New Rock Island Time Card Completed Prompts Change
The Rock Island time card is updated with few changes, effective Sunday at noon September 14. Trains through the city see altered arrival and departure times, including Topeka and McFarland connections, with further adjustments planned as Rock Island officials review the new schedule.
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New Rock Island
Fock Island
Kumies City
PL Worth
Bengym
Whia
McFarland
Colorado Springs
Mc. Worth
Ft. Worth
Kansas
McFarlans
St. Joe
Horton and Topeka
Thin City
Topeka
Horton and St. Joe
Rock Island
Chicago
City
Fort Worth
Horton's Rock Island staff notes show personnel moves
News from Horton reports shifts among Rock Island employees including Bishop as general foreman, engineering staff changes, and transfers. It notes engagements with divisions, vacation returns, a routine card update for the eastern division effective September 13, and resignations of staff such as Harry Hreba who moves to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Bishop
Horton
Lew le Morrissin
Royalcs
Ben
Diviein
Kiembrte
W. H. Ransom
Gut Rates on Grapes and River Tariffs
A fragmented report outlines proposed grape transport rates by AML Western Tends cutting prices from Chicago to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. It notes old rates around 45 to 48 cents, and mentions disputes and proposals to adjust tariffs to affect western routes.
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AML
Chicacs
Missianippi
Mis- Bout
Mixsouri
Minalesippi
Che Mts
Fock Alend Sen
North Topeka Social Notes And Obituary Aids
In North Topeka many residents send news of travels visits and transfers. Cramer returns from Kansas City while Walter Polturst heads to Watmese for a brief visit. Mrs Winslow May Albright and Leora Morrow travel for visits and business. Miss Falley of Silver Lake visits Minnie Nyhart. Walter Skinner plans a Colorado return. Rudy couple and Alice set off for Davenport Louisiana indefinitely. Claud Shields and Jodie Platt visit Winchester Kansas. Leora Morrow back from St. Louis. Thirty four Baptist juniors receive Christ in Culture club exam certificates. Burial of Sadie Whitney, 2 year old daughter of O F and Mrs Whitney, follows membranous croup death with Episcopal burial rites at Grantville. Little Sudie, bright infant of the Church of the Good Shepherd, remembered by Sunday school friends.
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The
State Journal
Stead
Ue Kimball Printing Co
Kansas Avenue
N. A
Bloomington
D. Winslow
Prairie Home
Emme Falley
Minnie Nyhart
Walter Skinner
Colorado
E Rudy
Alice Rudy
Davenport
Claud Shields
Jodie Platt
Winchester
Kam
Leora Morrow
St. Louis
Alamont
Visi
Baptist Church
Lite Sadie
O. F. Whitney
Grantville
Irvine Todd
Tescher
Church of the Good Shepherd
Death of Belle Emmons
Belle Emmons aged ten or eleven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Emmons, died at their home eleven miles southeast of the city last night from diphtheria. Funeral services were held this morning amid an ongoing diphtheria outbreak in the area with three cases reported in the Emmons neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Emmons
Edward Emmons
Emmons
Fall Festival News Seeks 60 More Girls for Parade
Hudson's hall hosted a meeting for 250 participating girls with 60 additional volunteers sought. Girls will wear white, red, or blue dresses costing 40 cents, forming the American flag in a moral parade. All participants must attend Harrison Street festival events Tuesday at 6:30 PM.
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Hudson's Hall
Harrison Street
Flower Festival Ball at Hamilton Hall Tonight
The fall festival parade committee will meet this afternoon at Hamilton Hall and hold a gala Friday evening to benefit the parade. Tickets are $1.50, with music by Crat shall’s Military band and Gonnly's band plus mandolin club and other acts. Decoration and floor committees are named, and tickets available at Gray stores Eagle Curry's and Charles S. Bagie's or from committee ladies.
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Ways and Means
Ed Curry
W. J. Bure
W. A Morton
Bob Lewis
Gaorge
Wgrane
W. W. Webb
George M. Hagie
S. Sutton
Charles S. Eagle
Thomas A. Clements
Frank S. Davin
T. J. Hing
Gray
Eagle & Curry's
Charles S. Bagie’s
The Girls Brigade Drills Ahead With Captain Stover
The high School girls have formed a Girls Brigade and will begin drilling this afternoon led by Captain S. Stover, assistant secretary of state. About three companies of 60 will parade during Festival week, with a brigaded unit from the north side invited to join. The group, ages 4 to 18, will wear a not-yet-decided uniform and hold its first drill in Representative Hall this afternoon. Rev. M. McKirehen organized the brigade. Maud Shearer presides, Grace Dauchy is vice president, White is secretary, and Carry Grattan is treasurer.
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Stover
Ee Girie
Anythoise
S. Stover
Representative Hall
M. ¥. McKirehen
Maud Shearer
Queen of the Festival Money Dispute Decides Topeka Club
The Topeka club will fund the Nora festival Queen selection while giving young ladies charge of the feature. A meeting is set with the committee and Dr Guibor at 2 PM to discuss details. The club also pledges funds to the Topeka and Kansas Neat to start work promptly and two Moats will join the dragon parade Thursday.
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Nora
Topeka
Carmittes
Olul
Im. Galber
Guibor
Kansas
Labor Day Programme Delayed by Trades Assembly
The Trades Assembly has not finished its Miniday Labor Day programme for Festival week. Invitations were sent to mining interests and laboring men of Kansté to join the September 25 Labor Day parade and exercises. A sports committee is named with W. H. Culp J. L. Brown and F. F. Carr assisting Will Haskell for fall events. Mr Haskell will meet with Noble & Merriam tonight to discuss festival success.
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Trades Assembly
Topeke
Kansté
W. H. Culp
J. L. Brown
F. F. Carr
Pitteen
Will Haskell
Haskell
Noble & Merriam
Appellate Court Delegates Named By Democratic Committee
Democratic county central committee met Saturday afternoon and elected delegates to the appellate court convention in Topeka on September 26. Delegates include Henry M. Steele, S. B. Tienhart, W. C. Hercules, J. T. Ward, J. A. Stebbins, C. B. Lone, H. C. Fraser. The committee also fixed September 19 for the county convention and announced a caucus for September 17 from eight to ten p.m. to elect delegates. Ladies shirt waists laundered to prevent color fade by Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 West.
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Democratic County Central
Appellate Court
Topeka
Henry M. Steele
B. Tienihart
W. C Hercules
J.T. Ward
J. A Stebbins
C. B. Lone
H.C. Fraser
Topeka News Snapshots Highlight Local Events
In Topeka various happenings are noted including Bethany College activities, St Marys speech by A M Harvey, large attendance at a concert, roadwork on Copeland front, Elkhorn Dancing Club plans, city council meeting tonight, and the Ex-Slaves Pension association set for September 21 in Topeka. Also mentioned are Minsterial Union meetings, Labor Day closings, hunting trips, and upcoming theatre events at the Grand with plans to bring notable actors to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany College
A.M. Harvey
St. Marys
Copeland
Elkhorn Dancing Club
Ex-Slaves’ Pension Association
Topeka
Joe Waters
Topeka Academy of Medicine and Surgery
C. S. Sutton
Goodno
Washburn College
Onto State University
C. B. Caswell
Houston
Tex
MCA
Mutshall's
Mr. Howard
A. C. McKitrick
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lab
Kansas First Crop
McKinley Club
Eighth and
Kansas Avenue
Westher
Jennings
Uren
Polk
Samuel L. McAtee
Polle College
Northwestern Karens Log Ftoning Association
Modern Woodmen
Lawrence
Bismarck Grove
Olrdy Tracey
North
Harrison Street
John Collins
Will Reed
Wilkie Cinck
Davies
Edith Davis
Daisy Starr
Topela
State University
Lawrence Ubix Fell
Marshall
van Ness
Charles Frohman
Empire Theater Stock Company
Viola Allen
William Feversham
New York
Harry Palmer
Seventeenth Street
Polles Station
Chy
Mitchell
Br. A
S20
Monroe Street
Becne
Tur Elder
Tennessee
Bret Harte
Scott Mar Bie
Sayu
Marstill
Birds and Train Describe Real Scene in Park Piece
A descriptive piece notes a large flock of black birds over the park as a freight train passes. The event is framed as the first use of real birds and a real train in the work, with coaching by Fally He.
Police Break Up Single Tax Meeting in Madison Square
Police from West Thirtieth Street halted the Bryan and Sewall single taxers gathering in front of Dr Charles H Parkhurst church at Madison Avenue and Twenty fourth Street. The obstruction occurred around 10 pm as Lessing editor of Wall Street Financial News spoke. Club officials said residents filed a complaint and officials promised to close the meeting at 6 pm for the last three years. The group had met nightly, with organizers blaming the Metropolitan Life building nearby, while police said they only followed orders from superiors and urged a quiet departure.
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Madison Square
New York
Bent
Chapman
Ite
Harley
M. Miler
Campaten Club
Manhattan Singie Tax Club
Bryan and Sewall
Republican Naonal Committee
Metropolitan Life Allan
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Hy Clay Miser
Twenty-fourth Street
Madison Avenue
Leswing
Lessingalzb
Weary Walker Onc e More
John Garvey once a famed Astor hobo who found an open door at John J. Astor’s house and woke in the millionaire’s bed. He drifted from prince of tramps to dock worker then back to a tramp after losing his patent leathers and high hat.
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New York
John Garvey
Astor
John Jaco
Ti Hong
Burt
Caate
Wrestler Kings Fall After Night Shift Clash
Last night at the city station a confrontation between wrestlers Jack Kinz and Kirk Pinkston led to Pinkston flooring Kinz with a hard hold on the pavement. Patrolmen laughed as Kinz recovered, and Pinkston warned he could best him again, while officers noted Pinkston’s skill in a tussle. A local boy taunted the scene about the supposed bully status.
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Houce Station
Whiting
Jack Kinz
Kirk Pinkston
Pinkston
Elion
Pinion
Pinkstos
King
Kibe
Western Patriot rises from Hamilton Printing troubles
A. D. Hubbard launches a magazine called the Western Patriot for the AP. The editor's name is not listed and submissions go to a specified box. Hubbard remains receiver of the Hamilton Printing Company, with unsettled affairs and no prosecutions yet. His exact shortage amount is undetermined.
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D. Hubbard
A. D. Hubbard
The
Western Patriot
Hamiilton Printing Company
Hubbard
Beechams Becomes Beechams King of Pilis Ad Offers
A short classified style notice announces mending and sewing on buttons free of charge by Peerless Steam Laundry. The ad touts Beechams Beechams under the heading the King of Pilis with concise branding.
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King of
Pilis
Beechams—Beechams
Agaute Cement Plaster Rated Highly by Contractor
In a discussion with Mr. Robert Pierce of Chicago Lumber, Kimes extolled Agaute Cement Plaster as a natural cement and premier plastering material, noting its similarity to Egyptian cement but superior sulphate content. Meanwhile Burlington Route advertises fast, vestibuled through trains from Missouri River points to the north, with sleepers, chair cars, and dining service to Chicago and St Louis, urging travelers to ask agents for tickets via the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pierce
Chicago Lumber Company, & Journal
Kimes
Cheops Pyramid
Egypt
St Paul
Minneapolis
Burlington
Siesourl River
Sioux City Line
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Cornell Bluffs
Sioux City
Conmill
LW. Wakeley
Gin. Pease
St. Louis
Chi
Burlington Houe
Kansas City
St Joseph
Chicago
St Louis
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Worton
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Viaree
Moran
Aly
A. A. Simpson
Dubois
Neb
White City
C. M. Lashae
Lashae
W. A. Harels
Styson
North Topeka
U.S
Fall Festival News
Hamilton Hall
the Girls’ Brigade
Topeka Club
Weary Walker
Astor Hobo
King’s Fall
Officer Pinkston
Jess
Iho
Sane
Conaben
U. S
B. F. Allen CO
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Kansas Avenas
Eighth Street
W. Wakeley
Gen. Pars
St. Louis, Mo
M. J. Harrington
Delaware St
Kansas City, Mo
EBR Park
Alldozawics Ofate Line
D. &. Jones
Camden Station
Baltinors. Md
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