The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-24
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The weekly hare chase Of the Y. NJ.
c. A. will be tonight.
The country around Topeka never ap-
peared better than it does now.
The Topeka business college baseball
team will go to Lyndon Fourth of July.
r H Baker entertained the Populisu
delegates with a photograph concert
last night.
The favorite topic on the streets in
Topeka is still the Burton episode at
Washington.
The Topeka Turner's won first place
at the state funniest at Leavenw0Tth.
Who says Topeka is slow?
A Topeka man is in a controversy
with the doctors. He says ne is sick
and they insist that he is not
Take a Turkish bath and massage
treatment at Kihlberg's place under Ma
tional hotel 1t viii do you good.
The junior and primary departments
of the Central Congregational church
will picnic at Washburn on Wednesday
afternoon
Wheat cutting in the vicinity of To-
pela was delayed by the rains and is
now in progress, though the crop is
over-ripe.
A vaudeville show is being given at
the summer theater at Garfield park
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
nights of each week
A delegation of Scranton ladies were
! shopping here Wednesday. The party
| consisted of Mrs. Vim. Ross, Mrs. Thos.
/ Ross, Mrs. Geo. Chapman, Mrs. Chas
/ Little, Mrs. John Aoughligan and Mrs.
/ Porter.
H. A. Parker, vice president of the
/ Rock Island railroad passed through
| Topeka yesterday en- route to St Louis
where he went to attend the conference
of Rock Island officials.
At the state funniest at Leavenworth
in the individual at high turning for
boys, the first prize was won by Car
Eckert of LeaYenworth; second, by }
| Fritz Of Topeka, and third by A
| KOephe of Topeka
The gun club of Rossville will give a
4 shoot July Fourth which is advertised
| as being open to the world. The prize
list includes a Poland-China pig. a
| yard of bologna, a silver dollar and two
! teeth extracted by DR.. H. F. Pratt
Judge w. c. Hook and his family lef
| last night for Plumb Lake Wis. where
1 they will spend the summer. There is
| good fishing in the Plumb lake neigh
bOrhOOd. Several persons from KanSa.
| City will join Judge Hook Judge Hool
viii return to Leavenworth July 1 rS
I hold a session Of the United States cir
| cult court.
Emporia Gazette: For the last two
nights there has been a low gurgline
sound audible in Topeka which ha.
bothered the police. 1t kept Pat ConeJ
| and Gyp Wood awake all night and the
police couldn't locate it. Early this
morning they discovered what it was
1t was Cy Leland reading the news
from Washington and chuckling.
There viii be a concert at 1900 Quincy
street Wednesday evening by the Cumber-
land Roys band.
w D. Franklin, editor Of the Hois-
ington. Dispatch" is in Topeka to at
tend the Populist convention.
Dick Cooley. the Topeka baseball play
er got three hits and stole two bases il
the league game at Boston, Monday
T. J. Lee. claims agent for the Santa
Fe at Galveston, Texas, was here Mon
day with ]. D. Hamilton the local claim.
attorney.
Gospel meetings are being held eael
evening in the Free Methodist tabernacle
corner of East Eighth and Branne
streets. A general invitation to attend
is extended to the public.
Members of the junior and primary de
partments of the Central Congregations
Sunday school viii picnic at Washburl
college Wednesday. The children viii
meet at the church at II O'Clock
meeting of the members of tn
Young Women's Christian association
called tonight at o'clock at the rooms
623 Jackson street As matters of vita
Importance to the association are to b
discussed every member IS earnestly re
quested to be present