Topeka Society Notes Bright Social Season Progress
General notes of society recount a pleasant supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Malvane with Governor and Mrs. Merrill and Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Malvane as guests of honor. Items cover anniversaries, upcoming dances, club events, visitors, and highlights from the Topeka social scene including a Stella Wallace benefit at Library Hall and plans by Elks and Philharmonic Society.
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John . Malvane
Mra. Merrill
P. J. Malvane
George M Seward
G. Powter
P. J. Soper
Topeka
Miss Russell
Ovege Pe Be Mistes
Lucia Connelly
Roc’ Island
Jowie Stuall
Menrieta Thompson
Maud Renney
Marguerite Bradley
Merrs
Walter Noble
Paul Torrington
Wed Osborne
C. Me
B. Merriam
Tuseday
George We Veale
SE Sneldon
Grace Morrill
Harry Conde Ashby
Veals
Louie Bune
Mise Jetnifers
Topeka Society of Elks
Will Haskell
Haskell
Kansas City
Nour
Philharmonic Society
Mix J. W. Hughes
Powwin Mines
Mendelssohn
Miss Campbell
Aliss
Adama
Mra Wear
Mrs. Crawford
Mra
Dolo
Dunley
Wallace
Stella G. Wallace
Library Hall
Masons consider repealing $1 annual home assessment
Nearly a thousand Masons meet in the Grand Lodge of Kansas hall for the annual session. They review credentials and passwords before elections, with a key vote to overturn the $1 per member assessment for a Masonic home, threatening the future of a Kansas temple. Prominent attendees include Yarrington, Thompson, Bassett, Fuller, Brown, Ady, and Peters. Siloam lodge conferred the second degree.
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Masonic Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Kansas
Grand Lodge
Wielita
Shiners
Salina
Rock Island
RE Yarrington
Wichita
W. D. Thompson
Minneapolis
Owen A. Bassett
Husworth
Fuller
Eureka
Bestor G. Brown
Chicago
J. W. Ady
R. Peters
Newton
Siloam Lodge
Yale Hair Tonic Promises Gray Hair Restored
Excelsior Hair Tonic by Mme M Yale touted as the first chemical remedy to return gray hair to its original color without dye. Endorsed by Mme Yale, tested by physicians and chemists, claimed to reduce falling and promote growth. Suitable for both gentlemen and ladies with gray, streaked, or bald heads. Price one dollar.
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Lapras Axp Gaentianens
Mme. M. Yale
Mme Yale
Substitute Show Them a ALE Health and Complexion
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise a health and complexion product called ale Temple of Beauty No 146 Stam Nhvet Cileage. The readable text is insufficient for a clear event or outcome, but it references a substitute offer and a beauty product.
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Temple of Beauty
Eight Bells Pleases Grand Audience with Acrobatic Flair
Eight Bells drew a large crowd at the Grand last night and entertained for about three hours. The Brothers Burse hays have earned substantial sums with this touring piece. It remains a solid crowd-pleaser for circus lovers, with strong acrobatic bits and witty performances. The Kodaks impressed in act sequences including rolling ship and stage coach setups.
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Burse Hays
Ian
John F
Matthew Byrnes
Kodeks
Kodaks
Lawrence
A Family Affair Ends With Fines for Griffiths
In a room on lower Kansas Avenue Bilis Griffith and his wife pleaded guilty to possessing liquor and were fined five dollars each. Police arrived to find the household celebrating with liquor as sorrow turned to joy in the police court setting.
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Gridith
Umie
Prominent Ranchman Otto Ihl Takes Own Life
In Jony Kansas on February 20 Otto Ihl a prosperous Stafford County rancher living six miles northeast of St John blew his head off with a shotgun. About fifty, never married, formerly in Chicago importing business, he ran 300 to 600 hogs and cattle and left no known motive. There were 300 good seats left at Hamilton hall for the band concert tonight available at the door, Brown and Co. Kansas Avenue.
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Stafford County
Jony
Kan
Otto Ihl
St. John
Chicago
Hamilton Hall
Tobacco Trailblazer in Falls City Tobacco Market
A Louisville merchant reports on Mrs. Cutsinger a widow from Spencer County who travels to Louisville each fall to sell her crop at New Enterprise warehouse. He notes she plants and harvests with her son, guiding tobacco care from seed to cut, while stressing she remains fully a woman and capable beyond stereotypes.
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Sie
Louisville
St. James
Tribuna
Falls City
L. J. Cutsinger
New Enterprise
Cincinnati Tribune
Miss Philbrook Tries Again for Bar Admission in New Jersey
Interest runs high in New Jersey over Miss Mary Philbrook of Jersey City seeking bar admission after a previous Supreme Court denial. Her bill to admit women on the same terms as men drew support from 300 lawyers and a hearing was held January 29 before the judiciary committee. Florence Howe Hall spoke for women’s rights and Philbrook presented a compelling case, with C Kilgore of Philadelphia offering the Pennsylvania precedent. The article also notes fashion advice on veils by Emma M. Hooper, praising black and white patterns and the impact of accessories on appearance.
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New Jersey
Mary Philbrook
Jersey City
Hoboken
Supreme Court
Miss Philbrook
Judiciary Committee
Florence Howe Hall
Plainfield
Philbrook
C. Kilgore
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Phillis Wheatley Woman's Club of New Orleans Seeks Progress
New Orleans letter describes Colored Woman's Club formed by Phillis Wheatley members to improve conditions for African American women. It lists 45 educated members led by President Mrs. F. S. Williams, aims to perpetuate Phillis Wheatley's name and to establish free kindergartens for colored children and to train young colored girls as teachers.
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Colored Woman's Club
Phillis Wheatley Woman's Club
New Orleans
F. S. Williams
Clils
Massachusetts
Women at School Commence
The Baltimore Sun argues education is a shared public mission with women as natural educators. It asserts that women belong in public school leadership as they educate at home and in society and can provide official aid and counsel as school commissioners.
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Baltimore Sun
The Fine Point of Fashion
A Parisian woman explains side rosettes on collars alter posture and style, noting how French dressmakers spot subtle points that separate success from failure when fashion is transplanted.
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Paris
New Hampshire Senate Blocks Notary Public Bill for Women
A New Hampshire senate judiciary panel rejected a bill to allow women to serve as notaries public. The measure, previously passed by the house judiciary committee, faced opposition in the senate and was deemed untimely to legislate. A Woman's Journal notes several women already act as notaries in the state.
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New Hampshire
Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Umbrella mix up on streetcar ends in chase
A young woman discovers another passenger took her umbrella by mistake after a streetcar journey. Accusations fly as bystanders suspect theft and a policeman is sought. A friend reveals the umbrella was left in a boarding house, and the missing item remains on a rain slick rail line.
A Miserable Man and His Perpetual Regrets
A Georgia man, prominent yet rural, laments a lifetime of missed experiences from 1876 Philadelphia’s grand Centennial to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. He recalls not reading Tessa Urberville and Trilby, and failing to study a storm painting titled The Ships That Pass In the Night, leaving him overwhelmed by sorrow.
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Philadelphia
Tessa’ Urberville
Atlanta Constitution
Short Term Empress and Blinking Domination Tale
A mix of witty, period dialogue from New York Weekly and other sources shows Blinks asserting Empress-like authority in romance, with lines about marriage, fawning, and cruder banter. Interleaved are snippets from Yale and Scribner’s Magazine reflecting social mores, parental shocks, and theater gossip of the era.
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Wilks
New York Weekly
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General Notes OF Society
J. B. Larimer
A. K. Rodgers
A. KB. Quinton
James Troutman
L. H. Strickler
H. RK. Overholt
W. DB. Gossett
Gertrude Tracy
Madge Johnson
Messrs. Shirer
Hinckley
Buch
Alfred Buch
Boston Conservatory of Music
Miss Wallace
Yale
Brown & Co
Kansas Avenue
Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Home Journal
Barhazard
Lonny
Tobbers
Sid
Katie
Amy
St. Louis
Chicago Tribune
Jimmy
Johnny
Hazel
Notte
New York World
Scribner’s Magazine
Pliegende Blaetter
Francois Felix Faure
France
Chamber of Deputies
Eeea
Republic of France
M. Casimir-Perleren
Gambetta
Ferry, Brisson and Tirard
Chamber of Reputien
Chamber
M. Fears Bi
Garde-Mobile
Legion of Homor
Atlanta
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