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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1895
Page
6
In Topeka and nearby areas, social gatherings unfolded with notable attendees from prominent families. Host committees showcased coordinated soirées, charity dinners, and ballroom receptions reflecting the season’s fashion, entertainment, and community engagement.
Personal society items recall Mr and Mrs Arthur Mills hosting Mrs W J Black after her California bridal tour. Guests praised decor in pink and La France roses, with Mrs Mills and Mrs Black in formal gowns. Additional gatherings include Mrs Judge Elliott and daughter hosting a reception, a children’s party for Walter Lee and Julia McGrath, and multiple brief social notices of visits, engagements, and outings around Topeka and nearby towns.
An illustrated guide from the New York Tribune shows how outside plant decorating, window boxes, and trellis work can transform plain farmhouses and town houses. It details green shelves under windows, earth boxes filled with scarlet nasturtiums, perfume from mignonette, and practical tips to avoid spillover from rain and drips, citing an Elizabethan lodge gate as illustration of decorative possibilities.
A Detroit Free Press note outlines inexpensive toilet table aids for the up-to-date boudoir. It recommends salt for eye and throat care, gargling, and gum hardening. tincture of camphor or myrrh for mouth wash. powdered alum for hand bathing before gloves. traces of sulphuric acid to curb perspiration. and a lemon juice glycerine mix to whiten and soften hands.
Abridged tale shows a young woman alternating between love and doubt with a bemused mother. She flirts to provoke a reaction, becomes engaged and married, yet remains unsure if she forgives or loves. The Chicago Tribune note ends with the Colima wreck probe and possible criminal proceedings.
Marie Jourdan in the Chicago Record urges daily ten minute calisthenics for women. The routine includes breathing, torso rotation, chest widening exercises, and brisk arm and leg movements followed by a cold sponge bath. It advocates outdoor activity and sensible corset use to enhance posture and appearance.
Several young women in London have started a novel establishment turning last season dresses into updated fashions. They remake existing garments rather than creating new ones, a practical service that appeals to many who prefer not to buy entirely new attire.
Paysa duu Paysandu resident Janie Russell undertakes a three month voyage from Uruguay to San Francisco to visit an aunt. She travels by rail to Montevideo then Buenos Aires, faces quarantine for cholera exposure, crosses the Andes on muleback after Punta de Vaca, endures storms near Mendoza, and arrives in Valparaiso before sailing to San Francisco.
The Boston Herald advises a spring sanitation blitz to curb rats mice moths and cockroaches. Use naphtha and benzine on sunning mattresses and pillows, wash wood furniture with hot suds and ammonia, deploy borax paper in drawers, lavender sachets, tar moth paper, and traps or ferrets to clear infestations. Rotate bait and keep traps spotless to prevent recurring vermin in homes.
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