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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
5
Mrs F H Foster presided at a social event for Mrs Cabalane with guests including Miss Huby Nickerson and many Topeka society figures. An extensive program featured dining, music, interludes, and a late reception, with attendees listing prominent local residents and visitors. The Federation meeting at Winfield awarded officers for the coming year, and plans for future gatherings and committees were announced.
The article argues beauty is skin deep, noting that attractive features depend on a healthy body. It explains waste removal by kidneys, bowels, and sweat glands and warns that poor excretion leads to unhealthy skin and disease.
The item lists social visits and events in Topeka including Mrs Simpon of Kansas City and Mrs Burns of Paibioary, guests arriving from Mexico and Chicago, a Chancel Chapter talent show on May 14 at the Bishop’s home, dinners hosted by Mrs Holman and others, and Knights Templar parade plans in Wichita with a one fare round trip offer.
Fading notes describe school board meeting set for Monday night. Abilene visitor, local exchanges, and weather tied to illnesses. Mentions include Mrs Smiley moving, Topeka baseball fever, and probate permit filings. Postmaster invite and several divorce petitions surface alongside civic notices.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Rail Road will submit a pension and relief plan to employees on June 1. The plan mirrors relief features from the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania systems, funded by employee installments and a yearly company treasury contribution to create a fixed annual fund. Retirement triggers eligibility at age 70, with a relief committee including company and employee representatives. Initial term relies on railroad officers to appoint members. later, employees elect them. Retirement eligibility criteria and service length remain to be decided, affecting between 32,000 and 24,000 workers.
Cardinal Bee officiated at the dedication ceremony for the Castellanes chapel in the Fue Jean Goujon Paris erected to the memory of the charity bazaar Victinix. The monument is described as architectural and fine with sculptural decorations. a colossal statue of Mater Doloris faces heavenward as the centerpiece.
The edifice was hung with sable drapery for today’s ceremony. Due to chapel size only two representatives per affected family were invited. The dedication included a low requiem mass with no singing as the cardinal recited De Profundis.
Captain John Betts died of pleuro pneumonia in New York on May 4. A veteran of the Spanish American War he commanded the transport Knickerbocker and owed fame from rescues near Santiago and off Cape Hatteras. Born October 18, 1828 in Watertown Massachusetts his career earned foreign honors and an inscriptioned medallion for bravery after saving ship crews including the Pauline Siblian and Onkel Aldermann.
Washington on May 4 the House committees heard favorable arguments from Secretary Gage Dr McMurtrie Dr Kennelly Captain Sigsbee and Prof Stratton about an amendment to the sundry civilities bill establishing a national standardizing bureau for testing scientific and measuring instruments. The plan calls for an initial expenditure of 209000 with an annual outlay thereafter.
A garbled public notice references tickets for sale at a TV annex, a Knights Templar conclave, and a second floor City Library event planned by J. Thorman. It advertises Burgock Blood Bitters as a health tonic and urges telephone orders to BET and the People’s Ice Company.
Governor Leary sends detailed Guam reports to the Navy noting a thorough census, a six month budget showing a growing surplus, and plans for improvements. He describes financials, an evaporating plant, an ice shortage, a steam sawmill, a telephone link to Fiji, and topographic work by Yosemite officers. Population figures for five villages are given, with health and medicine requisitions mentioned.
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