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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1894
Page
5
In To peks, women are urged to adopt broomers as daily dress as town officials promote a new modest fashion standard. The campaign focuses on practical, breathable footwear and a return to simple clerical style for public appearances.
In Topeka Kansas a dress reform movement grows as women including Eva Bardlag and Agog Haviland endorse straight plaited trousers with leggings and a plain waist. They plan a formal signatory agreement after election and hope a citywide shift in street attire follows. A hundred women are expected to adopt the new costume.
A fragmentary item notes a young colored man convicted of theft in police court wearing rubber-soled tennis shoes. Police claim such shoes allow thieves to walk quietly past guardians, likening them to a cat. The piece blends local notices, ads, and scattered city happenings without a clear single event.
A long account of Crater Mountain a sacred extinct volcano in Umatilla Shoshone lore. It recounts a legend of a Shoshone maiden, explorers entering a vast chimney cavern, an ascent perilous with sulphur springs and stalactites, and a dramatic discovery of volcanic chambers and creatures.
Marching contingent from Topeka led by Marshall will travel to Kansas City Tuesday afternoon for the Priests of Pallas parade, followed by the Second Regiment Band from Springfield Missouri. The group plans to perform marches only and return the same night.
A report from Bedwell's asylum in North Topeka details Mark Blakenly a 20 year old former Santa Fe machinist who sits near the south fence all day gazing toward his future home. He speaks little, works on mathematical problems secretly and prays at times. Other inmates include an elderly woman fixated on housekeeping and a man pacing in the yard with his head down, while the institution houses several other notable cases.
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