WANTED A WIFE Elopement Mystery Hovers Over Topeka
Milwaukee traveler W F Elliott seeks missing wife Edith Ima of Topeka after a hurried Abilene marriage. He recalls meeting Bethany College student Miss Sims in Lindsborg and learns her father claimed Topeka bank ties. A tangled tale unfolds with false names, distant towns, and a hunt for the elusive spouse.
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W. F. Elliott
Milwaukee
Manhattan
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Edithima
Topeka
Elliott
Sims B
Junction City
Vislt
Tme
Millott
Mins
Sian
Mise Lina
Bethay College
Lindrborg
Bank of Topeka
Thurston
Sims
Tla
Lindsboro
Abilene
Sheaday
Tm North
Toteks
Charles Curtis
Bansas Avenue
Yenson
Kansas Avenue
Dullaine
Carland
Grantvile
State Journal
Seeman
Thurston Aid
Burton Toasts Lil Tropolum in California Senate Hearing
A report from the Bonvinla session notes Senates core justice on the Pacific blinds and Porto Sica completed testimony and the delegation sailed for Hilo. Tuesday evening Delegate and Willox hosted a reception for the senatorial party as committee members gathered.
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Tropolum
San Francis
Senate
Porto Sica
Bonvinla
Hilo
Willox
Hawaii Volcano Eruption and Legal Row Dominate News
The Halemaumau crater at Kilauea erupts with rapid lava flow while officials discuss a rejected plan to condemn 61 acres at Fear Harbor for a naval station. J J Dunne will pursue an appeal against a $105,000 plantation award. In Maui a three man canoe voyage ends with one drowning near Molokai after a surf and wind incident.
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Halemaumag
Kilauex
Honolulu
South Sea
Tarurum
Molokai
Long gets new hotel in Topeka hub building
Topeka welcomes a three story Popular priced hotel named The Oxford on Kansas Avenue. Frank Long, owner of the current Oxford, plans remodeling of the Hub building to include 35 sleeping rooms, dining room, cafe and 50 capacity dining, steam heat, electric lights, and new toilets. Work starts next Monday with contracts in place for plumbing carpentry painting and paper hanging.
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Topeka
I Sford
Hub
Kansas Avenue
Frank Long
Oxford
C. A. Bisek
Detroit
Michigan
Long
Wyo Freight Wreck Kills Four in Rawlins Yard
A Union Pacific freight wreck in Rawlins Wyoming killed at least four men with more feared dead. Engineer Frank Patnoe and Paul W Dayton are named among the known dead with several others unaccounted for. Rescue crews battled flames as fifteen cars piled onto the engine breaking the train apart. Patnoe survived hours pinned beneath his engine but died before recovery.
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Denver
Colo
Rawlins
Wyo
Union Parife
Frank Patnoe
Paul W Dayton
Paine
Patnoe
Rawlins Fire Department
Unseemly haste to fill state ticket seat
The death of Judge Ellis triggers a scramble for the vacant Republican state ticket spot. State committee meets Monday afternoon as candidates emerge across the state. Some members delay discussing candidates until after Judge Ellis funeral. A sense of haste to file is evident. Justice of the supreme court remarked he hopes candidates will be prepared after his death.
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Ellis
State Committee
Elis
Scrofula Disorder in Childhood Prolongs Delicate Course
The notice notes scrofula affects few are entirely free from it and may develop slowly, causing Attie if any disturbance during the whole period of childhood.
Church News Highlights Revivals and Services This Week
Several area congregations announce revival and regular services this week. First Presbyterian lists evening gatherings at 7:30 with musical offerings and sermons led by Rev. Finch and others. Second United and Parkdale churches share midweek activities, Sunday school, and pastor-led sermons. Advent Lutheran and Methodists hold morning and evening services with special communion and youth programs.
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Flavens
Buck
Geo Parkhurne
Tilieger
Parkdale 3
Seventh and
Lime Streets
J A
Thureby
Egie Arcs
Mitchell
Parolee Verdict Allegation Sparks Ashland Theft Claim
A letter from J H Patten accuses an Ashland county official of theft, alleging warrants and duplicate drafts to steal thousands. The writer stresses honesty over party loyalty and says he will investigate and report findings.
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Ashland
BreanOnee
J. H. Patten
Republican State Central Committee Challenges Scott
Topeka Kansas September 26 1902 Morton Albea chairman Republican state central committee acting under the Democratic and People's party state committees urges Hon Chas F Scott Republican nominee for congressman at large to a joint discussion on campaign lines. Time place and number of discussions to be arranged by officers of the central committees awaiting an early reply
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Kas
Morton Albea
Republican State Central Committee
Democratic and People's Party
State Cent
Botkin
Chas F Scott
Mayor Humes Slips, Survives Night Lost in Forest
Seattle Chronicle reports Mayor Thomas J. Humes slipped on a bear oddly while trekking near Lake Washington. He slept in a hollow log Thursday night after becoming disoriented in a storm. A search party found him Friday, he recovered at home under physician care and is not expected to suffer lasting harm.
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Seattle
Thomas J. Humes
Lake Washington
Train collision near Wichita derails two cars
Santa Fe train No. 18 struck a Missouri Pacific passenger train at the intersection crossing in Wichita this morning. two MP cars derailed but no injuries were reported. The MP train was moving as the Santa Fe train, halted for a crossing, began forward. Brigadier General J W F Hughes and Major William S Eberly were mentioned in relation to Fort Riley duties.
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Duenourt To
Wichita
Missouri Pacific
Fame
Apialy
J. W. F. Hughes
Fort Riley
William S. Eberly
Bundey
Port Riley
Topeka Ledger Briefs and Local Trades Notes
Local items report the Citizens State Bank of Cimarron chartered with 45000 capital and Kansas end of Peavy syndicate Midland Elevator paying business fees. Deserters feared at Fort Riley and a large Kansas fair commission planning a St Louis site visit. City actions include alley openings postponed, street repairs, and lower grade work on Madison tracks.
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Kansas
State
Aivestock Sanitary Commission
Kansas World's Fair Commission
St Louis
Commission
Capital Council No. 1
Knights and Ladies of Security
Harton Council
Tenth Avenue
Garfield Park
Teamatera
Trades Assembly Hall
Teamsters’ Union
Topeka
North Topeka
Gmding
Elmer Jackson
John Mattrey
R. A. Thomison
North Taylor Street
McCabe
Kansas Avenue
Seventh
Eighth
Adrian Sherman
Committee On
Uracka
Photographers in town take flash views at joints
Report describes two unknown men with a small camera filming at least two joints in a dimly lit night scene. They threaten workers and enter a doorway, shocking onlookers with a blinding flash as patrons react.
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Santa Fe
Women's Championship Crowns Winner in Oumba Final Day
Interest peaks at Oumba as semis and finals approach. Women’s championship sees Mrs Ills and Mr Roope of Denver in Bhai round, with a gallery watching western teams and a local pro match. Mrs One clinches the war championship title amid lively crowd.
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Ills
Roope
Denver
Bhai
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Nee
Mra Bilas
Fragmentary ticket notice hints October return
The readable fragments imply a ticket return in October or October return event. Names and precise dates are unclear but context suggests a public notice about a forthcoming ticket return or availability.
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