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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1895
Page
6
A fragmented historic grocery list items includes sugar coffee ham bacon lard raisins prunes pears plums canned tomatoes corn oysters salmon beans oats flour syrup olive oil and baking powder. Several brands and quantities appear with multiple line items and per pound or per can pricing implied.
In society circles readers learn of a New Year reception at Nina Garvin’s Harrison home with guests in silk gowns and floral table decor. Taylor Rodgers nuptials at First Congregational Church feature elaborate bridal party fittings and a reception at home, while local social items mention visits, birthdays, parties, club gatherings, and holiday travel across Topeka and nearby towns.
Mme Rhea stages a four act comedy The Parisian at Wilmington. The plot follows Bourgeois and his three daughters in a Paris suburb amid races and slang. Clotilde tries to calm suspicions as romantic entanglements unfold and forgiveness follows a strain of deceit. Mme Rhea delivers a strong impression with a notable cast.
Gov Evans announced he would not appoint police in state cities while empowered by a new act, provided residents show willingness to enforce the dispensary law. The decision relieves anxiety as enforcement of the police law was feared to trigger further trouble or bloodshed.
A syndicate of New York and Chicago capitalists funds a railroad project between Crisfield and Tangier Sound in Maryland. The motive power will be gasoline generated gas, first attempted in the United States after successful German use. Proponents claim lower costs than electric power.
Reports from Boston claiming widespread destitution in the Cherokee strip are false, sparking indignation in Perry and Kansas City. Officials say property values remain high and no destitution has been observed as the strip opens. Extraneous notices about local business improvements and a legislative shift in Topeka are mixed in.
A London Missionary Society source recalls Ranavalona I enforcing a five-franc stockings tax on all Malagasy at audiences and rites. Tax proceeds fund robes, jewelry, and a Paris shopping habit. The queen travels in modest garb by night, while royal wardrobes sprawling in a Parisian style palace garret reveal a vast, lavish collection.
An article from the St. Louis Republic discusses infant colic causes and remedies. It critiques overfeeding, notes milk quality affects wind, and endorses a soda mint remedy with a ten percent solution for babies. Hot stomach applications and careful dieting are advised, with three months typical for subsidence.
A shaving pad is a pleasant present for a man who trims his own beard. Use two nine by four and half inch pieces of tan chamisel with blue forget me not embroidery. Fill with tissue paper, punch holes, lace with blue ribbon, and hang. Designs may be embroidered or painted as shown by Womankind.
The article offers a basic lip salve from digestion health notes, recommending citrin ointment and camphor for healing lips. It also describes a pan broiling method for steak, hot pan searing with salt, then cooking ten minutes total, turning every two minutes.
The Mikado has awarded the grand order of Imperial Chrysanthemum to Emperor William in recognition of German officers who trained Japanese military and naval personnel. Wounded officers will be kept in the field hospital until spring while only the first army soldiers are to be sent to Japan.
Burglars searched Jesse Shaw at 1214 East Sixth Street and Fireman B Tobias at 520 Lawrence Street last night, taking only money and the Tobias vest’s gold chain, leaving other valuables untouched. Surveyor General Bickford transfers office to General John Charles Thompson in Cuivessx Wyoming after Washington notice dated January 4.
North Topeka citizens report illness and travel. Stella Smith hosts cards. Shorey schools reopen after scarlet fever. Moulton buys 1312 Jackson street property. Christmas stove sale at 1805 Dames at P O Book Store. Mrs J E York improving. Ethel Smith returns from Kansas City. visitors depart Leavenworth. burglar enters 1226 Jackson street threatening to shoot. gold water wad chain stolen. burglar described as colored.
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