The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-28
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giving out gifts to a few strangers.
Oakland's gang" was up for correc-
ton al the police court yesterday AZ
ternOOn.
There is fine opening made in the
dry goods business by the closing of
two paying stores.
There will be a hat carnival at the
rink next Tuesday night. Four nice
| prizes will be awarded
! Clarence kellar of the United States
marshal's office has returned from
Wichita where he spent Christmas.
The city council meets this evening
for the purpose of taking up the ques-
ton of salary increase of the fire de-
partment.
Prof. Burford's exhibition of fancy
and trick skating al the rink next
Monday night will be the best ever
seen here.
Councilman VIM Green has return
ed from Baldwin. Kan, where he went
to attend the funeral of Prof. Hair of
Baker university.
Arrangements have been completed
for commencing work on the new Ma
jestic theater on East Eighth street N
the old Thatcher building in the near
future.
Today will be the last day of he
teachers convention and general exc
dus of the school teachers from the
over-crowded hotels is therefore ex-
pected.
W. Fl. Ryan. chairman of the Demo-
cratic state central committee, came
up from Girard yesterday to be on
hand to welcome William Jennings
Bryan.
The rain and snow which the weather
bureau was so fortunate in booking for
Topeka failed. to arrive and today has
been one of the most pleasant days of
the season.
Wireless dispatches from Valley
Falls hint at a possible wedding which
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elopement and in which Topeka girl
Will figure.
All letters coming from people who
live in the eastern states tell of the
cold winter they are having. Such re-
ports make US pat ourselves on the back
over Kansas sunshine.
Only one arrest for drunenness has
been made since the day after Christ
mas. Evidently the chronic "boozars"
spent all their energies in that direction
on the festive day itself.
According to a comedian at the
Novelty theater If one wants to have
his dog real STYLISH he should split the
pup tongue in. order that he may
thereby GREASE his pants
Even the farmers are asking thirty
five cen IS IA dozen Tor eggs 1t is GER
tain that If YOU buysa couple of dozen
Of these precious things it will make a
dollar look like thirty cents.
A regular meeting of the Saturday |
Night club will be held Saturday even |
ing at the law offices of Ferry and |
Doran. Mr.. Watkins viii read paper
on the Child Labor Problem
OficiaIs at the county court llousz I
say that the only way a certain Eews-
paper man can square himself down
there is by returning from his wedding I
journey well supplied with the best !
cigars
one man in town has earned all the |
dinner he may care to eat on New I
Years day He spent the greater part
Of last night in plucking the feathers
from two big geese which are to be a
part of the feast.
1t is not unlikely that Dickinson cour-
ty will carry off the honors in attend
ance at the state teachers association.
over 80 teachers from Abilene and vi
cinity are in Topeka attending the
teachers convention.
The attendance at the Bryan lecture
last night numbered in the neighbour
hood of 5000. In d political campaign
the different papers all the way from
500 to 5000, according to the politics OF
the paper.
Isinglass is being used for shields
for automobiles in place OF glass in
later models of automobiles. Several
bad accidents have occurred in which
The shattered glass of the shield played
an important part and Mayor Davis
had a narrow escape
The committee appointed by the
Commercial club at the request of the
East side Improvement club to investi-
gate the proposed construction of a
lam for Biddle Creek will meet at the
home OF John .Lungstrum, S04 East
Tenth avenue, Sunday at O'Clock.
A slight slip of the. tongue by Presi-
dent D. NJ Bowen Of the teachers as
ISOLATION in his Introductory speech of
Bryan last night, was the cause of 4
saying, MIR. Bryan is present tonight"
ne said. Mr.. Bryan is president to-
aight."
1t would have taken a good strong
xnife with keen edge to cut the at
at the Salvation army's
Christmas tree last night. Crowd
hree hundred people into room that
would accommodate about half the
number. Draw these same people
rom the lowest strata of society and
Zee what you will get.
The four hundred feet of stone
headers which will have to be placed
n on the Kansas pavement by the
Washington Paving company
possible to get sufficient stone at this
lime of the year. The city engineer
held back $500 on the contract for
his uncompleted portion of the con-
-ract.
The booklets detailing the Galveston l
commission form of government as
ziven in a recent issue of McCluresS
md reprinted with the permission Of
he publishers by the Topeka City club
ire being sent through the mails to
legislators over the state. The books
ire gotten up in very attractive form
With half tone engravings- The jan
larry issue of McClure's speaks editor
alIv of the awakening here in Topeka
The congestion of freight traffic and
he inability to get cars is figuring in
he delay of extending the water mains
south from Fifteenth street on Null
7ane. An order for pipe was placed in
ong time ago By the waterworks
and it was thought that
he shipment was on the way, further