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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1895
Page
6
An advertisement touts Mme Yale's Almond Blossom Dream cream as the path to baby soft skin, claiming it yields clear pink fine grained complexions. It markets cleansing and refreshing properties with a price of one dollar and distribution through druggists and MME M. Yale in Chicago.
The Legislature did not pass a bill to release 12500 dollars collected from New York fire insurance companies for Kansas city fire departments. Superintendent Snider notes the money sits in the treasury awaiting new law. Fire chiefs from Kansas City Wichita and Topeka urged passage but the effort stalled. Tax reports were filed March 1 and will be processed once arrangements are made.
Circus proprietor Wille Sella leaves Topeka for Denver where his enlarged circus will begin touring around April 1. Weather permitting the owner plans a spring start. his winterly improvements included new performers and strong financial holdings reportedly near twenty thousand dollars. A separate court action involves administrator Cross suing Sheriff Burdge District Clerk Cockrell and others to overturn a sheriff sale.
Social roundup from Topeka features Mrs A Johnson hosting bridesmaids at luncheon in a white and rose setting, H V Hinckley entertaining three tables of men in honor of C W Whitlock, and a grand opening of Wiggin Harding Co at 625 627 Kansas Ave with new interior, staff, and shoehorned cash system. Also listed are clubs, dances, visits to Kansas City, and local social rounds from January to March.
A collage of overheard remarks and wry notices from Topeka society and press tables. Jokes about Mrs Gould-Castellane, Trilby, and enrolling clerks mix with vignettes of streetcar lunches, bicycle riders, and civic curiosities. Uncertain quotes reveal social foibles and local humor.
A Topeka story thread weaves a mother bargaining with silk shirts to influence a sweetheart, a row of legislative member pictures decorates a boudoir, and local chatter covers singers, concerts, and upcoming Hutchinson contest entries. The piece blends social gossip with cultural events in Topeka.
A compendium of Sunday activities lists church services and sermons at multiple houses of worship including Central Church, Church of the Good Shepherd, Grace Cathedral, St Johns A M E, United Presbyterian, First Unitarian, Church of Christ Scientist, and various others. Clergy from Rev Farrand to Bishop Vincent preach on morning and evening schedules, with Sunday school and special lectures noted. Also mentions endowment meetings, evangelical talks, and denominational gatherings plus local ads for tobacco and laundry services.
Article notes that under state law no exact age must be disclosed to register to vote in city elections. If over 21, a person is eligible. refusals for not stating age deemed arbitrary. Lawyers quoted affirm no legal compulsion to reveal exact age, and precedents from Eli Holliday support registration without age detail.
New enterprises listed include The St Paul Evangelical Church of Lancaster township Atchison county with capital 1000 and directors Christian Brun Deitrich Kruse Herman Rathert Fred Kloepper and William Kloepper. Also Winfield Business College with directors C & Perry J E Jarvis CE Fuller P H Albright Wm E Otis. Midland Colony Association of Kansas City Kan capital 50000 to inform on home sites buy and sell real estate directors J Jay Spencer W M Stanton Harry Darling ton Gey B Hasterwood W J Wintivid J Sedgwick W De Bernardi. Pittsburg Industrial Company of Pittsburg capital 100000 to mine and manufacture directors R E Carlon W H & DuBois J T Moore J R Lindburg A B Cockerill J H Gibson J W Brewer G W Williams J A Nuttman James Palmer E B Ridgely John Hodges John Holliday O T Bouz H Laydes J Rogers J C Buchanan Robert Robyn A J Georgia W A Swan. Cherokee Club of Galena for social enjoyment capital 15000 directors Henry Akes H Wills Fritz Weber C P McNulty Frederick Jarrett William Stevens Shifter.
F W Jacobs, once a detective who exposed alleged joints in Topeka last summer, fights illegal confinement in Shawnee county jail. He seeks release via writ of habeas corpus. judge busy, hearing set for 2 p m Monday. Prosecutors halted trial due to key witness Mrs McCune illness. Lynch says she is well enough to do a week's washing.
Deputy Sheriff C D Watson and six others sue Cox & Evans state house contractors for $650 balance for iron work on the dome, including the corkscrew stairway finished in winter 1893 amid severe cold. defendants claim payment pending state funds. Also notices urge night city registration at Newland's grocery, with Whitaker keeping registration open nightly next week.
A severely ill man brought from a country location to Ottawa Kansas is believed to be Frank Stevens of Topeka. Only identification is the name on a bundle. No missing person named Frank Stevens from Topeka is known. He is too weak to speak and is being cared for. Local ads for wall per to select from stock and services follow.
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