The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

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The arrival Of a son is announced at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Freyd
of 1908 Buchanan street
The members of the Sunday school
of the First Methodist church held
picnic at the reform school today.
c. D. Lyle was granted a permit
yesterday for the erection of a 81, 900
residence at 1911 West Eighth avenue
D. W. Boutwell, will deliver an adj
dress at the Auditorium at o'clock
Tuesday to which the public is invited
The weighing of mails which has
been in progress at the postoffice for
the past two months will be discon-
tinued today.
Armin Fassler was called to Spring
field Friday morning by telegram
announcing the death of his sister
Miss Rose Fassler-
Nature seems to be doing more tow
ards making Topeka a dry town than
the combined efforts of Governor Hoch
and Mayor Davis.
Gyp. the dog which has made his
home at fire station No. 3 was run over
by a hose cart yesterday, and now the
firemen have no pet.
The work of grading Lane street be-
( tween Eighth and Tenth streets was
/ commenced yesterday preparatory TO
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. I. Jamison returned
from Quindaro yesterday where they
attended the commencement exercises
! of the Western university
The executive committee of the Re
! publican state committee will meet at
! their headquarters at the Copeland
hotel this evening at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Julia NJ. Gordon of Topeka was
! elected president of the Ladies of the
4 Grand Army of the Republic at the
meeting held at Salina yesterday
Joplin lost another game yesterday,
while Topeka won, which gives the
White Sox another twist on their title
for first place in the Western associa-
ton.
There was no boxing carnival at
Metropolitan hall last night on ac-
count of a request sent the manage
ment of the affairs by County Attorney
Hungate.
At the annual encampment Of the G..
! A. r. at Salina this week DR.. A. A
Raub. of this city, was elected a
member of the council OF administra-
4 ton, for Kansas.
DR.. w. w. Campbell and wife. Of
/ Kansas City, are in the city the guests
of their son, J. w. Campbell, manager
of the Domestic Mercantile company of
615 Quincy street.
The Vineweod theater will be open
ed Sunday afternoon by a presenta-
| ton of Leah, the Jewess, by a stock
! company under the direction of Miss
Lorraine Buchanan.
T. ". Dawson, who has been in
charge of the carpet department Of the
I Wichita for the past year, has returned
to Topeka and opened headquarters.
The first car of fruit shipped by the
/ Shawnee County Fruit Growers asso-
| Minneapolis and will be followed by
a car of cherries within the next few
days.
Eight cases of contagious diseases
were reported to Sanitary Sergeant
Pattison during the month of May;
! three of scarlet fever and one Of
smallpox.
An epidemic of painting seems to
have struck the city all at once and a,
painter can hardly be hired for love
or money and that at the season Of the
year when the cotton from the trees is
the thickest.
The city will be without an assistant
/ prosecuting attorney until Friday
/ evening, when Mayor Davis will name
the successor of J. S. Twyford, who re-
signed the first of the week to move
/ to Oklahoma to open a law office
The mulberry trees about the city
which are if anything a greater nuis-
ance than the cottonwoods, are she'd
ding their ripe fruit with the result
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their branches are stained with their
crushed berries.
A suit was fled in the district court
/ yesterday by F. z. Kennard asking for
a divorce from his wife, Jessie B. Ken
nard, and contrary to the usual rule
neither of the parents are asking for
the custody of their youngest child
he is twenty-five years of age.
There will be a special meeting of
the city council this evening when the
paving question will be rehashed and
| an effort made to bring the gas COM
pany to their contract and force them
to furnish ten cent gas for manufac-
turing purposes as they promised.
The North Topeka gun club held
! their regular shoot Friday afternoon,
the highest score being made by
/ Charles Kleinhans who broke eighty
rocks. The club is preparing for a
/ big event which will be held some time
during the next two weeks.
c. W. James. of San Jose, Cal. will
deliver lecture at the r. r. Y. NJ.
G. r. rooms Sunday afternoon at 30
on the earthquake and fire disaster at
San Francisco. Good music will be
furnished by 8 male quartette and a
1 general invitation is extended to the
public to be present. especially the la
dies who in the past have not been in
cluded IN the list of invited.
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