The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-16
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS.

The government thermometer ranged
between 50 and so Wednesday.
This will be a hard winter. Observer
Jennings is repairing the heating plant
In his home.
The Elks at Chanute will give car
nivaI next week with natural gas dis
plays as the principal feature.
It is still question whether Jackson's
Twenty third regiment band or Senator
Burton drew the crowd al I.ukens' CD
era. House last night but there wasn't
much of a crowd anyhow.
The Washburn and Medic football
teams have been merged. That means
that II of the % men can play. If
Coach Hughes and Coach Gill managed
to keep the other II from getting mad
and taking their paper dolls and going
home they win be the Napoleons of foot
ball
Now the Lime Kilns and the high
schools football teams ought to merge
Benny Owen NAV be a little bit sur
prised to see Fat" Clark playing foot
ball on the Washburn team.
Mr.. and Mrs James ". Phillips have
issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Lille Belle. to Mr.. Chas
Allen of Montreal, Canada.
Friday evening the annual Freshman
Sophomore cane rush viii take place at
Washburn college. The Freshmen win
try to carry their canes to the Wash
burn College Literary society open
meeting at the college chapel, and the
SophOmO-eS will resent and resist this
uprising @of dignity on the part of the
lower classmen.
The streets and walks committee of
the city council will meet Friday after
noon to inspect the Sixth street viaduct
which has just been PAINTED and re-
paired If the work is found to be sat
isfactory the bill for the work will be
paid.
Commencing today the office of the
commissioner of elections viii be kent
open continuously from 8 a. m. till 10 p.
m for registration of voters. The office
will be open noon hours. This will be
continued until ten days prior to the
election when the books are closed.
Four acres of land between Twelfth
and Thirteenth and the Shunganunga
and Santa Fe tracks have been pur-
chased by the Vinewood Park Railway
company from J. L. Wood to be used as
a location for the rock crUsher. 1t is
thought that the car barns may also be
located at this point
J. II Lovewell went to Kansas City
today to attend the banquet given by
the Knife and Fork club at the Coates
house in honor of President Hadley of
Yale college. and the Yale Alumni as
sOciatiOn. Mr.. LOVewell will also attend
the ceremonies incident to the inaugura
ton of Chancellor Strong Of the State
university.
ErCI- ana Mrs l.. u. w hlttemOre Will
so to Lawrence today to attend the in
auguration exercises for Chancellor
Strong. Prof. Whittemore speaks at
the Inauguration exercises on behalf of
the High schools of Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Chute are the
parents of a daughter, born Sunday
morning.
The sand which the contract ors are
using to fill the pavement excavation in
the alley between Kansas avenue and
Quincy and Seventh and Eighth is Dor
rowed from the Barber Asphalt Paving
company.
Peter Smith, president of the Citizens
bank, has gone to Indiana to visit rela-
tives and enjoy a brief vacation.
The wild geese are going south. This
is a cold weather sign which may be
considered safe to deDend on.
Rev. Charles E. St. John, secretary
of the American Unitarian association
who was to have spoken at Unity
church this evening, telegraphs that he
cannot be here The regular meeting OF
Unity club will be held this evening
however.
Night classes at the city Y. NJ. c. A
opened Wednesday evening with an at
tendance that is gratifying to the
friends of the association. The enroll