The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29


street fair in North Topeka was in
progress.
Stock in the Topeka Baseball Park
association is away above par. One
man who has $500 in the park asked
$500 for it the other day and certain
ing it.
The dates for the Kansas Midg81Ner
exposition are from January - to
February 3. Space is rapidly being
gobbled UP by exhibitors. The fair
this year promises to be bigger than
ever.
over two pages of Interesting reading
for this issue have been crowded out
still there is "a plenty of good whole
some reading and a lot Of news; isn't
there, all for ten cents for seven papers
of which this is one.
Big ch1ys anthemunls are selling in
Topeka florist shops for SO cents each.
The first real outerocoiaS off the APP
pearad at the football game on. SATURDAY.
afternoon. Many O. them were as big
as the girls that carried them.
Augustine Alba the Mexican who runs
a chilli restaurant at $40 Kansas avenue.
was robbed of SO in cash and a $40 coat
at 3 o'clock SATURDAY afternoon by a
stranger who was eating in the place
when the proprietor stepped out of the
room.
DICK Cooley VIII i)AOJtNi9 ilOt BeAt VI
his vaudeville sketch with his wife at
any Of the Topeka show houses. Why
not2" was asked him Because" he
replied IF should people would say,
'Cooley's broke There are lots of them
in this town that would say it all right.
From the actions of a good many
visitors at the street fair in North
Topeka last week it was quite evident
that all the monkeys and bears on the
grounds were not in the small me-
nagerie that one of the shows had on
exhibition.
Mort AIbaugh returned Friday from
a shooting trip with Cyrus Leland
He said last night: 1T is the first
rest I have had since the strenuous
wrestle with the DcVlin affairs. We
had a splendid time.
And Kansas university can not boast
this wear of having an indicated
Championship football team. But for
the X. L. followers it might be said
that even Yost might go 10 Colorado
with his Wolverines and be sealped.
It is mighty hard TO win out there
Whenever things get dull for the law
vers around the Columbian building
they usually go to Captain J. G. Wa
ters' office for a half hour visit to hear
him talk. Waters IS one OF the most
interesting. genuises to listen to that
ever lived.
Hurrah! The Washburn rooters have
a new song about How They Vanish
Wonder if they will sing it after the
K L. game incidentally the song Is
excellent. There is evidently some real
hope ahead still for some stirring yells
and peace disturbers from the Blue sup
pOrters.
Cyrus Leland seemed considerably
amused over the letter which the To-
Deka depOsitOrs in the First National
bank sent to Mr. Devlln. ne alan I
saw much but he smiled pretty strong
as he said: s'I see some OF. the people
here wrote to Devlin. I didn't expect
to see some of the names on it which
were there.
The first meeting of the committee
having in charge the Kansas exposi-
ton fer 1911 which is to cost 81, 000,-
600 will take place on Wednesday
night. November I, in the ladies' ordi-
nary at the Copeland hotel. A ban
quet will be served to the committee
and to ten invited guests, among
which. is Governor Hoch- The BAN
quet viii begin at o clock.
over at the street fair in North To-
peka last week a young woman was
doing her best to sing a song. She
was making the most of her voice and
was additionally handicapped with a
bad cold. One of her efforts to reach
a high note brought something like a
squeak and a little fellow in the audi
ence yelled: Lady. does it hurt %
You should have heard the laugh and
seen the poor girls confusion.
A Topeka man who in pursuit Of
4 sociological material went Summing
and bought a bottle of beer in a lower
Kansas avenue joint was unexpectedly
started upon career of frenzied
finance by the incident The. beer
cost him IS cents, next day he was
subpoenaed and his witness fee was
81 Seventy-dve cents to the good