The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25

/ performance. Don't let's go now
he said. IT want to stay and see the
| moving pictures"
| On account of a laxity in interest
| the Topeka company of the Kansas
National Guard. Topeka must be
retrogressing. Even interest in the
| Topeka Day banquet of the CONNER
cial club has expired.
| A large turkey with lavish decora-
| tons of electric lights forms a lead
ing feature in the Thanksgiving dis
play of firm on Kansas avenue. The
! Thanksgiving window displays this
year are above the average of previous
years in attractiveness.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Missouri Hotelmen's Association will
be held in Topeka next year and though
the date has not been set 1T is more
than likely that the affair will be held
some time during the latter part of
the month of September.
| It Is expected that $50 members of the
Order of Knights of Columbus will be
In the. city this week to receive the
fourth degree which will be conferred
first time in the history of the order
that this degree has been conferred in
Kansas.
While looking through a pile of old
letters John Waters came across an in
VitatiOn sent to him by John Collins
while a student at Lawrence ten years
ago to attend a frat reception, and now
he. is in favor of a pardon for Collins
on the theory that he is innocent of the
murder of his father.
On the West Fourth street car line
at the corner of Fourth and Van
Buren, streets is a depression in the
track which Is so much below the
level of the pavement that the cars
have to slow up in order not to break
tenders & they come in contact with
the rise on either side.
w. H. Gflfllan, city food inspector,
will be called on by the council to fur
nish reports upon the condition of the
milk sold in. the city. One of his
duties as food inspector is to make
inspections of the milk sold, and the
council does not know whether Gill
f1llan is making these inspections or
not.
C. L. Traver, local agent for the Wells
Fargo Express company, has received
word from the big boss that the mon
ey stringency has not affected the COM
pany to the extent that they will aban-
don the customary distribution of tur-
keys among their employees. About rs
of the birds will find their way to To-
peka from this source.
The recent arrests and rumors of
pending arrests for signing fictitious
names to the blanks in order to secure
thirst quenchers at local drug stores,
has stopped the supply of many
their own names to the sale blanks
but have hitherto never hesitated in
signing their nom de plumes.
Congressman Charles F. Scott is
to have the clerks of the |
United States circuit courts maintain |
offices at Kansas City, Kansas. This |
would result in the removal of George |
5haritt, clerk of the circuit court, and |
Morton Albaugh, clerk of the district |
court, to Kansas City, and the business
lone here would be of minimum
Oakland is now paying the penalty
,or refusing to become part of To-
oeka. The vaudeville actors at the
ocal theaters delight in making this
little suburb the objective point of
many of their jokes and pleasantries.
n this respect Oakland has largely
AIKEN the place of Leavenworth, Law
ence, Pauline and other rustic COM
nunities, = -..'-S' $3.50 -t'sf..'
The football fans of Topeka will !.
lave a chance to witness the closing
# the football season Thursday after
loon in generous style. There will be