The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-17
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holding forth on HuntOOn street where
their men are busily engaged in laying
! the conduits.
marriage license was issued in
kansas City, Mo. yesterday afternoon
1 to Frank A. Frazier and Miss Sarah J.
Walker of this city
The PROSECUTING Mormons. who have
| been in town for some months, are
the heathens in Potwin.
Monday was Santa Fe pay day. which
! was responsible in a measure for the
crowd which thronged Kansas avenue
until late in the evening.
George Bauerschmidt brought a
string of fine fish from Paxico Sunday
evening. For details of the catch ap-
ply to Harry Strowig, Paxico, Kansas.
The members of the Sunday school
of the Second Presbyterian church will
hold their annual picnic at Vinewood
park Wednesday afternoon and even
| ing
BY winning a double-header yester-
day from Webb City while Springfield
lost. the White SoX were advanced to
within one game of the coveted first
place.
The White sox open series Of
games here next Thursday They will
play three games with Springfield and
then Webb city will follow with a like
number.
The Jewell county association viii
picnic at Ninewood tomorrow The
association is made up of former resi-
dents of that county who now reside
in this county.
Owing to the number of Ellzs who
are on their way to attend their an
nual convention in Denver, most of the
passenger trains are being run in two
or more sections
The indications are that there will
be shortage of school teachers in
Shawnee county this fall on account of
the pranks that cupid has played during
the summer months.
The first stretch of new paving for
1906 was completed yesterday on Lane
street between Eighth and Tenth ave-
nues. The contractors are now grad
ing on Western avenue.
The eight fire insurance companies
represented by c. G. Blakely are all in
the list of the thirty-five strong COM
panies that are paying dollar for dollar
of San Francisco losses.
James T. Bradley, receiver of the
First National Bank, Will leave the
latter part Of the month for a trip to
the Pacific coast He will visit his
brother, George Bradley, at Seattle.
The latest automobile license grant
ed by the city clerk hangs from the
rear axle of George Mobiles car and
indicates that it is the seventy-fifth
member of the Topeka aristocracy.
Charles F. Parham. protector OF the
apostolic faith movement, announces
that he will hold open air meetings at
nues. commencing this evening at 8
o'clock
Now that the weather has become
SO summer like and the state house
lawn so inviting during the earlier
hours of the evening, the few seats
which are distributed there are at q
premium.
The last game of the series between
the Cooleycrows and Webb City will
be played today. the Topeka team re-
turning home tomorrow for the series
with Springfield which opens on the
home grounds Thursday.
The friends of r. L. Thomas are -
ceiving souvenir postal cards from
Paris. indicating that the nominee for
district clerk is attempting to see all
that is to be seen abroad before max
ing his campaign for office.
There has not been a mad dog scare
so far this summer which indicates IT,
the local alarmist is neglectfng an OPP
portunity and the owner of the village
maidstone has been deprived Of an OPP
portunity TO exploit the efficiency of his
possession
At the Air Dome porch seats of
mating are given to the women pat
rons. A lady who was there last night
sat on the none too soft board and
held the little mat in her lap through
out the entire show. She didn't know
what 1t was for.
Repairs are being made on the
buildings at Garfield park prepara-
tory for the meeting of the Kansas /
conference of the Evangelical asso- !
citation, which will hold a meeting
there commencing August Il and last
ing the entire week.
It was reported that an old darby
caught several large catfish down on
the lower part Of the avenue Sunday
afternoon. This place, However, is
doomed as fishing resort, as the new
paving company will have their plant
in Topeka by this afternoon.
The large cars which run to Vine
wood are now fitted up with large signs
which tell the public the line on which
they are run. This has always been
the custom on the smaller cars and be-
are sometimes run on other lines
The old canvas circus posters
which the circus homogeneous in
months past put up on the front of
business buildings and then failed to
take down form one of the biggest
pins on which to hang a criticism of
the appearance of lower Kansas ave-
nue..
The board of health has done one
good job so far this week, in insisting
that some of the yards on the alley
running south from Eighth street and
just east of Kansas avenue be cleaned. |
They were certainly in a disgraceful
condition and fine breeding places for
disease
Weekly council meetings or at least |
two council meetings a month is the |
move that some of the councilmen
would make, but Mayor Davis who has
visions of a council meeting on the
same night as Country club dances OBJ
jects and thinks one a month is all
that is necessary.
The legend surrounding St. Swith- !
un's day. July Is. to the effect that If
it rains. on that day it viii rain during
the forty succeeding days, is not in
fallible. That is evidenced by the fine
weather during yesterday and today.
But this may be an of year, one OF