The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-07
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| hall, Wednesday evening, October 9.
e. M. Cockrell is not running for
county commissioner against w. E.
Sterne. He is in F. w. Harrison's dis
| trict.
MIR. and Mrs. R. B. Nelson will leave
tomorrow for Norfolk, Va, to attend the
international convention of Christian
delegates.
| Miss Mary A. Arnold, teacher in the
! Potwin school, was called to Wheeling,
| w. Va, Saturday, by the sudden death
of her brother.
A case of diphtheria in the home of
s. N. Tyner, 1925 West street. has caused
the residence to be Guaranteed by the
city health officers.
DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts, an advocate of
temperance, will lecture at the First
Baptist church on the evening of Octo>
Der 20 on Reform
One of the big street lamps at the
| intersection of Tenth and Tyler streets
| fell Sunday afternoon, narrowly miss
| ing number of passing pedestrians.
Representatives of the Chautauqua
associations of the state will meet at
| the Y. M. c. A. rooms Tuesday for the
purpose of forming state association.
Mrs. Emma Baker, formerly of To-
peka. has come back here to live. She
| has brought suit for divorce from her
| husband, Colonel Baker, who lives at
Longview, Texas.
Two big touring cars went dead on
West Tenth near Tyler Sunday after
| noon, and were hauled in by friendly
automobiles who know the humilia-
| ton of such incidents.
THAT that is is that that is not is not"
/ is an inscription on an advertisement
posted in the street cars which is baf-
| fling the understanding of the patrons
| CT the Street Railway company.
Now that it is settled that Detroit is
the pennant winner in the American
league it will be possible for Topeka
| fans to take well earned vacation UNI
| til the season opens next year.
The regular monthly meeting of the
| Shawnee County Horticultural society
which was to have been held last week
| was postponed and will be held Thurs
| day at the home of H. w. McAfee.
| Miss Nettie Hargis of Troy, Kan,
who has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
| has gone to Kansas City to visit rela-
| tives and friends and will return Sun
| day.
The high school football team had a
surprise in store for Washburn Satur-
day and judging from the play SO far
| this season it is the strongest aggrega-
| ton that the high scho DOL has ever turn
ed out.
The Daughters of Rebekah are hold
| ing a grand assembly in Topeka this
week and a large number of outsiders
are to be in Topeka notwithstandin
the lack of excursion rates offered by
the railroads.
The rains which were general over
the entire state last week caused a
slight rise to occur in the Kaw at this
point, all of the sand bars which have
been in evidence the entire summer
being covered.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Shawnee County Teachers association,
which met at the court house Saturday
afternoon was addressed by Mr.. E. G..
Foster of the Harrison school on uni
ted States History"
Since the two cent fare rate has been
put into effect, although it has only been
a few days, large number of people
who ordinarily stay at home are now
finding it convenient to go to Kansas
City and other places.
You have probably noticed by this
time that your gas bill for last month
was considerably higher than its
predecessor which recalls the racr that
heat was necessary for comfort on sew
eral occasions last month.
The glass front is being put into place
on the old Crawford theater building
and the interior is expected to be COM
pleted within a couple of weeks. This
will be one of the finest buildings on
the east side of Kansas avenue.
H Ward Page announces that when
he is elected probate judge ne will
close the joint drug stores and it is
really beautiful thought but at the
present time is causing the nroprietors
The washburn football teams started
in for a good hard practice this after
noon. The showing last Saturday was
not entirely calculated to cause conf
dence among the players in anticipation
of the game Saturday with the State
Normal.
The Midwinter exposition manage
ment this morning granted to the U
and club the management of the Mid
winter exposition concessions. The
proceeds go to charity. The exposition
will be held from January 20 to Feb
ruary 1, 1908.
Yesterday was one of the finest Sun
days which Topeka has witnessed for
some time and as a natural result the
country roads leading out of the city
were comfortably crowded with buggies
and other vehicles which contained
pleasure seekers from Topeka.
The Omaha team of pennant win
ners proved to be easy for the Wichits,
team and Wichita losc d MAJORITY or
the games and more to the White Sox.
but only a guess can be made as to
what would have happened to Omaha
had they met the Topeka aggregation.
Richard Boyd who was relieved from
duty as prison guard but who later was
given the position of assistant janitor
at the city hall which was created for
MIN claimed S56.97 for back salary. Boyd
was out of work for one month and
part of another. The council committee
has rejected the claim.
One of the most popular acts at the
Olympic this week is that of De Veaux,
the comedy musical actor. De VeauX
was here at the oIeuing of the Olympic
and his act at that time was SO popular
that he was booked for a return en-
gagement. His act has many new fea-
lures which make hit.
The double header between the Eagles
and Midgets at Association park yes
terday afternoon closed the baseball
season in Topeka and the fans no mat
ter how anxious they may be to see an
other game, will have to content them