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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1896

Page

6

Fashionable furs and sealskin coats for the season

A fashion feature lists sealskin coats and fur garments available in New York and London shops. It names Russian sable and alternatives like Canadian and Hudson Bay martens, German marten, fox pelts, mink, Persian lamb, astrakhan and ermine. Describes styles from semifitting sealskin coats with wide sleeves to elaborate capes with sable tails and ermine linings, plus tippets, muff velet combinations, and beaver trimmed ensembles.

Hudson Bay France Germany Astrakhan Chinchilla Tibet Ermine

Topeka Society Notes Highlight Local Entertainments

Mrs James L King hosted a refined luncheon for twelve, honoring Mrs Edward L Mulligan of Wilkes-Barre. many Topeka ladies joined afternoon gatherings, whist clubs, and social visits. Reports detail plans for further entertaining, guests from St Louis and Milwaukee, campus parties at Kemper, and numerous small gatherings across Topeka society circles.

Willa Rodgere Dohan Waters Robert Ruggles Jack Myara Clim Histadire G. C Foss Eo Regie Whist Mra A. TL. Flory St Louia Mra W. H. Eastvoan Mra Cowdrey Milwaukee Jennie V. Burr Lee A. A. Robinson Topeka Iatebe Topeke Felande Kemper Military School Boonville A. HK. Woolverton D. C. McCray J. P. Bowe Mr. Howe BE. Pitts Mire M. Fi Rigby A Low Wichita A. M. Fuller Cedar Rapids Laws Dean Low Trouton Clarence Thomas Nat Thomas Leavenworth Dean Hi. L Bodley Davenport Ofst Paul Bishop Thomas Bethany F. P. Lew Hamilton M.A. Lew Robert Pierce Eli Lewis Kansas City BL Updegraf Maple Hill John Bradley Mra H. I Davenport St Paul F. Pough Die Wa, Henderson C Mise Boi Philharmonic Society Guildhall Jeonis Aide G. P. Ashton Ste. J. Henkle

Divorce Trends Rise Faster Than Population In Most States

Recent statistics show divorces rising above population growth in nearly all states. Analysts cite shifting views of marriage as a contract rather than a sacred union and consider economic and social factors contributing to the trend.

Valuable onyx discoveries near Healdsburg Cal

Ouys Mines reports valuable onyx near Healdsburg California with potential for very large mine development. Stone is well marked and blasting exposes large quantities of the ledge face.

Ouys Healdsburg Cal

Old Roman Bridges Built With Wood and Stone

The oldest Roman bridges, especially strategic ones, combined wood and stone in construction. Caesar reportedly built a Rhine crossing and another bridge at Geser, as described in his commentaries.

Caesar Rhine Geser

Pins and Boxes Decorate a Dressing Table Accessory

A section pinbox article describes a compact pin storage solution. Six small square boxes filled with curled hair are covered with silk, tied together at the sides, and a silk valance sewn around the outside. Each box holds different pins including safety pins and belt pins.

Senator Wilson Uses Boot Slick to Beat Porter on Relay Ride

In a Spokane to city trip, Senator Wilson outsmarts a Pullman porter over a box matches. He soaks the sanded surface on the box and boots to trigger a strike, winning a wager and jokes about “getting even” with the colored porter. The anecdote ends with a plug for Peerless Steam Laundry.

Senator Wilson Washington Star Washington Spokane Tom Tim

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