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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1896

Page

6

Topeka Society Notes Highlight Local Weddings And Events

Recent society items from Topeka and vicinity detail invitations for Blanche A S e to Mr William C Rigby at First Methodist Church. Social items cover visits, travels to Chicago Nevada and Lawrence, club meetings, whist sessions, and a Stedman club program with poems and a Wordsworth life scene.

A. S. Eee Blanche Willum C. Rigby Woodpessey First Methodist Episcopal Church W. M. Storte College Hill Frank Metriim Mbia Mise Eleanor Thoroton Edwin Zea Mals Neesey McCabe Topeka Tee Trinda Graeggwood W. H. Simpson Chicago Sansman New York Bessie Butte T. J. Anderson D. D. Hoyle Nevada Douxe Whist Henrinth Thompson Arthur Murphy Mra C. Bowman Millia Ia John E. Mosa Mr . Trump

Furs and Laces Trim Fashions in Sabie Styles

Fashion notes describe sable and fur trimmings as universal in wear, with imitations common. Little fur capes and large collars in sabie, mink, and chinchilla are styled with sable tails, laces, and velvet contrasts. Evening gowns feature ivory and black combinations, with chiffons and de Reys framing décolletage.

Sable and Inc Alencon Bruges Marie Antoinette Chuef Ince de Rey Choux Niles Jtmic Cholner

Dresses for Girls White and Velveteen for Cleama

A fashion note on children's dress design stressing age appropriate style using velveteen and white fabrics. It highlights practical fabrics like velveteen over velvet, with color ideas browns blues and dahlia shades. The piece describes outfits for babies to twelve year olds, including jackets and a sample gown with mink trim and a black velvet yoke.

China Wales Hetle

PEACE SOCIETY DECLARATION ADVOCATES PERMANENT ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL

Leaders from Durham, Westminster, Methodist Times editor Hugh Price Hughes, Wesleyan Methodist president, Rabbi Adler, Lady Henry Somerset, and other figures back a British United States petition for a permanent tribunal to arbitrate among Bogish speaking nations. The document calls for governments to enact congress and house resolutions from 1992 and 1293. It will be circulated for signatures across Britain and the U S.

Lowpox Congress House of Commone Deas Farthe Biedop Durham Westminster Hugh Price Hughes Methodist Times United Kingdom Alliance Thomes Howmen Stephenson Wesleyan Methodist Conference Rabbi Adler Henry Somerset British Woman's Christian Temperance Association Sire Richarda Woman's Peace Association Great Britain United States

Tow refused as Catalonia off Liverpool to Botton breaks shaft

The Catstonia from Liverpool to Botton suffer shaft damage and is spoken at sea by the Cevic. Captain Nicol of the Cevic refused to tow due to distance. No danger reported and the Cevic reached New York with the Catalonia still unable to assist. A separate AP cable notes a felon was landed at Azores aboard the Braunschwig.

Cevic New York Liverpool Botton White Star Atkin Catalonia Nicol Associated Press Azores Feloni Braunschwig

Mrs J Coleman Drayton Divorce Talk in Jersey City

The World notes lawyers discussed the divorce case begun by J Coleman Drayton against his wife, a daughter of William Astor. It says reconciliation was achieved and the couple may reunite.

Lorillards Vinland Purchase Shocks Newport Real Estate Market

Corneline Vandrypies sister Joins as heir in a Newport real estate deal at 91,400,000 announced January 28. Twombly of New York and McK. Twombly are linked to Cornelius Vandertylt with Vinland opposite Sue Breaker. The consideration is not stated but surpasses any prior Newport real estate sale of 1.2 million.

Corneline Vandrypies Newrour Joule't Clif Vineland Twombly New York Cornelius Vandertylt Vinland Sue Breaker Newport

Ott Fixed On As President Of Topeka Club

ME S 5. OTT FIXED ON As President of the Commercial to Me Organized Tomicht. It is practically agreed that the presi dent stell the S & Ou, who has taken 4 terms in the plan to save a com me club in Topeka shall be president. Mr. Ott is known aa up and conservative business mag. 'The thing that is causing more trouble than anything else in the election of a secretary. He is the working officer of the organization and must be much the most active. tts difficult to Sed the right man who will give as much time to the club as he should. The success of club will depend to a great extent upen the selection of 4 secretary. The man for the place hae not been found b.

Tomicht Stell S & Ou Topeka Ott Tts

Zella Nicolaus Retires From Stage In St Louis

Zella Nicolaus, famed as the 340,000 George Gould cheek era figure, ends a brief turbulent tour and retires after a failed debut. She returns to St Louis with her husband Al Rubman, staying at the Lindell under new names.

Galle Nicolaus St. Louis Zella Nicolaus Zell al. Rubman Lindell Mr. and Airs Rubman E. Moss Wife George Gould Cheek Jerme Lier Euitree Zula Abe

Gen Joseph Porter Dead From Old War Wound

Gen Joseph Porter died in New York at the Grand Union widow last night from complications of a gunshot wound to the lung received in the war. He served 54 years of service, began as a drummer boy when the war broke out, and joined the 7th New York Volunteers. He was repeatedly commended for bravery and meritorious conduct and was disabled by wounds.

New York Joseph Porter Grand Union Bower Poughkeepsie Luy New York Volunteers

Giant forgeries terrorize Java banknote market

Latest advices from China report forgers on Java island uttering 2,000,000 in Java notes. To gain acceptance, forged notary acceptances were used. 390,000 forged notes were already discovered, and many Chinese merchants have been arrested. A disturbance at a colored Baptist church on Twelfth and Washington streets led to arrests of Lizzie, Bessie, Sadie Spradley and others. George Hicks supported the arrested teens, with trials set for this afternoon.

Sava Tacoma China Java Colored Baptist Church Twelfth Washington Streets Lizzie Bessie Sadie Spradley George Hicks

Chess Masters Nervous Over Money Worry Interferes in St Petersburg

The New York Saw publishes a St Petersburg letter explaining Pillsbury and Ts higorin’s nervousness as money bets overshadow the chess tournament. Backers fear losses, Steinitz and Lasker fallout, while Pillsbury hopes to persuade Ts ehigorin to join future events. The fourth round game shows Steinitz losing after a queen sacrifice.

St. Petersburg New York Checker Tschigorin Pilleburs England America Steinitz Pallsbury Techisorin Monty Lasker Pillsbury Russia Tsehigorin Warsaw Steluite

A Sarcastic Judge and A Rural Ye Heart Recital

A poem recounts a Montana or prairie reminiscence where a speaker recalls a snow filled night with Maria and a river. a separate New York note humorously notes Judge Walton in Washington delivering sharp wit about sentences. a socialite staging of Othello ends in a comic mispronunciation during a Davenport Street gathering.

A New York Photographer patents steel engraving like photo process

A discovery in photography introduces a process by Herman Brendelssohn that renders photographs in a steel engraving style. The method, already patented domestically and abroad, mimics line, dot, and stipple engraving while preserving likeness, with potential use beyond photography in lithography and photo engraving.

Herman Brendelssohn New York

Salisbury to Portugal Dispatch and Muted Laughter

A Salisbury anecdote recalls a critic’s moment when a dispatch from Portugal about German troop movement from Delagon Bay to the Transvaal caused the prime minister to laugh and scribble a marginal remark about England backing Portugal. The piece notes a Hazelmorn club boasting a motto on Caucasian superiority and plans to oppose a colored drivers tale for social and altruistic aims.

England Portugal Lord Salisbury Germany Delagon Bay Transvaal Lisbon Gonchman's Club Hazelmorn

Chartty Comes High In Chicago Charity Funds

An investigation in Chicago shows forty percent of a large annual charity fund is used by charitable organizations in distributing aid. In Huntington Indiana, Alphones and Mary Searles are described as divorced in court within three minutes after petition. the report cites unrest and calls for stability.

Chicago Alphones Mary Searles Huntington Ind

Choir Hum Confuses Congregation In Quieting Ruse

A Lewiston Journal note recalls a Sunday tale where a pastor pretends to hear the choir humming a hymn during prayer to quiet them, then announces no hymn as usual while implying shared singing by the whole congregation. The quip reflects old time newspaper humor and stray foreign phrases.

Lewiston Journal

Society Lives Nastiness At Grieviously Disappointed Musicale

In January news from Chicago reports a society musicale disappointment as Mrs Hrice failed to send invitations and Yvette Guilbert failed to appear. Guests waited through a boxed box scene where a diplomat’s daughter occupied a front seat then retreated behind curtains during Guilbert's performance.

Sherman Dleola Guilbert Alees

Also Mentioned on This Page

General Notes OF Society Stedmay Stedman Club L. H. Crac- QU Wave Elveson Ampulbruchs P. Kiley Bite Sarah Hargreaves Rydal Slount Wordsworth Ginn Davis Weitten Fi. Chan Eigb Emily Black Carrie Merrick Anna Crane Trimm Greenwood Lulu Cope Occidental Club Sra Josephine Keizer Mra Sutton Charlie Harry J. Adame Jem- Uy Los Angeles Aniisteraia Eob Farrand Woestminster Fannie Hemus Colorado Springs HL Carr Eudora Kansas Hancock Street Albrecht Marburg Wilhelmins F. J. Schubert Lawrence Jetmore Guildhall Cora Deever Maudie Hantock Floy Greene Florence Carrie Jessie Deever Ethel Jessie Grice Myrtle Clark Lillie Mabal Shanson Pihel Triggs Masters Lloyd Miller Eddie Swanson Azell Peace Society Mrs, Astor, Peacemakes Me.s Poerlesy Steam Wad Wess Son Brrox WWISE Hie Maris John Maria Sebati Jersey L. Stanton Chicago Times Herald Walton Washington Connsel Billy Smith Lim Thompson Street Clayburns T. Jefferson Washington Desdemona Othello Ariadne Jones Quincy Adame Johnson Orhel Jo Desthdemona San Venezuela Patty Armenia Ely Francisco Herr Angstvoll Detrois Tribune Curcago Jas Illinois Steel Company Crystal Fields E. B. Guild Kansal
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