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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1895
Page
6
In Topeka and nearby areas, society circles showcase gatherings, introductions, and social routines. Prominent residents attend, with galleries and salons fueling ongoing neighborhood networking and civic engagement.
Personal items show Topeka and nearby residents hosting and visiting in Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles with many weddings and engagements planned. Mrs Krauthoff visits, Clarkson Edson wedding set for April, Topeka guests attend Kansas City society events and Grand Opera trips, plus numerous visits to Chicago and Emporia.
Frank Rayasor, a North Topeka man, was arrested Saturday for selling whisky. He was tried in police court, found guilty, and fined 100 dollars. Police found a jug and several bottles at his home near Gordon and Clay streets. Raynor remains jailed as the case proceeds.
New York fashion notes discuss popular fancy waists with chiffon, silk, and other fabrics, detailing styles, trims, and color combinations. It profiles a mouse gray morning gown with cerise crape accents and jabots, highlighting drapery over tight fittings.
A sharply dressed woman visits a lawyer, claiming a single history that expands to Napoleon Bonaparte in 18 monthly parts at 50 cents a month. The attorney is drawn in, forced to sign, and the line about a woman with a history chills him, per the Detroit Free Press.
A collection of humorous exchanges from early 20th century papers, featuring a boastful man recalling a swamp town, a clerk guessing shirt collar size, and a wary resident dodging White Cap threats. The pieces showcase regional dialect, memory, and social tension through concise anecdotes.
A young man asks what to say if his wife asks him to marry again after her death. The elderly adviser cautions silence to avoid implying dislike or fatigue with marriage. The exchange appears in the Indianapolis Journal.
A humorous exchange from the New York World notes a patient asking why blood rushes to the head when standing on his head but not to the feet when upright. The doctor replies that the feet are not hollow, explaining the physiological question in plain terms.
Chief of Records Daniel M. Stevens notes 171 tribes in New Jersey with 17 000 members and 204 558 in assets. Poca hontas councils total 25 with 1 649 members and 11 565 wealth. Ghia great council active in instituting tribes amid royal receptions. Rhode Island tribes promise growth. Wapiti of Boston reports 20 applications under review with more expected.
Royal Arcanum Missouri grand council report notes 1904 finances with receipts of 107,754.99 and payments of 1,407.34. March sees 120 deaths on the call. A beat folder will be issued with official visit dates times meeting places deputy grand regents and other details.
Chicago has been divided into seven districts in the English jurisdictions with a deputy in charge of each. Prospects for ten new councils in Connecticut before June 1 look good as applications are being received in all Brooklyn councils. 212 and 114 Westera, Peerless Steam lteundre.
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