The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-03
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS

y Justice and Mrs. w. D. Atkinson were
fn Kansas City Thursday.
Fort Scott begins a series of three
bell games with Topeka Sunday.
Mayor Bergundthal went to Emporia
Friday afternoon on a business trip.
The Commonwealth Hand laundry
does strictly hand work. Both phones
z107.
The August report of the police judge
shows collections of $242.50 for the
month.
Street Commissioner Snyder has his
whole force at work today cleaning
streets
All freight offices in Topeka will close
next Monday at noon on account of La
Dor day.
The boats are being taken out of the
lake at VinewOod park preparatory for
winter storage.
Tomorrow is the last Sunday for Rev
w. s. Naylor to preach. at the First
Methodist church
The Ministerial association meets
next Monday morning, 10 o'clock, at the
u NJ. c. A parlors-
Labor Commissioner W. L. A John
son will make the Labor day speech at
Wichita on September 5.
J. ]. German. the Topeka marksman
has resigned as local manager for the
Fox Typewriter company.
The graders will soon be through with
negfe library at Washburn college.
The Topeka Scottish society viii hold |
a picnic Monday afternoon at Thomas |
Pages farm north of the reform school. /
The telephone wires in the southwest |
ner part of town were pretty badly |
damaged by the storm on Wednesday !
night
Miss Grace Miller. assistant city clerk,
has returned from her vacation trip to /
Indian Territory. where she visited her
sister
The car service at the baseball games
have some system for loading and
starting its cars.
The Topeka Whist club will meet
Monday night at the club rooms The
weather is growing cool enough for the
strenuous game of whist
The Free kindergarten association
last night gave two benefits; one was
an ice cream social and the other a hot
tamalie feast. They were not held at
the same place.
The claims and accounts committee
of the city council has refused to pay
the Topeka Towel Supply company so
cents apiece for towels stolen from the
city hall wash room.
Manhattan Beach Motel at Eureka
Lake is closed for the summer and it
IS doubtful whether it is ever reopened.
II was one of the personal enterprises
of the late G. p Dewey.
The ladies of the First Congregation
al church will give a garden party at
the home of Mrs F. o. Popenoe in
Highland Park next Wednesday after
noon from to o'clock
The insurance men and the lawyers
are unable to agree upon a date on
which to play their threatened game of
baseball 1t appears that one side is
afraid and the other glad of it,
A Chapman paper says: H E. Boles' I
family moved their household goods to ,
Topeka Wednesday. T. s. Morrison has
purchased a house in Topeka, and will
move there in the near future"
DR.. S. s. Estey will begin his pas !
forate of the First Presbyterian church {
Sunday morning. He will preach both {
morning and evening DR.. Estey comes c
here from Salina, and succeeds DIR. ]. t
D. Countermine.
Topeka lodge No. IL A o. U. w. at t
the meeting Friday evening composed f
the organization for the fall and winter. t
committees were appointed. The de- S
gree team viii arrange a series of v
dances and entertainments. v
At the Young Mems Christian asso- h
siation rooms, III East Eighth street c
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock there will h
be a Welcome meeting for Secretary h
F. G. Mitchell who has just returned
from his summer vacation. He will adj a
1ress the meeting. G
The following fish story comes from a
Maple Hill: Mrs. Florence Fox c
and son Byrne of Topeka a
while visiting at the home of James w. II
Thompson. assisted him to catch a 1515
'ound catfish. Mrs. Alex c. Mitchell, D
Ter two daughters and little Mary Il
stewart as well as Rev. W. s. Crouch p
lelped eat the wnale.-N. B.-This is tC
rue fish story" u