The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-23
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

The new crop of baled hay is coming
to town.
The Igorrottes are at vinewood Park
this week
Webb McNaIi is in Topeka today He
is still smiling.
The agents for the tree and shrub
berry nurseries are busy in Topeka
Did you find the weather warm last
night, too warm for comfortable sleep
ing?
Washburn college viii open three
weeks from today A big attendance is
expected.
There has been no fishing excursion in
the Topeka Kansas avenue lakes for
several days.
Parr Bros. & Vancil were awarded
the contract for painting quarters at
Fort Riley yesterday.
Doesn't each morning give indication
that the day Is starting out to be hotter
than the day before?
Governor Hoch made speech at Ma
pie Hill yesterday Maple Hill is the
home of Senator ]. N. Dolly.
Col. james Chappelle of the Cope
land hotel has returned from visit to
his old home in Rochester, N. Y.
Now that Albert Reid has started his
Post in Leavenworth, the people of that
town will have something to tie to-
State Auditor Wells, who has been
spending his vacation at Portland,
Ore, is expected to arrive home today.
The Topeka Barrel and Box company
has a large quantity of kindling which
they will give away to move it this
week
Ward w. Silver, principal of Wash
burn academy, has gone to Chicago to
take course of lectures at Chicago UNI
iversity.
The regular meeting of the woman's
Home Missionary society has been
postponed until Wednesday afternoon,
August 30th.
North Topeka citizens are again
promised that the north approach to
the Melan arch bridge will be COM
pleted this week.
Arrangements are being made by
Assistant Secretary Manley of Y. NJ. c.
A. for the opening of an educational
department of the association.
HorticuIturists, housewives COM
| mission merchants and grocers would
like to know what has become of the
fruit crop in Shawnee county.
Adjutant General Hughes says that
he saw more for his money while he
was at Atlantic City than he ever did
at any other place in his whole life.
The privileges for stands and booths
Secretary Samson says there was never
so great a demand for them as this
year.
1t isn't much worse for the Head
Hunters to kill and eat a dog at
public park than for the dog catcher to
shoot and club dogs on the streets.
Either is bad enough.
Congressman P. p Campbell. who
was in Kansas City yesterday, says that
the Garfield oil investigation is still go
ing on, and that Garfield's agents are
still working at Chanute.
Laborers are at work on the Harri-
son school repointing the brickwork
and renal the 1I1iI6iT1cr in General
getting it in shape for the opening of
school in September.
lola Record: C. F. Gladfelter came
down today from Topeka, where he has
been working for some time for the
Jones Dry Goods Co., and is a guest of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gladfelter.
The members of the state militia
who are to enter the national target
shoot at Sea Girt, n. j., arrived at their
destination yesterday, and will enter
the contest today if the schedule is not
changed. tga e
Twenty-Five years ago, about, Mayor
Davis was a clerk in the branch store.
in Topeka, of a Kansas City wholesale
grocery. There isn't anything in the
grocery business Mayor Davis doesn't
know.
Department Commander P H. Coney
has received word that Past Department
Commander Homer w. Pond is very
sick with stomach trouble at Meade,
Kan. Mr.. Pond is a prominent lodge
man.
In running over the files of the
State Journal of twenty-five years ago
a reporter came across the name of a
lady as hostess. She is still doing So
ciety stunts and her age has never
been questioned.
Reports of the birth of a baby girl to
Mr.. and Mrs D. Martin, of 1905 East
Sixth avenue, and a baby daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs E. Allison, of 1928 Harri-
son street, have been sent to the
city health department.
Prof B. P. Smythe says that unless
the trees are sprayed with some sort of
arsenic poison, the web worms will be
more of a nuisance this year than they
were last. The nests of the worms are
thick on the trees all around town.
Work has been commenced on the
building at the corner of Ninth and
Quincy streets. 1t is not expected
that the building will be ready for oc-
cupancy before the middle of next
summer.
L. L. HaIleck, cashier of the Citizens
National bank of Emporia, was in the
city yesterday comforting with the
powers at the state house relative to
placing a bid for portion of the state
money which is to be placed in state
banks under the new depository law.
Although every precaution was
taken early in the spring to prevent
the ravages of the web worms. the elm
trees are beginning to show that they
are at work. At the rate tie stripping
is going on. at the end of another
week a respectfully modest man will
not dare venture out until after dark.
We have won at last. By losing the
game to Oklahoma City yesterday The
White Sox have reached their place i'll
the Western association and have won
the tail-end championship. 1t has
been a hard fight to land the last
place. but after stubborn battle with
Springfield in which every member,
with about two exceptions, did his part
we have won and are now ready to
accept the halo due the tail-enders.
TUCKER OIL IS o. X.