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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1895
Page
6
A garbled 19th century eye health note discusses astigmatism and eye strain. It urges eye examinations, suggests reading distance varies with vision, and mentions glasses as a scientific remedy. It also notes those helped by glasses may not want names published.
An Imperial club dance at Library hall drew many visitors including Sallie Fleeniken of Emporia, Louis Boue of Wichita, and Chicago and Ottawa guests. The Topeka club hosts Ingleside Benefit events, whist gatherings, and multiple social runs featuring parties, lunches, and musicales with locals and out of towners in attendance.
Judge Lacombe authorizes preliminary steps in the US circuit court to wind up Coffin and Staunton. Receiver Carlisle Norwood seeks to surrender collateral bonds to creditors instead of public sale, involving about 2500 dollars in stock now under Newman Erb. In a separate note a Royal baking powder endorsement urges buyers to insist on Royal.
Fulwa Gordon, accused of fatally shooting his wife Nellie Gordon and Archie Brown, was postponed in Louisville on May 4 due to the defendant's nervous condition. The trial now set for next Tuesday as officials cite health issues in the Madison Street case. Meanwhile Vinewood park announces a free band concert by the Kansas state band starting Sunday May 3 with hourly morning trains and half-hourly afternoon service.
The article portrays Princess Marie of Greece as a desirable match for Russia with charm and sea-loving hobbies. It notes Orthodox church objections to first cousin marriage and highlights her beauty, lineage, and wealth from King George’s thrift and speculation, suggesting she could secure a good husband despite canon law hurdles.
An article notes dainty window draperies using priest vestments from Spain France and Italy. Fashionable rooms feature lambrequins and doorway hangings with rich embroidery, softened by silk breadths drawn through robe openings for a graceful contrast to stiff lines.
Miss Grace Harriman, a practical fruitgrower and county council lecturer at Sawley near Derby, presents six pamphlet lectures from 1892 on women cultivating small plots for profit. She advises starting with at most half an acre, adding a cottage, tomato house, poultry yard, and fruit plantation. Royal Baking Powder praised for purity and leavening power. Walter & Horses, M D., Chicago Board of Health, endorses it. White neckwear returns with sheer fabrics and lace frill details.
The article notes that Egyptian ladies wear veils as thin as those in Paris London or New York, explaining etiquette and religion require a Mohammedan woman to veil while the Koran specifies the practice but not veil thickness.
In Baldwin today Justice Ferry and Justice Jobo clashed with Police Judge Guy over bench demeanor. Three new prisoners Dr Goosey Sam McColgen and Ben De Nice requested a venue change preferring Judge Perry. They pleaded not guilty and had cases continued to Monday as a housekeeper ad appeared.
A Berlin dispatch reports Germany has signed contracts with top German shipping companies to convert ten steamers into war cruisers. Among the vessels are some that operate routes to New York, signaling a broad naval build up as tensions rise.
Dispatch from Manjunga Madagascar reports French forces seized a key Hova position on the Betsibika river, with prisoners and provisions captured. Royal brand baking powder advertised against cheaper competitors. New York bank data shows sizable loan and deposit increases with excess reserves. Local ads push health salves and a free band concert by the Kansas state band.
Susan B Anthony announces a Kansas City stop on May 5 accompanied by Rev. Anna Shaw who will preach that Sunday. They plan a western tour through Leaver Cheyenne Salt Lake City Reno San Francisco and Oakland and expect to join the women's council in San Francisco May 20. Dr Price's Baking Powder is praised by scientists after every test.
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