The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-25
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS.


It is too hot for football but that
doesn't discourage any one.
The lid was certainly off Saturday
night Two murders and suicide.
There will be a meeting of the Minis
terial union at the Y. M. c. A. rooms
today.
The Santa Fe annual sale of unclaim-
ed freight will be held at the depot
October 8.
The yellow is on the pumpkin, but
the fresh pumpkin pie seems to be de-
| layed for some reason.
The Washburn Dramatic club will put
on Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch
sometime during the winter.
There will be meeting of the w.
c. T. u. at 2:S0 o'clock this afternoon
at the home of Miss Vance, 1715 Clay
street.
Some one start the long metered dox-
ology; the White Sox have disbanded
and there should be nothing heard of
them Cor a. while.
w. C, Austin of the Cottonwood
Falls Leader and Thorn Brandley of
the same town are in Topeka today on
a political mission.
The Orphans Home association will
meet at the home this evening to
transact business relative to manage
ment of the institution.
Miss Florence B. List of Topeka sail
ed for Burmah yesterday where she
goes as a missionary for the American
Baptist Missionary union, Ftr
The, contract for the Country club
house has been let TO Frank Blanch.
The building will be completed by
about the first of March next.
Sheriff Lucas and deputies left today
for Lansing with the four men who
were convicted of blowing the safe of
the Armstrong & Anderson company.
The weather man loafed during fair
week which by the way was not fair.
but he has turned out very fair brand
of midsummer weather ever since.
Yesterday was hot, but the big
racing automobiles which were to
break the track record of the fair
ground did not go fast enough to get
warm.
f. D. Coburn has been invited to as
Transmississippi corn contest which is
being planned by the Kansas City board
of trade.
There is one advantage in having
your name in the city directory. If II
is not there the newspapers look upon
your communications with more or
less suspicion.
Every evening about shutdown great
flights of blackbirds may be seen fly
ing towards the grove of trees on the
Bethany college grounds where they
have a roosting place.
sumo one Mlln dulIO1ltJ SAOAtQ +NVSP
his eye on the Gage Park macadam
road out West Sixth avenue. 1t is de-
veloping a great many futS that
should be ironed out
Walter Caldwell the crack halfback OF
the Washburn football team. was in at
tendance at the High school
game Saturday. Caldwell is expected
out for practice this week.
J. c. Black of 1905 East Sixth avenue
has new variety of water lily brought
from Mexico which is just now bloom
ing. 1t is pure white and the petals turn
down. The stamens are red.
An A. D. T. automatic fire alarm
turned in an alarm of fire Saturday
evening at 1850. The fire was in hay
shed at the Wolff Packing company
plant at the foot of Quincy street.
There was a baseball game Sunday
between the Lowman Hill Tigers ano
the AthertonS and the latter Won by g
score of 10 to 5. The batteries were
Bush and Ragen and Barrett and Lewis
The street commissioners depart
ment is at work repairing the side,
walks on the Sixth avenue v1aduct. a
portion of the viaduct is temporarily
closed until the repairs are completed
An echo of the past: In one of the
hotels in the city on the letter rack is 9
telegram dressed-Professor Fol
lette, Airship man, and it has never
been delivered. Pe 7ls Foiiette mas
Mr.. J. H. Waters says that he thinks
| that it is about time for the newspa'
pers to quit referring to him a'
| aJohnnie., After a careful perusal OF
! the society columns of the old files OF
! the city newspapers his friends say
they viii admit that the point is wei
taken.
The report comes back that the To
peka quartette of football players whs
went to the Western university O
Pennsylvania, have all made good, art
will play the backf1eld positions for tina
school this season. Frank Griggs vii
be at quarter, Fanny Mehl at full, ane
viii Rice and, Art Griggs the halves
This is a combination which ought to b'
heard from in the big games.
The Jensen Manufacturing company
of 523 jackson street. which manu-
features creamery supplies and dairy
machinery, will soon commence thu
erection of a factory building Tit
present location at SAG Jackson stree
/ consisting of two story building
! IS by $50 feet is too small for tbs
constantly growing business. and tn.
NEW factory which will be built vii
be Just twice that size. The location
of the building has not. yet been Sc
l1ected. Geo. A. Clark, formerly stat.
] printer, is interested in the company