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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
4
There is widespread dissatisfaction as no criminal cases have been started against bank managers after bank failures. The current term yielded one conviction but juries have refused to return verdicts on other charges until the bank cases are resolved.
Paris June 7 a crowded Lon Cityville and Nashville passenger train standing at the station was struck from behind by a freight train neglected to signal. The rear coaches telescoped and the passenger train was shoved about a hundred yards. Wilson wife and three children of Arkansas and several other passengers were injured though not seriously.
Reading factory workers secretly insert notes in hats and other goods sent to men across the country. Many notes lead to letters, gifts, and even marriages as correspondents reveal themselves from Colorado to Havana.
The text notes that in Japan a key factor in choosing a daughter in law is her skill in raising silkworms. The evenness of silk thread, linked to careful feeding of the worm, is observed in the gamma rents worn by the young lady, guiding the mother in law's betrothal approval.
The text defines twenty four karat gold as pure gold while twenty two karat contains two parts metal and one part copper, eighteen karat mixes eight parts gold with three parts silver and copper, and twelve karat is half gold with three and a half parts silver and eight and a half parts copper.
Margaret Brockton, a self described modern woman, becomes torn between her fiancé Jack Whittlestone and his cousin Louis Radcliffe. After a fleeting attraction and a choice to end her engagement, she endures three years of secret longing, imagining Louis abroad while Jack remains part of the triangle. A seaside moment rekindles the tension as past choices and lingering feelings collide.
A fragment recalls a social gathering where Margaret chats with Mrs Radcliffe and Miss Brockton while noting Mr Radcliffe as Jack Whittlestone’s cousin. The scene hints at Margaret’s growing skepticism and embracing a modernwoman persona, as reported by the New York World.
Merimac carriage firm shipped a grand coupe to Constanti for the sultan’s use. Trimmed with drab brocade and silk lace, black exterior with green panels, two-horse pole, gold trimmed lamps bearing a star. Also includes vivid passage from Blackwood’s Magazine describing Buddhist ritual sights and a night drum and bell procession.
Dr Walter T Scheel an expert chemist warns tainted eggs may trigger sulphuric acid gas formation in the body leading to typhus bilious and intermittent fevers. He says mint or game are safer but eggs could spark fever outbreaks in tenement districts.
A canal breach west of Pattersonville, 200 feet wide and forty feet deep, caused by muskrats, released floodwaters into the Mohawk River. Navigation is suspended for about a week on this section as crews assess and repair the damag e. Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly offers limited return tickets. special fares also listed for Kansas stations and a Topeka school-child fare.
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