The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-13
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Who broke my eut-glass dish?" she wept.
1 She looked; the baby. darn hint slept,
] And proved a lullaby.
A fly and. a flea IN a fie -
We're Imprisoned. Now, what could they
said the nys Let US heey
Let us fly said the flea
80 they new through a flaw in the f1ue-
The Commercial club meets on Fri
day night
The Swedish chorus viii meet for
practice tonight at the Swedish Bap-
list church.
The work of paving will be opened
up again IN a few days, if the weather
| continues to moderate.
Don't forget that we had a snow
up your stove while longer.
A marriage license was issued on
/ Saturday afternoon to j. B. Stewart
and Mamie Dickson Of Auburn.
The. following birth report was re-
ceived today at the office of the city
physician: Charles Calkins, 40 Linde-
wood street, boy.
A building permit was granted today
TO Gus Ekstrom for the erection of an
/ addition costing 5000. to his residence
at No. sos Taylor street.
The case of assault against PATROL
man Charles Smith brought by Rich
ard Brown was dismissed in the city
court on Saturday afternoon
The Authors club will meet tomor-
row evening instead of tonight as be-
fore announced at the home of Colonel
j. c. Smith, 421 Topeka avenue.
A still alarm was turned in at
O'Clock last night from 1885 North
| Quincy street. A smoke house on the
premises caught on fire but was ex-
l tinguished without any material dam
age resulting.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon is preach-
ing a series of six sermons to the chill
dren of his congregation. On Easter
Sunday the Central church will re-
ceive an unusually large number of
new members into membership.
Another issue of the Washburn
Campus and Field appeared on Sat
urday. 1t contains good deal vital
to the Congregational church of Kan
sas from which the main support Of
Washburn is supposed to come.
A new case of diphtheria is reported
from the Keith building at Ste Kansas
avenue. A S-year-old child in the fanl-
1 lily of w. E. Cundruff, who occupy
rooms on the second floor, is down with
the disease
w. A Voigt, the Republican cam
didate for councilman in the Second
ward, is a baker. He has made $15,-
| 600 clear in eight years by selling
two for a nickel loaves of bread.
| Somebody please figure out how many
Ioaves.
The state G. A r. encampment will
| be held this year at Parsons on May
%, % and "a. The opening meeting
will be camp fire which will be ad-
dressed by WiImon w Blackmar,
commander in chief of the G. A. r.
! Other addresses by prominent speak
ers will be given.
The exact mileage of the clubs in
/ the Western association as required
/ by the schedule adopted at THURSDAYS
/ me a &c fO,1Tf0
Topeka, 1921; Wichita. 5,244; Leav-
enworths 4,949: Sedalia, 1922; Joplin.
4,55S; Springfield, 5,054; Guthrie, S.
! 935; Oklahoma City, $3.50.
| One of the big flags used for decora-
ton in the dome of the state house is
missing. 1t was stolen during the
celebration which attended the clos
/ ing all night session of the house and
| senate. The last seen of it was when
Fred Vandegrift was wrapped up in it
/ like an Apache Indian, doing stunts in
/ representative hall.
The Sells and Downs circus will open
its regular summer season here on rho
4 22d of April. The interest formerly
Owned by Willie Sells is controlled by
John Durham but the show will still
continue TO be known as the Sells and
Downs show. Durham is at present in
| Topeka arranging the details prepare
| tory to starting cut upon the road. The
/ entire equipment and belongings of the
/ show are being refitted and refunished-
Kansas city journal Shorty
Hurlburt, the Springfield magnate of
the Western association, offers to bet
anybody in Springfield a $40 suit of
| clothes that Springfield will be one
| two-three in the standing at the
finish of the Western association sea-
SON. Hurlburt has a team under con-
tract that looks good to him, and in
sists that if the Midgets are not one
will be eminently satisfactory to
Shorty" and the Springfield fans.
The various Junior Endeavor socie-
ties of this city are to be addressed by
Miss -Addie Mains. State Junior Endeav-
or superintendent. on Tuesday after
noon at 4:30 in the First Congregation
The meeting will last about 40 minutes.
In the evening at o'clock Miss Mains
will speak in the same church to junior
superintendents especially, and all 9TH
ers interested are urged to attend Miss
Mains is a very pleasant and interest
| ing speaker, and is coming at the re-
! quest of the Topeka local union.
| The parks on Huntoon street between
| Jackson and Van Buren, streets are be-
| ing regarded, following the paving of
4 that street The sidewalk in front of
Joel Huntoon's property over which
| there was so much controversy has
finally. settled itself amicably, Mr.. Hun
| toon agreeing to assume the expense of
putting down a new one himself. For
| time legal proceedings were threatened
4 in an attempt to force the city to as
sumo the expense of placing in this new
/ sidewalk in question.
/