The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-07
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Farmers are planting corn
The price of meats is still soaring
J. R. PendrOy, of salina, is in Topeka
A K. Rodgers has returned from Kansas
Adrian sherman spent Sunday in kansas
City.
Mrs. J. r. SILVER. Of 1913 College avenue,
is ill.,
This is self-denial week with the Saliva
ton Army
The people Of Richland have given THE
Passion Play
The bridge between silver Lake and
Valencia has been completed
A. Beale has purchased the Horace King
ranch near Valencia for $ll,OO0-
Patrick Bros. have sold their 24e acre
farm near Valencia to R. H. Town
The country school examinat tons for
common school diplomas are IN progress
D. H Martin has returned from three
weeks trip to San Francisco and III Paso.
Born Sunday night, to MIR. and Mrs.
John Y. Schesser, of Highland Park, a
boy.
open cars were run Sunday on a few. of
the lines IN the city for the first time this
l. R. Case. of Marion ex-member of the
house of representatives of Kansas, IS in
Topeka today
There viii be the annual meeting of the
Topeka presbytery in Topeka, beginning
Wednesday,
The gambling houses have not been
opened since the recent edict went forth
to keep them closed
Harry Steinbergs orchestra Of ten pieces
will play for the Rock Island conductors
annual BAN at Goodland, kas
A. F. Hilton. general storekeeper Of the
Santa F,e was expected to return today
from trip south as far as Texas
Mrs. Dunlap wife of Mr.. H. L. Dunlap,
of the New York Mercantile company, who
has been seriously i'll. is recovering
W. \. WadsWOrth's Prisoner of Zenda'
company has gone to the Philippines, but
he viii remain in the United States.
DR.. Frank E. shelden. of Kansas. City.
will a F1arx n
Bryant building. Eleventh and Grand ave-
nue., which is being reInodeled-
DR.. c. E. Mum, the father of DR.. L H.
Mum, is seriously i'll at Stormont hospital;
/ He has been under the care of the hospital
nurses for about three months
Mr.. L. L. Higgins and family will make
their home in Denver. For the past year
they have lived in Chicago Mr.. Higgins
| will engage in accident insurance.
A very pleasant musical programme was
| given at the Y. NJ. c. A paT1ors Saturday
/ night Many of the well known musical
/ people of the city were on the programme
The regular meeting of the Shawnee
4 County Medical society viii be held this
! evening at the parlors OF the National
Martin.
The following We're the scores at the golf
tqurHamR3ent Saturday 1ai y; daNip 3D. los
| Wyman, 101i George Snyder, III; Clarence
Poindexter, 112
J. K. Lemon and family. who recently
removed to Chicago. viii make thelI
home in Ohio, as the climate Of Ghicagge
! was TOO severe upon tneIu- Ut. E1e1beIl ~
| Lemon will remain in Chicago.
Rev. +. W Emerson, who recently left
( the pastorate of the First Christian church
/ here to take up temperance work, an
/ nounces that he is of the opinion that the
/ cause of prohibition is more popular than
| ever in Kansas.
Kansas City will have an independent
telephone system It will be known as the
| Home Telephone company, Work has be
| gun at stringing wires on Third and Fifth
| streets. It will be connected with the To
! peka Independent line.
U. 5. Deputy Marshal McGrath has re
turned from Hiawatha, where he went t
! arrest Isadore RhOtt for selling liquor tC
the Indians. He is held in jail there on q
/ state charge, and the OFFICERS refused tC
/ turn him over to the United States
| Ping pong has struck Topeka. The game
! has become very popular in the east. Il
| is table tennis, small racquets being used
! a hollow eellulOid bah and a net six inches
/ high stretched across an extended dining
| table Slightly modified tennis rules are
| followed.