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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1894
Page
8
A letter from F P Baker argues that young men enter clerical professions because trades apprenticeships are blocked by labour unions and city officials. He cites Topaka cases where fathers and council members influence boys away from trades, urging reform to allow apprenticeship and reduce penitentiary labor as future change.
A Topeka petition circulates urging the council to pass a municipal ordinance without delay. The measure, introduced in September, was deferred multiple times amid holiday timing claims and political maneuvering within a Republican coalition and local church community.
The case concerns adjustments to railroad contracts involving Atlantic Pacific and San Francisco lines. Judge Caldwell referred the matter to Judge J.B. Johnson for chancery, with a hearing set for January 25 in St. Louis, as part of joint operation fare and route divisions under the disputed agreement.
A lengthy reminiscence recounts a family New Year from the past with cider and doughnuts, cake, and scenes of hospitality. It contrasts hungry, communal celebration with modern cynicism, recalling a house filled with relatives, neighbors, and strong moral reminders from a St Louis Globe Democrat contributor.
A Philadelphia Times piece extols New Year’s Day visits as a distinctly American Knickerbocker custom. It notes era shifts from leisurely, infrequent calls to daily social rounds, praises maintaining home ties, and highlights diverse groups from old family sponsors to busy professionals who sustain the annual habit as a social duty.
A New Year scene in Gavaria's capital depicts a formal court reception with candles, crystal candelabras, and a procession of strangers presented one by one. The queen greets the minister's wife, approves a question about birth origin, and the page bears a peacock colored train as the crowd observes.
Case set for next week, State ex rel County Attorney Safford versus Chief H C Lindsey and P N Gish, over alleged extortion for protection. McWilliams cited as key witness, last heard from in Chillicothe Missouri. public officials blamed for alleged skulduggery and escape from justice.
Desven, a committee of the chamber of commerce, negotiates for a site to build a vast convention hall with seating for 12,000 to host national political conventions in 1606. A separate item notes that the double day fee and salary law was declared unconstitutional by District Judge Borhete, affecting county officers at varying times.
As of interret from the Sorth Side of the Iver, Miss Lida Cutbirth of Silver Lake visits friends here. Various social events, club meetings, and engagements are listed including Old Police high five club, New Year dances, and church society officers. Several residents travel to events, with mentions of teachers’ meeting attendees and civic group activities.
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