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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
9
Seeming bargain notes advertise petite cloaks and jackets from ten dollars with strong emphasis on value. Items include black cloth capes, fur trimmed options, and beaver chinchilla blends. Prices cited range from five to forty dollars, with comparisons to higher priced goods to entice buyers.
An advertisement lists ladies undergarments including ribbed cotton fleeced vests and pants, balbrigan and merino wool options, and accessories. Prices range from five cents to several dollars, with multiple fabrics and sizes shown.
Personal items from Topeka social life feature Mr. and Mrs. George Crawford hosted by J. Crawford and Arthur Capper at a Harrison street home. Guests from Emporia Chicago Atchison Los Angeles attendances mark a week of parties, clubs, and birthday gatherings with many local families hosting and visiting.
W S Parkhurst a former Topeka detective and grocer's cousin gains notice in the Chicago Post for his civil service exam score 95 15 percent and eighteen years of police service He is tall well built and expected at Central Station for a new appearance after Chicago police reform stories from Topeka to Chicago cover Pardons in Missouri and a perjury conviction in St Louis with updates on Irish party members Healey and O Connor expelled from the Governing Committee.
Emissaries of the American Sunday School Union of Kansas plan a three day session at First Baptist Topeka from November 21 with daily meetings and sermons starting November 24 In attendance about fifty missionaries The organization favors Sunday school expansion in needy areas Since March 1 their district planted 154 new Sunday schools and added 500 teachers 5400 scholars They reorganized 58 schools with 193 teachers and 1095 scholars and aided 180 other schools with 950 teachers and 10016 scholars They addressed 1051 meetings made 6746 family visits distributed 1071 Bibles and Testaments and provided 1080 dollars worth of religious reading over 48926 miles traveled
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