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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1894
Page
6
A health column urges daily exercises to protect the back, argues against corsets, and offers simple routines for sewing workers. It also notes cucumber peels for cooling water, nerves and body function facts, and a human-interest tale of unexpected charity at a teahouse.
The English woman suffrage statistics are in with 245674 total signatures. Scotland contributes 50913 and Ireland 6800, English and Welsh signatures distributed across the remaining regions. Also noted are women leaders in medicine, literature, and art, plus school and public service signatories. Fannie Edgar Thomas praised in The Musical World of Paris for her Paris correspondence. Jeannette Gilder quotes Miss Thomas admitting opposition to womens suffrage.
The Knights of Pythias biennial encampment at Washington runs August 27 to September 5. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offers round trip tickets from all lines August 22 to September 5, with extensions to September 15 if deposited by September 6. Chicago fare set at 17.50 dollars, with lower rates from other points. Also advertised tours in the Rocky Mountains and various goods and services from local merchants.
Meescon and Co plans relocation to 113 West Eighth this month. An advertisement references De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve for burns and sores, and praises products from J.K. Jones and Snow’s Pine Cure. Marketing touts American Steam Laundry on West Fifth Street and De Witt’s Early Risers as cures for constipation and biliousness.
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