The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-26
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

IL over.
The trains are all crowded
There will be a novelty race at the
rink tonight.
Dora Thorne" was the Christmas
attraction at the Grand.
Topeka apparently had one big holiday
this year anyhow without murder
The good looking strangers you see
on the streets are Kansas teachers.
The Elks will give a social session
tonight after the theater performance
Of the West MINISTRIES.
Christmas weather made to order
couldn't have been better than the
Kansas article this season.
suppose you noticed a good many
new neckties, gloves, handkerchiefs
and mufHers on the men today Yes?
The employees of the Bell Telephone
company presented S. T. Howe the dis
trict manager with Morris chair for
Christmas.
Judge Hayden of the probate court
Will probably not be back in Topeka
until Thursday. He is spending Christ
mas at WetmOre.
Mrs. P. E. Cook, who was seriously
injured in a runaway Sunday night is
still at the Keith hospital and shows
only slight Improvement.
Though the mail carriers made but
one delivery yesterday, the majority
of them did not get over their routes
until ldL6 IN the afternoon
The Elks viii give a social session
tonight in honor of the West min
strels. All Elks are expected to be
at the lodge rooms for the event
"a Christmas in JAPAN by the
First Lutheran Sunday school, will be
given at the church Wednesday even
ing and at the asylum Friday night
The Sunday school teachers of the
Walnut Grove M. e. church will give a
banquet in their own honor at the
church parlors Wednesday evening at
736.
The majority of stores on Kansas
avenue were open during yesterday
forenoon. There was considera BILE
/ Christmas shopping during the morn
/ ing.
R. B. Welch is acting as judge in a
case tried at the Shawnee county court
house in which Judge A. W. Dana was
an attorney before he went on the
bench.
/ The school teachers came in droves this
noon from the trains for attendance
upon the sessions of the State Teachers
association which is in session the next
three days.
Two cases of diphtheria were report
| ed to the city board of health this
/ morning at the following addresses: 1119
West First street, Cowles; 3O5 Kline
street, in a family by the name of Bar
Der.
Secretary Anderson of the Commercial
club is prodding up the publicity com
mittee of the Semi-Centennial EXPOSE
ton organization. The major thinks
that a little more newspaper material
ought to be furnished and printed.
Frank Asher returned from Texas Sat
urday. He was with the Miller Bros
101 Ranch show with his high school
horses until it closed its season at Ell
Paso last Thursday. Asher says that he
will probably start out with the Millers
again next spring. They open with their
show in Texas in AnriI and exDect IN or
clear to New York.
The Ramsey families of the state OF
Kansas have been invited to assemble
at the rooms Of the State Historical so
ciety at the state house on December
/ the 29th J. A Ramsey of Topelza is
ton of the Ramsey families. The pur-
pose of the meeting on the 18th is the
organization of a state association.
The last carload of pipe for the water
works department has been shipped
from Alabama Six carloads of Dipe
partment for the extension of the mains
/ down Seventh street from West street
to Western avenue. One of the new
boilers at the pumping station has beer
shipped out to the plant and the second
will soon be installed.
The midwinter commencement ex
ercises of the senior class of the To
peka high school viii be held OF
Wednesday evening, January 81 DR.
. s. S. Estey. of the First Presbyterian
church, viii preach the baccalaureat,
sermon, Sunday morning, January q
in the high school Auditorium Tues
day morning. January %, at J.
3 o'clock.