The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-13
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS

De, L. G. Wasson is spending few days
John P. F'ritts is on the sick list, threat
ened with typhoid fever.
One of the best kept lawns in the city is
around the Santa Fe hospital
A great many car loads of new potatoes
are being hauled by the railroads
Since the weather became so hot, bath
ing in Cages lake has become popular.
The school board will meet Monday
night to select plans for Branner school.
A donkey social is the latest species
of entertainment in Topeka church circles
Stonemasons have been working on the
curblng for the Seventh street pavement
There are several women in Topeka who
enjoy smoking pipe as much as the men
Kite time is here and the air will soon
be fun of kites of all kinds, shapes and
Four different managements have tried
running the Epicurean restaurant and
The fireman at station No. have a
fountain in the yard to the south of the
building.
The Washburn campus is becoming a
close second to Garfield park for picnick-
ing purposes.
Formal charges have been presented to
It win be just a decade the 2sth Of this
month since the Santa Fo offices were
damaged by fire.
An the teams in town are in demand; 4
great deal of eXcavating for buildings and
pavements is going
Topeka cyclists are making excursions
into the country, now that the roads are
good for bicycle riding.
The country roads are reported fairly
good now The heavy rains settled them
so that they are not rough.
The claim of the water company for
hydrant rentals which has been hanging
fire for some time has been allowed.
| The second story to the Clay street school
I is to be completed by September 10. The
fall term of school commences September
The city council has ordered the parks
on the east side of Tyler street between
Ninth street and Tenth avenue put to
The merchants are already buying their
mex winters STOCK JUST Ihlnk OF puy..
ing Turs and heavy overcoats this KIND or
! Someone. wants to know if the Kansas
J City people want to have the Funston
/ sword presentation take place in the Con-
ventiOn hall.
| Marion for a. few days. Marion was Judge
! Doster's home before he was elected to
! the supreme bench.
| Frank Sheldon, who recently graduated
! from the University of Pennsylvania, will
go to Kansas City this week and open
dental parlOrs there.
The hot weather of the past few days
/ has had tendency to INCREASE the Colo
RADIO exodus, and more Topeka men are
/ temporary widowers.
Since the arrest of the Mcfarland muir
/ derers nothing has been heard about the
/ Missouri train robbery the Topeka Of
! hcers were working on.
There are so many pictures on the walls
] of the Commercial club now that it has
/ become necessary to hang them two deep
! that is, one above another.
A Topeka man says that whether it is
a good natured rivalry or bitter,
/ scandalOus fight depends on whether the
| trouble is in your party or the opposition.
/ In the center of the large lawn at the
insane asylum is a large bed Of castor
| omy. castor oil will be grown in the front
! I'm never complain of cold weather
again if it ever gets cold said a Topeka
| man today. But he Will, though. He Will
| be kicking against the cold before Christ
| mas time.
Ben Blythe will leave Sunday for Mo
| berly, Mo-, to visit his mother. From
/ there he will go to Rochester, n. Y,
| where he will go on the road for Roches-
The Elks will hold a special session Sat
urday night. All summer attractions adj
vertise fans. sogthe lodge adopted them in
order that those doing the work would
| not be overcome.
The street car repairers and the pave
| Kansas avenue at the, same point for a
| while yesterday, and the result was that
| the avenue was almost blocked
A number. q, ooIored people thought it
! Kid" in as hot a place as a ''sweat-box
e e1Ii to them what "sWeaf-box'' meant
DR.. A. NJ. Callahan, clerk of the dis
Of Jobs cornforters. They kept him from
/ the time he has been confined to his bed
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon's newspaper PROPOSE
/ all over the country Many OF the met
]
tOrialS concerning it.
State Printer Morgan has built himself
| a private ''Sanctum SanctOrum' in the
state printing office since he took charge,
| and one has to run the gauntlet of the
outside guard to see him, but the pass
word is not difficult to obtain
The Lawrence Journal thinks that Rev.
| Charles NJ Sheldon may not deserve any
| credit after all, because he walked three
| miles to preach rather than ride on De-
! trOit street cars on Sunday. 1t saws that
Detroit street cars may be like the ones
| in Lawrence.
The next union meeting of the A. o. U.
| w lodges will be at the hall of lodge No.
260. the second Tuesday in August.
Some of the special features of this meet
ing will be competitive drills for prizes
| between all A. o. I. w degree teams in
the city, speeches by prominent members,
etc.
Mr.. A. A. Majors Of this city has, a
curious golden wax bean grown in his
garden. The stalk is only about a foot
high, but has 40 partly matured beans
on it. The usual leaves are missing,
which probably accounts for the great
number Of beans.
The postoffice department has given
Postmaster Guthrie permission to put up
] street boxes at crossroads on the Soldier
| rural delivery route to receive mail from
people who trave east and west across
the route. Judge Guthrie will go out
| over the route shortly to determine where
| the boxes are needed.
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