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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1895
Page
6
The advertisement urges readiness for sudden weather shifts with a full stock of undergarments for men women boys and girls. It highlights standard and special ties, complete offerings, and affordable prices from Mills Adams Co.
A fragment recounts The Normans called the Yankees of France for thrift and craft in evading ser vices. A Norman farmer asks to borrow a donkey to the fair but the bedbound neighbor answers in a dream. The piece mentions Pond’s Penmanship class and local advertisements.
The latest notes of Topeka society detail the Ladies Music Club meeting with a program including Donizetti arias and other pieces performed by Miss Tracy Mrs Hardt and Mrs Miller among others. Numerous Topeka residents attended socials, entertainments and recitals at homes and guild parlors with guests from surrounding towns and Chicago.
In Detroit a dilapidated man pleads for $60,000 to fund a reform plan and begins with a drink and shave. He insists on genuine reform and social respectability, while the response questions the sincerity of his pledge and the caller’s offers. The scene shifts to a woman’s reaction, highlighting public skepticism.
A pair of women discuss birthday gift ideas for a man named Mas. They recall past presents and consider useful items like a blotter, handkerchief case, pipe, and headrest. The dialogue hints at themes of practicality, memory, and how gifts reflect relationships.
A collage of snippets shows students and professors amid humorous, social, and literary vignettes. Dialogues touch on manners, attire, and romantic intrigues in a bustling urban backdrop with light, satirical notes. Names like Chicago Tribune and Newark Journal appear in passing as part of the era’s chatter.
The city plans to finish laying sidewalks this week as 1500 lots awaited new walks. The engineer’s crew began turning up the old walk to allow the council to resolve the matter soon. Many old sidewalks still require removal despite new sections, and Topeka’s streets show widespread wear.
Eight high schools participated in the Topeka convention where the Kansee State High School Association was formed. Officers include Topeka High School to elect president and first vice president, Utawa as secretary and corresponding secretary, and Atchidoe as second vice president and treasurer. The state contest is scheduled for March 28 at a yet to be chosen site, with about nine schools expected to enroll.
An afternoon benefit for the late Eugene Field is planned in Cuteneo for Tuesday November 20. Well known authors including Hamlin Garland John Vance Cheney Henry Puller Titian Ball Director W Hayes Harriet Monroe Alice Franch Octave Thinner Mary Hartwell Catherwood and Opie Read will perform.
Senator David P. Bill of New York will address an audience in Embanry on December 6 at the Auditorium. The lecture titled Liberty is the first in a series Mr Bill will deliver to the west during the current winter.
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