The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
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| Mrs. T. E. Armstrong is seriously i'll
at her home. 219 Harrison street.
The store windows are especially at
tractive this year with their Christmas
offerings.
7 The Kansas Baptist convention is
called to meet in Topeka on Thursday,
January 2.
Mrs. John Corning. mother of Mrs. r.
l.. Coffran, is seriously i'll at her home,
/ 20 Monroe street.
John Clugston has taken a position In
| the cable splicing department of the
/ Bell Telephone company.
The temporary roof over Rice Hall at
destroyed by fire last week has been
completed.
L. d. Whittemore, superintendent OF
! the city schools. addressed the Colored
Y. M. G. A. Sunday afternoon on "The
Profit of Goodness
A large force of graders together
with teams are employed in laying out
streets and alleys in Kenwood. the new
ado1t1on just east of Potwin.
union cooperative conference of
union farmers and union labor is call
ed to meet in Topeka December 18 for
a four days business session.
The German-American bank at
Third and Kansas avenue will open
January z. There have been several
deposits offered to the bank already
The Santa Fe has issued twelve hun
dred annual passes for 1905 However,
there are none issued to state polite
1ans and others. only to the railroad
men.
All of the Topeka stores will remain
open this evening until 10 o'clock for the
accommodation of the Santa Fe en-
ployes who received their pay checks
today.
On account of an accident not occa-
stoned by the Sunday closing ordinance
the Percy White Fudge club was not re-
organized yesterday as was contempla-
ted.
TT is probably Just a coincidence
that fixed the date of William J. Rry-
ans lecture in Topeka on the 23d of |
February" suggests superstitious OBJ |
server.
The fact that Topeka drug store |
changed hands does not indicate that |
it is not a paying proposition, but |
usually that the proprietor has lost his |
permit.
Arrangements have been completed |
for the state chess championship |
Gemmeu hall the 26th of the present |
month.
The mail carriers are already be-
ginning to feel the effects of the ap-
proach of Christmas and their bags
of mail are double the size of those Of |
last week.
At a meeting of the Lincoln Post
Flambeau club Saturday evening Cap
tain A. NJ. Fuller was elected president
of the organization for the thirty-fifth
consecutive time.
C1OSed-GOne to Sunday school, was
the sign posted in the window of a To-
peka cigar store yesterday. Other win
dow cards announcing the closing were |
of the same order.
A marriage license was issued to /
Garrett B. Sullivan, aged 3S and Mrs.
Julia A. Melvin, aged 35, both of To-
peka. Saturday by the probate judge /
of Wyandotte county.
The Topeka chess players will meet
at the Central Y. M. c. A. tonight
where they will form an organization.
Major A. M. Harvey and Geo. H. Whit
comb will meet all corners.
The present week will be the last
week for 1907 for the schools Both
and the city schools will
close Friday and the students will en-
joy a two weeks vacation.
The new auditing department which
will begin work at the Rock Island
time this week. There will be thirty
men transferred to Topeka.
Copely, the comedian with the "Red
Feather" at the Grand last evening. |
scored a big hit when he came out
and said: Lets drink a chlorate of
lime cocktail to Mayor Green"
This week will see a big increase
in the business of Topeka's merchants
With Christmas only a little more
than week off the people are getting ,
busy buying Christmas presents.
A special meeting of the city council
will be held Thursday evening for the j
purpose of passing an ordinance au- :
thorizing the payment of the salaries
1ue city employees for the first half of /
December.
w. H. Hunter. international secretary i
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