The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-26

Eggs are. selling on the market at
two dozen for % cents.
The admission. to the skating rink
has been reduced from Is to 10 cents.
Carl Lawson whe has been very sick
with rheumatism, is able to be around
again.
Mrs. James Ramsey, wife of Street
Commissioner Ramsey, is rapidly re-
covering from an attack of pneumonia.
The Throop hotel is distributing an
advertising novelty in the shape of
shoe sinner which is a knock on the
business of the bootblack.
This is to notify you that you are in
vited to attend the mass meeting at
the Auditorium this evening in the in
terests of civic cleanliness.
Work has been commenced on the
new residence which G. W. Myers is
having erected at the southwest corner
of Fifteenth and Harrison streets
The small boy with the baseball and
bat has made his appearance on the
side streets, which is sure indica-
| ton that spring is not great distance
away.
Most of the candidates for county Of
| fees have finished their cauva ssing OF
the county and will from now on up to
the primaries devote all Of their time to
the city.
An athletic exhibition will be given
by the students of the high school next
sisting of basket bah and other exhibi-
tiOns Of skill.
Dainty patterns Of dress goods fill the
windows of the uptown dry goods mer-
chants and indicate that the sale of
winter goods IS 'lessened by the demand
for the spring styles.
A special meeting OF the building COM
mittee of the Elk lodge is to be held
next Wednesday evening for the pUr-
pose of deciding upon a site for the 10
cation of the new club building
Did it ever occur to you that the
name bootblack applied to the boy who
shines your shoes is a misnomer, for
out of one thousand shines there is
probably not one pair of boots in the
lot
The cans which, answer for flower pots
and sit in the windows of the state
printing plant have been painted a bril-
liant red and are about the only thing
about the building which indicate new
ness.
Work on building the club house at
Association park will commence next
week The structure will be placed at
the north end of west bIeachers. A big
tank viii be put up for the shower
baths.
Herman Grow has received a request
from Manager Rourke to bring the
White Sox to Omaha TINS spring ior
three games. Grow says that he viii give
his team a short trip if some good dates
can be secured
Mrs. White. the mother of former
Patrol Driver w. c. White, fell down
in areaway Sunday night and broke
her leg. Mrs. White lives over store
building in North Topeka. She is
seventy years old.
Topeka does quite well as far as con-
tributing her share towards the sup
port of internal revenue department of
The government is concerned. There are
on ~ nifT T1r1n hold n
ment licenses to sell intoxicating liquors
When Ferry. the frog man, at the
Novelty theater. this week had the
audience speHbound wee small
voice from the rear of the theater
broke the silence with the question,
Mamma, he amt no real toad, is
he?"
G. E. Morton, who succeeds Fay
Thompson as travelling passenger
agent for the Rock Island, is known
among his intimate acquaintances as
Chick This is accounted for in
two ways: He insists that he swal-