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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1900
Page
6
The Burlington's Denver Northwest Main Line was completed on September 2nd, enabling a junction with the Kansas City Billings Line at Alfance, Nebraska. This line runners through Denver to Helens and Spokane, serving the Upper Northwest region.
The thirty fourth annual meeting of the State Horticultural society will be held December 27 to 29 in Topeka. A fruit exhibit for the Pan American export show is sought from Kansas growers with premiums totaling 100 dollars and a 315 cash prize for the best display. exhibits grown in the state will be rewarded. The program opens with the president Fred Welthouse’s address and a welcome by Frank Kabinger of Rosedale.
The article discusses arranging flowers by harmony rather than mere presence of bloom. It notes that color harmony is crucial to beauty and that mixing similar hues without variation defeats the effect. Examples illustrate how proximity of groups affects perception, with golden yellows paired with pale greens.
The article discusses color harmony in flower arrangements with practical tips. It notes complementary color pairs such as blue with orange and yellow with violet, and warns against harsh pairings like King of Tom Thumb nasturtium with purple red Sweet William. White flowers are valued for tonal separation, while near and distant plane contrasts create pleasing ensembles.
Miss Dollie Tilford, a Topeka artist, originates the American boy calendar now being published by a Kansas City firm. The eight by twelve inch calendar features six pictures, starting with a jolly little boy, and will be handled by dealers in several cities.
A quirky historical fragment describes an old woman selling butter and an ancient pony. A boy shouts that her beasts fell, she scolds him for shoving him, and the scene shifts to a joke about presidents and the electoral college.
The ad touts internal remedies rather than poultices and sprays, claiming catarrh is a blood and mucous membrane disease. It promotes Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets as a pleasant lozenge that cleanses the blood, reaches the throat and stomach, and avoids cocaine or opiates, with testimonial from C. R. Rembrandt of Rochester praising cure and improved hearing.
A jittery collage of reminiscences recounts a frontier prank on an eastern con man, a sobering tale of a vanished bar patron, and a quirky temperance anecdote. It pairs cowboy bravado with cautionary notes on deceit, drinking, and regret from early 20th century plains life.
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