The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
SNAP sHOTS APHOME NEWs

The registration books close Wednesday
evening.
What helps Topeka helps you. Vote for
progress.
sand is being hauled for the Tenth
I. E. Lambert is at home looking after
his farm interests.
A. w. Smith has returned to his Nc
PhersOn county home.
Some of the sidewalks on lower Kansas
avenue need repairing.
NJ. A. Low returned last night from
short trip to Oklahoma.
The Mahara Minstrel band paraded on
Kansas avenue at noon.
r. NJ Fulton and George Minney have
gone to Colorado on a vacation.
Postoffice Inspector Fulton has gone to
Colorado for few days outing.
Corn harvesters are the most popular
machine with the farmers just now.
DR.. J. P. Raster. chief surgeon Of the
Santa Fe, left today on a vacation.
Charles McCabe headed a coon hunt
Saturday night This opens the season.
The smell from the gas works is about
as disagreed bic smell as could be found.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Burns will soon
begin housekeeping at ZIG Tyler street.
You have two more days to register.
You can not afford to neglect the duty.
You must register before next Thurs
day to enable you to vote for progress
Mr.. and Mrs. George HartweH are the
parents of a son, born Saturday morning.
Coon songs and rag time" are not as
popular as they were a few months ago.
A. T. Palmer, assistant superintendent
of the Union Pacific was in town Satur-
Gulf.
Ewing Herbert thinks that w. ]. Bailey
district.
The Dispatch band will give. concert
at St. Johns A NJ E. church Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. R. H. Cav. stehhographer OF. the
district court will return Tuesday from
Colorado.
One can see a great many walls of
corn on ride out on an Oakland car
just at present.
H, A, Auerbach spent Sunday in En-
ing new store.
The Topeka bicycle races will take place
Friday and Saturday afternoons, begin
Usage City has sent $25 tothe secretary
land has sent $50.
E. Drake, district passenger agent Of the
Rock Island at Wichita, was in town yes
terday on business.
A local photographer says that there
will be several new things in photographs
the coming season.
For the past few days the flag the
state house dome has been very conspic-
uous, by its absence
Orlin S; Mullin. who has been visiting
for Vancouver, B. 9.
Commission men say that this is a good
time to speculate on stocks. The prospect
for advance is bright.
Governor Stanley. spoke at Garden city
Saturday. He will be out of the city this
week making speeches.
lake Falls ,S Of the the Santa Fe ace pun
ternoOn to attend a funeral
Since John Prudential is talked of the
POpulist ticket have subsidized
A Topeka, statiOner displays stamps In
his sidewalk showcase to show that he
has them for sale to the public.
A great many bicyclsts use the side
walk south of the Bethany grounds, re-
CARELESS of the bicycle ordinance.
Don't waste your time thinking what
might or might not be done to secure a
new city hall Vote for progress.
Just at p present and the ohigger viii have
to look for other worlds to conquer.
1t is said that the Abilene cowboy band
which Grant Gillett made famous will go
east with that big shipment of Kansas
Roy NilIice is suffering from several
severe burns, the result of small gaSo-
line explosion at the Topeka foundry last
The fan reunion Of the Ancient and
Valley of Topeka will be held November
q to "a.
Wichita fair managers advertise that
John R: Gentry and Joe Patchen will be
fess to know.
The latest premium scheme, and a good
does away with the present premium
If bicyoiists won't observe the bicycle
ordinance that is now in force, they won't
mind the provisions OF the proposed ordi-
nance any better.
There is no politics in the fight against
the city hall It is a plain case of an at
Vote for progress.
A tail woman carrying a little dog ac-
cOmpanied by a young girl carrying a cat
was one of the sights on Kansas avenue
Saturday afternoon.
George H. GiIlies, publisher of the
Poultry West, has purchased the State
consolidate the papers.
Mr.. William Corners has returned after
several weeks spent in the east. He made
tains for Crosby Brothers.
Topeka has outgrown the era of the
sustain its Reputation as the Best city
in Kansas. Vote for progress.
Anybody can invent stories. Don't be-
ieve what inscriptions. people may say
about jobbeEy in connection with the pro-
posed city hall. 1t is not true.
A SIS pound watermelon was sent TO Mr.
2. w Thompson of the Rock Island pas
senger department. Sunday as present /
from the Clyde Carnival at Clyde, Kan
A Topeka man takes his baby for a
ride on the street cars every few days.
a ten cent trip to last him FOR IS hours
IAN Unpatented Hobby for Sabbath |
sc 6 eiVered O v ' Rev NV u DeTo ITe9
this city at the Synod Of Nebraska Thurs |
The North Topeka sewer ordinance was |
passed on the the 1S 9Th OF the month and is
mo. 49, No wonder it has hard row to /
hoe.
There is considerable interest taken in |
fancy poultry as the time for the state |
poultry show draws nearer. A good many /
Topeka men raise fine poultry for amuse- |
ment.
A ride through some of the districts in /
Ia bited by colored people shows that /
watermelon parties are very popular just j
now. Sunday afternoon many melon met /
its Waterloo.
J.. n. Stricken, who was formerly in the |
real estate business in this city is at the !
head of the Topeka Mining company of /
Galena. 1t is said he is growing rich in the |
mining business.
Some Topeka people who drive are get !
ting careless about running bicyclistS |
down. They get used to having, expert (
riders dodge them and think all riders J
ought to do the same.