The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Sparrows were frozen last night.
Sleds and s1eighs are out in force
The Y. w. c. A. elected officers last
night.
There are frozen water pipes in Topeka
today.
Chief Strauss has returned from New
Mexico.
one Topeka enthusiast went hunting
yesterday.
The coolest place in Topeka yesterday
was the bridge.
Squirrel a la farm is having q run at
the restaurants.
The amateur sportsman is out today
looking for ''pot-shOts.''
NJ. E. Stoker has returned from a bust
ness trip to Kansas CITY,
Captain A. J. Arnold is again confined
to his home by sickness.
Governor-eIect Stanley wants to rent
furnished house in Topeka.
A new lodge called 1.-The Aid Society
has been organized at Dover
The free dispensary has been opened at
the Kansas Medical college.
The street car tracks on Jackson street
have not yet been discovered
The Topeka lodge of Elks has organized
three lodges in Kansas towns
Governor Leedy did not venture from his
home at Lawrence yesterday.
The Kansas congressman will return to
Washington early in December.
Ten thousand men in Kansas have gone
into politics." 1t beats working.
Almost everyone around the state house
declares that he is 'out of politics.
Several Topeka men are planning to have
wild turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
AS yet the managers of Hagan and Lari-
mer fail to concede the election to Waters
The Salvation Army hospital would like
fruit IF fEee''e O'-i'- '-'--' - 'N'--U- W
This is the first time in many, years that
sleighing has been good before Thanksgiv-
The doll contest is getting serious, It
has reached the newspaper challenge
stage.
Secretary Coburn is to be one of the
judges at pumpkin show in Kansas City
The Changers at Mission Center. are pre-
pairing a Thanksgiving celebration and
out in Dover township Populist trustee
and Republican clerk and treasurer were
4 Thanksgiving storm is a regular thing
in Kansas, but this season there was an
overdose.
How MANY people have obeyed the city
ordinance today. by cleaning the snow Off
their sidewalks?
Theatergoers ought to be satisfied with
the list of entertainments provided for
them this week.
Those little round spaces at each end of
the balcony in Crawford's Opera House
are called '1oggias."
Judge Hazen, VIII NIoeser and Lee Jones
will take hunting trip to the Pabst farm
near Dover this week.
The dogs now bark at the, crowd in the
Curry building. at the dog snow, as there
are no pyramids there
A new ambulance will soon be running
IN this city to To rs Salo TO De the
Lieutenant Clad Hamilton. was among
those who babe Miss Rose "aloha'' when
she left Honolulu for Hilo.
Private Secretary Lewis got snowbound
at KinsIey yesterday and could not re-
turn to Topeka until today.
The country literary society is again at
work. The retention of the Philippines
is the principal topic discussed
,n0 7Y1iiHTth Who played ''hookey''E
skating on the icy pavements.
ITS an i'll wind that blows nobody
good A snow storm is a good thing for
the shoe men who sell rubbers-
A Topeka man has an Unsuitable appetite
for sa1ted peanuts. He is thinking of
taking the Kelley cure for it.
One Of the amusing sights on the street
today was a small woolly dog wearing
knit blanket to keep him warm
Speaking of appropriate names for
dancing clubs, the Happy Hoppers seem
10 have hit the nail on the head
A Topeka bachelor says that the street
sprinkler is a perfect boon to the woman
The street car men worked nearly all
ped work when the snowfall ended.
house on their sweet potato farm north of
Topeka. 1t was destroyed by fire.
The Honolulu papers have copied several
columns of news of the visit of Miss Rose
to Topeka from the State Journal
Major Shreve is cleaning up the old pa
pers around the governors office, getting
ready for the new administration.
Did you ever know of a voting contest
in which grown people were the candi-
dates that did not result in a row?
A state house clerk says that when he