Topeka Social Circles Highlight Recent Events
In Topeka society circles, recent social events drew notable attendees and showcased community engagement. Local hosts organized gatherings reflecting fashionable trends and philanthropic aims.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1895
Page
6
In Topeka society circles, recent social events drew notable attendees and showcased community engagement. Local hosts organized gatherings reflecting fashionable trends and philanthropic aims.
A wedding at 214 West Teeth avenues joined Miss Welfe Henh Whitehead and Sir. Peak Haven Purter in a springlike ceremony. The house was filled with pink and white roses and a pink and white reception followed. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Joho HK. Muivene, Miss Lucile Mybyrne, and many others. The couple will reside in Iowa City where Mr. Potter becomes Professor of Latin.
A illustrated guide offers a bachelors tea cozy that keeps tea hot without removal while pouring. It describes materials, colors, and assembly steps, then shifts to child welfare warnings about carrying toddlers, and patterns for dainty linen, napkins, and table decor. It closes with home tips on fly control and preserving bread in brandy.
In this department we present new curtain lines for the season. Wottingham curtains priced from 892 to 5.00 per pair, Irish paint curtains 2.88 to 10.09, Brussels net curtains 5.00 to 15.09, fish net curtains 2.50 to 8.00, paint despot curtains 5.09 to 10.00. Drapery for bedrooms and dining rooms remains popular with edge-matching pieces.
Edwin Edwards and Lydia Stenberg wed in Salvation Army ceremony after license failure. Major Sally explains groom could not secure license due to missing Private Judge Wood. couple to remain single until license obtained. Army members stage a mock ceremony amid parade and festive chaos. probate official notes no charges filed. Event reflects local church and community involvement with a colorful, disorderly mood.
Sept 10. Coxey the Populist nominee for governor faces stiff local opposition. Arion Keller, who ran for congress on the Popular ticket last fall, refuses support and says he would rather oppose Coxey than back him. Keller warns Coxey’s plan to regulate industries and raise labor costs could tax property and push socialism. RB McCammon also opposes Coxey. Conservative county leaders join the opposition to the commonwealer's schemes.
Washington Sept 10 The funeral report on public buildings notes the White House rooroing in front of the state dining room had weakened and sunk. The beams were found to be giving way and were renewed and strengthened to support the heavier crowds during receptions.
The California celebration marked the anniversary with a parade drawing over 4 040 participants and literary exercises along the river as the Sutter’s Fort site hosted the event. An electric carnival featured the light parade as a major highlight.
Recent notes from North Topeka report visitors from Roseville Meriden and Missouri, a funeral for J. A. Selkens aged 68, and deaths of H. Brown near town and Phillip Pao in Amviens. Local events include a Methodist ladies society social at Gordon and Harrison, and a string of shop ads for buggies, fuels, groceries, and carriage works.
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