The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-12
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS
Lent begins today.
Friday is Valentine day.

Friday is Valentine day.
The Commercial club meets tonight.
Emporia.
The snow is slowly wearing off the
pavements.
90 Two y9,a Married Married Men" Will be at the
Pension Agent Cyrus Leland was in
Kansas City last night.
]. Long is spending a few days at his
ranch in Wabaunsee county.
The last of the new furniture for the
postonice building has arrived.
March IS is the date selected for the an
nual concert of MarshalIs band.
The Mutual Ice company announces that
it has 5000 tons of natural ice stored.
Missouri Pacific, was in Topeka Tuesday.
When battery B fires the salute to Gen.
Lee and Gen; Funston Friday, they will
use real powder.
meet on February 10 to make plans for
the city primaries
Since the little store in the state house
has been abolished the guide is as hard to
find as the proverbial needle.
Rey. Joseph Bales; a Baptist minister
days has returned to his home.
William Boast filed suit in the, district
Frank Morra Tor $50 on Ran aRS
note
Judge R. c. Heller of the Thirty-eighth
Judicial district, in Topeka yesterday
and left for Alma to open his first term of
court.
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against the city railway in the district
court yesterday for injuries received a
year ago
Gust Erlandson filed suit for divorce
from Katy Erlandson in the district court
yesterday He charges neglect and ADAM
dOnment.
The Branch Alliance of Unity church
will meet Friday afternoon at the resi-
d den Sol OF Mrs j. T. Barkley, 62l Harri-
Observer Jennings will not affirm nor
deny the rumor that the backbone of win
ter is broken. He says he knows nothing
about vertebrae.
Bradford Miller, ex-mayor of Topeka,
Will soon retire from his farm and has
advertised sale for February 10. He will
move to Topeka.
The Haskell Indian basketball team will
play play, at ,; the topeka NJ, Y NJ: g; A gymna-
yet been defeated.
Mrs. Mary Hoover of Topeka has been
a musical and dance given by the Cres-
cent club of that city
Since Congressman Curtis has eliminated
himself from the local political contest
the people will now be allowed to select
the man of their choice.
The State Board of Medical Registration
is in session today passing on the appltca-
tions of physicians who wish to comply
with the new medical law.
Edwin Tucker of Eureka Kan. former
~ state senator for a number Of terms.
president of the Eureka bank.
Police Judge Hamilton of Winfield, who
fined two jointists s11,5Oo and placed their
thing. Judge Disney has lost the medal
Charles II. Tucker of Lawrence was in
DoGg1as county would 0 be for Bailey 'i for
governor, but perhaps Tucker doesn't
know
Labor Commissioner w. L. A. Johnson
has gone to Kansas City, Kan. to settle |
some difficulties which have arisen over
violations of the eight-hour law by con-
ira ctors.
The special A. o. L. w. cars for the
state meeting will leave Topeka Sunday |
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tached to the Kansas City plug, which |
leaves here at 1880 a
Superintendent Frank Nelson left last |
publican banquet there tonight. 1t will !
Senator Wolcott viii also be one of the |
speakers
H. B. Miller. the Usage county candi..
1900 acres in Usage county. His brother |
w. w. Miller-is a partner in the en-
own called Miller
The first annual convention of police /
WIN Mrs. ee Thorp In VIII ItX Mf
Alice Cheney of Kansas City is in To
Thorpe for the convention.
A marriage license was issued yesterday
to Walter Earl Thompson of Syracuse. N. |
mego oo MISS sS Pixiey is we'll known on to
WaShburn college people. as she is a grad
uate of that institution in the class of
The G. A. R. post at Marysville has
adopted resolutions protesting against
holding the Republican state convention
on May Is for fear it will interfere with
Memorial day exercises. even if the con-
yention itself should be completed before
day.
Examinat ions for county school dip1o-
mas will be held on March % and April Z.
given in photography, reading. writing,
and physiology; and on the
latter date in arithmetic, grammar, civil
government, history and algebra.
Oakland has a lecture course. It is man.
Oakland Presbyterian church. The first
number will be the WOODBURY. college or
ehestra February IS. and the second a
lecture by John Macdonald on March 8.
The numbers will be given at the PreSby- |
terrain church
Councilman Griley is talking of having
a benefit district created on the east side
Of town to pay for big public park at
the Junction of Fourth street and the
woods. Pavement will be
laid to the place next spring and there is
some sentiment in the east part of town
for the purchase of 80 acre tract at the
end of the pavement for park purposes.
Sixteen tons of machinery for the test
mill of the Fahrig process of extracting
gold from Kansas Shale have been shipped |
from Philadelphia and it is expected that
the machinery will arrive here in time
for the mill to be put in operation about
March 1. Part of the machinery-a
crusher-has already arrived and 80 tons
Of Shale are stored in bins at the mill for
the first test.
The annual play will be presented by
ening. 1t is dramatization of the trial
scene of Bardell VS.. Pickwick, from Dick
ems Pickwick Papers. The proceeds of
he play will be used to defray the ex-
oenses of the annual debate with Crinnell
college, Iowa, which occurs this spring.