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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1895
Page
6
In Topokis and nearby communities social gatherings drew notable residents to events hosted by clubs and society leaders. Hosts welcomed guests, shared updates, and highlighted upcoming charity efforts and community milestones.
A banquet in Leavenworth honored Hon Lucien Beker with about twenty five young ladies and sixteen gentlemen in attendance. The event featured a "Literary Table" with playful book theme decorations and prizes. Other social gatherings included church and club meetings, birthday celebrations, and a dance party at the Dutcher home.
The Indian bureau will continue summer institutes for Indian school employees. Three institutes will be held in Oklahoma territory South Dakota and Washington state across three districts. The programs aim to reach many government school staff including teachers from Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota and various agencies in the Rosebud Pine Ridge Beeterdy Rock Cheyenne River Crow Creek Lower Brule Santee Yankton areas. Washington Oregon openness to Indian education proposals may influence site choice.
American Consul Eugene G. Germain at Zurich reports strong Swiss demand for high quality American timber. He notes Swiss importers ready to work on commission and willing to replace Hungarian German and English wood. The memo details trade viability, prices, and key players.
Olive Harrer surveys New York spring styles with a focus on silk blouses, crepon, and waists in cotton wool and silk blends. She notes shrinking sleeves, varied fabrics, and bold prints such as moire, two toned silks, and printed crepon with delicate leaf motifs.
Belle Reynolds of Santa Barbara California became the army’s only woman major after ministering to the wounded with Union forces from Iowa to Illinois. She witnessed Fredericktown Pittsburg Landing and Shiloh, earning a commission for meritorious conduct. Her later life.
A Chicago magnate Charles T Yerkes and his wife plan to breach New York society with a million dollar mansion a half million in furnishings and a private art gallery claimed to be the largest in the United States The campaign aims to open social doors from New York to Chicago with gowns dinners receptions and balls described as brilliant The piece notes her beauty and taste and mentions American goods entering Japan with Price's Baking Powder gaining traction there.
Alfred Parrar of Stillwater Minnesota argues Senator elect Knute Nelson is not a McKinley ally but a tariff reformer. Jos Medill of the Chicago Tribune notes Nelson favors Tom Reed over other candidates and may shift if Alli som of laws enters. The piece also mentions market street greetings about the kinetoscope.
A collage of society notes: Magdalena Pisciotta dies at 111 in Santa Teresa Galiuri with sixty grandchildren. Dennison Wheelock and a Chippewa girl wed at Carlisle Indian School. Captain Carl Gustave Flash marries Pauline Bancroft in Boston. Oblique references span Johns Hopkins, the czar of Russia’s popularity, and local benevolence. Also glimpses of fashion trends from Paris to New York, including fur, velvet trims, and fall dress colors with detailed sleeve and hat styles.
Prose aphorisms urge balance in charity to one’s means and race, and warn that revenge corrupts while self improvement and steady cheer at home foster happiness. It extols looking for faults in self, good in others, and the value of purposeful living and gentle peace through music.
A miscellany notes Virginia’s population share a century ago and balloons reaching 30,000 feet with self registering gear. It cites a court ruling on selling paintings while keeping copyright, lists Everett Washington’s largest nailmaking machine, and references Dr Price’s Baking Powder. Optical jokes, wedding banter and social quips close the column with brief notices about Grace Sherburn and a W. A. meeting tomorrow.
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