The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-23

A new floor has been laid in the drug
store of Petro & Woodford.
Miss Florence Kimball left last ev-
ening for Manitou to spend several
weeks. al
Mrs Calender, of Wichita, is the
Kansas avenue. ~
Mrs F. H. Bentley has returned from
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Underwood at Atchison.
Miss Josie McCarter. of Winchester,
is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Frank
Smith of 1911 Kansas avenue.
D. D. Easter has returned to the
North side and will reopen his photo
graph gallery here next month.
Miss Ruth yesterday has, returned
home after months visit to her SIS
ter, Mrs. Sanford Stewart of Hoyt
Mr.. G. w. r. Ward, of Elmont, who
has been very seriously i'll this sum-
mer. was able to be in town today.
The Projections defeated the Onaga
team by a score of to In favor OF
the Projections at Onaga Wednesday.
The United Presbyterian Sunday
this afternoon and evening in Garfield
park.
Mr.. John Johnston and Mr.. Jerry
Fisher of the Mid-Continent mills have
gone to Colorado for a two weeks va
cation.
The interior of the Citizens bank is
being greatly improved by the re-
vanishing of all of the woodwork and
the refitting of the loose tiles in the
floor.
Mrs. Maria NJ. Green and son, Mr.
Frank Green of 1927 Harrison street, re-
turned yesterday from Denver and
Rocky Ford, Col, where they have been
visiting.
Mr.. E. G. ConkHng has returned
from Lyons, Rice county, where he
he loaf of
Rev. B. D. Conkling, who dropped dead
Sunday evening.
Among the North side visitors today
were Felix McGinnis of GrantVille, Joe
Fiederling and Peter Holtmesiter of
Elmont, J. w. Reemer and Louis Scrim-
sher of Silver Lake and Frank Johnson
of Tecumseh.
The work of laying the brick on the
Kansas avenue pavement Will be com
pleted as far as Norris street today.
North Kansas avenue will then be
paved on both side of the street from
Gordon street to Norris distance OF
two blocks.
Miss leila Lukens, of Kansas City,
was the guest yesterday of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Lukens. Miss
Lukens has been spending the past two
weeks at Fairfax. Ok, visiting an un-
Gle who is an extensive cattle raiser IN
the Usage Nation country
Mrs. w. NJ. VanNess, Mrs. A M;
Cross and Mrs. F. P. Elmore and
daughter Lucille and guest Theodora
went to Wakarusa this morning to
spend the day with the Cross, the Ell
more and the VanNess boys VINO are
camping in that neighborhood
Messrs. Hohnbaum and Buechner,
who have been running the City meat
market at sec Kansas avenue, nave
gone out of business. This is one OF
the Oldest businesses in the First waro,
having been esta blished In 1871 by the
late Ed Buechner,s an uncle OF these
young men.
Mrs. ]. B. Belts and daughter, MISS
F'reda Belts, were in Kansas City Mon
day. Mrs. Belts returned that evening
but her daughter remained in Kansas
City until Wednesday the guest OF MISS
Margaret Emily Kistler. who accom-
panied her home and will be her guest
for a short time.
The business men of the North side i
take exception to an article published
In which the statement is made that
building at the corner of st. John and
Van Buren, streets which is in progress
of erection is the first building except
one or two small cottages to be built
in North Topeka. since the flood The
publication of this article is regarded
by the business men and the residents
of North Topeka in general as great
1nJusuce TO their part of town, as II
leaves the impression that the First
WaFo mas not yet recovered from the
calamity OF 1903, which is not the case.
the writer of this article evidently ov-
a