The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
SNEYSFoTs.


The Cooleycrows will open the
series in this city with the team from
Oklahoma City tomorrow.
There were not very many people at
Vinewood Park last night, the rain Of
the afternoon soaring them away.
The Shawnee County Medical society
will hold it's June meeting at the Ma
tional hotel this evening at o'clock
The Cooleycrows play their last
game of the series with Joplin today
and viii leave Immediately for To-
peka-
J. ". Radford. state grain inspector,
has gone to Chicago to attend the meet
ing of the National Association of Grain
Dealers.
E. Martindale, a well known Kansas
newspaper man, has taken charge of
the Kansas department of the Kansas
City Post.
The stockholders OF the Country
club will hold a business meeting at
the rooms of the Commercial club
Tuesday.
The June meeting Of the federation of
city clubs will be held in the auditorium
of the First Baptist church Thursday
afternoon at 2:30.
The Shawnee County Horticultural
society will hold a meeting at the Free
man Sardou fruit farm east Of the city
Thursday afternoon.
State Printer T. A McNeal returned
from Alva, Oklahoma, Sunday, where
he delivered an address before the grad
uating class in that city.
The Cooleycrows played two games
of errorless ball Sunday at Joplin, and
the question naturally arises, What
more can the fans ask?
". ". Bowman, who has moved to
Topeka to become treasurer of the Pru-
Dental Trust company, has purchased
a residence at 1920 Taylor street.
The nine from the Santa Fe auditor of
disbursements office won a game Sat
urday afternoon from the Bankers
Clerks team by a score of 10 to II.
The Shawnee county normal opened
at the high school building this morn
ing at 1880 with H. L. Miller, prin-
cipal Of the high school, in charge.
A ball game has been arranged be-
tween the faculty OF Washburn college
and the seniors, to be played on the
Washburn grounds tomorrow afternoon.
A large delegation of Sons of Veter-
ans left for Salina this morning to at
tend the state encampment of that or
der, which is being held in that city
this week.
The quietness Of Topeka yesterday
on account of the ball team being out
of the city served to remind the fans
of the days when there was no Sunday
ball game.
DR.. c. w. Hamilton returned Sun
day from Hot Springs, where he has
been for the past six weeks as physi-
clan with Supt. r. 7. Dolan of the
Rock Island.
The baseball team picked from the
general offices of the Rock Island de-
feated the one from the Santa F'e pas
senger department on Saturday by
score Of 20 to 16.
Attached to each bill sent out by
the Edison Electric Light and Power
! ~ ic a c1ir1 shaving fha cost nf
electricity under the old schedule and
the cost under the new.
Gideon Ready of 919 North Tyler
street will celebrate his ninety second
birthday at his home this week which
demonstrates the fact that men never
get too old to have birthdays.
For some unaccountable reason the
liquor sales made by druggists and
recorded with the probate judge
amount to less than one-third as many
as for the same month last year.
Bricks are piled along the curbing of
Western avenue between Tenth and
Twelfth streets in readiness for the paw
ing which will be commenced as soon
as the grading has been completed
An effort is being made of the Retail
Grocers' association to have all grocery
stores and meat markets close at $50
in the evening during the summer
months, as we'll as all day Sunday.
To one who watched the ball game
between the Washburn and State Uni
versity teams Saturday afternoon the
question as to why these games do
not draw the crowds is very apparent.
r. F. Hayden has returned from
ottawa where he assisted in settling
the interests of the Frank Brown
estate, which included an interest IN
the Independent telephone plant in
that city.
It takes several wild straw berries to
make a bite. but when you get one you
have the genuine strawberry flavor and
not the cotton taste which comes with
the fine looking imported berries with
fancy names.
Crawdad parties along the shunga-
nunga are becoming favorite diversion
of lots of people in town and, by the
way, crawdads properly cleaned and
cooked are just a trifle more toothsome
than Holsters.
The question of an ordinance govern
ing circuses will come up before the
city council for another hearing tonight,
and as Mayor Davis has announced
that he will not sign it, lively time
may be expected.
Neither the stamp or money order
departments at the postoh7ce close at
o'clock as is popularity supposed, and
either of these commodities may be had
at the general delivery windows any
time before 10 o'clock.
Dave August and party made an au-
tomobile trip to Burlingame Sunday
and were Obliged to leave their machines
there and come home on the train on
account of the rain which made the
roads nearly impossible.
At MacVicar chapel Washburn coli
lege. tonight at o'clock will be given
the annual commencement concert by
the graduates and advanced students
of Prof and Mrs Scherubel, Mrs
Thatcher and Miss ingalls,.
Miss Helen Morton, one of the fnstruc-
tors at WashburaR academy, was OPP
Grated upon at Christ hospital today for
appendicitis. Her sister, Miss Kassy
Morton Of Lawrence. is here to be with
her during her stray at the hospital.
Governor Hoch is working on the
final report of the committee Of twenty