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Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1903

Page

9

Society notes honor two prom brides and many guests

Mise Prescott and Mies Rory Prescott hostesses at a porch reception this morning honoring prom brides Mies Genera Giles and me Otto Lowi Whe, with numerous invited ladies and gentlemen from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and nearby towns attending. The event precedes celebrations for Josephine Lambdy Kpellon’s eleventh birthday and other campus and society gatherings announced for early September.

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Prizes In Gold At Vinewood Fair Tourney

City Railway offers gold prizes for Vinewood fair pageant. Tepes Railway presents prizes for best dancing couple and scenic display. First prize five dollars, second three, third one. Tangled OCR text mentions Vinewood, Torches and a turkey incident in a North Carolina locale.

City Railway Erelays Tepes Railway Elanes Matton J Plant Pakke

Scaling Gray's Peak Exposé by Rev Ott in the Rockies

Rev A H Ott recounts a Colorado expedition from Topeka to Denver and Georgetown to Gray's Peak. He details mining camps, hogback shelves, and a grueling ascent to 14 141 feet, describing rugged terrain, alpine scenery, and a return to camp as achievement and awe unite after a perilous yet revelatory climb.

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Cattlemen Propose Rate Hearing Amid High Freight Belief

Senator Harry McMillan travels from Ottewa to attend a cattlemen meeting in Cope and prepare for tomorrow’s hearing before the state railroad commissioners. He denounces rising freight costs, cites Union Pacific and Santa Fe comparisons, and asserts railroads are charging cattle rates 15 percent higher while service declines.

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The Modern French Girl and Forty Years of Change

In Scribner's Magazine reflections compare past and present French social norms. Forty years ago plain dress and reserved manners marked unmarred status, while now satin gowns and bold chatter blur lines between married and single women. Parents worry the rapid shift cures some evils but creates new concerns for daughters' futures. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strait appears as a stray ad insert for a dysentery remedy.

France Scribner's Magazine

North Topeka Society Roundup and Local Happenings

North Topeka briefs report on residents visiting Chicago and Missouri, new floor at Holman building on Kansas Avenue, and upcoming occupancy of the Thomas building grocery. Notes on visits by Rev Arnott, Mrs Parrish, Miss Jessie Parrish, and Mrs LaTourette. Local transport mishaps include a runaway on Ranches Avenue and family updates from Toledo to Lawrence.

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