General Notes of Society At Topeka on Visitors and Local Events
Personal items describe Topeka society life with many visits engagements and entertainment. Names include Mrs Dunlap Miss Harriet Rolfe Wesley Blair Atchison Dr Blair, Miss Rossmood Horton, Miss Blanche Joe Leavenworth, Mrs Lewis, Mr Ding Lingafelt, Mr Baker, Mrs Lease, Miss Janson, Miss Conklin, Miss Wilson, Mr H H Nickerson, and others. Numerous clubs gatherings dinners dances and upcoming parties noted with guests from Leavenworth St Louis and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dunlap
Kansas City
Dunlap
Harriet Rolfe
Beloit
Wisconsin
Rossmood Horton
Wesley Blair
Atchison
Edward Giles Blair
Ethel Ingalls
Nioag
May Thomas
Potwin
Blanche Joe
Leavenworth
D._A. Clementa
Assembly Club
Ss May Davis
New Mexico
Mra
A. Lewis
Chicago
A. R. Lingafelt
Charles Allen
Dave Mulvane
Lucien Baker
Topeks Club
A. Latham
P. Elliott
Mra. Maca. Green
St. Joseph
C. G. Foster
Shakespeare Club
Stedman Clab
H. W. Roby
Henrietta Thompson
Nellie Clough
Euchre
Topeka
Sncores
Felwr
W. A. Morgan
Imperial Club
Library Hall
Mary E Lease
Na- Noval
Eugene Hagan
M. A Waterman
Misa Jeasice Lewelling
Costigan
Scott Matson
St Louis
Irving Doolittle
Mattie Jones
Pecedy
Grace Weaver Anece
Miss Weaver
Sto.ry
Ellsworth Weaver
Will Haskell
Camera Club
W. E. Culver
Agnea Janson
Miss Briggs
Eleanor Wilson
Misa Wilson
Flory
Will Jenkins
St. Louis
W. H. Eastman
Bessie King
Yale's Skin Food Promises Youthful Skin Restoration
An advertisement touts Yale's Skin Food as rejuvenating care for aging skin. It claims to nourish pores and fatty tissues, revitalize nerves and muscles, enrich blood vessels, and restore elasticity, urging beware of substitutes. Priced at $1.50 and sold in drug stores nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Eacie — Onsihexiot Sancintists
Sates St
Obicayos
How Will Court Rule Contempt for Witness Subpoenaed
Thomas Hindman known as the fighting insurance man represents Columbia Fire Insurance creditors before a Kentucky Supreme Court commission and moves contempt against Louis Boornem counsel for Elliott L Butler claiming witnesses ignored subpoenas. Boornem seeks to quash the commission, accusing deception. Hindman denies the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youk
Auys
Thomas ©. Hindman
Columbia Fire Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Kentucky
Louis ¥. Boorsem
Elliott L Batler
Boornem
Supreme Court
Hindman
Secret southern lumber trust proposed at Aragon hotel
Ariasta Georgia February 4 reports a secret meeting at the Aragon hotel to form a Georgia Alabama syndicate coordinating with Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi interests to create a trust controlling the southern pine lumber market. Committees were formed to canvass in Alabama and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Ariasta
Hotel Aragon
Arkansas
Lewisiasha
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Stove blast starts fire in two story tenement
Mrs B Smith, occupant of 1123 Kansas Avenue, lit an oll stove and left, returning to find the room ablaze as the stove exploded. Firemen arrived and extinguished the blaze which caused limited damage. the shattered stove fell from a second story window and is not expected to cause further danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra B Smith
Kansas Avenue
Tire Company
North Topeka News and Local Events Highlights
North Topeka notes W M Gushard travels to Kansas City for a week. Salvation Army services at Kansas Avenue M E church. East Indianola Choral Society concert at Logie school. Birth announcement at 1430 Jackson street a daughter for Mr and Mrs Summers. Proceeds to charity at Methodist church. A M Cross moves jewelry store to 427 Kansas Avenue opposite post office. Morgan sisters sing for charity at Methodist church admission 25 and 15 cents. Santa Fe delivers coal cars from mines for North Topeka use. BR P lacks local coal, sources fuel elsewhere. Rev A D Joel and wife return to Fairview area planning to settle early spring. Mine explosion in Montceau Les Mines, many believed killed. Topeka Coal Co Horxku agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Gushard
Kansas City
Salvation Army
Kansas Avenue M. E
East Indianola Choral Society
Tein School Logie
Ben Mellinger
Spedt Lindsey
Pauline
Charles Summers
Jackson Street
Morgans
Needle
Methodist Church
A. M. Cross
North Topeka
Missouri River
A.D. Joel
Fairview
Leavenworth County
Fairview School House
Beauty Weds Title Its Bright Star In English Society
Lady Randolph Churchill long led English society life as an American by birth. Her husband Lord Randolph Churchill rose to politics before a scandal led to his downfall and death. The piece also profiles Lady Terence Blackwood and Lady Grey Egerton and notes other American wives of titled Englishmen, including May Yohe and Victoria Woodhull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Randolph Churchill
Terence Blackwood
Lady Grey Egerton
Jerome
Randolpa Churchill
Pitt
Churchill
Lord
England
Africa
Windsor
Royal
Churchills
Lord Randolph
Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Lord Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Larry Jerome
Leonard
New York
Larry
Davis
John H. Davis
Paris
London
Marquis of Dufferin and
Ava
Lord Blackwood
Lady Blackwood
Lady Grey-Hgerton
Cuyler
Baltimore
John Cuyler
Anthony Wayne
Warne
Philip Grey-Egerton
Lady Grey-Egerton
Lady Hope
May Yohe
Bethlehem
Chicago
Fairy Prines
Sir Francia
Hope
Newcastle
Lord Hops
Jack Mason
Ginger
Victoria Woodhull
Sir Francis Cook
Woodhull
Tennie C. Claflin
Biddulph Martin
May Yobe
Novel Tomb Decoration by Edmund Helmer in Vienna
A Vienna sculptor Edmund Helmer uses polychromy on tombs displaying a monument of a girl leaving loved ones for a better world. She steps from a Renaissance gateway while angels circle above and lilies bloom in the distant landscape. The piece blends symbolism with ornate color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Edmund Helmer
Diverse 19th Century News Snippets Span Personalities and Inventions
A wide mix of short notes covers Benjamin Brady of Boston pioneering cloth bound books, long marriages in Gaya County Gentry and a 1000 cattle win by Milo Davis in Grarty Mississippi. Henry Villard plans Berlin residence after Munich, Edison’s smoking habit, Austria’s Adolph Albin defeating Dr. Tarrasch, and a 106 year old Michigan inmate’s defiant claim. Details include Samuel Howe’s crime records in Denver, Levy Tucker’s heavyweight family, Israel Putnam’s tavern keeping, Uncle Tim Dyer’s Portland death, Liliuokalani’s press bureau links, Gould family homes, Cyrus Field estates, and various poets and horse racing notes. The cuttings reflect a miscellany of culture, technology, crime, sport, and society from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Brady
Boston
John Long
Gaya
Mies
Grarty
Miss
Milo Davis
Henry Villard
Berlin
Munich
Edison
Adolph Albin
Austria
Tarrasch
Dresden
Mozette
Jackson County
Mich
Samuel Howe
Denver
Chicago
New York
Levy Tucker
Todd County
Mr. Tucker
Israel Putnam
Maine
Tim Dyer
Portland
Liliuokalani
Honolulu
United States
Ardsley Towers
Edwin Gould
Dobbs Ferry
Ardsley Park
Iate
Cyrus Field
Edward Field
James G. Fair
N. B H. A. Mazon
California
Virginia City
The Fashion Plate Sees Velvet Ribbons Reign In Gowns
Velvet moire and satin ribbons are the popular trim for gowns with narrow waists. Designers predict back lacing for bodices and short jaunty jackets as the weather warms. French imports highlight fine undyed woolen fabrics in natural gray and corn tones from the loom.
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General Notes OF Society
Misa
Lillian ‘Tefft
Philharmonic Society
Harry Wood
Phoenix
Arizona
Wood
Charley Thomas
Ned Osborne
Raleigh J. Parker
Mexico
HK. Nickerson
Robert Delahay
Yale’ Ss
Lumber Trust
Parm
Montcesu Les Mines
Department of
Suone Et Luke
Toprka Coal Ca
Horxku
Ageat
Exchequer
William
China
Chinese Customs Post Office
Pension Office
New York Post
Jacob Ruppert
William J. Lewis
Charles J. Balsoin
Pacific, Mo
St. Gaudens
General Sherman
Howland
Ontario
Buffalo
Carbine
America
Montauk
Richard Croker
Hymns and Hymn Writers
Isaac Watts
John Wesley
Sinai
Montgomery
Joseph Addison
the Spectator
Richard Mant
Thomas Blacklock
Watts
Winkler
Germany
Charles Wesley
Almes
Benson
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Kounady
Fashion Plate
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