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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
6
A local grocery advertises goods at fair prices without sacrificing quality. It lists items such as granulated sugar, various coffees, soaps, canned vegetables, fruit, tomato products, breakfast foods, and woodenware with unit prices and carton deals, urging customers to try and return for more.
Evaporated fruit list includes large prunes and raisins, German cherries, evaporated apples peaches and apricots, peeled peaches, whole peaches, blackberries, currants, cleaned hal, and assorted packages. Contains quantities in pounds and items such as damp dates and shipments.
Rosella Kuhman known as Zelle Nicolaus sues George J Gould in New Jersey for 40000 alleging fraud in converting a 40600 deposit certificate lost in Jersey City. Court appoints Alexander Simpson as next friend. Gould to answer within thirty days after service at Communipaw.
Mrs Lark, wife of a Stillwater farmer, shot and killed her stepdaughter Mrs MacHenry after a quarrel at the door. She surrendered as a mob rumor swirled about possible lynching.
In Nashville on May 2 the joint legislative committee resumed the argument of counsel in the contest for the governorship. Attorneys Pritchard and Hawking for Mr. Evans argued the committee’s decision was utterly unfair and urged rejection of the majority report.
Alonzo J. Whitman, former Minnesota senator from Duluth, may travel to California to stand trial for forgery. He appeared before Justice Lawrence in the Tombs for a writ of habeas corpus sought to release him, and the case proceeds as authorities seek requisition papers to return him to California.
Miss Jessie Burgess daughter of Col and Mrs James Burgess married Sadlier J Hodgins a Topeka post office employee in a floral ceremony at their home with Mendelssohn music and a cream and blue decor. Relatives and friends attended a reception followed by home at 216 Tyler Street after May 15.
The Lane Theological Seminary trustees rejected the Presbyterian General Assembly plan to adopt a new charter under its control. George St. Maxwell, president for 21 years, was ousted and E. E. White elected in his place. Ed Morris resigned as chief professor. liberals celebrate the autonomy move despite nominal approval of certain Assembly positions.
Sir Edward Grey told the Commons that Britain did not rely on the United States to offer good offices or terms for settlement. The Nicaragua proposal received April 11 was not treated as a case for arbitration, and Grey expressed hope for a prompt amicable settlement despite the absence of U S involvement.
May 2 report notes Prince Bismarck extending sincere thanks to all who sent congratulations on his eightieth birthday. He praises the vast kindness from Germans at home and abroad, with foreigners, especially U S citizens, receiving his cordiest regards.
A Rural New Yorker feature discusses a decorative memorandum pad on cardboard with attached pencil as a memory aid for groceries and household chores, praising its dainty design and practical use. It also covers engagement announcements etiquette, noting families should inform relatives first and the couple’s friends. The section ends with a stray sports snippet: a baseball game at Emporia College scheduled for Saturday, May 4.
Fashion notes describe vests for tailor gowns in bengaline and silk with horn buttons, transparent fronts of chiffon, the continuing cape, and spring velvet gowns with elaborate yokes. It covers sleeves, wash fabrics for waists, open work shoe trends, striped taffetas, and a palette of colors plus accessories like tortoise shell handles on umbrellas and gem mounted silks.
A miscellaneous clipping notes the Howard Tree museum in London with 2000 varieties of timber and plants, historic canal and gas lamp milestones in England and Ireland, a pyramidal aluminium cap on the Washington monument, a New York hatter estimating annual headgear spending at 300.9 million, the Irish origin of humbug, Vesuvius bricks, and atmospheric dust affecting light.
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