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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1895
Page
6
The Starx Jouman's Want and Mis cellaneous columns reach each working flag in the Week more than twice as many Topeka people as can be reached through any other paper. This is a sage Good work done by the Peerless.
A St Louis Star Gazette feature notes Hannah W Wilstach of Lafayette Ind recounting pioneer memories and meeting figures like Chancellor Livingstone, with reminiscences of New York, Washington, and early U S history. The piece also covers Mrs Mary Sargent Hopkins advocating cycling for women and a discussion on jewelry ownership in divorce cases.
Sir Francis Jeune clarifies a shifting rule on married women's ownership of jewelry given by husbands or others. Until 1882 a wife could not own such property, being treated as her husband’s possessor. The new principle recognizes a married woman as able to own jewelry in her own right despite prior legal constraints.
In Cripple Creek a justice court permitted women and men on the jury for a landlady accused of stealing a $12 ring. The jury, after about five minutes, convicted the landlady and sentenced her to a dollar fine plus costs. The report also recounts Mrs Gosling, aged 84, skating on New Year’s Day in Shelton Connecticut without a fall and planning to skate again.
A naked bustle wired into a barrel of clothing sent to aid the poor leads Mose Jackson to claim the contraption for his own. The story shifts through jokes about hats, Irish wit, and affectionate banter, closing with brief entertainment snippets from various columns.
A collage of fashion tips and social quirks including trousseau trends from 1 to 24 pieces, dogs as purse carriers on Walnut Street, Pittsburg Daughters of the Revolution museum grant from Mrs Sehenly, advice on winter furnishings, English views on anglomania, warm bran for fur cleaning, magnesia for light furs, keeping egg yolks, Maire silk petticoats with horsehair, and book bindings stamped for queens.
A fragment from a Detroit Tribune item describes a dramatic Venetian dinner scene where a participant named eater is described as displeasing. The subject uses a dramatic act with a salamander and three fingers of red fuel followed by a gasoline chaser, ending without further comment.
A dialect exchange pits Ras tus against Uncle Mose over why possum and watermelon cannot ripen together. Uncle Mose bluntly scolds Ras tus and offers a blunt moral about unlikely cooperation, reflecting plantation era speech.
In Yonkers a local exchange at the town hall draws humor as residents tease behavior and taste. A playful snippet from the Yonkers Statesman notes a skit about egg requests and a quip on a neighbor Mrs. Veniques, reflecting light community chatter and small town personality.
A fragment from the Chicago Inter Ocean praises Mrs Decker as a remarkable whist player who can play through a game without losing a point. The brief quote highlights her skill and steady performance at the table.
A fragment from New York World style dialogue explores jealousy and suicide themes as Hicks dismisses love driven deaths while Mrs. Hicks argues love differs for him.
An ad for Peerless Steam Laundry offers neckband replacement on shirts and lists its location at 114 West Eighth Street. The brief notice emphasizes garment care and repair services for local customers.
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