davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
WILL MEET IN lola IN 1911.
Spanish War Veterans Close With a
Dinner Last Night

Kansas City, Kan, June 23-The
Spanish war veterans of Missouri, to-
gether with those of Kansas, accom-
panied by their wives, sweethearts and
friends, spent yesterday at Fort Leav-
enworth, guests of the Thirteenth in
fantry.
The party was taken through the
fort and later entertained at luncheon
at the military home. The Missouri
party returned late yesterday after
noon for a dinner at the Sexton hotel
which concluded the meeting.
The Kansas veterans met last night
at the Mercantile club in Kansas City,
Kansas, and from there marched to
Hinchs cafe where the annual dinner
that closed the reunion was given.
In short business session at the
Mercantile club lola, Kansas, was
chosen as the place for the reunion in
1911.
The officers elected are: L. F. Cof-
field, president; Scott Gard, vice presi-
dent; w. w. Nelson, secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
OAKLAND GOSSIP
nfa=.a..
IN 1E5Id5i5E5JTTTTSl-Samn6nI

Mrs w. ]. Pirtle and son of Coun-
ell Grove, Kan, arrived here Tuesday
to make an extended visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Elias White on Kellam ave-
nue..
Mrs Cecil Anderson of North To-
peka is here spending several days Wis
iting friends and relatives.
A called meeting of the Ladies' Aid
society of the Presbyterian church was
held this afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Ralph HummeIl on Winfield ave-
nue..
Miss Lottie Smith is improving.
after being i'll several days with an at
tack OF rheumatism.
Miss Bertha Scott left Wednesday
for her home in Chillicothe, Ill, after
spending several days here the guest
of friends while on her return home
from Los Angeles. Cal, where she has
spent a three months vacation
Miss Lula Clark is improving, after
being sick several days with an attack
of the grip.
Miss Josephine Weber left yester-
day for her home in Atchison, after
spending two weeks here visiting Mr.
and Mrs. M Weber and family.
Miss Lenora Collins of Lawrence is
here spending this week the guest of
friends and relatives. She will go to
Ho1ton, Kan. Saturday to spend
week, returning to Oakland to extend
her visit.
MISS DOEOLHy AQdI1S VI
spent Tuesday here with friends and
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs r. v. Williamson Of
Johnson county. Kansas. are making
an extended visit with relatives and
friends in Oakland. They will prob
ably move here and remain perma-
nently.
Mr. and Mrs. w E. Wingert of
Twiss avenue are the parents of a
daughter, born Friday, June II.
Mr. L. L. Kelley is able to be up
and around again, after being sick
several weeks with an attack of heart
trouble.
Miss Carrie Randall spent Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday with rela-
tives in Turner, Kan.
+ Mr. Roy Montgomery and Mr.. Har-
old Alexander are spending this week
near Paxico on camping and fishing
trip.
Miss Alberta Campbell is visiting
friends in Bonner Springs, Kan. She
expects to be gone about three weeks.
Miss Ella West of Omaha. Neb.. is
expected to arrive here Friday to make
an extended visit with friends and rel
atives.
Mrs. Geo. Briggs has returned from
an extended trip through California,
where she has spent several months.
Little Marguerite Horne is quite sick
at her home on Twiss avenue with an
attack of the measles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
ED HOWE COMES OVER.
He Says Prohibition Is q Good Thing
ard Enforced in Atchison.

Atchison,- Kan. June 23.-Atchison
has been dry town for two years.
and the system seems to be satisfac-
tory. It has been publicly endorsed
by Mayor ALBANIAN. who showed that
it has improved business. F.. w. Howe,
editor of the Atchison Globe, long con-
tended that prohibition was not an eff
fective temperance measure. but he
says in his paper tonight:
1--WE are almost ashamed because of
our position on prohibition. For
many years we honestly believed that
prohibition was not an effective tenn
perance measure. Since the saloons
have been closed in Atchison. we are
half way persuaded that there is some
thing in prohibition. Some say there
is no decrease in drunkenness. We
know better. Chief Sullivan says there
is undoubtedly less drunkenness than
before the saloons were closed. The
chief says a drunken man is SO I'M
usual now that he is regarded as a
crazy man was formerly regarded. We
have always practiced temperance, and
we have always preached it, but some
how we got a notion that prohibition
was not an effective temperance meas
ure. We are often wrong; and. when
we are. we admit it. If prohibition
continues to prohibit in Atchison, we
may become a long-haired man and
join the short haired woman"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
WOMAN PAINTED AT ALTAR.
Revived With Dashes of Cold Water
and Ceremony Finished.

Shawnee. Kan. June 23.-Miss
Emma Katherine Zillhart. 26 years
old, tainted at the altar in ST. Jo-
seph's Roman Catholic church here
yesterday during the ceremony that
united her in marriage to James E.
Tanning, young farmer. She was
carried from the church. revived with
dashes of cold water and a few min
utes later returned and finished the
service.
Miss Zillhart is the daughter of Fred
Zillhart a pioneer Johnson county
farmer. The little church was crowd
ed when Father Theodore Schwam an
nounced the beginning Of the full
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
WILL HAVE A TOWN HALL.
Enterprise Business Men Have Organ
lied Company.

Enterprise, Kan, June 23.-The
stockholders of the town hall met at
the mill office to canvass the results
of the subscription campaign and
found that enough stock had been sub
scribed and they decided to organize
and prepare their application for a
charter. Eleven directors were elected
as follows: George Merillat, R. w.
Hoffman, B. A. F'lack, J. R. Williams
o. Latte, E. F. Kari, J. c. Townley,
Fred Rathert, DR.. Riddell, C. P. Peter
son, w. Mears.
The directors then organized by the
election of George Merillat, president;
J. r. williams, vice president; R. w.
Hoffman, secretary, and DR.. Riddell.
treasurer. It is expected that the work
will be rushed just as soon as the
charter is obtained and plans selected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
TWENTY BUSHELS TO ACRE.
Farmer MOurned Last Spring Because
He Couldn't PIow 1t Up.

He Couldn't Plow 1t Up.
Hutchinson, Kan, June 23.-Last
spring Harry Willets, farmer south
was all killed. He intended to pillow
the land up to put the field into oats,
but just then happened to take sick.
He was brought to a local hospital
and was operated on. He was unable
to look after his farming interests, and
nearly worried himself to death be-
cause he couldn't pillow up his wheat
and get the land into something else.
A few days ago he was able to leave
the hospital and be taken to his home.
That land he was worrying about is
covered with a mass of grain just turn
inc yellow, and the netghbors say the
wheat will yield about twenty bushels
to the acre.
]. r. Baker. president of the Rock
Milling & Elevator company, tells a
similar story:
81 drove south in my auto and saw
field which had originally been put
in wheat. The farmer had given up
his crop and drilled the land in oats.
Now the wheat Is standing knee high
and going to make a good yield, while
the same field of oats are growing
nicely. He is going to get a double
crop off that patch Of land"
A similar case is reported near Me-
dora. The wheat up there was hard
hit and one farmer became so dis
for a trip he had been planning to
take to Texas to look at land there.
He returned a few days ago to find a
good crop of wheat growing on his
land He had not expected to find a
blade left
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
WABASH AIDS SANE FOURTH.
Special Train Offered for Chicago Chill
dren to Picnic Grounds.

Chicago, ILL.,, June 23-Offers of a
sane Fourth picnic special on the Wa
bash railroad and an ideal picnic park
for either rain or shine were received
today in the first grist of contributions
to the sane Fourth of July picnic They
went far toward making certain that
the children of the city's crowded sec
lions are to have the time of their lives
on Independence day.
F. A. Delano, president of the Wa
bash railroad, offered the freedom OF
that road to the picnic children and
their guardians A special train, Ieav-
ing at a convenient hour in the morn
ing and returning in time to get the
children home before dark, probably
will be used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
ALL-sTEEL BAGGAGE CARS.
Rock Island Buys Thirty for Their
Western Lines.

The Rock Island has recently re-
ceived and placed in service thirty Sc
foot steel baggage cars, and the Frisco
line seven of the same kind, making d
total of thirty-Seven cars. The cars
are equipped with six-wheel trucks
with cast steel frames. the two trucks
weighing $4,000 pounds, and the car
body 83,4O0 pounds, making a total Of
136 300 pounds.
The principal members of the steel
underframe are the two center stills,
which are 10 inch I-beams, 35 pounds
per foot and the sidesills, 6x6x3s
angles. There are no cover plates on
the center stills, but there is horizontal
diagonal bracing through the floor
made of 2x14 inch bars. The double
body holsters are arranged so that the
center sills are continuous. These stills
are intended to carry the bufffng
stresses, and the principal portion of
the load is carried by the trussed side
frame To transmit the load to the
side stills there are, in addition to the
body bolster, five special pressed steel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
ALTON ADOPTS 1oO-LB. RAILS.
Planned to Put in $3.50 Tons of Heavy
Steel.

The Chicago & Alton railroad has
changed the standard of steel rails
from 80 to 100 pounds and will put in
this year $3.50 tons of 100-pound rails.
1t will also finish the double tracking
of AZ miles authorized last year and
the Joliet track elevation authorized
two years ago. New locomotives to be
delivered this year include 20 Mikados,
or heavy freight engines, ten Pacific
type passenger engines and ten heavy
switching engines. There have been
received this month ten Mikados and
three Mallets in addition. Freight cars
to be ordered Immediately will include
several thousand box cars, a couple of
thousand coal cars and several hum
dred automobile cars, or a total of
$500 cars. Passenger equipment also
will be ordered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
TRUST IN GOD IN KANSAS.
Santa Fe ROadmaster Tells Why He
Needs No Switch Lamps.

Following is a copy of a letter writ
ten by Kansas roadmaster to Harry
Hobson, signal supervisor of the east
ern lines. on February II, 1900, at which
time Mr.. Hobson was lamp and way
car inspector:
Abilene, Feb. II. 1900.
H. Hobson, Esq, Lamp and Way Car
Inspector, Topeka, Kan:
Dear Sir: Referring to your general
letter attached, with reference to
switch lamps on sidings and spurs on
this division.
There is not a switch lamp between
Neva and Superior, nor none between
Manchester and Barnard, nor none on
the Salina branch.
We trust in God, the moon and stars
up in this country, not in switch
lamps. Yours respectfully,
T. J. MORIARTY.
From Santa Fe Employees Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

U-shaped cross bearers, and directly
above them, between the stills, are
diaphragms made of special pressed
channels. This side framing is made
OF metal posts and braces, something
like the construction used in wooden
box cars. The arrangement of the side
trusting is shown on interior view,
which does not include the corrugated
steel lining.
The floor consists of Keystone floor
ing covered with acandolith cement,
and on top Of this IA inch wood floor
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

Martin, the visitors entered partially
into workings of the new form and ex-
pressed themselves as well pleased.
Pontiac proposes the adoption of a
new charter and provision for govern
ment by commission probably will be
embodied. Before coming to Hutchin-
son, the Michigan men had visited Des
Moines and Cedar Falls, Iowa, Colo
RADIO Springs and Wichita, all of which
are under the Hutchinson form of
government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
HAND
SAPOLIO
FOR TOILET AND BATH

4 makes the toilet something to be enjoyed.
It removes all stains and roughness, prevents
prickly heat and chafing, and leaves the skin
white, soft, healthy. In the bath it brings =
glow and exhilaration which no common soap
can equal, imparting the vigor and life % ..
sation Of mild Turkish bath.
all GRoCERS AND DRUGGISTS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
HORSE DIED FROM FRIGHT.

An Automobile Scared the Animal
With Above Result.
Luray, Kan, June 23.-One of F.
w. Duffy'S horses dropped dead, occa-
stoned by fright at an auto. Mr.. Duffy
was out south of Sam Elders farm
going home when he sighted an auto.
He gave all the road. After it passed
he started on and hadn't gone more
than fifty feet when the horse dropped
dead. The animal always had been
afraid of the machines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
CASE CONTINUED AGAIN.

Argument In Policeman Examination
to Come Up Next Week.
Arkansas City, Kan, June a.
When the preliminary examination of
Lewis W. Potterman, charged with
causing the death of his wife by arsen-
&c poison, was resumed today both
sides rested without offering further
testimony. The case is now set for
argument June 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

and there will be horse races, too. The
Declaration of Independence will be
read and patriotic songs will be sung
The Commercial club will provide a
place to hitch and water teams and is
urging the farmers in this part of the
country to attend. The Council Grove
Motor club will he nreSent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
BURNED WITH MATCHES.
Wellington Girl Sets Fire to Clothes
and Is Badly Burned.

Wellington, Kan, June 23.-Lucile
Young, years old. a daughter of War
rem Young, a railroad brakeman, set
her dress afire with matches and was
so badly burned she may die. Her
mother, who was in an adjoining room,
carried the child from the house
Mrs. Young's hands were slightly
burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

Catholic wedding service. The bride
and groom took their places and the
organ began to play. Miss Zillhart'S
face was seen to whiten and in a mo-
ment she sank to the floor unconscious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
ALTA VISTA TO CELEBRATE.
Will Have Two Balloon Ascensions and
Fireworks at Night.

Alta Vista, Kan, June 23-This
town is to have an old fashioned
Fourth of July celebration, with two
balloon ascensions, fireworks at night
and speaking in the grove. There will
be two brass bands and possibly three,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
VOTES $4,000 IN BONDS.
Wellington Will Make Needed I'm
movements in WaterwOrks

Wellington, Kan, June 23.-Wel-
lington has voted 100000 in bonds to
make needed Improvements to the
waterworks plant, which the city owns.
The commissioners, who took charge
of city affairs in May, found a deficit
and urged the voting of the bonds. OF
401 votes cast the bonds got 2S5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
WHEAT HARVEST IN SALINE.
The Extreme Hot weather Ripening
Grain Rapidly,

Salina, Kan. June 23.-Wheat har-
vest has commenced in Saline county.
A few small fields are being cut which
the extreme heat of the last few days
has ripened. BY the last of the week
harvest will be fairly on. The wheat in
this section of the state is exception
ally fine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
STUDYING COMMISSION FORM.

Michigan Men Investigating Hutchin-
sons City Government.
Hutchinson, Kan, June 23.-E. C.
Hymers and T. D. Seeley of Pontiac,
Mich, spent yesterday afternoon in
Hutchinson investigating the commits
sion form of government, as applied
here. With the aid of Mayor T. L.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

of representatives of the leading uni
versities of the country. His subject
will be Educational Progress of the
Year"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
DOG BIT HIS NOSE OFF.
SaIina Negro Gets Much the Worst of
Tt in Encounter.

Salina, Kan, June 23.-A negro tie
bucker, who is employed in the Union
Pacific tie yards and whose name is
said to be Sam Williams, got much
the worst of it in an encounter with a
large dog. As the negro was going
into a house the dog attacked him.
The negro attempted to fight the dog
off, but the animal leaped at him and
bit off the end of his nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
STRONG TO GO EAST.
University Head Will Deliver Address
in Boston Next Week.

Lawrence, Kan, June 23.-Chancel-
lor Strong of the University of Kansas
will go to Boston next week. where he
will deliver an address before the ma
tfonal education council, composed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.
Wheat Is Being Cut and Harvest
Hands Are Short.

Atchison, Kan, June 23 The wheat
harvest has begun in northeastern
Kansas and in Buchanan county, Mis-
souri,. The yield is larger than was
expected a month or two ago. There
is a shortage of harvest hands in
northern Kansas and southern Ne
braSka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
HAD GOOD LUCK FISHING.
Matt Lagree Catches Two Big Fish on
One Line.

Moundridge, Kan, June 23.-Here
is one that will awaken all old fisher
men with a new inspiration. William,
Phil Ferd and Matt Lagree went fish
ing on the Cottonwood last Saturday.
They all had good luck but Matt won
the laurels for the day. He was fish
ing with two hooks on line and his
largest catch amounted to 40 pounds,
both yellow cat. The pair gave the
fisherman a lively time before they
were safely landed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23

See J. THOMAS LUMRER co. for
| lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE.
MENT. GugAnteed the best manu-
featured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-09
MAD KING OTTO'S LIFE

Some remarkable details relating to the mad
King Otto of Bavaria published from dip
lomatic source by the Giorrale dItalia the London
Chronicle says. Though shut up for forty years
in castles at the Castle FursteIgied and
though sixty-two years of age. Otto is still fine
handsome figure, with a magnificent beard and
flowing gray locks.
The stories about his periodical fits of fury are
quite untrue. His court is presided over by Mar
shall Baron Redwiz and consists of few trusty
gentry belonging to the most ancient families Of
the Bavarian aristocracy.
King Otto suffers terribly from insomnia and oft.
sits up in bed half the night staring toward the
door, IL expecting somebody to enter. He how
ever, rises punctually every morning at and mute
ly allows himself to be dressed by his valet. He
has holy horror of soap and water, and of hav-
ing his hair and nails cut, so that servants have
to await patiently favorable day for these opera
tons, when the poor patient is in state of COM
pete apathy. King Otto smokes incredible guam
titles of cigarettes and is always putting away
when he is absorbed in his favorite pastime Of
studying the operate music of his pet composer,
Verdi. Often he causes the castle to resound all
day long with the melodies of "Rigoletto'
The diplomat relates that the first symptom Of
brain decay in the young prince, till then so
bright, forceful and courageous, was manifested
during the Franco-German Just before the
seige of Paris Kaiser William summoned him to the
headquarters of the general staff and kept him I'M
der observation, in company with Bismarck and
Moltke the reason being that King Otto had called
out squad of cavalry and ordered them to charge
straight at stone wall, which, he insisted. was a
body of the enemys infantry.
He began preaching everywhere the stern neces-
sty Of concluding peace with France at any price.
Soon after intercepted letters brought to the
Emperor William which the Bavarian prince had
been dispatching secretly to the enemy 1t was
then that the old kaiser sadly sent for the demented
prince, decorated him with the order Of the iron
cross for service rendered in the campaign and
packed him off under medical escort for pleas
ure trip in Spain an0 Italy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-09
MIX THIS FOR RHEUMATISM
Easily Prepared and inexpensive and
Really Does the Work, Says
Noted Authority.

Thousands of men and women who
have felt the sting and torture of that
dread disease, Rheumatism, which is
color or rank, will be interested to
know that it is one of the easiest af-
flictions of the human body to con-
quer. Medical science has proven it
not a distinct disease in itself, but a
symptom caused by inactive kidneys.
Rheumatism is uric acid in the blood
and other waste products of the sys-
tenn which should be filtered and
strained out in the form of urine. The
function of the kidneys is to sift these
poisons and acids out and keep the
blood clean and pure. The kidneys
however, are of sponge-like substance,
the holes or pores Of which will some
times, either from overwork, cold or
exposure become clogged, and failing
in their function of eliminating these
poisons from the blood, they remain
in the veins, decompose and settling
about the joints and muscles, cause
the untold suffering and pain of rheu-
matism and backache, often producing
complications Of bladder and urinary
disease, and general weakness.
The following simple prescription is
said to relieve the worst cases of
rheumatism because of it's direct &C.
ton upon the blood and kidneys, re-
lieving, too, the most severe forms of
bladder and urinary troubles: Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bot
tie and take in teaspoonful doses after
each meal and at bedtime. Ths in
gradients can be had from any pre-
scription pharmacy and are absolutely
harmless and safe to, use at any time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-09

about 121 years old, few men can be
found today to identify without look
ing at the names, the pictures and
the busts of nsen high in official gov
eminent position or of great fame in
their time in contemporary history.
In the senate chamber placed in
inches about the gallery walls are
busts Of the vice-presidents of the
United States. Only the guides Of the
Capitol who have their lessons letters
proof, can tell the names Of these
men without reference to the printed
lists or the printed inscriptions.
When the house cleaning days were
were replaced on the walls of the
corridor of the senate. One of them
was a picture of Patrick Henry and
the other was that of Thomas JEFF
ferson. For weeks the fact that JEFF
ferson's picture has been labeled
Patrick Henry and Patrick Henry's
had been labeled Thomas Jefferson
went undetected. Finally a visitor
noticed the error, called attention to
it and had the change made.
Perhaps the most striking picture
in the senate corridors is that which
shows Commodore Perry standing in
the row boat to which he went from
his sinking flag ship Lawrence to the
ship Niagara at the battle Of Lake
Erie. Perry is pictured erect in the
boat while small boy evidently a
"midship-mite," also standing trying
to pull the Commodore down to a
seat so that he will be less exposed
to the furious rain of the shot of the
enemy. The boy who is trying to in
duce the commodore to take the nee
essary precaution to save his life was
a nephew of the great sailor, and it
was he who later opened the ports
of Japan to the commerce Of the
world. So it is that in the painting
are the portraits Of two Perrys, both
of whom are famous in the naval an
nails of the United States.