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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1897

Page

6

Winter to summer fashion trends in cotton goods and linens

Olive Harper reports from Paris on a shift from heavy winter fabrics to light spring and early summer garments. White goods, hemstitched linens, pillow cases, table linen florals, and new prints in organdies and challies dominate, with Watteau and Dolly Varden styles rising and colors ranging from caspian blue to black and brown.

Materinia Paria Kashmir Directeur Olive Harper

Gossip in Gotham at a New York concert scene

Special correspondent Edith Sessions Tupper chronicles Walter Damrosch leading his orchestra with tense precision while Elizabeth Cady Stanton appears in a box, admired by many. snippets profile Richard K Fox and Bob as a doll-filled social figure, plus remarks on Seeley dinners and a dazzling but misleading gift.

Edith Sessions Tupper Metropolis New York Walter Damrosch Damrosch Thomas Elizabeth Cady Stanton Max Lawrence Biweh Lawrence Bisteh Blatch Vassar College Hatty Stanton Richard K. Fox Bob Gip Mia Bab Jingo Sloan P. T. Barnum Evrth Sessions

Social happenings in Topeka and vicinity headline

Society notes list Topeka residents and visitors at dinners, luncheons, and card parties after a Pure Food show. Names include Mrs. Jonathan Thomas, Miss Willa Rodgers, Miss Clara Lynn, Miss Elizabeth Stone, Mrs. Ollie O'Brien, Miss May Maxwell, Mrs. Ed Nelties, Mrs. A. D. Lundy, and many local clubs and gatherings.

University Jonathan Thomas J. L. Shellabarger Willa Rodgers Jon Plastic Crippie Creek Col Hannagan Misa Josephine Shellabarger Lawrence Here Queens Clara Lynn Kanes City Elizabeth Stone Ites Bali Davin Atte Iniversity Ely Ollie O'Brien Leavenworth Mbs Maite Janes Ed Nelties Chicago Mire Olivia van Twenell Mra A. D. Lundy Kotte Thicaze Willis Nertop Harold Chase B.D. Johnson May Maxwell EL. C. White J. A. W. Ard Club A. W. Dana Olivia van Tateell Edith Thacher Percy Harvey Emporia Topeka Willis Norton Jr Earl Williams Mansfield New Orleans Edith Brewer George P. Conner Portle Literary Club Lincoln Street Hoyman Joe Wilson Seth Chase Wetherell’s Kroma HR. Smith Rathbone Sisters of Topeka Temple No. 2 Third Leland Streeta Dan Cain Copeland KR. J. Parker Madison Street GG. Gorham Mc Qaughter LL Korn J. D. Salmons Wichita

Magnanimous Russia in face of Turkish credit dispute

A St Petersburg dispatch reports the Glasnost claims Russia cannot descend to Turkey’s pillage with Turkey’s other creditors and has extended a century to pay the war indemnity of 3,000,000 roubles annually. Russia shows magnanimity and avoids meddling in international affairs, with France preferring to keep its own interests.

New York Herald St Petersburg Corea Rusedat Turkey Russia France

Deaths in Topeka and St Louis Deaths and funeral note

Ernest J Fisk son of Winslow C Fisk died of catarrh and consumption at his father’s residence in Topeka aged 20. Funeral services will be held there tomorrow at ten o’clock. R A Farnsworth aged 57 died of heart disease at the home of E L Hopkins in Kansas City. Chas Morse, inmate of Topeka insane asylum, died of apoplexy aged 38. General A J Smith funeral in St Louis attended by many. interment at Calvary cemetery.

Ernest J. Fisk Winslow C Fisk Christian Science Tif R.A. Farnsworth E. L. Hopkins Western Avenue Richland

President Hill Denies NY Rail Rumors

President J Z Hu of the Great Northern railroad denied in an interview today rumors of a spend in trafic diliance with the Northern Pacific in Letesta. Lines indicate a denial of talks and potential alliance between the two railways amid questions about strategic moves in early February. The interview timestamps the assertion as unverified and emphasizes no formal agreement.

Hill New York J. Z. Hu Great Noethern Railroad Northern Pacific Letesta

Careful Santa Fe switchman injured in yard accident

Sam McFerran a 49 year old Santa Fe yard switchman at Topeka’s Santa Fe yards suffered severe injuries when three freight cars collided in the yard. His left arm and hand were crushed and mangled at the drawhead. doctors at Santa Fe hospital operated, possible amputation remains. McFerran, longtime employee, was performing his duty when the accident occurred and his condition was reported as serious but salvageable.

Sami McFerran Santa Pe Sam McFerran Hancock Street Topeka McVerran Emilsion McPerran Santa Fe Hospital The Santa By

Fort Scott men held for receiving stolen goods

Fort Scott Kansas February 1 J Greenberg and M Berkson are under arrest for receiving stolen merchandise from Whiteside and Strode Uniontown and J E Collins Bronson stores. Jack Freeman sold the goods and parts were recovered in the prisoners store.

Tor Fort Scott Kan J. Greenberg M. Berkson Mana A.dennebim Kansas City Jack Freeman Whiteside & Strode Uniontown J. £. Collins Bronson

Market Reports From Chicago and Kansas City

Market reports show wheat and corn fluctuations with early weakness turning to partial recovery. Livestock receipts and prices move with hogs and cattle steady to weak, while oats and provisions remain unsettled amid mixed futures cues from London and New York trading.

Chicago Wen Liverpool Sia Ae Kotoe Eiorta Couners Stiri Zand Peices Ted Shorts Witen Wellora Pork Iveraigin Sianato Odierws Samiti Texas ELIS Atockere

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