The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-22
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Everyone in Topeka who can is busy
this week making flowers.
The sidewalk contractors are work
| ing in the western part of the city.
There will be attractions at both
| opera houses during Fall Festival
Even the trolley car track is being
patched up some for the Fall Festival.
Rigby's night blooming cereus was
exhibited on Kansas avenue last even
ing.
w. E. Horne has built a large addi-
ton to his planning mill on Van Buren,
| street.
The justice of the peace courts will
all take a week off and join in the FAN
| Festival.
Mayor Fellows is complaining because
the street sprinklers sprinkle the street
| crossings.
Topeka will wear more holiday
/ clothes next week than ever before in
/ its history.
The roof of the transfer station of
the Topeka Railway is being painted
bright red.
The arsenal building at the state
house will not be moved until after the
Fall Festival
Jake Falls of the state library viii
take the third degree in Masonry
thursday night.
! The Santa Fe shopmen will be given
Monday, Thursday and Friday of next
week as holidays.
1t is now said that it was a "syndi-
cate that sent Eugene Hagan that $50
| gold bug button from Chicago.
A night blooming cereus will open at
the residence of Henry Reisner at 1O15
Kansas avenue Thursday night.
1t is estimated that the dry goods
stores will sell $4,000 worth of material
for making masquerade costumes.
The thieves who burgIarized the
| house of w. H. Reed southwest of To-
peka have been captured at Emporia.
Here, here; what's the matter there?
! Three or four people in town have not
written any Fall Festival poetry yet.
| c. c. Griffith, who has been employed
| at the Bee Hive store for seven years
has left it and will go and take rest.
Harry Hibben. brother of DR.. J. B.
| Hibben has returned to Topeka after a
( year at railrOading in New York state.
It is said that everybody in the city
will mask on Karnival night except
/ Thomas Archer and "Goldbug'' Pease
The Philosophical society will hold its
first meeting of the season at the Acad-
! envy of Science rooms Wednesday even
| ing.
! The criminal element is better behaved
| than ever just now. 1t is trying to
keep out of Jail till after the Fail Festi-
val
Today the pavement repairers will
! begin work on the east side of Kansas
avenue at First street and work south
ward.
J. H. Stevens, fusion candidate for
| county superintendent has resigned
/ his nIaOn Teacher nf PoJ71iT1a
/ school.
The attraction at the Crawford Opera
House for Fall Festival week will be
| Sam T. Jacks Orange Blossom COM
pany.
| A pamphlet has been issued which
contains the Populist and Democratic
platforms and pictures of all the can
| didates.
Columbian council No. so of the
knights and Ladies of Security will
have a float in the Fall Festival Flower
parade.
Mrs. Thorpe, police matron, says that
| a good many girls learn to write their
own names for the first time in the city
prison.
The T. A. A. W. will meet tonight at
the association rooms to make arrange
ments for their features in the bicycle
parade.
The military ball at Hamilton hall
| during the Fall Festival will be given
Thursday evening instead of Tuesday
| evening.
! Several Topeka bicyclists will ride in
the big Carnival road race, ten mile
handicap to be given at Kansas City,
! October 9.
! Wear your High Roller button. It is
| a duty you owe the city. Encourage
| everybody to join the High Rollers and
wear a mask.
The Topeka Ministerial union met
! yesterday and passed resolutions COM
mending the work of the State Tenn
! perance union.
The kansas and Topeka float for
the Fall Festival Flower parade is be-
/ ing built in the old cattle building at
the fair grounds.
Every man in town without one of
the yellow Karnival buttons said Po-
lice Commissioner Rodgers, will be ar
rested and fined So
Each day sees the appearance of a
new organ grinder in the city. Police
interference will be necessary if the
| immigration continues.
Topeka merchants dodge now when
ever they see a stranger-they think
he is some one with a new Fall Festi-
val advertising scheme.
The wholesale grocerymen are build
ing large float to be shown in the
| Thursday night parade It will repre-
sent japanese castle.
The dressmakers say the fashion this
winter will be to dress entirely in black.
This includes all kinds of wearing ap-
parel known to women.
The music benefit band concert at
Hamilton hall last evening did not
clear $50, although the concert was one
of particular excellence.
1t has been q theory all along that