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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1896
Page
6
A H Mills and Son Carpets announces spring housecleaning and renovation season with a complete carpets assortment for buyers. The ad emphasizes readiness for new floors during the upcoming makeover period.
Prices Guaranteed the Lowest showcases an attractive line of draperies in new effects and special floor coverings. This ad emphasizes value and updated home decor offerings to attract shoppers.
A Johannesburg dispatch reports that Me. Jobe Hays Hemmeond, an American engineer and reform committee member on trial, repudiates letters claimed to come from him and two reform prisoners. It notes a new push against Americanizing the Rand by mining magnates placing machinery orders in the United States.
Munyon's druggists touts improved remedies for dyspepsia rheumatism catarrh and colds with cures promising fast relief. Ads list Munyon's Rheumatism Cure Dyspepsia Cure Cough Cure Kidney Cure headache cure pile ointment and other products with 25 cent prices and free letters to Prof. Munyon at 1505 Arch Street Philadelphia for medical advice.
Recent society items reveal Topeka and nearby hosts including Miss Lillian White, Mr J A Hopkine of Des Moines and Miss Pioya Liston of Beatrice. Numerous parties, entertainments, club meetings, and concerts mark a bustling regional social season with Nellie Sherwood’s concert as a standout event.
March 21 report states Babington Booth alters the cow organization name from Gods American Volunteers to Volunteers. The change comes after friends advise removing God and American from the title while EG B Martz takes charge of the movement’s official organ. Publication plans remain undecided.
The article covers do it yourself floor refinishing with painted or stained resin finishes and a wax polish method, including heat cautions and a homemade putty paste for cracks. It also describes a Style Home Gown featuring a white and black combination with white details on a tan or white base.
A collection of simple recipes includes a clam soup with milk and butter, a meatless corn soup variant, and a gelatin orange mold. It also notes jewelry trends such as the popularity of green stones, emeralds, and the peridot in contemporary pieces.
A collage of religious notices lists Rev Frank Hulsman at Swedish Bethel church Polk Street Saturday 8 pm and Sunday 11 39 am. Other churches and meetings are noted including United Brethren Kansas Avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets 10 am, Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Fourth and Tyler Rev A Norborn, Br os Brown chapel Twelfth and Washington 11 am, Mr W H L Holmes at Railroad Y M C A 8 pm, First Society of Spiritualists at Lincoln Peat hall, North Topeka Baptist Laurent and Harrison 10 am and 7 30 pm, and several other congregations with morning and evening services and topics.
Four Princeton University men sail for Athens to compete in the Olympian games next month, with Captain Robert Garrett in shot put and discus, and Tyler the vaulter among others, managed by Norris. Boston Athletic Association entrants include Arthur Blake, Thomas Burke, Ellery Clark, and hurdler T. Curtis, led by John Graham, sailing aboard the Fulda amid farewell banquets and receptions.
Society notes the anti dress league formed by Lady Algernon Lennox and the Countess of Warwick with two dresses per season rule while unlimited furs and jewelry are allowed The Countess once known as Lady Brooke famed friend of the Prince of Wales linked to the baccarat scandal and a famous stolen fur cloak story from 1804 draws attention to royal extravagance debates in Britain.
North Topeka items report Rev. E. T. Chandler preaching at Kansas M. E. church tomorrow and new minister coming from Kansas City. Local repairs reported at Laurent Street Teoals club where wire netting fell and grounds need work. Clint Rhodes to graduate at Hubiman Medical College in Chicago. his mother C. J. Knodes gone to attend commencement. Nearby ads promote Peerless Steam Laundry and dental services at 8th and Kansas avenues. Listings include Amity lodge attendance, Conkling’s grocery on Van Buren near Grant burned by incendiary fire. $500 stock insurance.
A revival of the long stylized peas opening row and wide is promised for the spring season with rich brocades featuring large figures. Ingentive bf wallpaper or draperies are noted as popular and becoming when worn by large samen.
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