The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-01
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| evening will be set apart by the direc-
tors of the Y. NJ. c. A for the use of
| the ladies VINO desire to use the bowling
| alleys.
The INSTRUMENTATION Missionary
| society of Topeka will meet at the First
| Baptist church November 10. Mrs. w.
A. Sloo will have charge of the pro-
| gramme.
A novice at eating 'possum declares
| that the longer you chew a small piece
| of the flesh the larger it gets. The
| poSSum epicures in town are about to
garrote him.
The annual ball given by the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men and their auxiliaries will be held
| November 81 at McRae's hall in the Ma
sonic building.
| A West Eighth avenue car ran into
| barrel last night that had been placed
on the track by Halloween outlaws.
| The headlight and fender of the car
were smashed.
There's rest for some of u.s.
! said one of the court house janitors
yesterday. I'm the summer we have to
cut the grass and in the winter we have
to fire the furnace"
Arthur Griggs, the Topeka ball
player who was member of the San
Antonio team in the Texas league last
! season, has been drafted by the Bos-
| ton American league.
Fred S. Goodman national secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A, will conduct services
| in Gemmell hall Sunday afternoon, and
the evening before will speak at the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
For the next week or SO now STAN
ley Medlicott, the county treasurer and
his assistants, will be more than busy
receiving the second payment of taxes
which were due today.
Chances are that the rain of last
night saved a lot of property from de-
struction Of those Unborn vandals who
| take advantage of Halloween to let
their real inclinations run riot.
The Topeka Township Sunday
school convention will be held at
Highland Park school house Sunday,
November 3rd. A special programme
has been prepared for the occasion.
large wagon from the display at
Sixth and Quincy streets was taken to
the front yard of Councilman c. K.
Holiday where it was found this morn
ing scattered over his place in sections.
W. W. Payton has resigned his posi-
ton in the office of the freight auditor
of the Santa Fe to accept a place in
the office of county clerk made vacant
by the resignation of N. B. Thompson.
E. P. Ripley, president of the Santa
Fe, will pass through Topeka today on
his way to Chicago after a two weeks
trip spent in inspecting the Oklahoma
and Texas divisions of the Santa Fe.
Work has been commenced on the
foot bridge which is to be built on the
west side of the Santa Fee bridge for
the benefit of the men who are employ
ed in the shops and reside in North To-
peka.
T B. Gerow of the state free en-
plOyment bureau has the applica lions
of a dozen or more Missourians who
have heard of the bumper corn crop in
this state and want to assist in gath
eTing it.
From present indications the football
weather tomorrow will be a repetition
of the game between the two schools
four years ago. If that is the dope
Washburn should have no trouble in
winning.
Reports received bv the Commercial
club from an eastern pottery firm indi-
cate that the samples of clay submitted
by T. M James of North Topeka are
not of the quality valuable for the man
ufacture of pottery.
s. E. Lux has been summoned to Kan
sas City to appear before George N.