The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-23
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Dancing tonight at Vinewood
StelnDerg's orchestra.
Free instruction in roller skating
park.
The enthusiasm of the Topeka
baseball fans is up a notch. Topeka
I smut out Springfield yesterday.
The city library opened up this
morning again after being closed
down for several weeks due to re-
pairs.
600 of its bonded indebtedness this
year and built two bridges across the
Kaw besides.
The new Independent Telephone di-
| rectory is out. 1t includes about
! 5000 names and is the largest tele-
phone directory ever issued in To-
! peka-
Plans are already being made for a
chautauqua next year which contem-
plate pledges being made at this time
to insure the assembly against possible
| losses.
The board of county commissioners
are in receipt of informal ton to the
effect that the bridge across the Kaw
at wizard Will be opened for traffic
today.
Walter Scott, the Death Valley min
er, passed through Topeka Sunday
night. but contrary to his usual Gus
tom he did not ride in a record break
Ing special.
V. Parkhurst, engineer in charge of
location, made a trip over the Topeka
and Council Grove railroad Monday
preparatory to settling some right of
way Matters
MarshaH's band will give their
regular semi-weekly concert in City
park tonight. If this concert is ac-
corded the usual attendance there
will be a great crowd.
According to a statement of local
railroad man the excursions which
have been run into Topeka this season
are poorly patronized as result of
the conditions in the city.
Wooley the new addition to the
White Sox. and Erwin. who has been
with. the team but snort time. are
each credited with three hits in yes
terday's game with Springfield.
County Treasurer F. G. Bowen paid
into the treasury of the city $4,000
being a part of the taxes collected
during the past year and the final pay
ment will be made October first.
William Taylor sold a $4,000 Ram
bier touring car to Mrs. L. H. Perkins
of Lawrence this week. Mrs. Perkins
Is having trouble to collect some of
the insurance on her husbands life.
Here is the way a Topeka man was
heard to express his opinion of an
other man this morning; HE is a
good fellow all right, but he has
touch of spring fever which has last
ed into the time for hay fever"
The Topeka team plays in Spring
field again this afternoon. Tomorrow
they will play a series of three games
returning home; with the Joplin team
for series on the home grounds Sat
urday. asssa
Colonel j. w. F. Hughes has used
one brand of tobacco for his cigarettes
for thirty years and though It is no
longer on the market in this part of |
the world. it is ordered in quantity |
for him and Is of the five |
cents-a-package. variety
An innuisttive puppy, who is the pet |
of the neighborhood on Tenth street |
near Tyler. made an early morning in |
spection of the street railways rapid |
transit system today but his size saved |
him as the car passed over him with |
out harming him. D. d.
- According to the papers filed in the |
register of deeds. office yesterday. |
on paper, the Topeka, Esk-
road, was sold for 81. the property be-
ing transferred to the Topeka 6,
Railroad company.
At some of the joint drug stores of
the city which have permits it is
necessary to purchase a dollars worth
og beer to get one cold one. as it re-
quires too many, blanks when the
brew is sold in single bottle lots and
does not show Up we'll at the end OF
the month.
With the prevailing hot weather and
the shortage of news incident the re-
porter who sat in front of an electric
fan at his desk and hammered out a
story of "Scotty of Death Valley
fame and his trip through Topeka in
Pullman Sunday should not be
blamed. but commended.
H. M. Rice of ST. Joseph. Mo-, who
captured most, of the paving con-
tracts has failed to ship his brick yet.
The brick were due to arrive in To-
peka yesterday. but no shipments
showed up. Three blocks on North
Kansas avenue north from Gordon
street are ready to be paved.
There are different grades of inhu-
remarked heavyweight as
he mopped his perspiring brow, but
t seems to me that the limit is reach
I'D by the fellow who goes north for
he summer and then bombards the
-est of us who stay at home and attend
% business with souvenir postal cards
If cool woods, ripping streams and
snow capped mountains"
A setter bird dog belonging to w.
e. Gilhllan, city food inspector, be-
,ame confused in climbing the stairs
n the city hall and got up a flight
which leads to the balcony of the au-
Iitorium. The dog in it's excitement
ried to jump through the iron rail-
ng on the balcony to the sidewalk
below and in so doing became tightly
vedged. He was rescued by two of
he firemen at the central fire station !
md the janitor. |