The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-18
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS


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Today Is ladies' free day at the ball
game
Three new beggars arrived In town
last night
Senator PETER is speaking at Valley
Fails today
The river has been up a little but is
going down
Blind Boone, the pianist, is touring
kansas again-
James Fulcher is now fruit farming
In California.
Washburn college is organizing its
foot ball team.
Today is Yom Kipur, or the Jewish
Day Of Atonement-
New walks are being laid on Kansas
avenue just in time.
The south temporary approach to the
bridge is completed.
A Topeka man is now working for one
Of his wife's old sweethearts.
H. c. Lindsey will ship two cars of
horses to St. Louis next week
Work on both the Topeka and Kan
sas floats has been commenced
There are a few wild ducks on the
streams in the vicinity of Topeka
The music dealers say there is no
particular craze in music just now.
The new walks and drives at the state
house grounds cost the state $500
Overmeyer & EIulvane have con
&ributed SIS to the Fall Festival fund.
The directors of the Y. NJ. c. A. have
ordered new balls for the bowling al
ley.
B. H. Bum of Rush City. member of
the state central committee, is in the
city.
Why couldn't Topeka's Acetylene Gas
company furnish light for the Fall F'es-
tival?
VIII Haskell used to be a newspaper
reporter That's the reason he's so
smart
Charles Blood Smith is building an
addition to his residence on Topeka
avenue
The improvements have been begun
at Christ hospital. A new wing is be-
ing built.
J. F. scanlon of IIHonis. Republican.
viii speak at Hamilton hall Tuesday
evening.
J. R. Burton will speak at Lukens'
Opera House. North Topeka, Saturday
evening.
A Topeka ex-policeman has organ
ICED a Fall Festival Night Watch as
ISOLATION
The Meriden band has a very fancy
uniform 1t is very attractive and mil
1tary looking.
The Washburn Students Mckinley
club will be organized at the college in
a few days.
The chief Marshall of the Atchison
Corn Carnival next Thursday will be
TOpeka's John.
Mrs T. Dwight Thacher of Lawrence,
IS very i'll with nervous prOstratiOn at
StormOnt hospital
The chimney sweep and his tall hat
have made their appearance on the
streets once more
Did you ever see two towns as chum-
my as Atchison and Topeka are get
ting here of late?
The Republican committee OF. Shaw
nee county is holding meetings at the
rate of fifteen a week.
Clarence Young, late of the state
university OF Kansas is now prescrip-
ton clerk at Lee Jones'
Carroll Merriam and his bride have
returned from their wedding tour
through New England.
Mrs. Stoker, treasurer of the general
committee of ladies, is quite i'll at her
home in North Topeka.
The undertakers say that the death
rate this month so far is smaller than
IN any month this year
The Holton races are going on inter
mittently like chiIls and fever this
week, between the rains.
The Holiness tent meetings on Kan
sas avenue, North Topeka, have been
discontinued for the season.
A man who has heard one once can
always tell a military band thereafter
as far as he can hear it play.
Mrs n 7 EJar5fDe- Ia CT av7ev,i7,e- v,a7o
alone, 100 roses for her carriage in the
FAN Festival Flower parade.
People who are now buying hard coal
at S11 a ton are wishing they had
bought it a few weeks ago at IS.
The first rehearsal in their new uni
forms will be given on Kansas avenue
by the zouaves Tuesday evening.
Mrs s X Leavitt of S1s Jackson
street, tripped and fell yesterday and
sprained both wrists and one ankle.
An answer to Tell Them That You
Saw Me" has been written and is be-
heved to be no worse than the first.
All the painting at the fire depart
ment headquarters has been completed
and everything looks spick span new.
John Johnston. formerly of Topeka,
and at one time warden of the Kansas
penitentiary. died in Mexico recently.
The Fort Leavenworth band that was
in Topeka yesterday used to be the big
gest and best band in the entire west.
Children in the public schools of the
city have been requested to each bring
a tin cup with them for drinking from
Men and women insisted on standing
Awarded
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