The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18
Nearly All the Stores to Close
Tomorrow.
GrOcers' and Butchers Picnic
to Command Attention.
BIG CROWD EXPECTED.
Elaborate Programme of Sports
Is Arranged.
Picnic Cars VIII Start at 8
O'clock in Morning.

Every grocery store and butcher shop
in Topeka will close its doors tonight
and remain With them closed until
Thursday morning in consideration of
the picnic that is to be held at Vine
wood park tomorrow. This important
event has been prepared for with UNI
usual care by the Topeka grocerymen,
and the invitation extended to the
merchants in other lines of business to
join them has been very generally ac-
cepted. All the principal dry goods
stores, the clothing stores and some of
the other business houses will close at
noon tomorrow. As most of the holi-
days in Topeka this year have fallen on
Saturday, very few of the stores have
given their employees the customary
vaca lions. On this account the holiday
tomorrow will be more than usually
we'll observed.
The Topeka Railway company has
made special preparations for carrying
large crowd to Vinewood park and
will begin running trailer cars at s
o'clock in the morning. This service will
be continued on the Is minute schedule
throughout the day and evening. At
Vinewood park the days programme
will progress without formality. a
number of amusements have been intro
duced for the public and a programme
to be participated in by the grocers and
butchers has been announced. There
will be no speech making or anything of
that sort. Parties who prefer to can go
by themselves to the more secluded por-
tons of the park or they may watch the
amusements.
Should Wednesday prove a pleasant
day there will be a general exodus from
the city to Vinewood park and the indi-
cations now are very favorable for such
day as the grocers and butchers desire.
The park is constantly increasing in at
Effectiveness and the NinewOOd car SER
vice has now come to stage of relia-
bility under which the picnickers can be
secured of a return home when they de-
sire to come. The programme for the
day will be as follows:
Sack race-First prize, s. pair of
pants by the Palace Clothing company;
second, box Burghart's Favorite cigars;
third. two-Dound butt of tobacco.
Fat mans race, 200 pounds and over
First, one box Peet Bros.'s Ben Hur''
soap; second. one Capital ham by
Charles Wolff; third, 10 pounds lard by
Charles Wolff.
Lean mans race. 140 pounds and un-
der-First. one box Pearl soap by Ma
tional SOAP company: SECOND, 80 Burg
hart's Favorites: third, one sack Inter-
Ocean mills four. Hf
Race Tor grOcerS ana DutcnerS
daughters. from to 70 years-F'irst, SO
pair of shoes; second. string of lead
by Mills Dry Goods company; third. one
sack of -four.
Race for grocers' and butchers sons
S to 12-First. SO pair of shoes; second,
$3.50 shirt; third, Indian quirt by o.
Krauss
Pie eating contest. IL entries-F.rst.
81; second, rs cents; third, so cents. All
pies furnished by the Ideal bakery.
100 yard dash for grocers and butch
ers-First. 1850 pair of shoes by Mat
thews & Drecbsell; second, box Grower
cigars by Frank Klingaman; third, one
years subscription to the Merchants
Journal.
Walking race for children under 8
years-First, 5-pound box of candy by
the Sommer- Richardson Candy COM
pany; second one sack Crosby flour.
Creased pig catching contest-Prize,
the pig.
Nail driving contest for grocers' and
butchers wiveS-First, one case
Kuehne's pickles; second, one case Raj
| ston pancake -four; third, 5-pound tub
of butter by Continental creamery
Rooster chasing contest-First, one
pair Western Wooden mill pants; sec
ond, one case ginger ale by the Topeka
Bottling works; third, so Eagles Smok-
erS.
Tug of war; o. T. CaDron and Elmer
Peyton, captains; men to be chosen on
grounds Knox hat to winning cap
tain by Robinson & Marshall and one
box of cigars to each member of win