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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
6
Advertises women and children undergarments including jerseys and vests in multiple neck and sleeve styles, long and short options, prices from a few cents to several dollars, with mentions of gauze underwear for men and boys, union suits, gloves, mitts, and novelty chamois. Includes specific items like pearl chamois, ventilated chamais, black gloves with patent fummers, and silk gloves.
Summer corsets offered in six price points from 35 to 2. Bat. 1.09 to 1.75 PD at 175. Thompson's ventilating corsets, three lengths, priced at 1.00. J. B. Linen Corsets selling for 1.50.
Our Center Aisle will be abloom tomorrow with green hosiery for ladies and children priced 25 35 or 50 cents. A superb stock of shirts waists and the newest fashions is on display along with muslins organdies lawns linens batistes pereales and quirky color patterns.
The Mills Adams Co social column covers Topeka society events and visitors, noting a Wednesday music club program with Mrs W S Charles and performers, officer elections, kindergarten exercises, and a long parade of personal mention items including birthplace, travel, engagements, weddings, and school-related plans across Topeka and nearby towns. Includes acknowledgments of club meetings, travel to Kansas City and Denver, and local wedding news.
An appeal warns readers about health risks from coffee and stimulant drinks and urges switching to Postum Cereal Co. Lim’s Pure Grain beverage. It cites stomach and nerve troubles, promotes intelligent health choices, and asserts Postum supports better nourishment and vitality.
A Topeka fall festival plan outlines Indian dances from Pottawatomie for the grounds and across Kansas Avenue with multiple tribes courted for performances. Major Anderson seeks troops and fortifies a parade, with committees to fund arches, entertainments, and a Queen’s selection during the festival week.
Enterprising ladies with white badges will canvass every house next Monday to support the Flora parade and Full Festival. They will solicit time or money to back the event, as the patriotic committee plans to broaden support and boost participation.
Lewis Hanback assistant general of the G A E department of Kansas says thousands of old soldiers will attend the Topeka Fall Festival. Railroads will likely offer low rates and last year attendees recall a pleasant time with good care and entertainment as they visited. Prospects for crops in the state are described as first class.
In Topeka the Fall Festival committee secures two rooms in the Curry building at 25 Kansas avenue and the Topeka Commercial club rooms for summer flower making. Mrs. G O Wimarth chairs the purchasing committee and oversees material distribution. Meetings are likely to be held in the Commercial club rooms, with the club lending use.
Senator R T Battey of Florence launches a campaign denouncing the Populists and accusing legislators of corruption while nominating General J C Caldwell for U S senator. He criticizes the bank law, cites bribery in votes on oleomargarine, and predicts Lewelling’s fall from power as Sedgwick county shifts. Battey hints Caldwell’s political chances are slim and says Findlay will likely be named internal revenue collector.
Sheriff Kepley criticizes Undersheriff Lucas while noting needed improvements on Huntoon boardwalks. Various local notices include a reception, a church sermon, home purchases on Van Buren street, new street fashions, political club meetings, real estate sales, a Topeka visit by John Waller Jr, and a 200 family charity estimate. Also reports on horticultural society meeting, state conventions, a Jersey cow purchase, a capital elevator sale request, jailer procedures, fusion naming by Populists, charity contributions by two Patwin girls, and a temperance fight ongoing.
Star Grocery offers a complete line of bargains across groceries and fresh meats with guarantees and low prices. The ad lists crackers, wafers, lard, sugar, coffee, canned goods, spices, and baking items, plus fresh butter, meat cuts, and produce at notable discounts, touting value and variety for shoppers.
A collection of short items notes bridge construction delays and traffic plans with January reopen dates. Updates include Will Wadsworth considering Alabama next season, Will Curtis vacationing in Ottawa, and bank Saturday hours starting June 15. Donations, school libraries, arrests on petty theft, and Sunday children’s day plans appear alongside college events, concerts, and church services at Washburn and local venues.
Chicago June 1 A public meeting of the American Railway union at Handel hall is set for tomorrow signaling a transition to a broader organizing effort. Names such as Brotherhood of Co Operatives of North America and American Lease of Co Operatives are under serious consideration for the new union. The plan aims to merge the Adney union with the trade union movement while preserving wide cooperation. Initiations have been sent to representatives of all trades unions and international participants are expected to attend.
The United States Brewers Convention adjourned after electing officers and receiving a vigilance committee report. The document notes growing opposition to Prohibition in several states with varying durations and public sentiment.
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