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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1904
Page
10
The article details numerous society happenings including weddings and engagements in Topeka and Lawrence Kansas. It mentions hotel and home receptions, guests from Wichita and Des Moines, and social clubs hosting events at members’ houses. It notes wedding plans postponed and moved to Des Moines and a Lawrence Gazette owner’s past.
Miss Virginia Meade and Miss Alice Meade join Mina Maud Grimes and other senior students for the field sports in Lawrence. Nearby residents and relatives are noted visiting or returning, with multiple mentions of names and places including Topeka Montevideo and Leavenworth. A Bethany College tent is used for the season and social events at the high school continue with dances and meetings planned.
A critical social column denounces high divorce costs and lavish remarriage, contrasts simple home life with urban excess, and argues women’s happiness lies in family devotion. It extols traditional values while critiquing luxury, urging health and stable roles in American households.
A scattered listing shows Mrs. Wert, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Walsh and Miss Marie, Mrs. Hankin, Miss Hanson, Mrs. Burne, Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Hook, Mrs. Scott, and others visiting or returning from Cedar Rapids Kaneag City Omaha Topeka Chicago and Lee Kansas City Balint St John’s Military School. Also noted is a local dance at Steinbers hall and a humorous aside about postal service in a southern mountain town.
A Kansas State University journalism class recently took its final examination. All members passed except one practical newspaper man. The incident showcased the dedication of budding reporters and the standards of the journalism program.
A garbled humor piece sketches daily life with quarrels about work and love. It parodies conversation between a woman praised for wit and a man boasting of plans and marriage, touching on work, marriage, and social pretenses in a playful, old style.
A long list of real estate transfers shown as official notices includes numerous property dealings in Topeka and surrounding areas. Names such as Gamiawski, Fane, Van, Danford, and Bradshaw appear among transfers to various buyers and to city authorities, detailing parcels in Westlawn AC, Forest, Auburndale, Lindenwood, and West Park additions along with many street and section references.
Classified items seek barber trainees at Moler College in St. Louis and many employment ads across clerical sales secretarial and managerial roles. Wages range from 0.61 to 1.00 or higher weekly. positions include bookkeepers treasurers salesmen and executive roles. Listings cover real estate rentals and miscellaneous notices with asks for reports and references.
A garbled classifieds page lists for sale Johnson Place Addition lots at 0th Street, rooms for rent, and a two bed room house for sale. It includes notices about a waterworks case, a parole application for Alades Young, lost items including a gold watch and a diamond ring, and legal notices from a special master in Topeka.
A fragmented notice set includes a mercury-ish auction or sale timetables, a clairvoyant advert, a WIG show mention, and a public sale notice in a Topeka area, Kansas, referencing city wards and a May 5 hearing. Names and places are garbled but indicate a schedule of events and a legal process for a liquor license or related matter in Shawnee County.
A scanned item sheet lists multiple 19th century local businesses and services. Entries include a watchmaker engraver, storage and transfer company, florists, undertaker, piano lessons, hardware, and a telegraph era misc. phrases. It captures a collage of vendors such as WISMAN watchmaker, MERCHANTS TRANSFER, BLUE GEORGE PALMER undertaker, and GEO. NEWTON repair services.
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