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Longview Park, southeast of city. Loring's subdivision, south of East Hill.
M.
MacDonald's Grand View subdivision, Sixth avenue west, and south of Fourth street.
Maple Grove, north of Armstrong's addition.
*Mapleton, south of Eleventh street and east of Shunganunga creek.
*Martin & Dennis's subdivision, east of Washburn College and south of Seventeenth street. ( Euclid avenue ).
* Martin Place addition, south of Sixth avenue west and west of Vail ave- nue.
Maxwell's subdivision, lot 4, block 7, College Hill addition.
*Metsker's addition, north of Seward and east of Washington avenue.
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*Metsker's second addition, south of Third and east of Branner street.
*Metsker's addition No. 3, north of Tenth avenue and east of Shunga- nunga creek.
*Middaugh's subdivision, north of U. P. R. R. and west of Western ave- nue.
* Middaugh's second addition, north of (Gordon ) street and west of E
Taylor street.
Milligan's addition, east of Chester avenue (Oakland ).
*Millview, west of Mapleton.
*Mill Block, west of Kansas and north of First avenue.
* Miller's addition, north of Seward avenue and east of Chandler street.
Miller's College Park addition, south of Iluntoon street and west of Wash- burn avenue.
Moore & Newman's addition, west of Strong avenue and north of Twen- tieth street.
Moore's Park B, south of creek and east of Bolles avenue.
Morris's (Jenkin W. ) addition, south of Belmont and west from Strait to Poplar street.
* Morse's addition, north of Gordon street, near Middaugh's addition.
Mount Auburn, in northwest quarter of section 4, township 12, range 16.
* Mulvane's addition, south of Shunga- nunga creek to Sixth avenue.
* Mulvane's addition, north of First ave- nue and west of Tyler street.
* Mulvane & Chase's addition, south of Eighth and east of Washington avenue.
* Mulvane & Chase's second addition, south of Eleventh and west of La- fayette street.
N.
Newman Park, south of Thirteenth street, east of Golden avenue.
Nichols's addition, south of Twenty- first and west of Bolles avenue.
* Nilson's addition, south of Third and cast of Clay street.
North Park addition (second ), north of U. P. R. R .; part of reserve No. 2, Kaw Half-breed lands.
*Norton's addition, west of Pine and north of Twelfth street.
Norton's ( John) second addition, south of Sardou avenue to Seward avenue, and west from Chester to Freeman avenue.
Norton's (John ) third addition, north of Belmont avenue, east of Chester avenue (Oakland).
Norwood, south of Beal's addition.
*North Park addition, north of Kist- ler street, east of Quincy street.
Norris's subdivision, north of Seward avenue, east of Klein's second ad- dition.
North View subdivision, east of C. K. & N. R. R. in southeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 12, township 11, range 15.
O.
Oakley's subdivision, north of the Kansas river; reserve No. 6 of Kaw HIalf-breed lands.
*Oakley's subdivision of Rural Homes, south of Fifteenth and west of Bu- chanan street.
*Oakley's ( F. T.) subdivision of lots in Lockhart's addition.
Oakland, north of Belmont avenue, east of Chester avenue.
*Orchard subdivision " Addition A," part southwest quarter of southwest quarter section 5, township 12, range 16.
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Orchard Highlands subdivision, plat- ted on north half of northwest quarter section 13, township 12, range 15 east.
*Orchard subdivision, south of Nine- teenth street, extension to Branner and Klein streets.
*Orr's addition, south of Norwood.
*Osborne's addition, north of Kansas river and west of Tyler street.
*Ott & Tewksbury's addition, south of Fourteenth and west of Taylor street ( Union avenue ).
P.
* Paramore's subdivision, north of Kious street and east of Kansas avenue.
*Paramore's second addition, north of Pierce and east of Quincy street.
*Parkdale addition, north of Tenth av- enue and east of the Shunganunga.
*Park's addition, north of HI (Grant) and west of Van Buren street.
Park's addition, plat of block A.
*Philbin's subdivision, north of Kansas river and west of Middaugh's sec- ond addition.
Pierce's addition, south of Twenty- first and east of Monroe street.
Pierce's subdivision, subdivision of Groveland, I block west of Jeffer- son and south of Pierce street.
Pleasant View, south of Tenth ave- nue and west of Ella street.
Point Prospect, Tenth avenue, and east of California avenue.
*Pollom's subdivision, North Topeka, north of II ( Kious ) street and east of Central avenue.
l'omona Park, southwest of Rose Hill. *Poole's addition, south of G ( Morse) street and west of Kansas avenue.
Potwin's subdivision ( Potwin Place ), north of Fifth street and west of West street.
Poynter's subdivision, south of Thir- teenth and west of Lake street.
Prairie Dale, northeast of North To- peka.
*Prospect Block, west of Lake street, east of city.
*Quinton Heights, south of Twenty- first and east of Lincoln.
R.
*Railroad Street addition, west of North Topeka.
*Rambo's addition, north of Park's ad- dition, North Topeka.
*Reed's subdivision, north of Fifteenth street and west of Washington street (old Sac & Fox road).
Rickenbacker's addition, west of Col- lege Hill.
*Ridgeway's subdivision, lot 4, Rural Ilomes.
*Ritchie's addition, south of Tenth av- enue and east of Jackson street.
River View Park, northeast of l'ot- win's subdivision.
Rock Island addition, northwest of North Topeka.
Rodgers's addition to Highland Park. Rose Hill, south of the city.
Ross's addition, northwest of North Topeka.
*Rural Homes, south of Fifteenth and west of Buchanan street.
Russell's Meadowside, south of Lee's subdivison.
S.
Santa Fe addition, south of Twenty- first street and east of Kansas ave- nue.
*Schmidt's addition, north of Seventh street and east of Washington ave- nue.
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Seabrook's subdivision, cast half of the southeast quarter of section 3, township 12, range 15, west of Waverly Place.
*Seward's addition, south of Moore & Newman's addition.
Shull's ( Sarah ) subdivision of lots 5 and 7, Lee's subdivision.
Snyder's addition, south of city. South Brentwood, part of lot No. 4, section 34, township 11, range 15, west of city.
*South Park, west of Kansas avenue, south of Shunganunga creek.
Southwest subdivision, southwest of Washburn College.
Steele's addition, south of Twentieth street and west of Western avenue. Steele's second addition, joins Steele's addition, and north of Shunganunga creek.
Stephens's addition to Auburndale.
Stevenson's subdivision, south of Eighteenth and east of Adams street.
*Stilson & Bartholomew's subdivision, south of Tenth avenue and west of Arch street.
*Stone's subdivision, block 24, College Hill,
Stone's subdivision, part of Hillyer's addition.
Strait's addition, south of Twentieth and west of Fillmore street.
Strait's addition, cast of Strait and south of Indiana avenue.
*Strickler's addition, north of Kansas river and west of Topeka avenue.
Stringham's addition, north of G ( Morse ) and west of Taylor street. Subdivision of lots Nos. 35, 37, 39, Highland avenue, Seabrook's sub- division.
Sunnyside addition, adjoining High- land Park, south of Canary ave- nuc.
Supplement to Arlington Heights, joins Arlington Heights.
Swayze's addition, part of College HIill.
Swayze's subdivision, lot 4, block 7, College Hill addition.
Swayze's subdivision, lot 4, block 9, College Ilill addition.
*Sweet's addition, north of State and cast of Walnut street.
Swygart's subdivision, north of Sixth avenue, cast of Veale's addition.
T.
Terre Haute addition, south of city.
The Best subdivision, southeast of Rose Hill.
Thompson's addition, north of St. John street and west of Topeka avenue.
Thompson's subdivision, in southwest quarter of southwest quarter of section 4, township 12, range 16.
*Throop's addition, south of Huntoon and west of Western avenue.
*Throop's second addition, south of Thirteenth and west of Buchanan street.
*Throop's third addition, south of Huntoon and west of Buchanan street.
*Throop's fourth addition, north of Sixteenth and west of Clay street.
*Thurston Place, south of Thirteenth, west of West street.
*Titus's (C. H.) subdivision, of lots in Daniels's subdivision.
Topeka Cemetery, part of section 5, township 12, range 16.
Topeka Heights, southwest of city.
*Tweeddale's addition, north of Sev- enth street and west of Shunga- nunga creek.
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V.
Van Antwerp's, addition, lot 19, W. 1. Fritz's subdivision.
Van Buskirk's subdivision of lot 6, block 16, College Hill addition.
V'an Buskirk's subdivision of lot S, block 16, College Hill addition.
V'an Buskirk's subdivision, part of lot 7, block 10, College Hill ad- dition.
*Vance's addition, north of Fifth and west of Buchanan street.
*Veale's addition, north of Sixth ave- nue and east of Lawrence street.
W.
*Walnut Grove subdivision, south of Seventeenth street and west of Kan- sas avenue.
*Walnut Grove, subdivision of block B.
Warren's addition to Deer Park, in south half of northwest quarter of section 3, township 12, range 16.
Washburn Place, joins John Norton's addition on west.
Washburn Place addition, in west half of section 35, township 11, range 15, west of city.
Washington Place addition, southeast of city.
Watson's addition, south of Second and west of Polk street.
*Watt's subdivision, north of E ( Gor- don) and west of Tyler street.
Waverly Place, joins Seabrook's sub- division on east.
Webster Heights, south of city.
*Weinberger's addition, north of II (Grant ) street and west of Central avenue.
Wentworth Place, north of Belmont and west of Oakland avenue (Oak- land).
West End subdivision, from Sixth to Eighth avenue, and west of Wat- son avenue.
* West Park, Tenth avenue, north of Stilson & Bartholomew's addition.
West Side subdivision, Tenth avenue, and south of Martin's Hill.
West View addition, joins Highland Park.
Western Land and Lot Company's addition, cast of city ; part west half of section 33, township 11, range 16.
White Oak Grove, west of Maple Grove.
Whitmer's addition, east of Kellam and north of Iowa avenue.
*Wilder's addition, north of Paramore street, west of Kansns avenue, North Topeka.
*Wilder's subdivision, west of Monroc street, and north of Kious to Say- well street.
Willetts's addition, south of Twenty- first street, west of Pierce's addition.
*Williams's addition, south of Huntoon and west of West street.
*Williams & Dillon's addition, south of Huntoon and west of Buchanan street.
Wright's addition, part of Oakland.
Y.
Young's addition, south of Eighth and west of Western avenue.
*Young's subdivision, south of Chest- nut street, west of Williston street, College Hill.
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Municipal, County, State and National Record, AND MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
CITY OF TOPEKA.
TOPEKA, the county seat of Shawnee county, and the capital of the State of Kansas, was located on the fifth day of December, 1854. It is situated on both banks of the Kansas river, and now covers an area of 3,Soo acres, or about six . sections of land are within the jurisdiction of its municipality. The population of the city, including its suburban additions, is now estimated at fully fifty thousand.
MAYORS OF TOPEKA SINCE 1858.
Pursuant to a proclamation issued by F. L. Crane and others, the first elec- tion for a mayor and councilmen was held at the store of Moore, Hill & Co., on Thursday, January 28, 185S.
LORING FARNSWORTH 1858 to IS59.
LORENZO DOW. 1859.
(Election was declared illegal and he resigned.)
C. K. HOLLIDAY 1859 to 1860.
II. W. FARNSWORTH 1860 to IS61.
HENRY T. OTIS. 1861 to 1862.
N. W. Cox .. IS62 to 1863.
J. F. CUMMINGS. 1863 to 1864.
SAM. H. FLETCHER 1864 to 1865.
W. W. Ross. 1865 to 1866.
Ross BURNS .. 1866 to 1867.
C. K. HOLLIDAY. 1867 to 1868.
ORRIN T. WELCH IS68 to 1869.
C. K. HOLLIDAY 1869 to 1870.
J. B. MCAFEE 1870 to 1871. ORRIN T. WELCH 871 to 1874.
HI. BARTLING IS74 to 1875.
T. J. ANDERSON I875 to 1877.
M. H. CASE IS77 to ISSI.
J. C. WILSON. . ( Resigned Dec. 5, 1883) ISSI to 1883.
BRADFORD MILLER.
ISS3 to IS85.
( Elected to fill vacancy Dec. 23, 1883.)
ROSWELL L. COFRAN IS85 to ISS7.
D. C. METSKER. ISS7 to ISS9.
ROSWELL L. COFRAN ( Present incumbent ) . ISSO.
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OFFICERS.
SALARY.
MAYOR
Roswell L. Cofran
$900
CLERK
George Tauber
1,500
DEPUTY CLERK
Edith L. Metcalf 600
POLICE JUDGE
. R. H. C. Searle.
1,200
ATTORNEY S. B. Isenhart. 1,200
TREASURER.
HI. Kirk Rowley
500
PHYSICIAN.
J. B. Hibben.
30
SUPT. PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
John M. Bloss 2,500
ENGINEER
. Lewis Kingman.
2,000
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Furman Baker 1,000
DEPUTY STREET COMMISSIONER
George H. McCollister. 600
WEIGHMASTER AND MEASURER
S. M. Husted
600
DEPUTY WEIGHMASTER.
S. C. Miller.
540
FOOD INSPECTOR
. O. W. Blood.
900
ASSESSOR .
F. C. Bowen . (per day ) 3 00
FIRE MARSHAL.
George O. Wilmarth 1,Soo
COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS,
Joseph Reed. 1,200
P. I. Bonebrake 400
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
Rev. F. S McCabe, Sec'y. . .
600
CHIEF OF POLICE
J. W. Gardner
1,200
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular meetings of the council are held in the council chamber, City Build- ing, on the first Monday of each month, and special meetings at the call of the mayor.
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
E. B. Whaley.
FIRST WARD.
C. D. Myers.
S J. S. Earnest.
SECOND WARD
(Ed. Hawes.
( John Elliott.
THIRD WARD
S. Ettlinger.
FOURTH WARD.
James Burgess.
FIFTH WARD.
E. B. Lull.
Salary, $50 per year.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Ways and MIcans-Gunn, Lull, Burgess, Hawes, Ettlinger, Isenhart, Kingman.
Streets and Walks -Earnest, Myers, Elliott, Lockard, Whaley.
Claims and Accounts - Lockard, Hawes, Myers.
Finance - Whaley, Lockard, Ettlinger.
Sewers and Water Works -Hawes, Lull, Burgess.
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( E. N. Gunn.
( I. T. Lockard.
E. B. Whaley.
Charles F. Spencer 400
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Bridges-Lull, Elliott, Myers.
Fire Department -Earnest, Gunn, Ettlinger.
Gas and Electric Light -- Whaley, Earnest, Burgess. Ilcalth -Ettlinger, Gunn, Earnest. Licenses- Myers, Hawes, Whaley.
Printing - Lockard, Burgess, Earnest.
Manufactures -- Elliott, Lull, Hawes.
Public Buildings- Burgess, Gunn, Earnest, Elliott, Lull. Rules and Ordinances-Lull, Lockard, Gunn, Isenhart. Parks-Burgess, Elliott, Whaley.
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
The board of police commissioners are appointed by the Governor for a term of two years, and is limited to three members and restricted so that only two of the members are adherents of the same political party.
COMMISSIONERS.
SALARY.
P. I. BONEBRAKE, President. $400
F. S. MCCABE, Secretary. 600
CHARLES F. SPENCER. 400
The board meets in regular session on Saturday evening of each week at 627 Kansas avenue.
POLICE COURT.
Police Headquarters, 335 Jackson Street.
JUDGE ..
R. II. C. Searle.
ATTORNEY ... S. B. Isenhart.
CHIEF OF POLICE . John W. Gardner.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
GARDNER, JOHN W., Chief. 141 Prospect.
DONOVAN, TIMOTHY, Captain 231 Madison.
SIMONTON, S. S., Sergeant. 505 Clay.
()'ROURKE, RICHARD, Sergeant. 320 Madison.
LINDBURG, PETER, Patrolman
170S Topeka ave.
.NICHOLS, ANDREW,
1312 West Eighth.
CANNON, G. W.,
624 Fillmore.
LOWE, J. A., 66
906 Branner.
BUFORD, WESLEY,
1196 Lane.
STEELE, H. M.,
66
926 North Madison.
CARDEN, D. J.,
209 Monroe.
WARD, L. P.,
1103 North Jefferson.
LEWIS, NATHAN,
66
IS14 Harrison.
MYERS, J. A. 66
S25 North Kansas ave.
GOODMAN, B. F.,
1410 North Quincy.
KERCHIVAL, G. W., -9
1316 North Van Buren.
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HONEYWELL, F. L., Patrolman
716 East Fourth.
DUMONT, J. F., 66
Cor. nith and Pine.
CHARLES, G. W.,
122 Fillmore.
WELLMAN, ARTHUR, ،،
18 East Seventh.
BERNARD, HENRY,
923 West Fifth.
WILSON, PAT., 66
Cor. 12th and Hancock.
NOWES, MOSES, 60
317 Fillmore.
STRAUSS, I. . A.,
616 Spruce.
JESTER, A. R., Jailer .
321 Fillmore.
PAVEY, EVERETT, Driver.
215 West Fifth.
BOARD OF HEALTHI.
Office, city clerk's office, in City Building, corner Kansas avenue and Sev- enth street. Meetings of the board are held on the first Friday evening in each month, or at the call of the president.
PRESIDENT
Dr. C. A. McGuire. Dr. L. HI. Munn.
SECRETARY
Dr. C. A. McGuire.
MEMBERS
Dr. L. II. Munn.
Dr. W. A. Williamson.
SANITARY SERGEANT Lee M. Carter.
CITY FINANCES.
( Furnished by Assistant City Treasurer L. G. Beal, April 21, 1890. )
VALUATION OF PROPERTY FOR ISS9.
Real estate.
$6, 165,055 00
Personal property
2,709,620 00 354,163 60
Total.
59,228,838 60
TAX LEVY.
General revenue fund. 6 mills. $55,241 59
General improvement fund.
6
55,241 59
Interest fund.
2.1 6. 10 19,339 27
Sinking fund.
0.6. 4¢ 10
5,525 63
Water works fund
1 5 4 10
13,814 08
Library fund.
4,604 69
Judgments, costs and interest on judgments.
0,9 6 10
8,2SS 45
Sidewalk levy.
12.223 93
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LEVY.
City's proportion, bonds and interest. 1,8 mills. $35,916 61
City and Government buildings .. 1, 841 88
Property's proportion, principal and interest, streets and alleys. 94,240 59
35,417 40
SCHOOL LEVY, ISS9.
General school fund 7 mills.
504.448 52
13,814 08
Interest and sinking fund .. Outstanding school bonds.
213,000 00
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Property's proportion, principal and interest. sewers.
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Railroad property .
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GENERAL REVENUE FUND.
Balance in fund April 1, 1889.
$348 37
Received from county treasurer.
52.434 66
Received from bank interest ..
3.223 41
Received from dog tax
1.115 00
Received from licenses
5.264 97
Received from rent
2.075 52
Received from building permits.
377 00
Received from city scales.
940 65
Received from food inspector.
755 37
Received from various sources.
520 99
Total
567.955 94
DISBURSEMENTS.
Warrants paid.
$67,177 33
Balance in fund.
778 61
Total
$67,955 94
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
Balance in fund April 1, 1889.
$689 78
Received from county treasurer.
49,075 75
Received from poll tax.
8,482 00
Received from dirt sold.
383 30
Received from various sources
312 75
Total
$58,943 58
DISBURSEMENTS.
Warrants paid.
$54,062 33
Balance in fund.
4,881 25
Total
$58,943 58
City bonded indebtedness.
$267,000 00
Street improvement bonds.
715,514 48
Alley improvement bonds.
39,428 77
Sewer improvement bonds.
ISS, 500 00
TIIE CITY'S VALUATION.
YEAR.
TOTAL POPULATION.
TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION.
VALUATION PER CAPITA.
TAX ON EACH $100.
1877.
8,494
$2,260,371
$2.45
18-8.
9,003
2,430, 181
249
1870,
11,204
2.841,480
253
ISSO.
15,528
3,021,550
194
1881,
16,240
3,408,403
209
1882,
21,562
4,499,700
200
1883,
22,625
4,725,063
208
1884,
22,639
5,511,670
247
1885,
23,435
5,934,924
252
1886,
25,005
6,531,070
263
1887,
32,500
7,270,017
280
54.85
ISSS,
35,700
8,735,780
285
3.91
38,000
9,228,838
288
4.20
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AMUSEMENTS-PLACES OF. ( See also MUSEUMS.)
Arion Hall, Kansas avenue, between Third and Fourth; limited to members of the society.
Crawford's Topeka Opera House, L. M. Crawford, proprietor and manager, 612 and 614 Kansas avenue; capacity, about 1,200.
Grand Opera House, Chas. F. Kendall, owner, 613 and 615 Jackson street; seating capacity, 1,500.
Lukens's Opera House, Jonas A. Lukens, proprietor, So7 North Kansas avenue; capacity, 600.
Library Hall, Edward Wilder, president Library Association, City Library Build- ing, in State House grounds; seating capacity, 500.
Metropolitan Hall, Blackman & Sardou, owners, 406 and 408 Kansas avenue; principally used for dancing.
Capital City Museum, S14 and S16 Kansas avenue; seating capacity, about 400.
Music Hall, J. K. Hudson, owner, 111 East Eighth avenue; capacity, 500.
Turner Hall, controlled by the Turnverein, First avenue near Harrison street; not generally open to the public.
Tabernacle, erected under the auspices of the Chautauqua Association, and located at Oakland Park; seating capacity, about 3,000.
BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS.
Heck's Orchestra, (musical.) Organized 1878, office, S30 Quincy street. Louis Heck, leader.
Jewell Orchestra, ( musical.) Organized January, ISSS, office, 313 Harrison street. Miss Addie I. Jewell, director.
Marshall's Military Band. Organized October, 1874. Meets on Tuesday and Fri- day evenings, at S24 North Kansas avenue. Geo. M. Lescher, president; F. C. Lacey, secretary; A. W. Lacey, treasurer; J. B. Marshall, musical director.
Lincoln Post Drum Corps. Organized 1SS4. Meets at Lincoln Post hall, HIS East Sixth avenue. A. W. Fowkes, Jr., drum major; R. M. Frampton, adju- tant.
Topeka Dispatch Band. Organized in 1879. Meets in hall over 706 Kansas ave- nue. 22 members. John F. Ferguson, leader.
Immaculate Cornet Band. Organized in ISSS. Meets on Thursday evening of each week over 711 Kansas avenue. Ed. Prevand, leader.
Benevolent Band. Organized spring of 1889. Meets at Thirteenth and Quincy. Harry Austin, leader.
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OWNER, LESSEE AND MANAGER
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Warder Grand, Kansas City, Mo. Grand Opera House, Omaha, Neb. Funke's Opera House, Lincoln, Neb. Price's Opera House, Atchison, Kas. Crawford's Opera House, Leavenworth, Kas. Crawford's Opera House, Topeka, Kas. New Crawford Grand, Wichita, Kas. New Opera House, Winfield, Kas. New Opera House, Arkansas City, Kas.
INTERESTS POOLED WITH KANSAS CITY AND LAWRENCE.
ALSO MANAGER Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri River Circuit,
COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING CITIES:
Council Bluffs, Plattsmouth, Columbus, Central City, North Platte, Hastings, Beatrice, Wymore, Tecumseh, Nebraska City, Atchison, Leavenworth, Law- rence, Kansas City, Topeka, Manhattan, Wamego, Junction City, Clay Center, Abilene, Salina, McPherson, Newton, Arkansas City, Winfield, Wellington, Wichita, Harper, Anthony, Kingman, El Dorado, Hutchinson, Garden City, Dodge City, Larned, Parsons, Fort Scott and Emporia.
The above are all first class show towns, ranging in population from 5,000 to 100,000. All are well supplied with good Opera Houses, which in many instances are a surprise to the stranger for their grandeur, large seat- ing capacity, and modern improvements.
Low Rates, Prompt Money, Minimum Expense to Borrowers.
T. E. BOWMAN & CO.
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L.M.CRAWFORD
LESTER M. CRAWFORD, Owner and Manager.
BOND AND MORTGAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BANK. Negotiates Sale of County and Municipal Bonds. Visitors Cordially Invited to Call when in the City.
MINIMUM EXPENSE AND LOWEST RATES ON REAL ESTATE LOANS. T. E. BOWMAN & CO.
RADGES' TOPEKA DIRECTORY. 47
Oakland Cornet Band. Organized December, ISSo. Meets at Oakland City Hall every Monday evening. Lew. Crell, president; Lee Sidwell, secretary; Melvin Kelsey, treasurer; J. D. Norton, musical director.
Sunflower Band, ( juvenile. ) Organized March, 1889. Meets Wednesday and Saturday evenings, corner "C" and Van Buren. D. G. Kline, director; Albert Marshall, secretary and treasurer.
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