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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1899
Page
5
A grand social event lit Library hall for a celebrated evening. Mr Churn Rivind and MIEN hosted with their daughter Ana Luttise, joined by Miss Smith, as attendees enjoyed the decor and refined company.
The Topeka society section details a colonial style evening with dance and refreshments, a large gathering of guests including local regents and officers, and a later wedding of Miss Maude Curry to George Bor. Also covered are federation meetings, chair changes, program notes, and assorted society notes from Topeka and surrounding towns.
The state conference of the Twentieth Century American Federation held in Topeka Tuesday at the bine. The quarter-hour meeting devoted to Topeka Chapter business with Mrs EL Horton elected regent and the election of officers proceeding.
Mrs Frank Crane hosts with Mrs Hall assisting. The next meeting is in two weeks at Mrs Avery Tornoe’s home. Enclosed printed invitations by Adams Brothers. The Mires Mead visit cousin Miss Elem Ward at WT Polk Street. Courtney Baxter sells hats at 716 Kansas.
The genial report discusses reform and enforcement under federal law. It notes actions against monopolies and combinations restricting trade, citing Sherman Act standards. The Attorney General asserts federal supervision limits and questions court salaries and territorial divisions affecting prosecution and administration.
A heavy December snow blanketed Buffalo with twelve inches of new snow. Streets were nearly deserted in the morning and traffic was delayed from east and west while railroads worked to reopen lines. Ex postmaster W F Carter of Meldrim Georgia was jailed in Savannah for misappropriating government funds after a bid bond default.
A new compact hay bale method shrinks space per ton from 160 to 0 cubic feet, using goldhead form bales with pancake layers about three-fourths of an inch thick. The project, led by contractor Iausin Canaan Key in Crooklyn, serves supplies for British and American forces while old bales are repurposed for feed and other uses. Berlin reports a parliamentary shift approving an extending law, with opposition from the Fürst.
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