The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
SHOTS ATHOMENEWS.

SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
Solomon, in all his glory.
Was not, says the oiden story,
AS the lily Of the valley
Which SO unconVentionally
Dots the glade
solomon, you may bet on it,
Never bought brand new bonnet.
For each wife.
For he welded seven hundred,
And they say he never blundered
- Chicago Tribune.
Next week win be a busy one in the
district court
NJ. ]. Downs Of the Sells & Downs
circus is in Topeka
Uncle Jimmy" Phillips, the mineral
water man. has a new horse
These windy days have been fatal to
circus posters and bill boards
There is runor current that the
Santa Fe depot is to be finished
Home grown asparagus IS on the mar
ket and sells for 10 cents a bunch.
Superintendent W. NJ. Davidson Of the
Topeka schools was in Kansas City
Friday.
The winds of March. slightly delayed.
are arriving and April rains may come
in June
The Topeka photographers nave sign
ed an agreement to close their shops on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Groves and Miss
Ida UmDleby have gone to Wichita for
a weeks visit
Albert Griffin, who has been making
temperance lectures in the east, has re-
turned to Topeka.
c. H. Sampson has one of the finest
punches of beef cattle in the state feed
ing at Wakarusa.
The council meeting Monday night
xrr511 har nd ma vi
tracts to successful bidders.
The county commissioners have or
dered the janitors to get the court house
building ready for Roosevelt day
W. S. Coleman. editor Of the Efang-
ham New Leaf, and Snowden Parlette,o of
bingham, were in Topeka Friday
Washburn college is playing a return
game of ball with Ottawa university on
the home grounds this afternoon
A Las Vegas paper says: Mrs
Frank Long and daughter Dolly left to-
day for their home in Topeka. kas.
There will be a public meeting at Lin
coin post hall on Sunday at p M Ad-
dresses will be made by G. b. Powell
and others.
The people Of Maple Hill want steel
approaches to the Kansas river bridge
at that point, to replace the wooden
approaches.
Frank r. Burnham. well known Be
lott attorney, is in Topeka on business
connected with the Continental Cream
cry company.
The price of bicycles is coming up
The price of the latest style for this
year is $50. Last year the highest price
quoted was SIS.
The Hutchinson News says. Sheriff
Hooper went to Topeka today with H.
D. Tenant who is sent to the state
hospital for the insane
The tabernacle in which the recent
revival services were held IS now com
pletely dismantled. and has returned TO
its former condition as lumber
The inspiring sight of a thousand
cherry trees in full bloom can be seen
at the A. B. Smith fruit farm one mile
south on Kansas avenue and half mile
east.
Strawberries are now being sold for
Is cents box, but the quality of the
berries is not the hest. Some second
rate berries are Bf6eFed at 10 cents
boz
The streets and walks committee met
Friday afternoon and decided upon
few minor street improvements to rec
ommend to the city council Monday
ni=ht-
~That's bad sign" remarked
funny man. pointing to a snashed-uP
circus advertisement which the wind
had tossed out into the middle of kan
sas avenue.
Two circus parades, a minstrel parade,
United Commercial Travellers parade.
automobile parade, escort for the presi-
dent are among the pageants soon to be
seen in Topeka.
The case of smallpox in the family
Of Daniel Cloud, reported in Fridays
State Journal. is reported TO be very
light one It is too late in the season
for smallpox to start.
Alfalfa" Eugene Stotts of Garden
City is visiting in Topeka. Alfalfa"
Stotts is now a ranchman. He is feed
ing several thousand head of sheep at
Garden City.
George F'iad brought home 316 frogs
from a frog shooting expedition one day
this week. This has not been sworn 10
before a notary public but frog stories
have not yet reached the fish story
category.
Now that the downtrodden farmers
have got their prairie dog exterminator
why not have the legislature buy some
thing to help the doWntrodden city
chap exterminate the dandelions in his
his lawn.
The Beloit Call says: Harry Starr lett
yesterday for Topeka, having accepted
a position with the Continental Cream
cry company. He has been with Mr.
Burnham for some months in the ca
pacity OF stenographer.
The Commercial club has a letter from
a pianola mandatory which is looking
for new location. 1t comes in the
shape of a feeler to see what sort of
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