Plush cape with silk like fabric and tibet trimming
No. 882 features a plush cape with silk like surface and a Tibetan style trim along the front. Price not listed in the readable text.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1896
Page
6
No. 882 features a plush cape with silk like surface and a Tibetan style trim along the front. Price not listed in the readable text.
Recent Social Avents in Topeka and Vicinity recounts many visits and parties. A parade from Harrison street, numerous guests from Ottawa Lawrence and Kansas City, and upcoming receptions mark a bustling social week with 23 deputy officers expected and multiple families hosting guests.
Lawrence woman Miss Lille McMillan is described as meeting with Mrs KR Akers in an item that notes a social or personal interaction. The brief fragment implies a local engagement involving named individuals from Lawrence and a Mrs Akers, without further context.
The Illustrated Weekly publisher E L Shelton of Topeka was arrested in Topeka on charges of wholesale railroad swindling. He allegedly forged editor names to obtain passes and transportation, with post office and broker accomplices, aiming to defraud multiple railroad lines. Authorities plan further charges as evidence links Shelton to forged editor credentials and rejected transports.
Sept 40. Seven year old Carl McKhaney planned and killed his playmate Tommy Kidd with a double barreled shotgun left in the Parlor. Tommy, an invalid, was seated in a chair when shot, authorities say the act arose from a prank gone wrong. Carl faces reform efforts though legal responsibility is disputed due to his age.
James Wash of 121 Tyler Street heard screams from a house two hours south and found Tor Israel Jr attacking two women including Core Barnes. Israel slashed Wash in the neck and leg before being arrested. Wash survived a near fatal neck wound and is expected to recover.
Island near the coast reports likely fatalities in the hundreds. Wallace Johnson, a white man, dies at Gorden wharf after a fall from wreckage. W J Thompson perishes in Bacon mill wreck. Four Black people die in a Twelfth Street house. Captain C J Murphy drowns from the Jus Turner sinking. J C McClure and a Black worker drown at Southeastern Plaster.
Lancaster Pennsylvania reports the Susquehanna bridge at Columbia torn apart by a historic storm. The mile long Tenney vanle railroad bridge remains only piers and end spans while extensive damage hits Columbia and surrounding county. Estimates reach half a million dollars in the borough, with unroofed homes and destroyed tobacco sheds. Two men reportedly lost with the bridge. search efforts ongoing.
Philadelphia reports heavy damage from last night's storm with wires down statewide. Telegraph and telephone lines severed north of Reading and in Lebannon valley, preventing reliable updates as trains cannot run and information is scarce. The Western Union system is disrupted, hindering long distance communication.
Reading Pa Sep 3 a wind storm toppled the cast house of the Temple furnace at Temple station burying several workers. Two men killed and many injured as timber fell. Across the region wires broken with only five of one hundred remaining operational between cities. Topeka festival interest prompts department heads to grant workers the rest of the week off. Weather outlook shows variable winds for Kansas.
The Sante Fe shops in Topeka will shut for the rest of the week to let employees view the festival festivities. The closure follows a request by the Committee of Fifteen for several days off during Festival week, with holidays granted by Superintendent of Machinery John Player for Brondsay entrants.
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