Birthday Party in Society Circles at Beale
A social page item notes a birthday celebration held at Beale with local guests and familiar faces attending. Hosts hosted the event in a warm, festive mood showcasing community ties and seasonal greetings.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1895
Page
6
A social page item notes a birthday celebration held at Beale with local guests and familiar faces attending. Hosts hosted the event in a warm, festive mood showcasing community ties and seasonal greetings.
Social notes from Topeka society recount a birthday dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Garvey with seven other guests sharing August birthdays. Guests included Mrs Chester Breed Mrs George Eagle Mrs Charles Guild Miss Emma White and Judge George Clark. The evening featured four course dining and whist. Also reported are the Monday Evening Whist Club meeting at Henrietta and Mary Thompson homes with substitutions due to absences. Other items list visits, travel, and literary events, with notes on performances in Olathe and announcements of upcoming concerts and marriages.
The World Medical Institute claims to cure chronic illnesses including gastritis liver disease diabetes and nervous conditions. It urges patients to request testimonials and a symptom blank with free consultation available in English French or German.
A wired text item lists the World Medical Institute with an Topeka Kansas address at $81 Quiscy Strait and a home office at 538 Main St in Keoeas City.
A Canadian couple traveling to Winnipeg on the CPR railway left their daughter in care as they pursued a legacy claim of 1800. A mysterious woman, claiming to be the girl's mother, abducted the child en route in Calgary then vanished at Winnipeg. Officials questioned the Parlinet claim, who later sought to adopt the girl and collect the legacy, valued over $1,000.
Mrs Mary Lehr, widow of Jacob Lyte a section foreman, was awarded $200 by the district court for her husband's death near Wamege on September 14, 1804. She contended the train crew failed to warn his oncoming train and that he was killed in the performance of his duty. The case against the Union Pacific receivers was compromised with costs paid by the company.
Will Rucker, one of four men described as colored, was sentenced by Judge Hazen to five years in the penitentiary for burglary. The group allegedly robbed Nicholson’s on East Tour street, demanding milk at a shop while an elderly man trundled a device. Two other associates pled guilty to grand larceny and received lighter penalties, while Steele refused to plead and was sentenced to five years. his fate pending.
The bridal breakfast for Consuelo Vanderbilt and the duke of Marlborough is expected to be hosted by her mother Mrs W K Vanderbilt at her Madison Avenue residence after the wedding on Wednesday. Vanderbilt homes are in flux with family moves to Newport and town, while the duke has returned to the city and is staying at the Plaza Hotel.
At a October meeting of the Iroquois club the leading Democratic organization in Cook County, it was decided to give up the club rooms and move to a permanent meeting place. The organization will be preserved and a future headquarters sought. Receipts exceeded expenses by about 1009, prompting a proposed monthly assessment which was rejected. In another item, W W Rupert was fatally shot while hunting when a companion's gun discharged accidentally.
The Missouri Farmers Institute opens in Lanboxta under the state board of agriculture for a two day session. Forty institutes will be held statewide for farmers. Exhibits include Missouri apples weighing 841 ounces, ears of corn at Sevex pogads, Lenopoda a foot long, pumpkins at 93 pounds, and watermelons at 7h pounds. Cholera virulence in Japan noted as 42,706 cases and 24,518 deaths reported to US Marine Hospital Service.
A frugal homemaking note describes a pliant boudoir catch all built from a round Japanese or sweet grass basket, lined with silk, and reinforced with three lightweight brass rods and rings. It forms a standing tri-pod with lambequin ring patterns and ribbon bows, serving as a neat desk or dressing table accessory.
A compilation of practical guidance on clothes repair and domestic care. Advice includes patching garments without shrinking, choosing materials, careful darning, and underlay techniques. Also describes a silk cleaning soup, fumigation for pests, apples as brain food, and storing knives to prevent rust.
Amelie Hives Chanler visited the Rives home near Charlottesville to discuss her divorce from John Armstrong Chanler. She downplayed sensational details, citing prior publications, and said little about the decree. She noted they remain friends, spends time at Custis Hill, and has no definite future plans.
St Paul reports key figures and firms eyeing a lease of 14 million acres in the Venezuelan land grant. Manos and Orinvey company officials discuss papers and rights, amid broader questions of sovereignty and Monroy doctrine amid national tensions.
From October 16 to October 31 the Rock Island offers Dallas and return tickets at one fare for the round trip. Details on rates and times available from nearest Rock Island agent. The item mixes local travel notice with unrelated anecdotal content and a court scene excerpt from the San Francisco Post.
Judge McKenna granted a Temporary Injunction delaying October 16 reductions of eight percent in local wheat rates and blocking an overall 25 percent cut planned for December 1. Southern Pacific filed the complaint alleging conflicts with railroad commissioners and pledges by two commissioners. The move could cost the railway about 1.5 million annually and mirrors past Texas railway cases.
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