The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19

I drop through the EDITORS Office door,
For I like them as well Returned with
As Accepted" with a request for more.
&C. H. L.
Indications are that a spell of nasty
weather is to visit the town.
Clarence A. Conroe will erect a $1,700
dwelling on lots 556-58 Harrison street.
John Smith, Governor Hoch's private
secretary, is spending Sunday at his
home in Marion.
The lid seems to be fitting some bet
ter during the last few days if reports
are to be believed.
The programmes for the annual meet
ing of the State Historical society viii
be mailed next week.
The new street signs for North Tope-
ka, the contract for which has been let,
viii be put in place soon.
The open season on quail is now on
and there is an increase in the de-
mand for hunters licenses.
The Topeka Athletic club will repair
its bowling allies. An expert was here
yesterday looking them over.
The Polk street Tigers defeated the
Santa Fes at football Saturday after
noon by a score of % to 0.
Washburn's next game is with the
University of Denver at Denver. The
game will be played next Saturday.
Coal dealers prOphesy an early rise in
price of coal very soon. It isn't hard
to hear some fellow murmur: Bluff. "
Although the weather was a trihe
threatening last night, there was a
large crowd of strOllers out on the
avenue.
ONCE boys and other youngsters in
the various Santa Fe departments re-
fer to their immediate superiors-on
the side, of course-as straw bosses"
The State Journal telephones rang
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the football scores. One man wanted
all of them east and west. And he got
them.
This is the season of the year when
the girls are employing their spare
hours in embroidering and knitting
slippers for their sweethearts for
Christmas.
adam and Eve shipwrecked in
mid-ocean," sang out a waiter in
local hashery the other night. He
was directing the cook to scramble
some eggs.
There was a baby party Saturday at
ternoon al the home of Mrs. Arthur May
Hyde. All of the faculty babies of
Washburn college and their mammas
were invited.
The football game scheduled for
yesterday afternoon between the
Washburn freshmen and Campbell
college at Holton was declared off
because of bad weather.
Bananas, on which freight is paid
for thousands of miles, are being sold
here in Topeka for 10 and Is cents
a dozen, and homegrown eating
apples cost five cents each.
The Sixth avenue political school has
forgotten the troubles of the nation for
q few days Natural gas is the topic
right now. Two men almost got into a
fight over the matter yesterday.
Thomas H. Chlass, who admits be-
ing deserter from the U. S. army.
was arrested last night by officer
Hobson. Chlass says he deserted from
a regiment stationed at Pasadena, Cal.
w. L. A Johnston. secretary of the
State Society of Labor and Industry,
will have his biennial report ready fsor
distribution in about two weeks. 1t is
now being printed at the state printery.
Department Commander P. H. Coney
will address G. A. r. post No. 303 at
Kansas City, Kan, this afternoon. This
post is composed largely of packing
house employees, and meets every other
Sunday
w. H. Jacobs, county clerk of Dick
tnson county, spent few hours in the
city Saturday assisting in arranging for
the annual meeting of the county clerks
which will be held in December at
Wichita.
Elmer stricklett. the old Washburn
baseball pitcher. is putting in the win
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California teams get some star players
during the winter from the big eastern
leagues.
United States Marshal ". H. AIackey,
il, and George Clark will go to Co
nanche county on Monday on hunt
ing trip They have a sort of reversi-
Bile dog. He viii point quail in the day
time and find raccooHs at night.
The Christmas shopping season is op-
ening much earlier this year than US
uaL Most of the stores had Christmas
buyers yesterday. Usually Santa Claus
does not begin to blow in his money
until the first week in December.
The Kansas Authors club has been
insulted- The members are being cir
cularized'' by a concern which offers to
correct and revamp their manuscripts
q 81 per. Just as though the Kansas
Authors club needed such assistance!
Dick Cooley says that he has letters
out for 20 baseball players. He won't
give out the names however, until they
have all been tightly hooked and land
ed. Jack Henry is the only man who it