The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
SNAP SHOTS At HOME NEWS.

This is the time of the year Wnen
the hotel man smiles Answer-con-
ventions
Washburn and Kansas university
will play basketball in Topeka on next
Friday night.
r. s. Van SAINT went to Kansas City
Saturday on business with the swift
/ Packing company
There were wild geese. taTne geese and
human geese on exhibition at the chlch-
en- show last week.
F. H. Reed has taken position as
salesman with the Palace in the furnish
/ ing goods department.
The u. c. T. gave d social last night
at the Knights of Pythlas nam re
/ freshments were served
4 There has been no report that oil or
gas has been discovered in the Vlclhlty
Of Topeka for several weeks.
Bob Kerns and John johnson viii
I box ten rounds on the night OF Janu-
airy IS at Metropolitan halt
Colonel William f. Sapp, chairman
/ of the Democratic state central com
mittee will be in town tomorrow.
Mrs. Harriet ChecksdeId, Of 1916
Western avenue, entertained the
Mistletoe club Thursday afternoon.
The villain in the play at the high
school Friday night was certainly re-
alfstie enough to suit the ticket taker.
Fl A. Scandrett. of LOOMS, Blair &
Scandrett has been in Salina attend
ing a session of the district court
there.
Speaking of extravagances: Think Of
the time and money which is spent try
ing to teach the only son to play the
The examination of Shawnee coun-
tv teachers will be held in the grade
room at the court house. January 20
and q.
The merchants must have been over
stocked on Christmas candies for Lney
I can be purchased at just about haII
1 price now.
If Ralph Brigham is half as busy as
he appears to be it don't seem possible
that he can survive the Midwlnter eN-
hibition.
Fred C. Fox, general superintendent
/ of the Santa Fe, was ealle9 70 Osllo
| Yesterday on account of the death OF
u Have YOU heard of any property
owners being called up" yet Tor not
cleaning the snow from their side
seventy men affiliated with Grace ca
! thedraI have Joined the mems social clup
which has been organized recently III
/ the church.
Dancing class for beginners at
! Stein berg's meets every Monday
/ evening. Tomorrow ladles VIII nc @u-
/ mitted free.
A PSYCHOLOGICAL question discussed
at almost every supper table in Topeka
| last night. What is the matter with
Fred Thrapp?"
one hundred and three delegates have
! so far been appointed for the Semicen-
] tennial exposition to be held in Topeka
/ on January 29.
Mrs. z. G. Hopkins, of Topeka, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. ana MIS-
/ Lewis Teeters, of North Buckeye
/ Dickinson county.
q inRb to half
/ a foot deep made things anything but
| agreeable for the pedestrians on Kansas
/ avenue last night.
/ Since the advent of natural gas the
! fire department has made few runs OF
/ false alarms only to find that cnlln-
\ ney was burning out.
The man who bought heavy over
/ coat early IN the season is now Wisnlng
/ that he had saved his money for a
! light spring garment.
There is a workman in the Santa Fe
car shops who has been known to
4 leave a nail half driven IN Wnen the
nOoday whistle blows.
/ If the mercury remains where it has
been so far this winter, the trust viii
be robbed of an excuse to advance the
price of butter and eggs.
With all of the talk that has been
going on about the stork this winter,
there was not one of them on eXhlbl-
ton at the chicken show last week
It is pretty hard for an ordinary in
/ dividual to see where the difference
comes in between a $3.50 pigeon and one
| Of the tribe which is worth SO cents.
The report of the expert accountant
and the earthquake arrived in the city
at about the same time and so far
! neither of them have amounted to much.
Now that the chicken show is a
thing of the past the residents in tf19
vicinity of the Auditorium viii be
com PEELED to rely upon their alarm
1 clocks again.
The coIored brethren of this city
who were so active in pressing the
u charges against Prof Vernon must be
about ready to admit that every
knock is boost.
w. w. Webb and some Of the CO.
terie of fancy roller skaters of To-
peka went down to Salina and gave
an exhibition of their proves at the
rink at that place.
There is one consolation that the
bald-headed man has at this season
of the year. He does not have tc
wear himself out brushing flies off OF
the top of his head.
The Star theater which reopens Sun
day afternoon has promised an innOVa-
ton in the shape Of a pie eating contest
for some night during the week COM
mencing January %
E G. Finnup. a capitalist and cattle
breeder from Finney county, attended
the annual meeting of the StocI
Breeders association as delegate
from his home county.
Lodges 70 and IS, Woodmen of the
World. held joint installation exercises
on Friday night. Oak Grove circle
| No. Is, the womans auxiliary, alse
joined in the exercises.
A good many persons of barbara
tendencies were disappointed in their
visit to the chicken show. No turkeys
were permitted to dance on red no
pans as had been advertised.
Standing on the threshold of the new
year and looking back over the yea
which has just passed does it not oc
cur to you that considerable of YOU
time was spent unDrofitably2
! H. G. Larimer addressed the reg
,,la,. r,,ntat h IL r,aaatire, Of school taacE,