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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1899
Page
5
Describes summer costumes with blue shamings and plain fabrics, Paris influences, lace entredeux, braids, and straw hats. Details various dress trimmings, fabrics, and accessories, including tulle boleros, lace stoles, and velvet delises, highlighting the era's stylish silhouettes and festive attire.
The piece lists various home remedies and preparations, including using gold to make a gift acceptable, treating hiccups with a wasteful mix, painting with sat urate to remove spots, and methods to restore velvet by ironing. It also includes a brief recipe for Stewed Blackberries with milk, bread crumbs, and sugar.
Miss Horton's party at Topeka featured Miss Muss Mabel Wilson and Miss Hatherine Mills. Refreshments were served for EA Steenburg of Aurora and visits planned for Mies Virginie Maivans to Kansas City. Various relatives travel plans for summer include Mrs Henry Ritter in Bursa, Gertrude Willett visiting Fulfield, and Miss Mascie Buibert returning from a Viet visit.
A Daughters of the American Revolution meeting convened Friday afternoon at Mrs J Hardt’s Potwin home. A large attendance enjoyed refreshments and a program while planning chapters’ activities. Discussion covered study load, open meeting option, and visits to Topeka to engage Kansas projects. Mrs Lewee, a prominent club woman, presided and will lead fall plans.
Two Wichita Indians, Exbory Wicks an old chief and Holand Stevenson, are in the federal jail at Guthrie Oklahoma charged with cattle stealing. The pair are accused of taking government pastured cattle from a preservation area and intend to claim ward teoes as part of the alleged scheme.
The tornado piano was shown in the window of WW Bimtell Cas retail warehouse in Chicago. Report says it drew as many as 5,000 passersby who stopped to look before visiting the store to view the new styles.
A Topeka Democratic club pushes Daniel Markham of Cosmos Township as sheriff candidate to enforce prohibitory law. They condemn Sheriff Cook for not closing illegal joints and urge party unity, calling for a county convention to nominate a ticket.
A Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Quiral O Neil plans a reserve ammunition stock for the naval service. The entire $500,000 appropriation is to be used, with some powder possibly manufactured at the government factory at Indian Head. Congress may seek another $500,000 at the next session to obtain needed quantities, alongside $254,000 for reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers and related contracts.
An urban advertisement touts a wide selection of toilet brushes soups and toilet waters. It promises the finest variety and guarantees every brush.
Eugene F. Ware spoke in Wichita on legal business and offered vivid praise for Dewey, calling him a noble hero and an obelisk-like figure akin to Grant. He predicted American global ascendancy, with the United States controlling population growth, commerce, and eventually world affairs, while foreseeing a fractured empire and language shifts amid sweeping geopolitical changes.
A six pounder semi automatic naval and coastal defense gun was successfully tested at Derny Massachusetts, designed for army use and naval service. It fires sixty rounds per minute, reduces crew to two, and mounts on a parapet for rapid, movable fire against ships and coastal targets.
The Exports note Mutust Toss and Sacings and new reads Davut Harum and Wites Knighthood in Flower offered at Bennetts book store, successor to Brett, located at 730 Ransss avenue.
A united milling and refining venture forms to consolidate capital and debentures. Key figures include directors Colin Smith and Mr Bartlett, with Wantage and Heginthd Kitemits as trustees. The company aims to a secure common profit through integrated production while maintaining competitive access to markets in Liverpool and Glasgow.
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