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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1896
Page
6
A dense ad from The Star Grocery touts guaranteed satisfaction or money back, highlighting low prices on staples and canned goods. It promotes fresh meats at very low prices and lists numerous items including flour, sugar, dried fruits, cereals, preserves, and imported goods with scattered prices and can quantities.
J S Sprout Star Grocer column catalogs Santa Fe railroad measures to cut coal and oil use via traveling engineers Crane Conroe Scott and division work. Mentions circular on Pintch gas use on passenger cars and lights. Reports Morawetz receiving 75000 in Santa Fe reorganization, noting his two committees and lead role.
Edward King chairs two committees with about 95 000 each in allocations while 15 000 goes to another official. Santa Fe workers include a switchman laid off for family illness and Charley Cramer severely crushed after finger injury. Cars and engines undergo overhaul in Santa Fe shops with trials on the Meriden and Chandler routes and time card changes affecting Denver to Colorado Springs service.
Rio Janeiro reports that Italy will send officers and sailors to return the Lombardia to port. Fifty-one have died, seventy six remain ill on Flores Island with many not expected to recover. Survivors are quarantined on board until transfer to the Lazaretta.
Personal items of interest detail hosting by Mr and Mrs James B Hayden for Mrs Edward Mulligan of Wilkes Barre during her visit. Many guests attended meals and games with floral revetments and La France roses. Other social events include card evenings, whist clubs, and visits from Chicago and Boston guests as Topeka society continues its season of dinners and dances.
The article notes fur trims in evening bodices and opera wraps, with sable, astrakhan, and velvet used for shaping. Coral and raw velvet are favored for bodices, white satin skirts, and decorative tulle highlights. Summer styles echo winter, with ruches, white lace, and ermine details shaping capes, sleeves, and wraps.
The article surveys elaborate collars of chiffon lace and flowers, noting long tailed women as the only ones who can wear fluffy neckwear. It describes gowns with chiffon and lace, feathered coiffures, velvet crowns, and revivalist accessories, plus a princess dinner gown in silver gray peau de soie with black guipore, and balloon sleeves.
A model ten feet long by Paluton or Painton depicts an electric powered ship system aimed to cross the Atlantic in three days and reach 85 knots in a cruiser. The design features fourteen side propellers operated from a switchboard, distributed horsepower, and reduced heat and space needs.
The article discusses sea dangers and numerous life saving devices. It highlights a new invention by Wolarma Brandt, a Lübeck sailmaker, describing a large scale reproduction of the ship belt concept and its potential value.
Chess Problem No. ity by George Thorn White to play four moves. Solutions show sequence for mate in four. Checker problem, various moves and outcomes listed. Mentions Wieslow syrup advertisement and a child relief claim. Subscribe for the Journal.
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