The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-03

last night. and they were entertained
with a good vaudeville show.
There were some disappointed Mon
day morning shoppers on Kansas ave
nue. who found the stores closed, forget
ting that it was Labor day.
Not content with one crop. the cherry
trees in the yard Of L. NJ Christy, i)9
The Drive, Auburndale, are blooming
the second time this summer.
Three hundred and fifty Topekans
took advantage of the excursion which
was run to Kansas City today by the
Union Pacific Railway company.
Judge Pollock of the United States
district court who has been spending
the summer at his place on the Georgian
Bay in Canada is expected back this
week
But one mail delivery was made to-
day. The postoffice remained open I'M
til ten o'clock this morning, the general
delivery window opening at O'Clock
this evening.
Mr.. A. Zahner, of Topeka, has pur-
chased the Burt island and cottage in
Grab lake in northern Wisconsin for a
summer home. The place is near Dean
Hayes island and cottage.
According to the reports Of the drug
gists for the last month the thirst Of
Topeka is sadly on the decrease. This
is probably due to the absence of rat
tlesnakes and their opportune bites.
A great many fans are superstitious
and say that the fact that the base ball
omen of bad luck It probably will be
for the seven other teams in the cir
cult
A good deal of interest is taken by
the local sporting fraternity in the fight
this afternoon at Golddeld, New. be-
tween Joe Cans and Battling Nelson
for the light weight championship Of
the world.
one Of the men in town uses per-
oxide of hydrogen for a tooth wash.
He was q trif1e careless with it the
other day and now his luxuriantly dark
mustache has a decidedly blond tint
along Its edge.
Services at the First Methodist
Episcopal church last night were con-
Quoted by the members Of the Broth
erhood OF St. Paul, the mems organiza-
ton in the church. and they were of an
interesting character.
A new Baptist church has been or
ganlzed in Topeka, and q convention OF
delegates from the existing Baptist
churches of Topeka was held last week
to recognize the new body The
church Is in Oakland.
Already the contractors doing the re-
paving of Kansas avenue have begun to
relay the granite blocks which line the
car tracks and the curbing on the three
blocks at the north end of the avenue
where the WOEh was StdILGU
One class of men who do not OBJ
serve Labor day are the city fathers
and some other city officials as we'll.
| There will be a meeting of the COM
mon council tonight and also a meet
| ing of the board of education.
Mrs O'Brien will go to New York the
/ 5th Of September, returning the 26th.
Shop Will be open to receive orders all
the time she is away. Central Ma
/ tionaI bank building, fourth floor. Ele-
vator service. Phone No. 1431.
A large night blooming cereus be-
/ longing to Mrs. H U. Lincoln of the
/ College Hill addition was in full bloom
/ last Saturday night. The plant is but
! four years old and those who saw it
| in bloom report it very beautiful.
t J. Tollerton the new superintend-
ent of motive power Of the Rock
/ Island, has reached Topeka to take
! charge of his office here after spending
three weeks in an inspection trip over
the lines of the company under his
! Jurisdiction.
This is Labor day And. by the way.
] the name given to the holiday Get aside
/ plicable designation for the rank and
file of the laboring men do not work
during the day, unless 1t is iE the pur-
/ suit of pleasure.
There was a double header this after
noon at 2.30- There was to have been
/ one game this morning and another this
/ afternoon but the Springfield team did
not arrive for the first game this morn
/ ing so that 1t viii necessitate 3 double
header this afternoon.
The prize apples are making their
appearance. One was brought to the
! State Journal Office today that weighed
/ p ounces and was 16 inches in cir
cumference. It was grown by John
] johnson two miles south of Dover and
is CT the Welthy variety
Just about the time the Street Rail-