The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The travelling photographer has struck
town once more.
The coal wagons are painted about every
color known except white.
Greater New York. will be the Christ
mas attraction at CraWford's.
The. Republican central committee sign
has at last succumbed to the wind.
Very few women can resist the Christ
mas displays in the queensWare stores.
Some Manhattan enthusiasts are talking
ers.
Representative hall presents a much bet
cleaned.
Some stores will be open next week
curing the evenings in anticipation of the
Several women in Topeka are talking of
forming gun club for the extermina ton
of game
Al G. Fields MINISTRIES have been enter
tanned at q Elks' social sessions during
the last two months.
More than one family went without a
warm dinner today so that the cook could
go to the Collins trial.
The T A A. expects to have a ball
the Denver Athletic club team.
If the 4 cold weather .fY9 keeps up another
muddy, at least the farmers say so.
Jim Senter, secretary of the railroad
days by sickness. His horse is sick.
Captain w. NJ. Peterson has called
meeting at the old court house for Thurs
day night to organize a militia company.
E. Bliss Botsford. son of T. A. Botsford
or 12S topeka avenue, is candidate for
t fuF PoS'u0n as a page IN the next 'esisia-
Major Shreve is swelled up with pride
today. He got in the push yesterday by
Inns case.
A Topeka woman intends to buy her
huSDand,S Christmas present on the in
stallment plan. She will pay the first in
stallment and he will pay the rest.
One Topeka woman refuses to go to any
more afternoon parties or receptions until
the Collins trial is over with. She finds
party
A Topeka woman who spends the greater
part of her time in the stores looking over
the Christmas things says she gets awful
" tired running around, but she comes
home perfectly happy.
One Topeka woman SAYS she thinks peo-
pie would be ashamed of themselves to
crowd into the Collins trial in the way
really like to go herself.
Harry COrson Clark, of ''What Happen
Kansas dates on account of his iii health
One of the newest wrinkles is to have
W. G. Decell of st. Louis, general agent
of the Fort Wayne Electric company, is
in the city putting the finishing touches on
the new state house electric light plant,
the state.
would like to be either Insurance super
intendent or railroad commissioner. but if
both of those places are spoken for he will
the penitentiary.
throw of the state administration this year
was caused by the enemies of good gov
eminent. Two years ago it was I'M
wise Providence"
Charles NJ. Ross, assistant secretary of
state, IS IN the stove business when he is
a home at Burr COAX, but he has little
use for stoves himself When other folks
are shivering with the cold he sits. around
in his shirt sleeves tanning himself.
In connecting the electric light wires of
Representative hall with the new system
at the state house the wOrkmen discover
ed that large number of, the fuses had
been burned out, which caused consider
able trouble in making the connection.
The Modern Woodmen of America of
Topeka have issued history of the order
and complete roster of the Topeka
camps. There are four camps of Wood
men in the city and two camps of Royal
Neighbors. The Woodmen camps are:
Sunflower Camp No. $685. Shawnee camp
No. $500, Capital City camp No. 49O1 North
Topeka camp No. 1913 The Royal Neigh
Dor camps are WOOdbine camp No. so and
Topeka camp No. 14S