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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
9
Recent Topeka social items describeMrs A B Quinton hosting a large afternoon reception with 300 attendees, and Miss Mabel Knowles entertaining in honor of Atlas Grace Peckham of Jersey City. The column lists numerous local residents visiting, invitations issued for holidays, and brief notes on travel to Chicago, Lawrence, and Denver.
The itemized notes describe Topeka holidays with Lai Miss Cora Poole and health travel to the Adirondacks for Mrs Wetherett, expected back in February. Visitors include Mrs W Philler and daughters from St. Joseph. Miss Jean and Mary Frost go to Kansas City Monday for shopping. A five club gathering at Clay Street features many local names in music and dancing. The Viennese club cancels a formal dance, opting for an informal gathering to test parties. Charlie Weber attends the Lotus party from Atchison. Lena Jostyn of Manchester attends the Lotus event with the Davins. Belle Thompson returns home to Pennsylvania after a visit. Mrs Baker and Mrs Howe return from Greensburg. Lorine Kinney visits relatives in St Louis. Frank Kenderdine arrives from Baltimore for holidays with Miss Marion Kenderdine. Mr and Mrs E M Miller welcome a girl born yesterday at 1896 Clay Street.
A Glasgow dispatch reports six American liners tied up as their engineers strike. The Samaritan, due to sail today, cannot start, raising fears of serious disruption to the fleet and port operations.
New Jersey Athletic Club hosts a winter carnival in Manhattan with Yale Princeton and Pennsylvania showing new material for 1898. The program features ten events plus a championship dumbbell contest across two nights. Highlights include a 50 yard special race and a 20 yard dash with 40 competitors and titles for sprinting and distance events at a bustling New York venue.
Report says Governor Leedy will pardon or commute F. E. Bates, one of two men convicted of illegally selling liquor in Witt City. Bates has served 30 days and $100 fine, while sheriff Lew Sones and officials work with the governor. Also reported Purdy divorce case settled. Judge Hazen grants Margaret A. Punty divorce from Wm. Purdy with property considerations outlined.
A series of brief notices reports deaths from paresis at the state asylum and other causes. John George died yesterday, funeral tomorrow at Mission Center for infant Olive Aforns aged 1 month. Thomas Robertean, Mrs Ward Murlingaise’s father, died yesterday afternoon aged around 75, services Saturday at 2 PM. Mrs W W Kitchell’s residence at 2nd Woodlawn avenue Potwin hosts a granddaughter’s request after the passing of her mother. Mr H L Hastings of Holman Street North Topeka informs of his mother’s death in Chicago yesterday. he will accompany the remains to Marion county for burial beside his father who died ten years ago.
A comic dispute between Mrs Mulvany and Mrs McCarthy over a blue painted cow, claimed as a poster cow by art loving lieutenants, reveals town gossip and a swirl of humorous Irish household scenes. The piece blends local chatter with clipped remarks on china painting, art classes, and small urban foibles.
The official thermometer in St Paul dropped to 12 below zero as a northwest cold wave persisted. Winnipeg and Huron reported 20 below at 7 pm, with other stations like Suth at 14 below and Helena Havre 0. Businesses along Kansas Avenue market lunch options and goods from local merchants. notices for The Up-to-date Lunch and Short Order Restaurant and a tailor appear among the reads.
Daily market roundup shows wheat opening quiet and weak versus prior close with mixed domestic receipts and Argentina and Liverpool notes. Corn and oats steady to higher on demand. provisions firm with May pork and lard futures easing, cash grain prices listed for No 1 and No 2 grades along with Timothy and Barley bids.
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