The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-22
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Fishing in Soldier Creek is report
ed to be better than it has been in
years.
vinewood park is enjoying a larger
patronage this year than ever before
in its history.
the consequent ill-hanging trousers,
has arrived.
One of the livery stables in town is
labelled a "natatorium.' Maybe there
are accommodations in it for sea
horses.
Now that the temperature has got
to be about right, things are made dis
agreeable out doors by unnecessarily
high winds.
Four years ago the Kansas Bank
erS' association brought the big HOOD
to Topeka. This time if they could
bring us Just a little rain we would be
satisfied.
Thomas McNeaI, state printer. will
deliver the address to the graduating
class of the Oberlin high school at the
commencement exercises which VIII
be held tonight.
1t might be a good plan for some
one to take a couple of hours off and
cut the grass around the county court
house. Before long 1t will look like
field of hay If it is not cut.
T. A. McNeal, state printer, has fin
ished the publication Of the statute
books covering the workings of the
last session of the legislature and they
will be ready for distribution Monday
Lest the voters of the county should
overlook the matter Reese Vanzant,
chairman of the Shawnee County Cen
trail committee is advertising the fact
that congressional election is to be
held tomorrow,
A number of Topeka druggists are
in Kansas City today attending the
annual meeting of the Kansas Phar-
mAcantiCd1 association which began
this morning in the Peoples theater,
Kansas City, Kan
The first snake story of the season
places the length of the reptile at six
feet and the number of rattles at IS,
which is doing very well when the
drouthy condition of the city and
county is considered.
A number of acts which are on the
bill at the Novelty theater this week
were presented at the Country club
tertainment given for the enjoyment
of the delegates attending the bank
ers' convention.
There is just one day in the year
that the cemetery, street car line is tax
ed to its capacity, Decoration day, and
on account of the unfinished condition
of the Sixth street viaduct cars people
without carriages will be unable to
reach the cemetery without long and
tiresome walk.
In1S evening at the WaSnDurn COL
lege chapel DR.. FiSke will repeat the
illustrated lecture given last Friday at
the Topeka high school on the Les
son of American sEminence to Youth.
No admission will be charged and the
lecture will be illustrated by 100
stereopticon views.
OF course it is a shame to toss a
rock at new and beautiful building
but one can not help remarking that
the most recent one of this sort to be
have presented IAN appearance far
more pleasing to the eye if the door
way had not been faced with bath
room" tiles. -aq
A membership campaign is now be-
ing conducted by two divisions of the
Y. M. G. A, colored department., with
fifty new members as the goal in two
weeks. The opposing sides. the Sioux
and .Mohawks, feel that before the
close of the contest Monday, evening,
Der will have been reached.
A newly married woman, who grad
uated from X. U. last year, has re-
ceived word from no less than nine
Of her girl friends in the institution
that they will visit her for a week as
soon as the university closes this year.
The young matron faces the situation
bravely and is thinking of hiring a
vacant house next her own to provide
sleeping accommodations for her
guests.
Salina Journal: Mrs. Stanford
Wright and her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Cobbler, of Topeka, arrived in the city
Monday afternoon for a short visit
to Stanford Allen, who has been in
the county Jail for forgery for few
days past. They were somewhat sur
prised to learn that Allen was ready
to take a trip to the penitentiary, and
were apparently disappointed that
they did not get to visit with him for
a longer period. Allen was taken
away this morning.