thompson
T.A
Kans
West Fifth Street
Jackson ST
E. G. Kinley
McCormick & Peake
Phewe
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