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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1895
Page
5
This week features 1,000 yards Mulls and Dimities with prices from 4 to 25 cents, 4 pieces 61-inch Cream Table Linen, 10 pieces heavy brown Twisted Linen Crash at 5 cents, lace curtains at half price, and Gauze Underwear specials. Towels include 10 cent and 7 cent per unit options, plus hemstitched Huck Towels at 19 cents each or $2.10 per dozen. Turkey Red Damask and Muslin Underwear offers are listed with sale prices.
In Topeka a dentist clinic prank had Dr McVey stretched in a big chair while Dr Esterly and peers performed mock dental work with tools and props. The staged procedures involved saws, chisels, a band fitting, and even a new tooth with a cigar, provoking wide amusement among attendees.
The Kansas State Medical Society gathers in Topeka next week with sessions at Representative hall starting Thursday morning and a Friday banquet at the Copeland. Dr. Waters and Chief Surgeon Dr. Hogeboom will welcome and respond, with three Chicago surgeons exhibiting on hysterectomy hermotomys and mortality debates. About 850 physicians are expected, with railroad and hotel rates arranged by a committee led by Dr. Ward. The program features Topeka physicians on hypnotism, antitoxin, hiccups, medical legislation, and gynecology, plus emphasis on appendicitis and hypnotism in surgery. The California Midwinter Fair awards Price’s Baking Powder top honors and a gold medal.
Commissioner General Stumpf reports from De Resner that 4,000 immigrants reached New York last Saturday, 2,000 more today, with 15,000 expected this week. The surge is nearly unprecedented in recent years, drawing concern over migration scales and processing capacity. Royal baking powder is endorsed for better results and purer, more wholesome food. Forest Park Agats, Ottawa Chautauqua signs ten-year use contract with city. assembly meets June 17 to 28. Burroughs returns from Oklahoma to manage his father’s estate claim as drought hits crops with wheat and oats burned and corn expected next.
North Topeka items note ill health, town visitors, and local business ads. Miss Sacha Wallace ill with tonsillitis while N G Glean of Meriden and W H Koons of Hoyt visit. A Boltinghouse travels to Wichita with the Knights Templar. merchants advertise utensils, cycles, dental care, groceries, and a hearse. The East Indianola Choral society plans a session-ending party. A San Francisco voyage story details Captain J W Morris sailing a forty five foot boat around the world with a small crew and sharp-ended design for capsizing resistance.
George Hubbard followed his wife Mia Hubbard from Crane to Eighth streets on Kansas avenue last evening after a quarrel and her divorce filing. He disrupted their peace as she walked with two friends and peeked into a transfer station, while witnesses say he remains infatuated. Hubbard, a Santa Fe shop worker, was fined $15.
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