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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1895
Page
6
A historical notice lists various gentlemen's sizes and pocket watches with silver cases and open faces. Items include Vernay Veroley, Elgin 302, and Waitham style pieces, noted with prices around $0.75 to $6.00 and descriptions of silver open-face designs.
Miss Clemms Linn, a leading Topeka hostess, gave a thimble party for Miss Bessie King of St. Louis with pink and white decorations. An afternoon of dainty work and conversation led to a luncheon and evening cards, with prizes awarded to Mrs. Paul Hudson and Miss King. Other social items mention Miss Emily King, dancing classes, and various local visitors and gatherings with numerous Topeka families and guests.
Provenenea Jan 24 The Standard Oil company announces a move to issue new line certificates and end speculation on certificates The total oil in existence under national transit certificates is under 500 000 barrels The company will collect all certificates rapidly leaving no business for exchanges Also an ad invites women and children to the School of Physical Culture at 623 Jackson Street.
A period guide outlines inexpensive steps for well kept hands and nails. It recommends hot or warm oatmeal water wash, benzoin drops, almond meal rinse, glycerine lemon rosewater rub, and a home pomatum with pistachio oil salt rosin alum wax and carmine. It also covers cuticle care, nail filing, and polishing with diamond powder for a refined finish.
A vintage note discusses outside milk closets and a simple box on a door for milk delivery to avoid weather and animals. It also shares a balsam Peru method to deter ants around tables, safes, syrups, and floors. Teaches card party refreshments ideas emphasizing light, simple fare.
Miss Minnie Lewis of New York is highlighted for decorating bachelor suites with bold, masculine accents. One suite praised by Chauncey M. Depew features green drab ecru decor, silk transoms, sunburst center, green buckram walls, kokhara rugs, and a colonial mahogany suite. A second den uses bur lap walls, weaponry, tiger skins, and oriental drapery.
A peculiar front window display in an aristocratic boarding house shows white muslin panes glued to the glass, prompting talk of a new decorative laundry method. The window laundry idea spreads as a way for boarders to wash and dry handkerchiefs, supposedly ironing them as they dry. A comic notion of self sufficient laundries arises amid the chatter. A separate item outlines a ribbon garnish for an evening waist using white satin ribbon with gilt spangles, and another note jokes about a method to curb a double chin by a morning routine of stroking the chin.
January 24 report on Mr. Coombs bill to retire gold certificates. Secretary Carlisle testified that without certificates most gold would stay in the treasury as a warehouse. He noted gold coin is unpopular to hold and certificates ease circulation while ensuring the gold reserve.
In Denver June 24 J McCool a receiver of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad arrives and plans meetings with Alduce B Walker J G C Wilson D B Robinson and J J Frey with English bondholders of the Colorado Midland. They discuss making the Midland independent, extending lines into northwestern Colorado, and a planned Denver depot costing 200000.
The California Assembly voted 67 to 9 to oppose any refunding scheme for the Pacific railroads and to demand foreclosure of government mortgages on the railroads. Separate item notes mayor removal bill in New York, giving the mayor power to dismiss department chiefs.
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