Topeka Society Notes Highlight Local Luncheon
Recent social items from Topeka report nine ladies at a luncheon hosted by Mrs A B Quinton with guests from Denver Atchison and Chicago among others. Activities include dances parties and upcoming Oxford club event plus visits and church receptions.
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Topelka
Sen ‘Ais
Krontwitt Glense
Topeks
A. B Quinton
E.J. Bool
Denver
E. S. Quinton
George M. Noble
Arthur Capper
W. J. Hlack
Jessie Smull
New Flying Squadron Planned by England War Fleet
The Daily Telegraph reports England has allocated about £9.5 million for new war vessels. Plans propose five first-class battleships, four first-class cruisers, three second-class cruisers, six third-class cruisers, and twenty torpedo destroyers, with details largely correct per AP reporting.
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England
Daily Telegraph
Associated Press
Senator Baker Returns to Kansas for Editorial Meeting
Senator Baker will depart Thursday for Louisville where he will attend the State Editorial Association meeting on Monday. He is scheduled to give the welcome address and plans to return soon after. Mrs Baker left last night for Denver after word that her father, Colonel A A Higinbotham, was dangerously ill.
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Kansas
Maker
Mt. Wasminstos
Baker
Louvenworth
State Editorial Association
Mra Saker
Denver
A. A Higinbotham
Formosa Rebellion Grows Against Japanese Rule
A Vladivostok dispatch to the Nuyoe Vremya reports about 10,000 rebels active against Japanese authority on Formosa. Key targets include Tamsui San Choa and Kosaki with railways and telegraph lines torn up. The situation is described as serious as Governor General Cajama is to be replaced by Saigo.
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St. Peremspong
Nuyoe Vremya
Vladivostock
Formosa
Tamsui
San Choa
Kosaki
Cajama
Ie Il
Saigo
Dine on a coffin lid at Hinman’s Brooklyn banquet
Elisha Wiman of Brooklyn plans a macabre supper for Brooklyn coroners and physicians. The Prospect ball center piece will be a large floral coffin, with guests wearing armbands and chairs draped in black. Waitresses wear widows' caps as dim lights and funeral marches set the mood.
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Hinman
Brooklyn
Yous
Elisha Wiman
Gadertaker
Pick Smith’s Grand Ice Box Moves to Elks Hall
Pick Smith, now pale and thinner, built a six by eight by five foot ice box for the Elks room. The massive box was delivered to the Maryonic building third door, unable to be moved upstairs or through the Elks door without remodeling or an enlarged doorway.
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Pick Smith
Pick
Elks Room
Warni
Mr. Smith
Diamonds for Nordica from New York admirers
Admirers of Mme Nordica in New York plan a farewell season testimonial likely this week. A diamond tiara as a gift will be presented after an encore, with a parchment listing the subscribers including many prominent society names.
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Mme. Nordica
Rev Dr Pullman Brother Accepted as Brooklyn Pastor
The Rev Dr James St Patan of Lyon Mass, brother of Sir George Mortimer Pullman, is likely to lead a prominent Brooklyn church. The First Universalist Society has almost unanimously called him, while Pullman remains pastor at Lynn Universalist. Separately, a report from Lexpos notes a marble bust of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius found near Theseum by German excavators. The city’s colored Presbyterians report revival activity on Thirteenth Street with Mrs Martha Davis directing services and forty souls reported saved.
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Pullman Car
Brooklyn
Bicago
James ‘St. Patan
Lyon
Mass
George Mortimer Pallsman
First Universalist Society
Church of Our Father
Hiin
de. Pullman
Universalist
Lynn
George M. Pullman
Antoninus Pinas
Lexpos
Athens
Standard
Theseum
Antoninus Pius
Thirteenth Street
Amaaroe
Quincy
Mra Marthe Davis
Fashionable Costumes and Velvet Skating Attire Featured
Velvet skating gowns dominate Paris fashion with velvets and velveteen, military braiding, high neck jackets, and melon sleeves. English tailor styles, Trilby stage influence, and jeweled trims shape coats and wraps. An illustration shows jacqueminot peau de soie gown with sable bands, rose red velvet belt, and white silk gauze collarette.
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Paris
Trilby
London
Louis Quinzo
Redingote
Fashion’s Indications and New Sleeve Trends in Gowns
The piece notes a shift toward simplicity and slimmer sleeves with less trimming, predicting smaller skirts to maintain balance. It highlights plain materials, Maria Antoinette trim, and two illustrated young girls’ costumes with velveteen skirts, velvet and satin bodices, and decorative belts and ribbons. June CaoLEr and Rosiestar cited.
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Maria Antoinette Tichu
June Caoler
Swedish Temperance Union to Meet at Swedish Lutheran Church
The Swedish Temperance union will meet tonight at the Swedish Lutheran church at Fourth and Tyler street. Rev Stavens and others will address the gathering and Rev J A Bright will sing. James Frazier is confined to his home at 2001 Buchanan street by a severe illness.
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The
Swedish Temperance Union
Swedish Lutheran Church
Fourth
Tyler Street
Stavens
J. A. Bright
James Frazier
Buchanan Street
Tobacco Twisted Nerves Show Easy Way to Cure Habit
Postmaster Holbrook testifies that No-To-Bac cured him after 43 years of tobacco use and helped others quit. He reports many who used the remedy gained weight and regained strength, with a druggist guaranteeing a cure and free sample offers from the Sterling Remedy Co.
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Holbrook
Hosrook
Ney
Imat
West
Mr. Whiteman
Dhisker
E. Holbrook P
Sterting Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Harper's Weekly 1636 plans and offerings outlined
The piece previews Harper's Weekly 1636 content including world events, art literature and music coverage, social questions, amateur sport, and a presidential election. It notes forthcoming fiction, serials, and the magazine's aim for independent good government advocacy, with subscription details and post options for North American readers.
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Juidas Rated
China
James
Rios
Hagpite Davis
Caribbean
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Zoossem
Freemuir Kxington
Pouursnye Brortow
Kiel Canal
W. D. Howards
Life and Letter
ES Manrrex
Irineportaton Commission
Casran W. Warrior
EKLY
W. PD. Howenta
By & R. Croccert
Ace
Harper Weekly
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General Notes OF Society
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Bill A. F. Handy
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Purcell-Prescott
Kas O'Connor
Fannie McCasila
Carroll Merriam
Hutchins
Collins
Oxford
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J. L. King
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RED Cross Society
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