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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1903
Page
2
An exhibit titled Victorian Doll Curio in the Basket displays fifty items including porcelain and glass dolls, costumes, and accessories. The piece notes the presence of imported materials, delicate fabrics, feather millinery, and intricate trimmings, highlighting fashion details and possible historical context.
A garbled 19th century item describes secretaries offices, doorways, and a rusting metal plate on a partition. It references counterfeit devices, duties, and a mysterious Hoodoo involving satin skin products marketed to improve complexions. The piece blends intrigue with a product pitch at the Model.
The Saturday Nighters banquet featured Governor Funley and Senator Burton among attendees. Speakers faced interruptions as crowd humor mixed with pointed jests about members, clubs, and local politics. A printed program and an array of poems and verses sparked lively, often sharp exchanges, ending with reflections on humor and propriety.
Readers are presented with a garbled political rail of satire and verse references centering on a senatorial contest. The piece mentions Governor Stanley and Calderhead, lists performers and banquet guests, and weaves lines from Tennyson and Pope into a mosaic of names, places, and roles from a midwinter event.
The article notes a surge in canned tomatoes with production more than doubling last year. Producers in New York Nebraska Maryland face high demand as US and Canadian markets seek stock for next year, with 9,494,512 cases canned or more. Authorities cite prosperity and demand for prepared foods driving the trend.
Ray Gilmore known as the Gibson Girl captivates New York artists at studios. Born Rachel Armelia Maude Gilmore, she is youngest child of English parents who moved to America years ago to pursue her dream in Gotham. Her family later supported her artistic path and she sought work to help the family as she entered the studio scene.
A fragmented description portrays a family with two pretty sisters and a stressed mother amid social expectations. The passage praises Ray Gilmore as a standout model, noting the challenged yet lively social world and a young woman stepping into it alone within a gossip-driven setting.
Health department records show Manhattan borough births reached 168 for the year ended September 27, surpassing last year’s 1,460. The article notes averages of one birth every ten minutes and mentions a new hospital opened in 1302 on Second Avenue from Seventeenth to Eighteenth Streets, with ongoing investment and maintenance details.
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