The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-20

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Hollcraft's
Ellen Beach Yaw will sing tonight
It the auditorium.
Ladies will be admitted free at the
ink tonight, and next Monday night.
The rink will be open every morn
ng next week from 10 to Il. Skates
| l5e.
business trip of several days to Chi
cage.
]. E Hurley. general manager of
| the Santa F'e is expected tc return
| from Chicago tomorrow.
W. J. Black, passenger traffic man
ager OF the Santa Fe who spent two
days in Topeka this week, has return
ed to Chicago.
A victory at TT. Riley and a defeat
at the State Agricultural college were
| the results of the recent trip of the
| Washburn basketball team.
A woman was actually bemoaning
the fact today that there were only
| three or four more shopping days in
which to get Christmas presents.
Among the delicacies offered by the
menu at local club is Strawberries
from Mexico" and the price attached
indicates that they have Travelled some.
The staid and sober west end was
reused to a bit of excitement last night
by a fire which destroyed a barn in the
vicinity of West Tenth and Western
avenues
Clerks in the department stores say
that the number of men who come in
and shop and seemingly are not afraid
of entering a dry goods store are on the
increase.
Washburn colleges Christmas vaca..
students living out of the city are max
ing preparations to spend the holidays
at their homes
Public schools in the city will close
fCT "a 10 dax
cation, which viii be Of two weeks dur
alton. The schools will reopen on Mon
day, January T.
Charles Brooks, the second Oldest
state printing plant, has been appointed
to succeed the late George Tincher as
foreman of the state bindery.
The Washburn girls expect to put on
play following the holidays. The play
will be Of home manufacture, will cen
ter around football and feature as vii
lains several of the Fairmount football
team.
The fielding averages of the baseball
clubs composing the Western AssOcia-
ming team, at the foot of the list while
Wiehita's team leads in the fielding av-
erages.
To help out the Christmas shoppers
among the city employees, the city clerk
will issue checks to them beginning with
$50 Saturday morning. The council
meets the night before and allows the
pay rolls for the month
Howey. who pitched a number of
games for the Cooleycrows last season.
played an errorless game in the boz
and was one of the five pitchers in the
Western Association who had fielding
averages of 1000 at the end of the sea-
son.
private telephone system has been
installed in the state printing plant to |
take the place of the Bell plant which !
has been in operation for some time |
State Printer T. A. McNeal having con- |
Guided that the Bell system is too ex-
pensive.
Bryce NcMuTtie, who has been in |
the employ of the Santa Fe system for /
almost a quarter Of century in one |
capacity or another. has rendered his I
resignation as Waterman at the Santa /
Fe shops where ne has been employed !
for twenty years
The Independent Telephone com
pany has a class Of girls in training for |
the operating department of their new I
plant which VIII require at least fifty
new operators who will be chosen from
the class now in training, and othe
girls who become members at once.
There will be jast a few more goo
looking, jovial good natured men in To-
peka during the next few weeks thar
usual for the advance guard Of the com ]