The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-07
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Harry Goss is now the quick photo
artist at VinewoodA y
| A seat on the water wagon is espe-
cially comfortable right now.
The new Olympic vaudeville theater
will open about September l.
The city park was filled with people
last night to listen to MarshalFs band.
| John Strickrett is thinking of at
| tending the national rife match at
Put in Bay, E%
These are certainly dog days. If this
assertion is doubted ask the dogs h1w
| they feel about them.
The Sunday school of the United
Brethren church is holding a picnic at
Vinewood park this afternoon.
Mere thoughts that tonight will be
as warm as was last night are enough
to make one want to lie right down
and die.
There are a lot of i'll natured people
| in Topeka today. Very few secured
the usual allotment of sleep because
of the heat.
The Dougherty school picnic will be
held next Saturday at Wakarusa. me
train will leave the Santa Fe depot at
1890 a. m.
Finally the police have arrested one
violator of the speed ordinance FoL
automobiles and the minimum fine OF
SIS was imposed.
Councilman c. H. Kutz will leave
soon to spend some time down in the
Panhandle country of Texas looking
over some land Investments.
Perhaps most people have forgotten
it entirely, but attention is called to
the fact that Topeka won game from
Oklahoma City last Thursday. Nearly
a week ago.
The levels which were run by the
present city engineer over the Fifth
ward to determine whether anything
irregular existed in the construction
are being plated.
Swearingen's band serenaded the
newspaper offices last evening before
going out to Vinewood park to give
concert For small band 1t blows
out some pretty good music
There were three cases of heat pros
tration reported in Topeka yesterday.
1t is not unlikely that others VIII DC
reported to day as the temperature Is
much warmer today than yesterday.
The district court room in the coun-
ty court house is being given "a
thorough cleaning New linoleum will
be laid on the floor. This is something
that has been needed for a long Tune
1t may have been because of the
heat but it is a fact that there were
only % pcople in front of the State
Journal office last night when the firial
returns of the Topeka-Wichita game
were posted.
The city is paying for hydrant rental
and the people over the city are DelnS
taxed for the water that might be used
to flush the paved streets but isn't
During the real hot periods there is no
reason why flushing should not be car
ried on every day.
Though no word has yet been re-
ceived from F. G: Dreaming, CITY at
torney his return is being breathlessly
awaited by city hall officials who are
anxious to see what he will do when
he learns that the council has counter
nianded some of his instructions.
Marriage licenses were issued In the
probate court yesterday afternoon as
follows: Henry Boston. aged "a, of To-
peka, and Beulah Griffith, aged IL, or
Hoxie; John Wilson, aged %. of EN-
poria, and Katie Anderson, aged 70. ot
lawrence: David Little, aged ri, OF
Scranton, and Maggie L. Baillie, aged
81 of Scranton.