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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1894
Page
6
In Topeka and nearby areas social happenings unfold with gatherings, introductions, and community acknowledgments. The column notes attendees, hosts, and the seasonal mix of clubs and receptions shaping the social calendar.
Local society notes recount Miss Edna Crane hosting a mixed evening of music and games with Denver and Lawrence guests. Invitations for thimble parties abound as Topeka hosts residents from Leavenworth and Ottawa plus visitors from Denver and Chicago.
The enlarged book department boasts exceptional values with titles discounted to 35 or 50 cents from $1.25. Publishers with limited editions or broken series often sell the remainder cheaply, and a New York man handles such opportunities, now brought to customers through this notice.
A local book counter showcases expanded children’s titles with many series and popular volumes. It highlights older reader books including Through the Wilds by Captain Charles A Farrar and several classic novels like Trilby and Ben Hur, noting wide Christmas trade and bargain prices at the south aisle counter.
The passage asserts the book department lacks popular poets in diverse binding styles and claims the shop can satisfy any reader’s taste. It notes broad selection ambitions and appeals to customer preference for bindings.
The listing highlights Ganson Art favorites including The Goupil Gallery of Photogravures and Tennyson’s Fairy Lillian. Sets include Prescott’s Conquest of Mexico and Ferdinand and Isabella plus Conquest of Peru. Also featured are Macaulay’s History of England and Hugo’s works in six volumes. Carlisle French Revolution Fielding Tom Jones Warren Lyall We Two and Donovan Hawthorn Scott Cooper Dickens.
The store announces a complete line of ART Embroidery goods including stamped doylys trays and covers with prices from 6c to $2. New silks art linen drops tassels fringes stock nearly new. Spoons in solid silver and Mignon Kid Gloves offered at low weekly price. Handkerchiefs feature embroidered and silk options at modest costs.
A Topeka paper column collects local items from Sheriff Burdge’s new overcoat to a Topeka man’s gnomic elevator invention. Snippets note street work, church events, prohibition costs, sewer plans, Christmas tree efforts, and civic goings on with brief mentions of officials, clergy, and performances.
In Tombstone a man matching Hillmon’s description was found in jail but not identified as Hillmon. Despite eight witnesses and two Kansas attorneys traveling to confirm, the man, 30s with Hillmon’s nose and beard, proved not to be the missing man. Nichols, who knew Hillmon, reported details from the Tombstone camp and the witnesses' trip home.
Republicans have formally decided to contest the election of James H. Budd for governor in California. This marks the first instance in state history where preliminary steps are taken to challenge gubernatorial returns. Hesing Coal Companys, 410 West Sixth street.
An old advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with claims of gum soothing pain and diarrhea relief at 25 cents a bottle. It mentions Dr Learned's fourth page lecture, a sale and church supper on December 11, and a promoted lithograph of the famed twenty hour Exposition Tyer between Chicago and New York for ten cents. Also notes Peerless Steam Laundry offering neckband service at 114 West Highth Street.
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