The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-16


There are still a few holes in the Kan
sas avenue pavement
The Topeka members of the B. P.
Q. E. left yesterday for Denver.
There is new station on the Vine
wood line. 1t is Dornwood. T. F..
Doran's farm.
The Italian band of which Liberati
is the leader passed through Topeka
Saturday afternoon.
]. P. Davis is building a new dwell
ing house on Tyler street between
Eleventh and Twelfth.
One of the real new things in town
is barber shop where one Of the ton
serial artists is woman.
The sign on the new state printing
plant is just a trif1e Inadequate. It
merely says Estate Printer"
Considering the fact that rain fell
most of yesterday there was quite
crowd at Vinewood park last night.
The wheat in the vicinity of Topeka
| is considered only a fair crop this year
If it averages 80 bushels to the acre.
The city council will meet this even.
ing in special session to consider the
disposition Of the garbage of the city,
From the bright boy ia the office:
= guess I won't wear my hat in the
house. for 1 don't want to wear it out.
The ball game which the Eagles
were to have played yesterday has
| been postponed on account of the rain.
The attendance at one of the Sunday
schools in the city yesterday consisted
of one small girl. three boys and two
! teachers.
Robert and Bruce Maxwell have
gone to Meriden. where they will conf
plete some contract work for the
Santa Fe.
Doc" Goodwin. ex-chief of police, re-
turned from a trip in the lake region III
time to take the special Elk train for
Denver Sunday.
Rain played havoc with the Topeka
! excursion to Kansas City Sunday, still
there We're $50 people who made the trip
despite the rain.
sAl probabilities are that the corn
crop was fixed by the rain of yes
teTday and the farmers are corre-
spondingly joyful.
Chas. A. Fellows. former mayor Of
Topeka. but now of San Francisco
Los Angeles, La Junta and Topeka, is
| here on business.
Extensive repairs are being made
which the Kansas Farmer will occupy
as soon as completed.
| S. A. Mccoy. one of the Santa Fe
| civil engineers who is working on the
i BeIen cut off, is spending a few days in
Topeka with his family.
Major A NJ. Harvey is no longer
! chess champion of Kansas. He al
| lowed j. B. Humphrey of Junction
City to take the trophy by default.
A dealer in Photographic supplies is
/ responsible for the statement that the
/ amateur photographers of Topeka
spend S1,5O0 month for materials
Charles B. Hamilton has gone TO
perhaps to- stay. Topeka
needs men like Hamilton Why did tle
/ Commercial club allow him to escape
Topeka was to have played a
| double header with Webb City yes
| terday, but rain interfered. Conse-
quent1y Webb City was not defeated.
The rainfall yesterday amounted to
seventy one-hundredths OF an inch It
was one of those soaking rains and viii
prove of great benefit to the fruit
crop.
A large number of repairs are be-
! ing made al the Harrison school.
New radiators are being installed and
the heating system is being re-
modelled.
The Bell Telephone company has an
nounced that all of tie wires on Sixth
Eighth ard Tenth avenues will be placed
underground as soon as the work can
/ be accomplished.
It is reported that the hrecraoker or
/ dinance is not dead. What is needed Is
an enforcement of the Fourth of July
ordinances we a1ready have instead Of
passing new ones.
/ The storm which visited this vicinity
yesterday was not accompanied by the
wind that has characterized some Of
the preceding storms. 1t was a steady
downpour all day.
The White Sox viii open a series of
t games on the home grounds Thursday
with the Springfield team which re-
Gently gave them a drubbing on the
! grounds of the latter.
/ The closing OF the viaduct on East
Sixth avenue is of great inconvenience
TO some people who walk SO slow that
j they get across the viaduct just in
time to see the car pull away
One of the city's visitors from the
/ country today wore a most wonderful
collection of colors. Her skirt was
dark green. her waist brilliant red
and her sunbonnet a delicate pink.
Every wheel on a street car used
on the North Topeka line yesterday
was of the square variety and a trip
! on it was quite as jostling and exciting
as ride on the roller coaster at Vine
wood.
The contract for. the construction of
the new $4,000 Santa F'e reading and
rest room at Marceline. Mo, has been
awarded to Y P. Scott of Topeka who
will commence work as soon as material
arrives.
A well known Kansas avenue doctor
who occasionally takes his breakfasts
at the Cremerie restaurant dropped in
at that place this morning wearing a
new suit of clothes But holy horror.
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