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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1895
Page
6
In Lorre Montana on February 24 the legislature passed a pro gambling bill that requires the governor’s signature to become law. With Butte's destruction by fire, existing poker and gaming dens operate openly, and news of the law’s passage unsettles operators who fear an imminent shutdown and vow to retaliate against someone.
A report notes the bill abolishing Shawnee county circuit court is defective and silent on the fate of its records. A three member committee led by John Guthrie, E E Cheaney and A H Case was formed to seek a special bill from the legislature before adjournment to fix the issue.
The Burns monument association held a meeting at the Copeland Hotel with Scottish societies across the state pledging support. Trustees elected include Duncan Bob, Robert Craig, Wm Maple Hill, MB Nicholson, Connell Grove, O L Atherton, J Thomas Page, Joe Cuthbert, Dr LD MacBinley and John Mac Donneld of Topeka and John Frew of Cottonwood Falls with parcels delivered to 308y Kansas avenue.
General notes of society recounts Mr. and Mrs. Reddee and Mr. Sterling Curtis visiting from California en route to Oakland. Miss Millie Boulware of Lawrence visits, Miss Jessie Barnes in Chicago, and various locals entertaining guests at the Copeland, with a Knights of Pythias event announced and social reflections on fashion and etiquette.
Council discusses revoking the bicycle ordinance allowing sidewalk riding. Councilman Stevens says he will push reconsideration at the next meeting to strike the sidewalk provision and keep the rest. He notes earlier support and wishes to regulate speed and crosswalk safety.
The Morrisons Faust company in Lewis Morrison's production may visit the Grand next week while Miss Dorothy Morton and the Whitney opera troupe perform The Fencing Master this evening. The Fencing Master follows a girl in disguise aiding her lover against a heiress and ends with the rightful heir to a dukedom. Friday brings Paul Kanvar to the Grand, a new American favorite never seen in Topeka before. Alabama, a famed war drama, rounds out the week with Frank Bangs as Colonel Preston and original cast members remaining. Dr Price's Baking Powder is noted for purity.
Dodge Buys the Beloit Courier and merges it into the Gazette in Beworr Kansas. The Courier will cease as a separate paper after the consolidation. Dodge, of the Gazette, acquires presses and outfit and plans a unified Republican voice in the city.
Princess Beatrice, favorite of Queen Victoria, influences the queen's tastes, travels with her mother, and has aided in reviving theatrical entertainments. The article notes Beatrice's musical gifts, a near-fire accident, and her role in bringing professional theater to the royal circle. It also covers dressing the neck with lace and ribbons and examines the college women’s careers and Lambrequins drapery style.
Pennsylvania proposes a bill granting married mothers equal control of a minor child and equal custody rights as the father, including joint consent for testamentary guardians. The measure asserts the mother is fit to have custody after the father's death, with supporters in Philadelphia urging passage. The report also notes royal hospital kindness by the dowager empress and updates on London queen’s drawing room attendances amid harsh weather and strict dress rules.
The London note says the young Duchess of York sets fashion as vividly as the Princess of Wales, with details of her opening-bazaar attire. It also mocks the baby’s looks and describes wall treatments and wallpaper trends. In Australia, fall woman suffrage expands freedom across 9160000 square miles, prompting forecasts of broader suffrage across Australasia.
Mrs Kalalia A Wilson, later Mrs Ealalia A Wilson, named a tractee of the state normal school at San Jose by Governor Budd. A former principal of Temescal district school in Alameda county, she has served ten years amid trustee changes some hostile to a woman leader and advocates woman suffrage. Also notes suffrage discussions in Hartford and a new "Elizabethan petticoat" crinoline substitute.
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