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The House THAT Jack Built

finds greater appreciation when one reads
of The Town 1nat Jack Built" and the
money-making possibilities in the district
contiguous thereto. Send two-cent stamp
for copy of this pamphlet and other Katy
publications equally as attractive and inter-
esting. Address KATY" Suite A, st.
Louis. Mo
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Shake Into Your shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting. sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
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Kent n Secret.

Wife-Think l can't keep a secret, do
you?
Husband-Yes, | do.
well. I've worn an old hat trimmed over
for the past two months, and | haven't told
q soul yet, so therein. Y. Weekly.
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People who tell you they would be great
readers if they had the time are not lying
about it. They are simply mistaken.-Wash-
ington tIa.) Democrat.
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Chicago. Sunday.

Chicago, Sunday, - 1908.
Text:-"But when he (Peter) saw the
win boisterous. he was afraid; and begin
ming to sink. he cried, saying, Lord. save
me! And Immediately Jesus stretched forth
his hand and caught him, and said unto
MIN. 0 thou of little faith. wherefore didst
thou doubt ?"-Matt. 14:30-S.
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Woman is weak. On, pshaw! A four
loot woman canlook at six-foot spouse and
make him shrink until you could hardly see
him with a Observation-Disclosures Press.
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Opium and Liquor Habits Cured.
Book free. B. M. Woolley, NJ. D, Atlanta, Ga.
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Don't brag about the watermelons you
stole when you were a kid, and then blame
your boys for their mischief.-Farm and
Home.
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The reason some men seem to have such
ready answers is because they are wrong
Washington lIa.l Democrat.
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This" said the young and timid lawyer,
"is but a rough draft of the will" Then"
said the old lawyer, CURLY, 1t needs I'll
ing."-Baltimore American.
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Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
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Carpets can be colored on the floor with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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StO~ III COuHn

and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price IS cents
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Beauty is only skin deep-and some folks
are thick skinned.-Chicago Tribune.
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"One of Scharper's friends was telling me
he is in inancial straits" "Ah! Some of his
friends are charitable" How do you
mean?" THE uncharitable ones call them
'fuancial crookeds.' "-Philadelphia Press.
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Here il "a combined treatment that does
what ONE medicine CAN NOT DO. The
complete obliteration of that dread Con-
sumption tTuberculosis) is now possible
through the use of The DR.. Slocum's Com
bination System of Medication, which will
Positively Cure this Dread Disease.
1t is the Most Modern and the very Great
est Method Of Alimentation Ever Presented
to Sufferers from this disease. 1t prevents
and Cures Consumption of the Throat,
Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Spleen and Kidneys.
All Catarrhal Conditions OF these Organs
disappear Promptly and Permanently under
the Healing Influence of These Wonderful
Medicines.
The DR.. Slocum method of treatment con-
sists of Four Specific Remedies as illustrated
above.
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The Sinking Sinner and
the Saving Lord
Copyright. 1903, by ]. M. Edson.l
thrilling Incident From the Life Of the Apostle p

sermon BY the "Hi0hway ana syway" preacher.
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A ND Peter! How much quick, i'm
II pulsive, failing Peter can teach us!
OF all the disciples in the boat, heis the
first to recognize his Lord and to greet
Him. His faith with a bound carries
him to bold entreaty. "Lord. | believe
it ia Thou! BID me come to Thee"
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DOCTORS SPECIAL NOTICE

81 have prescribed the Complete Treat
ment called by my name and sold by all
druggists in hundreds of thousands OF very
serious cases, with unexampled success,
and most satisfactory results DIR. SLO-
CUM.
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stands and waits, o, sinking ones! His
a is open. to hear the cry for help. He
does not want anyone to perish. He
purchased by His life's blood the right
to become the Saviour of the lost hui
man race. And never q soul goes down
to death if the cry only goes out to Him:
Lord, save met" The dying thief felt
the hideous waters of sim rising about
him, but just before his voice was
stilled forever, with his expiring breath.
he cried unto Jesus. and Immediately
Jesus stretched forth His hand and
caught him and bore him to Paradise
with Him. Jesus, with outstretched
hand, stands patiently waiting. How
long He will wait, Scripture does not
tell us. But some day the cry Of the
foolish virgins will break in anguish
over the world: TOO late! Too iate!'
God says He will not always chide, neith-
er will He withhold His wrath forever.
Oh. sinking sinner, how long will you
test the patience and mercy Of God? How
long will you turn from the outstretched
hand Of Jesus to the voice Of the siren
of the worlds pleasures and ambitions:
No hapless sailor ever returned alive
who listened to the sirens who sang
OF the shores of Italy, and no soul to-
day who turns from Jesus and listens To
the hum and music Of the world can es-
cape soul death. "The wages OF sin is
DEATH" is the dark side; but the bright
side is where Jesus stands ready ia
save. for the gift Of God IL Eternal
Life"
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by he was given an outlet at Jersey
City and New York. But such an ocean
outlet was by no means the ideal for
which he was striving. Moreover. he
was not satisfied with the New York
port charges for dockage. etc, which in
his opinion were so high as to initiate
seriously against the expectation of
the commodities with which he expect
ed to make up his tonnage, packing
mouse products, coal and grain. So he
Kept his eyes and his ears open, and
when he heard that the Western Mary
land railroad, largely owned by the city
OF Baltimore, was on the market, he
was quick to make a bid for it, since
he saw that he could thereby obtain the
convenient and economical outlet that
he had so long desired. the Baltimore
port charges being small in comparison
with the New York demands.
But Mr. Gould was not to obtain the
road without a struggle. The Reading
company, backed. according to report
by several other trunk lines. entered
INTO competition with him, and a long
night followed. ultimately ending in vic
tory for Mr.. Gould. His next step was
% secure control of the West Virginia
central and Pittsburg railway. Since
then Mr.. Gould has let it be known
that he intends to bring the Wabash
INTO Baltimore as speedily as possible
Work is now being pressed on the Pitts
burg, Carnegie and Western railroad
connecting Pittsburg and Steubenville.
To complete the necessary connection
between the Western Maryland and the
wheeling and Lake Erie lines it is only
necessary to build a short link in West
Virginia and another in Ohio. When
the chain is finished the Wabash. in
stead of ending at Buffalo and Toledo.
will reach Pittsburg and Baltimore.
The story of how Mr.. Gould managed
TO erect an entrance into Pittsburg is
in itself an interesting chapter in the
history of his trunk line scheme A.
one time Mr.. Gould had made an effort
to secure control of trunk line leading
to New York. but this effort failed.
Shortly afterward, casting about for an
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W1orld

big cattle transportation business TO
Baltimore, and he also expects to feed
outgoing ships from that port with coal
mined by interests allied to him. The
docks and other terminal facilities
which he intends to build will be con-
structed on a scale commensurate with
his hope of restoring Baltimore to her
old time prestige as a shipping port.
If his plans are interesting, Mr..
Gould's personality is doubly so. Con-
trary to what might be expected from
his financial achievements of the past
and his great undertakings of the pres
ent and future, Mr.. Gould is one of the
most unassuming of men. and it is one
of his proudest boasts that he can pass
daily through the streets of his home
city without being recognized save by
those who know him personally. He is
a hard, tireless worker, is George
Gould, early on hand every business
day at his Office in the Western Union
building in New York and steadily at
his desk until it is time for him to
catch the late afternoon train for Lake.
wood, N. j., where he makes his home
the greater part of the year One Of
the most pleasing characteristics OF
the man is that he Is a thorough home
body, never happier than when in the
company of his wife and children at
Georgian court, as H1S AlkeWOOQ resi-
dence is called.
He is as much the friend and conn
panion of his boys as he is their father,
shares their sports with them, notably
polo, and whenever possible takes them
with him on HIS tours of inspection
over the many railroads in the control
of which he plays a leading part. Az
financier Mr. Gould is undoubtedly
much more conservative than his father.
the late Jay Gould. ever was, save in
the closing years of his life, and does
not attempt to dazzle Wall street by
any coup de finance. Whether or no
his present plans and his alleged all
lance with the Rockefeller interests
will. result In a change OF policy it Ia
impossible to foresee.
WALTON J. JA1zER
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TAX REFORM PERSIA.
1t Is Said the Shah Proposes to Wipe
Out Ancient System.

1t is reported that the shah is about to
abandon the time-honored oriental GUS
tom of farming out the taxes to con-
tractors and have them collected direct
ly by the government. This will put an
end to an evil, the greatest of many.
perhaps, under which Persian traders
and citizens have for many years
groaned. disagreement and malad
ministration in oriental lands is almost
invariably connected with fiscal abuses
and mismanagement of the revenue
Particularly has this been the case in
Persia, owing to the peculiar way in
which the high officials and provincial
rulers were selected by the shah. On
the Persian new year day all the great
functionaries of state and the governors
paid their respects to the sovereign. and
each laid at the monarch's feet his COM
plimentary offering of what is known as
'pish-kash' in. current coin. The gov
ernor who brought the biggest bag re-
ceived the latest post for the ensuing
II months. The governor whose bag
was considered too light got nothing.
The whole arrangement was process
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Notes and Personal Mention.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Armstrong have
returned from Royal Isle, in Upper Lake
Superior. where they have been for sew
eral weeks.
Miss Mary Lakin and her guest, Miss
Schwarz of Chicago left last night for
Colorado Springs and Las Animas, Col.
They will visit Mr. and Mrs. Burr LalIin
in Las Animas and Miss Schwarz will
continue her visit in Topeka when they
return.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w Watson have re-
turned from an extended lake trip and
visit to the northern resorts.
Mr. Hugh Mcfarland VIII go to Col
oradO next week
Mrs. Will Trap has gone to NARROW,
/. T., for visit to her parents and goes
from there to Vinita where Mr.. Trap,
who has been in Topeka for some time,
viii join her for permanent residence
Miss isabel Heath has gone to Mani
tou, Col, to visit Miss Caroline Dickey
of Topeka who is at the Dickey summer
home there.
Mrs. Will Macferran and her son Will
lam have gone to Eureka Lake to re-
main until Mr.. Macferran returns from
a fishing trip at Pelican Rapids, MINI.
Miss Hannah Edwards returned to
her home in Emporia this morning after
a visit to Mrs. William Fl. Eastman.
Mrs A. A. GODDARD and her son Valen-
tine are at Eureka Lake to spend Sun
day.
MIR. Hugh Mcfarland will spend Sun
day at Eureka Lake.
Miss Alice Meade left today for Las
Vegas. N. NJ. to visit Miss Amelia Jones.
Miss Mary Meade will return with her
about September /.
Miss Eugenia Quinton, Miss Phil Reed,
Miss Hazel Howe and Miss Gertrude
Mulvane will go to La Junta. Col. next
week to visit Miss Virgil Cain for a
week and will stop in Sterling on their
way home to spend week with Miss
Helen Quigley.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Mitchell passed
through Topeka Friday evening on their
way to Denver where they will join Mr.
MitchelPs brother and his wife and go
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FEW CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS
Of 100000 in Milwaukee Only &c.
599 Get Regular instruction.

Milwaukee, Aug. ia report of the
school census was presented to the board
of education last night by Secretary
Legler. The most interesting feature of
the count which has just been compile
ted is the fact that Milwaukee has near
~ 100000 children of school age and only
$3.50 are attending public or parochial
schools. The increase over last year is
1000.
According to Mr.. Legler's figuring the
present population of Milwaukee is
little over $4,000. He uses three as The
multiple in figuring the total population
from the school census. Mr.. Wright, the
directory man, figures from the number
of names in the directory that the popu-
lation of Milwaukee is 1928, 900. The di-
rectory and the school census estimates
have always been al variance
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THE CAT CAME BACK.
Finds Its Way from Ell Dorado
Home to Oskal0Osa.

Oskaloosa. Kan, Aug. 15.-when J.
w. Ross moved to Ell Dorado last Feb
ruary, old 'Puss Pete" the cat, was
put in a gunny sack and sent along
with the rest of the stuff on the train.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Ross changed his
residence at Ell Dorado and may be the
cat didn't like the new quarters; any
way he put in an appearance at the
barn at the Ross farm two miles south
of Oskaloosa a week ago last Sunday.
1t cannot be a case of mistaken iden-
tity for beside answering to his absurd
name of Puss Pete, and his blue color
with ring-striped tail-his ears are
frostbitten.
The cat came back. that's certain
Now, how did it get here from Butler
county, $50 miles away, and across the
Neosho and Kansas rivers?
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DRESSED FOR PARTY
And Then Committed Suicide by
Drinking Acid.

herself in evening dress for dinner
party, says a New Haven. Conn.,. dis
patch, Mrs. Arthur E. Bradley drank
carbolic acid and died in the presence
of her parents and family. She was
Stannard. a wealthy manufacturer of
this citv. and lived at his summer
place, Woodmont ,on the sound.
Il will be with you in MON emit.
Mrs Bradley called to her brother.
with whom she was to attend the din
ner, then going into the next room she
swallowed the poison. The brother.
hearing her groans, ran into the room
and found the burns of the acid on her
face and shoulders. The rest of the
family were called and a physician
summoned, but the young woman was
beyond aid. Mrs. Bradley was un-
happy in her marriage and recently
separated from her husband.
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LOOKS LIRE A RIVER.
Drain Channel in North Topeka Is
Very Active.

Street Commissioner Snyder reports
that the channel which was cut by peo-
pie Of North Topeka to drain the big
lakes west of town is growing to the
dimensions of a river, and is causing
considerable anxiety among the resi-
dents of North Topeka near Soldier
creek where the drain emptfes. IS
The long continued flow of water
through this Temporary channel has
washed away tho sandy banks. and the
stream is now IS or 20 feet wide IN
places, and is growing rapidly If tn.
rains do not stop. it may cause trouble
by undermining sidewalks, and possibly
endangering the foundations of build
ingS.
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to bring religion into disrepute and fdi-
churchgoers, of which we hear so much
rectly to swell the number of nom
complaint in these days. The fault lies
here partly, of course, in the meager and
insufficient contributions to church
maintenance made by the regular mem
bers of the churches themselves, but
even this neglect cannot excuse the inf-
position of a tax upon the drink shops.
The churches and the saloons stand too
far apart in their character and pur-
poses to make it expedient to yoke them
together for any purpose. The saloon
may profit by the arrangement but the
churches never.-Leslie's Weekly.
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from there to San Francisco where they
are to make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brent and their
son, Orville, leave tonight for Denver,
Cripple Creek and Manitou-
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith will go to
Rossville tonight to spend Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Hankla will return this
evening from visit of a fortnight in
Holton.
Mrs. p. T. Updegraff of Maple Hill
is in town today.
Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert Kelly have re-
turned from their California trip.
Miss Hazel Mulvane is in Maple Hill
with Mrs. Will Sells for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Sherman leave
next Monday for Waveland, Indiana,
for a visit to relatives.
Mrs. L. L. Kiene and her children will
return tonight from a visit in Toledo,
and other points in Ohio
Miss Maud Stokeley who has been Wis
iting Miss Anna Marie Walsh returned
to her home in Kansas City today.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sells and their
daughter. Mary. Of Columbus, Ohio,
and Mrs. Martin Eckert of Carthage,
Missouri, Sre visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Klingaman, COL Tenth avenue
west.
Mrs. John Blower and her son Farr
who have been guests of Mrs. Joseph NJ.
Patten at the Blower House returned to
their home in White City today.
Mrs. NJ. J. Mercer Will go to New
York and Chicago next week on bus
mess trip.
Miss Lola Berry will go to Wichita
next week to spend a fortnight
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Warner who
have just returned from Colorado and
New Mexico leave next week for Geary,
10. T., to visit relatives.
Mrs. Hazelrig who is the guest Of her
sister. Mrs. George A. Peak, leaves Sun
day for her home in Chicago.
Miss rBess Donahue will go to St
Joseph next Wednesday to spend a
fortnight.
Mr.. Giltner Hostutler of Horton will
be in Topeka over Sunday.
Miss Selma and Miss Theresa
Johanson expect to go to Chicago next
week for a visit.
Miss Anna Jacob and Mrs. f. c.
Probst have rturned to their home in
Terre Haute, Indiana, after visit TO
their brother Mr.. P. c. Jacob.
Miss Lena and Miss Bunnie Crumley,
of Ottawa, are guests of Mrs. James
Corbett. S26 Clay street.
Miss Grace Copan, Miss Maud Copan
and Miss May Hargreaves are visiting
in Emporia.
Mr.. Ed Capsey and Mr. e. ]. Gun
| Their, of Nemaha county, who have heen
have returned home.
Miss Grace Dutton and her brother
Matt, of Beaumont, Tex. are visiting
| their aunt Mrs. T E Sabin
Miss Elsie Cooper has gone to Colo
RADIO for an outing. She will stay at
Mantou.
There will be a special business meet
ing of the officers Of the Mothers Sew
ing club next Tuesday afternoon.
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of squeezing" The shah squeezed the
governors, the governors the tax farm
ers, the tax farmers the people. .Pish-
kash" was also offered by every prom
inent and wealthy man whom the SOW
ereign honored with a visit and as the
loyalty of the individual was gagged by
the weight of the bag presented. it was
not a good thing for a Persian if the
gift fell short of the rulers expectations.
This custom was abolished a little time
back, to the great satisfaction of the
wealthy and upper classes of Persia.
The change in the mode of collecting
the revenue, by which the tax farmer is
eliminated, is another step in the right
direction London Times.
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than appeared on the surface at the
time these roads passed into his con-
trel. When connecting links are con-
Btructed the Gould system, as the re-
suit Of these deals, will extend in an
unbrsken line from Ogden, Utah, to
Baltimore. thus satisfying one of the
chief ambitions of the we'll known New
York hnancier-the obtaining of an At
lantfc outlet of his own. Mr. Gould has
long been a prominent figure in the
railroad world and It is evident that he
will soon be a greater factor than ever.
As it stands, the Gould system is far
reaching, there being in all over 1000
miles of road dominated by the Gould
family or under its joint control, their
lines ramifying from the east to Utah
and the gulf of Mexico. With the COM
pIetion of the proposed extension. which
1t is expected will not require more
than two years labor. the present chain
of reads will obviously be greatly
strengthened. 1t goes without saying
that Mr.. Gould did not have clear sail
ing in thus increasing his sphere of in
nuence. and the story of his acquisition
OF an Atlantic seaport is the narrative
of battle Of financial giants.
For years Mr. Gould discussed plans
for the extension in the east of his
most important road, the Wabash.
without seeing his way clear to make
such a move. Finally he effected an
agreement with the Grand Trunk sys-
tenn, giving him trafic rights over that
road and thus permitting him to enter
Buffalo through Canada. Later Mr.
Gould secured from both the Erie and
the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern railroads the right of running
ehrough cars over their tracks. where
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The Church and the Saloon.

We regret to read that a church in
the neighborhood of New York has
thought it necessary, in order to raise
money to build an extension, to ask
each saloonkeeper in the parish to give
one days receipts each month for four
months to the building fund. The case
affords, perhaps, an extreme Illustration
of the absurd and harmful expedients
resorted to by churches to swell their
financial receipts, expedients which tend
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Gets Back Market Losses

Milwaukee, August 15.-Mrs. Blanche
Hubbell Smith, daughter of the late jay
Hubbell of Michigan, has recovered
portion of the money which it was al
legged had been misa appropriated by JOS
eph Cowan. the young Wall street bro
ker, through whom she sought fortune
in stock speculation w. D. Harper.
Mrs. Smiths attorney, says that while
no evidence was produced to warrant
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Eleventh Attempt Fails.

New York, Aug. 15.-For the eleventh
time Francisco Ranezza, a professional
stowaway, has attempted to make his
home in this country. and for the elev-
enth time he will be deported Monday
at the expense of the steamship COM
pany which brought him here. On pre-
Vious occasions PaneZZa has been de-
tected and sent to Ellis island. This
time he jumped into the river from the
steamer Sicilian Prince and in making
for shore swan into the arms of two
BROOKLYN detectives
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Marshall's Band Concert.

Last nights storm came too late to
interfere with the concert by MarshalPs
band at the corner of Eighth and Har-
rison streets and that musical event
was carried through with much success
before large and appreciative au-
dlence. The crowd was even larger than
usual Since the opening of Vinewood
park and the engagement of the band
for series of concerts there the work
of the organization has been resumed
very actively and last nights playing
was better than usual. Last evenings
programme was as follows:
PART I.
March, Topeka State Journal
.-..---.-...--- ..-...---..-.- Marshall
Overture, Norma" ......B eIlini
Character piece, Little Wag". .......
-.......-..- .--......... Eilenberg
Flower song, Hearts and Flowers.
Waltz, visions of a Beautiful Wo-
man. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fahrbach
PART II.
March, Constitution" ... Henninger
Selection, Something Doing. :. Boyer
Gillian dance, "Mapana" Missud
March, Topeka Elks" $500 Marshall