The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-22

There will be a council meeting to-
night.
The state fair begins three weeks
from today.
| The board of county commissioners
met today.
The board of education will not meet
until two weeks from today.
The Kansas militia is receiving a bap-
tism of rain if not of bullets.
Crab grass is running a great many
lawns in Topeka this summer.
Did the Saints bring this cold wealth
er back to Topeka from Missouri?
Springfield opened up series of three
games with Topeka today. Tomorrow
is Ladies' day.
The high school football squad is
planning to practice with Washburn
again this fall.
The Willard w. c. T. L. will meet
with Mrs. Zane Tuesday afternoon at
us Clay street.
The Shawnee county district court
will open for the September term two
weeks from Tuesday.
James Clyde Wallace, the psychic who
created a stir in Topeka last year, is
now in Oklahoma City.
The Ladies of the G. A. r. will meet
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. A. A.
Raub. 335 Harrison street.
Four weeks from Wednesday and
Barnum & Bailey's circus is here and
The city employment office has still
quite a number of jobs at its disposal
for laborers and farm hands.
E. ]. Shakeshaft, of the Santa Fe
passenger department, has gone to
California to remain several weeks.
DR.. Geo. c. Pritchard, of Topeka,
has gone to Des Moines, where he
will act as official starter at the races.
The Mr.. Davis killed in the Rio
Grande wreck was not Q. E. Davis who
was in Topeka as mentioned in the
State Journal.
arranged for a balloon ascension at 4
o'clock every afternoon for the first
four days of this week.
President Shiveley of the Missouri
Valley League will be up from KANSAS
City this week to attend some of the
ball games mere in Topeka.
Rev. w. B. Hutchinson, formerly
pastor of the North Topeka Baptist
church, has been made pastor of the
First Baptist church at Lawrence.
Jimmie Stewart will have temporary
charge of the Washburn football squad
which is now practising until the ar
rival of Coach Outland on September g. |
A Kansas City paper says: T. s. |
johnson, until recently superintendent |
OF the city schools of Parsons, Kan, |
was here last night on his way to To- ,
peka, where he will make his future |
home
Charles W. Barnes, who has been |
quite sick for the past three weeks, |
was improving over Saturday and |
Sunday but is not quite SO well to-
day.
John Dewar. formerly of SaIina.
has located in Topeka and will go into
business here. He is moving his fam
lily into the residence at 1852 Topeka
avenue. Mr.. Dewar is the father of
Mrs. c. H. Pattison.
Superintendent Davidson, of the
Omaha schools. knows what good
teachers Topeka has. He was here
long enough to find out and now he is
calling the Topeka teachers to Omaha
to help him out there.
Evidently some of the soldiers are
getting a little tired of their lark al
street car Sunday as he came to town
to get a square meal, ''to get home this
week and get somethin' to eat again."
Bailiff John Coyne, of the district
court, raises a very fine line of pota-
toes on his Pleasant Valley farm and
he supplies the county Jail. Coyne says
he will visit the Irish village at the St.
Louis exposition and get seed of genu-
inc Irish potatoes.
From the Lawrence Gazette: "The
Russians and Japs need not think they
are all of it. The Topeka baseball team
IAN start something almost as bad as |
he battle of the Yalu If the umpire
happens to decide point for the other
'ellowS.
Ottawa Republic: Mrs B. F. Pugh,
wife of the pastor of St. Pauls
Lutheran church of this city, is in
Christ hospital at Topeka, where on
morning she submitted to
an operation. The latter was crit
cal but successful one fer the re-