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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1903
Page
7
Society pages detail afternoon and evening gatherings in Topeka Kansas with numerous hostesses and attendees from Kane City Ottawa and nearby towns. The dense list covers engagements visits, Christmas greetings, and social events at various homes including the Williams and Dickey households, with many names and addresses noted.
George EL Cole appeared before county commissioners this morning to contest a property assessment for Trinity Mutual Life Insurance. Receivers reported various surpluses and an assessed value of 47 000, with arguments about taxation and responsibility after the acquisition of Kansas Mutual. The board delayed the adjustment, awaiting further guidance from the receivers and state of the estate.
In New York, December 2, Senator Platt and the Republican state convention discussed electing delegates for the national convention and adopting instructions. The question of pledging the New York delegation to Roosevelt was aired, with expectations that the resolutions would declare for President Roosevelt.
Hempe and J hasten county officials to open a road south from Euclid avenue west of Washburn to Hempe farm south of Washburn. Tempe argues the longer route costs six miles more than the direct path. Commissioners estimate land condemnation at 800 dollars and one bridge at 1000. Only Mr Hempe would clearly gain from opening the road as proposed.
A long OCR style chart offers numerous horoscope entries with each person’s initials, birth date hints, and predicted fortunes. It notes predicted changes in business, journeys, and luck across months from March to July, forecasting outcomes in finance, travel, and personal matters for many individuals.
London December 24 Lord Abinger James Yorke MacGregor Scarlett fourth Baron Abinger died suddenly in Paris after dining with a Roxen people at the Cariten. A superstition tale notes a table seating misfortune the thirteenth chair was last taken. His death clears a line of American blood from the Scarlett family and links to Shelley lineage through Shelley Scarlett. A transport promo follows for the Golden State Limited train service.
A Boston report details a newly discovered sect named the Society of Chme an Israelites in Charlestown led by W. B. Bournér. Followers in Boston, Somerville, Medford and Roxbury worship at his house, claim the millennium arrives in 1816, and that the 144,000 will inhabit Palestine after 1,000 years on earth.
Lord Chamberlain refuses to permit production of Dorothy Vernon in England and author Charles Major declines changes. He cites free speech under English law, while planning to stage the play next season by Julia Neilton and Fred Terry. If lines violate majesty, changes will occur. otherwise the script stays as written. Attell vs Forbes boxing match announced in Chicago with 1000 purse and January 4 at 122 pounds for ten rounds. A receivership order issued for tan Coat Company of Cornelius amid $250,000 liabilities and an incomplete mine.
The Osage county case briefs provoke humor as Austin criticizes Col Rossington's argument. He notes attempts to frame inquiries beyond legitimate limits as subvenient to U S penal law and a Fifth Amendment shield for witnesses, while referencing Jeltz precedents and secundum artem phrasing.
A North Carolina project evolves a self sustaining charity to remove women and children from city slums. A mill at Marshall near Biltmore will start soon with 15 000 spindles and a model village of five room cottages priced at 14 dollars per month. The plan includes a company selling necessities at a 3 percent over cost, plus schools and churches.
Missouri engineering students at the University study a device using an electric arc and telephone wire to reproduce sound. Demonstrations during lectures and parties produced the university yell with audible applause, suggesting a method to mute or project the yell via an arc lamp.
In Omans Neb December 28 Mise Piur ence Parmalee ate a pint of ice cream in her front yard as a wager. The thermometer read below zero. Onlookers, estimated at over four score, gathered to cheer. Parmalee is the widow of Cant. ward Far mates of the quartermaster department GA.
The comptroller of currency designates Vaenzandt of Fort Worth Texas as receiver for Farmers National Bank of Henrietta Texas, closed in November 1939 and since then under examiners. Meeting of the Boys' Club with Governor Balley postponed to Wednesday due to Governor Ore Talley’s illness. Clubhouse at Fundh and Jockson streets.
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