The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-15
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The Prudential Trust company is in
stalling set of 300 safe deposit boxes.
| great many of the fans are resting
easier now that the Davis-Dalrymple
trade has been declared off.
A. L. Van Varken, who is interested
in the Pratt Union at Pratt. Kansas.
spent several days in Topeka this
week.
Considerable satisfaction is felt by
| the local baseball fans over the fact
that the champions" did not play at
Wichita yesterday.
The season is mere all right, but so
far the hammock sensations have been
| slow in starting or at least have not
gained much Roadway.
Dr. c. z. Pugh of Winfield has re-
| turned to his home, having been called
to this city to assist in an operation
performed at Christ hospital.
p. 1. Bonebrake, president OF the
Central National bank, has so far re-
covered from his recent indisposition
as to be able to be about again.
Comment of a blase old bachelor: A
visiting girl, whose home nestles up in
the valley of the Kaw, makes the town
beauties look like a bunch of petrif1ed
prunes.
officials of the United States district
court are expected to return to Topeka
this afternoon to remain over Sunday.
The circuit court is still in session at
Leavenworth-
The street commissioner is looking
for the man who stretched a barbwire
across the alley in the rear of Adams
street and temporarily blockaded the
tborouEhfare.
'All the Shylocks in Topeka are not
Hebrews" sighed an improvident
usually exorbitant monthly premium
on small loan.
1t might be a good plan for the
county commissioners to have the pile
of rubbish and refuse moved from
the northwest corner of the county
court house grounds.
The state board of control yesterday
awarded a contract which calls for
1900 pounds of chewing tobacco
which is for the use of the inmates of
the state institutions.
The attendance at Vinewood park
has suffered a great decrease since the
performances of Calvert. But few
people attended the different functions
at the park last night.
Charles Fenstermacher, who has
been secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A at
Arkansas City for the past two years,
has accepted the position of assistant
secretary in Topeka.
Dog officer Core has at last found
his equal. In various. neighborhoods
over the city the small boys have form
ed associations for the protection of
the unmuzzled canine.
A director of the Standard Oil COM
d
soda fountain with the hot summer
days inducing the thirsty to let loose
of all the spare change.
Councilman s. T. Howe will resign
from the cour ell this coming month,
but as yet Mayor Green has not come
to any decision as to whom he will ap-
point to fill the vacancy.
Arrangements are being made for
the filling of the lakes in Contra! park.
~, fcal lxrX her
kept we'll filled with water
The three lodges of K. of P.'s in To-
peiza will assemble Sunday, June 16,
2 q. m, at Castle hall. Sixth and Quin- |
cy streets and hold memorial services. |
All are most cordially invited.
1t hasn't been thirty days since most |
of the residents of the city were object |
ing to the frosty weather allotted to this /
section of the universe and now they |
are complaining about the heat.
Cecil Coleman, a former resident of
Topeka, is one of the leading contes-
tants in a beauty contest which is now |
in progress at Garden City, where a
diamond ring is the prize offered.
The members of the First Methodist
school will hold their annual
picnic at Vinewood park Tuesday and
it is expected that at least 400 Will |
participate in the exercises of the day.
Several hundred Topeka delegates to
the State Christian Endeavor which
will be held in Kansas City commence
rg Tuesday, will make an attempt to
secure next years convention for this
city.
IT is n noticeable fact that since /
Attorney Scbenck has soldered
the lid in position, that the noble red
men who formerly came to Topeka for
their f1rewater are patronizing other
cities.
The city has not done anything tow
ards purchasing it's asphalt repair
plant and meanwhile the asphalt pave
nents that could be patched and saved
ire gradually getting in worse con-
1ition.
Red raspberries, as well as their
black brothers, have at last reached
the city markets and are crowding
strawberries which have held the
boards for the past six weeks on the
'front.' row.
According to a man who tried, 1t
,osts more to take a bicycle trip across
country than it does to travel in the
pest of style on railroad trains. But
ust think of all the exercise one misses ,
IN the latter! |,
Oklahoma City will open series of
our games here tomorrow. At Okla I
loma City on their recent trip the :
White Sox took three out of four from
he Nets. This ought to insure a good J
crowd tomorrow.
There is at least one crop which has
lot been affected by the late freezes or s
,reen bugs and up to date two hum {
Ired wagon loads of tin cans have .
zen harvested within the city limits J
nd the work has just commenced. J
A local publication has a rather ex- |
ravagant figure for it's circulation on
is mail wagon and wag suggested
he other day that this figure referred t
o the number of revolutions of the s
vheels of the wagon in going mile.
1t is said that there are a number of
Fourth of July orations in course of
in the city which will be J
elivered free of charge upon address, +
ng the proper persons whose names '
an not be divulged at the present l
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