The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

The city council meets Tuesday in an
adjourned session.
Complete line of flags and bunting for
decorating at Crosby Bros.
Mrs. c. A. Christensen is seriously i'll
at her home No 1875 Boswell avenue.
Rev. H. F. Jones. of st. Cloud, Mimi,
viii preach at Unity church this morn
ing.
George w. Hart and son left today
for a short visit with friends at Law
renee.
The Commercial club will be open
all day today to look after Semieen-
tennial business.
Summer must surely be coming for
grass is beginning to get green in sew
eral places around town.
The extensive improvements being
made by the Scottish Rite Masons at
the Masonic Temple are nearing com
pletion.
There are only four ten cent vaude-
Vile theaters. in town. Almost. any day
now announcements are expected Of the
opening of two or three more.
The First district congressional COM
mittee has been called tOg ether for a
meeting on Monday Congressman Cur
It's will be here for the meeting.
The members of the Washburn
Dramatic club are busy rehearsIng
! John Kendrick Bangs 1.-The Wood
barrow" which will be presented at
/ the Crawford during February.
There are more pretty girls and wo-
men in this town than any place have
ever been in, said a travelling man
who was a visitor at the Midwlnter one
night last week.
About foEty-five residents of Potwin
4 are getting up minstrel show to be
\ given some time within the next two
weeks at the Potwin school house. An
/ immense show is being planned.
49,
Central Young Mems Christian associa-
ton. win address the Y. M. c. A col
ored department this afternoon at 3
o'clock at 406 Kansas avenue.
Both Independent and Bell telephone
! companies are giving free toll line priv
ileges to Semicentennial delegates. They
are also installing telephones at their
own expense in Representative hall
Twenty-four school teachers took
the examinations for certificates at the
office of County superintendent Carter
Saturday, nearly every one receiving
! grades emitting them to the coveted
diplomas.
Sherman Elliott, member of the state
board of control, returned to Topeka
last night, after a two weeks tour with
the other members Of the board, max
ing the semi-annual board inspection Of
all the charitable institutions.
Scarlet fever has become so preva-
lent at Silver Lake that the attention
/ of the county superintendent has been
4 called to the condition and it is pos
sible that it viii be necessary to dis
miss the schools until the epidemic
subsidies.
One of the humorous haekmen in
/ town suggests that perhaps the men
| who are prominent in the various dane
ing sets will enlist the aid of wheel
barrows, If the supply of stzSet cars
run out and the prices for hacks con-
tinue as at present
The Shawnee county Democratic
central committee will meet on Mon
day afternoon at Odd Fellows hall on
West Sixth street for the purpose of
naming the day of the precinct eau
cuses and the county convention L.
NJ. Penwell is chairman and NJ. w
Saxon secretary.
A Topeka Sunday school teacher was
telling her class of little girls of the
omnipotent power of God when she
was interrupted by one of the tots with
God makes everything" Yes re-
piled the teacher. ''WeH, do you sup
pose He could make a piece of paper
with only one side to it," and silence
was the answer.
Fifty of the little children of the
Provident association through the
courtesy of Mr.. Ralph Brigham We're
given free entertainment at the Mid
winter exposition Saturday afternoon
The children form three classes at the
association and were in charge of Mrs.
r. NJ. McEntlre. Mrs. LOttie Case. Mrs.
Henrietta Fox, Mrs. Woodford and Miss
King.
The repair of Gordon street from
Kansas avenue to the Sardou bridge
over Kansas river is a project which
Councilman Simms VIII bring up. This
is the road which the fire department
from No. I station viii have to follow
in answering calls from the Heery and
Norton additions on this side of the
river The road is heavy and sandy
now and will have to be worked in order
to bring it up into the best condition
George Washington Dusenberry is a
diplomat and a guard at the Midwinter
fair. Last night a young countryman,
, filled up with corn juice until he was
reeling. wandered into the big show.
Dusenberry spied him. He tapped the
! drunk one on the shoulder and said.
/ Come on, / want to see you a min
ute" and led the way out of a side
door. until both were outside. did
: YOU break the bottle in your pocket2'
asked Dusie. Nit 1 say suffered
/ back the fellow. Il (hic) drank her
. fhic) all DOWN. well, . said Dusan-
berry. Il thought you must have. FOR
your breath smells like it. Nov I tel
YOU what you do. Just run home and
come back next week some night and
9 Wen Just have time" .Guess sgfll.s
2 was the gladstone response lsuess
Z III just consider myself invited ct your
expense. Much Obliged And away
} wandered the "boozy one. singing ira.
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