Ladies Night Delights Highlight Topeka Social Circles
In Topeka society notes the first Ladies Night by the Ladies club drew broad attendance with music, light repast, and open latch strings. Guests included many named locals and visitors from Great Bend Iola St Louis and Oklahoma City. Future informal gatherings and events follow as social life buzzes with minstrel shows and club meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Topeka Club
Messrs
Diesdames FE Holliday
W. As
Lo ‘Thompson
J. Lantry
ES. Quinton
A. A. Hard
J.D. McCune
M. W. van Valkenburg
A. M. Mills
J. J. Frey
Wilder
C.cole
Great Bend
C.J. Brown
Mra
A. Stohnson
Charles FP. Beatt
Iola
A. H. Thompson
Belle Bmati
A A. Hard
Delia Morelanh
Oklahoma City
Trene Forner
Margaret Mulvann
Theresa Reasington
Madge Johnson
C. W. Gulbor
G. A. Wall
City Council notes from 1895 session minutes
City council reviewed bids and licenses, approving the final Kanagua avenue bridge reflooring estimate of 1620.70 and tabling several license and permit requests. Proposals included smoke consumer offer, stove polish sales without license, peddling without license, and public library director reappointments. The Edison company offered fifty street lights at 30 per light per year. several resolutions and boiler bids were discussed but not opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Electric Light
Jacob
Wilson
Tweeddale
Kangua Avenue
Philip Spendrove
Chestnut Ghost
Committee
J. H. Rickle
Committee On
Abe
Fulford
Decker, Mullins & Berry Mace
Lizzie C. Smith
Board of County Commissioners
Enue Wae
A. Barton
Hie
State House
Malinda Barnett
T.S. Williams
T. J. Kellam
N. F P. Handy
IL Shellsbarger
Free Public Library
Edison Electric Hluminating Company
Municipal League
Fritz Emmet Shows Promise but Fails to Match Father
A review of J. K. Emmet's son Fritz Emmet at the Grand notes he lacks his father's singing excellence though displays fair dancing and stage presence. The excerpt praises his yodeling and the “mad house” third act scene, with strong supporting work from Emily Lytton, and Hudson Liston as Uncle Doc Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Fritz
Emily Lytton
Mr. Emmet
Collie
Abe
Hudson Liston
Doc Parker
Local suits and arrests in district court report
Mary A. England sues James F. Griffin et al in district court for 2896.35 on a note. Mary Haskell, 26, dies at the asylum after a fit, daughter of Thomas Haskell of 25 Clay Street. Harry Neiswender, Silverlake solutist, released from county jail after paying 100 and costs and serving 30 days. Oscar Long and wife and Minnie Bayne Ella Clark and Pearl Gooden arrested for keeping disorderly house on Kansas avenue near the river. Mary McDowell sues Thomas McDowell for divorce after four years of marriage. he abandoned her in three months. She uses maiden name Mary McSlelian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. England
James F. Griffin
Mary Haskell
Asylum
Thomas Haskell
Clay Street
Harry Neiswender
Oscar Long
Minnie Bayne
Ella Clark
Pearl Gooden
Re Sanday
Kansas Avenue
Mary McDowell
Thomas McDowell
Mary Mc Slelian
North Topeka Notes and Local Happenings
North Topeka items detail visits by Mrs. Charles Conkle and Ellen Little, Kaw Kiab gathering at C Bowen’s home, and A M Cross moving jewelry shop to 427 Kansas Ave. Santa Fe rebuilt engine 385 on trial at Topeka shops. coal shipments to Union Pacific to Fort Riley. Obituary for Lewis Wilson’s wife. baptisms at Baptist church. revival meetings ongoing. morgies concert at Methodist church. Needle Ten social Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Conkle
Canon City
E. P. Baker
Kaw Kiab
C. Bowen
Ellen Little
Silver Lake
GW. Lukens
Wabsunsee County
W. T. K. Club
H. F. Morris
Harrison Street
Fred Morgan
Taylor Street
J. H. Foueht
Fairview
Salvation Army
A. M. Cross
North Topeka
Kansas Avenue
Santa Fe
la Junta
Colo
Topeks
A. Beeler
Meriden
Union Pacific
Frontenac
Crawford County
Fort Riley
Lewis Wilson
Western Avenue
Rochester Cemetery
Knights and Ladies of Security
Shawnee Council No. 3
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Morgan
Ladies of the Needle
In Police Court A Few of the Fallen by the Wayside
Judge Ferry's tribunal handles cases from Walnut Grove church service disruptions. Paul Shirk, a cigar factory worker, was deferred for lack of witnesses. James Brown, a colored man, received a $10 floater then released. George Harding and Mrs Wilson posted five dollars each and forfeited appearance. Buck Sawyer, intoxicated, pleaded guilty. judge notes his 62nd offense and set a $15 fine.
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Judge Ferry
Ada Campbell Chambers Exhibits At Carnegie Hall
English artist Ada Campbell Chambers, newly arrived from Paris, presents pastel and oil portraits in Carnegie Hall studios. Trained in Calderon’s London school and mentored by Bouguereau Lefebre Fleury Ferrier in Paris, she previously drew about 50 English noble portraits in black and white. Her Paris salon works include a charming Mile. Brigard and a comtesse head, and Lefebre urged finishing only when ready, praising her bold strokes and powerful presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
Ada Campbell Chambers
New York
Paris
MM. Bouguereau
Lefebre
Fleury and
Ferrier
Mile. Brigaud
Edward Leighton, Bart
Iman
New York Recorder
Society Sets New Home Etiquette On Calls And Truth
A Chicago Record item notes society shifts to truth in social calls with attendants saying a mistress is at home but excused. It argues such honesty age of gentility saves conscience while maintaining politeness, and links to broader moral effects on servants and hosting customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah Sturgis
Chicago Record
The Spool Book Rack An Artistic Woven Design
An upright and crosswise wire frame supports a rack for spools with tiny end spindles creating a spindle effect. Small twist spools on fine wire are secured to heavier supports, shelves span moderately, and loops at the ends allow suspension. Save empty spools for decoration.
Miss Majendie Earns Royal Favor By Choir Performance
Queen Victoria's new maid of honor Miss Majendie won her post after the queen happened to hear her sing in a church choir. The queen was delighted by the girl's fresh face and sweet voice during divine service, leading to the favorable royal notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Majendie
Queen Victoria
Baked Apple Dumplings From Early Recipe
Peel and core eight tart apples and fill with sugar and spices. Prepare a soft biscuit crust, cut eight, wrap apples, seal edges, lay in a dish, add butter and boiling water. Bake until browned, serve hot with sugar and cream.
Rebecca C Talbot Named Notary Public in New York
Miss Rebecca C Talbot of Brooklyn is appointed a notary public during Levi P Morton’s early governorship. Five years earlier she became commissioner of deeds for Brooklyn, the city’s first woman in that post, and has run a sizable real estate business. She is a suffragist and officer in the Kings County league. Marm’s Shoss at Clearing Sale prices Purman’s Burt’s five dollar sale this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca C. Talbot
Levi P. Morton
New York
Brooklyn
Miss Talbot
Kings County League
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General Notes OF Society
Sire
Charles Hirod Smith
L. G. Hurd
Harvard
Nebraska
A. Hurd
John C. Brey
Denver
A. A. Hurd
Delia Moreland
St. Louis
Myre Williams
Kansas City
Mra. J. A Burton
Copeland Hotel
Grace Cathedral
Sompureow
W. E Culver
Camera Club
Blanche Barnum
Newton
Otto Sommenschein
Chicago
Minnie Barnum
Misa Smiley
Kate Whiting
Pansy Club
Mis’ Henrietty Thompson
Alice Prescot
W. W. Dennison
LM. Flint
Emporia
Wil Haskell
Instress
Genita
Price
City Council
J. K. Emmet
S “Fritz
Hiss Chambers
Boviety
Philadelphia
Speol
Colorado Assembly
Civic Club
Hastings
Mary O'Reilly
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Press
Emma M. Hoover
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bretelles
Old School
New York Sun
Tenth General Assembly of
Colorado
Carrie Holly
Frances Kioell
Clara Cressingham
Chicago Post
Women Artists
Charles A. Dana
Cornell University
New York Tribune
Easstport
Harris Sisters
Matilda
Esta
Mary Ann
Boston Herald
Greenhalge
Joseph Thompson
Elise Mercur
Pittsburg
John L. Rontt
Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
State Board of Agriculture
McIntyre
Supreme Court of
Indiana
New Hampshire
Judiciary Committee
Idaho
Davenport Hill
London School Board
Duke of Newcastle
Boston Globe
Connecticut
Ball Downs
Tha Ruches
Corinne
Hich A
Marm
T Purman’s
Burt
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