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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1895
Page
6
In Topeka and nearby areas, society circles showcase recent social events and gatherings. Prominent hosts, attendees, and venues feature in this brief roundup of community society life.
Invitations go out for a reception by Mrs J D McFarland at 1160 Harrison next Thursday afternoon to welcome Mrs N C McFarland. Readers learn of thimble parties, club gatherings, church events, a May 2 Philharmonic recital, upcoming weddings including Miss Julia Street and Mr J G Wickham, and social moves around Topeka society featuring numerous local families and visiting guests.
The Worth establishment in Paris has created a sleeve for an American client that mimics a stained glass window. Raised piping marks light panels in contrasting colors, and the panels are painted in rich subdued tones. The model was costly to procure and later destroyed at the owner’s expense. Paris reports French forces capture Ambodivohibe fortress in Madagascar with no French casualties.
Punostarr Ariz April 20 William G. Stewart Republican candidate for delegate to Congress two years ago has died of consumption He was a native of Iowa.
A cream straw hat named Piccadilly with black trim and ribbon bows. The telegraph reports Queen Victoria signed the woman suffrage bill in South Australia making women voters in a vast territory, a landmark victory for equal rights.
The Maine suffrage movement reports gains in laws during the 1895 session. A municipal suffrage bill failed in the senate by four votes, but laws granting mothers equal custody authority, widows a dower right, and courts authority to require husband support without divorce were enacted. Judge Savage of Auburn drew the dower bill, praised for its framing.
The New York Letter notes a sweeping crepon obsession among women affecting staff hiring, textiles, ribbons, veiling, and even shoes. Edgy fashion critiques warn of rising ridges and blurred features as the craze grows toward backintoshes, with a predicted decline on the horizon.
A Youngsters’ trade venture by Maude Gratebar in peanut brittle shows thrift, miscalculation, and family debt. She buys at 12 cents, sells at 20, but unsealed weights and sister credit sap profits. Mrs. Gratebar settles debts, buys remaining stock, and closes the episode with a small gain and a lesson.
The two masted schooner Gracie T. finished outfitting in New York for a floating cannery cruise to southern waters. Capt. Wilbur leads a crew with six canners and a chef aboard, carrying 150000 empty cans to be filled with turtle pompano guava jelly fish game and fruit before returning.
April 20 report from Captain J B Vick of the Alabama river steamer Tinsie Moore describes a cyclone crossing Matties Landing 220 miles north of Mobile. The storm leveled twenty dwellings causing thousands of dollars in damage. Judge Henderson's plantation suffered complete wreckage with eight buildings lost and three lives feared dead.
Public notice extols Yale's Excelsior Hair Tonic as the first chemistry remedy to turn gray hair back to its original color without dye. Mme M Yale endorses and guarantees its tested efficacy, claiming immediate effect and luxurious growth. Noted as non greasy, it softens and curls hair, advertised for all degrees of gray, with bald heads specially recommended. price one dollar.
The snippet references MME M YaI specialist and Yale Blake in Chicago, with unclear OCR text. Readable fragments suggest a professional listing or appointment note. No clear event, date, or organization beyond mentioned cities and names.
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