The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-30
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

| Senator Baker has gone to Washington
Luther Burns spent yesterday in Kansas
City.
The jury is at work again the district
Congressman Curtis has gone to Wash
ington.
When are the holes in the asphalt to be
Yesterday was an ideal day for foot
bail game.
A few Kansas farmers spent yesterday
state Superintendent Nelson speaks at
Beloit tonight
a year ago last night several safes were
cracked in Topeka
Dyspeptics are paying the usual post
Thanksgiving penalty.
Yesterdays football crowd was the larg-
est ever seen in Topeka.
Threshing of Kaffir corn and millet is in
progress in this county
Now the trouble of selecting Christmas
presents has the right of way.
This is the last day during which quails
may be kflled-accOrdtng to law
Mr.. and Mrs. John Campbell are the
parents of a daughter born Saturday
DR.. Longnecker of Emporia was one of
the interested spectators at the football
game yesterday.
The bowlers and basket ball players will
now have their turn until the baseball
season commences.
The usual number of people are com
Thanksgiving turkey.
Thanksgiving turkeys left over in the
meat markets will not be reduced in price
until Saturday night.
Not a few fathers took their BOYS to the
football match to have them explain the
points of the game
The prophets are now proclaiming Jaw
full weather for December, because No
vember has been SO mild.
The warm weather worries the natural
ice man, who fears there will be no har-
vest for him this year.
The hauling of brick and sand over the
West Tenth avenue pavement is breaking
the new work badly.
Frank W. Jennings of Mayetta claims
the championship for old coins. He has
a Danish coin dated 1888.
Yesterday was the pleasantest weather
a Thanksgiving in long time
Some of Mr.. Burton's political worship
pers heard his sermon in Abilene yester-
day. going from Topeka to do so.
An old house being moved. stood for
three days in the middle of the road at
Tenth and Lane street It has been re-
moved.
The first annual meeting of the confer
ence of corrections and charities win be
night
The Washburn baseball team support
ers. now that the football season has
closed, are agitaing reorganization for
next season
In every direction from Topeka yester-
day the steady firing Of guns by hunters,
a skirmish line.
Frank Weightman's double duartette of
newsboys made hit with the audience
at the Auditorium yesterday morning at
the Thanksgiving rally.
Yesterday was very quiet one at the
police station The men who celebrated
Thanksgiving by getting drunk kept out
of the way Of the policemen.
The services of one man are required
by the Rock Island and Santa Fe in this
city to keep the time cards distributed
among business houses and offices.
NhissIesy's 2ewzR boy. an wear buttons
likeness of a newsboy carrying an arm
load of papers appearing on them.
Police Matron Thorpe thinks Rev Mr.
Parham was rather selfish in praying for
turkeys for his own household only. He
should remember some of the rest of the
needy people next time
In all probability, at the. special election
to choose q successor to Harry Stafford. a :
representative, there will be another spIr-
tied contest between the Baker and Bur
ton forces
The Good Roads Association of Kansas
could do one good thing for a suffering
public by securing the enactment of a Ia
compelling people to keep on the right
side of the road when driving.
The water company is taking It's time in
answering the request of the mayor that