The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
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| The revival meetings which have
been held at the First Baptist church
will end Friday night.
| Washburn college boasts of a student
| by the name of Lemon. Despite his
| name, however, he is quite popular.
The trustees of Washburn college
| have been notified that they can no
| longer be supplied with natural gas.
The unusual and unexpected demand
| for coal or something else has caused
an advance of % cents ton for this
| commodity.
The temperature of yesterday furnish
| ed the first legitimate excuse of the sea-
son for public display of furs since
last season closed.
Washburn college has arranged with
Kansas university for a debate this
years. The local college will also chal-
lenge Baker to a debate.
After esca ping the numerous light
| frosts this fall the hardest of the state
house flower garden have at last sue
cumbed to the inevitable.
F. G. Kelly, of Topeka Street Railway
company, announces that bids will be
called for at once for the construction
of the Branner street viaduct
Malon Burget, the deaf mute and
prophet, writes that Washburn will
beat Paramount next Saturday if the
Washburn team is strong.
The new viaduct which is to be
built over the Santa Fe tracks on
Branner street will cost in the neigh
borhood of sixty thousand dollars.
Unusual preparations for roofing
are being made for the game be. ween
Washburn and Paramount which will
be played on Washburn field Saturday
afternoon.
G. F. Grattan, attorney for the state
railroad commission, will deliver an
address this evening before the Mems
Cosmopolitan club at the First Chris
tan church.
There is this to be said in favor of
the present cold SPELL remarked
careful housewife, ''it sounds the
death knell of the house fly for sea-
son at least
Ensign r. Martin, of the Salvation
Army, VINO may be found at 1116 Madi-
son street, says the Army is much In
need of old clothes. He may be reach
ed at telephone No. 1853.
L. G. Disney of Indian Territory,
who was an unsuccessful candidate
for election as one of Oklahoma's new
congressman, was in Topeka, his old
home, yesterday visiting with friends.
The cold wave which rolled slowly
southwark has had the effect of hurry
ing ducks and geese towards their win
ter home and as result there has been
several days of good shooting in the vi
entity of Topeka.
Commercial club has been appointed
as a delegate to the Transmississippi
Commercial congress which meets at
Muskogee, Indian territory, the latter
part of this month.
eff this low pressure in the gas sup
ply will only keep up for little while
longer" said a well known coal deal
er yesterday, I'VE fellows may be able
to make enough money to pay the
taxes on our coal yards.
Notwithstanding the fact that
chickens are quoted at five cents a
- l., WI, hi
takes forty cents for a patron of one
of the city markets to become the pos
SCISSOR of four pound fowl.
w. w. Bowman, secretary of the
Kansas Bankers association, has &C
copied an invitation to address the
Mems League of the Presbyterian
church at Rossville this evening on
1.-THE Recent Financial FURRY
Farmers in the neighborhood of To-
peka have an eye to business and are
holding chickens for ten cents pound
to those who buy in wholesale
quantities. Chickens will cost as
much as turkeys by Thanksgiving
time.
At last the iron to be used in the
construction of the Elk building has ar
rived after delay of many days and
work has been resumed and Contractor
Evans hopes to get the roof on the
building before winter arrives for its
prolonged visit.
fore him City Attorney Dreaming an
nounces that he will be unable to
push the test theater case against Roy
Crawford for several days. In the
meantime the theaters Will remain
open on Sunday.
The Y. M. c. A. and Y. w. C. A.
of Washburn college have announced
their intentions of giving party in
honor of the football team Friday
evening, November 22- This ought to
hi football
is popular this season.
Saturday will be the last opportunity
that Topekans will have to see Wash
burns champion football team in ac-
ton on the home grounds and the 1ndf-
cations are that Washburn will have
anything but a walk away in their
meeting with Fairmont.
The directors of the Topeka & South
western railroad will meet at the Com
1nercial club rooms this evening to COM
plete arrangements for the ground
breaking ceremony which will be held
Thursday afternoon at the corner of
BoIes avenue and Twenty-6rst street.
This is verging on the limit I'VE
were going to give mother a surprise
party on her birthday" said a daugh- |
ter of a family, who, although she is |
the baby, Is quite old enough to vote, |
but she says that she will not bake |
any cakes for 1t.
This sort of weather makes life |
seem worth living for those carpet |
baggers in Topeka who have come |
from parts of this country where the |
weather for almost one-third of each |
year is colder than it usually gets here |
during midwinter.
The w. c. L S. and w. G. L. S.
literary societies of Washburn college
will give their annual party next Satur-
day night. The Washburn Review
makes announcement of this fact and |
invites the entire student body to at
tend and be there on time. carefully |
concealing the place of the party.
''It is an i'll wind" etc. With the gas
company unable to care for their pat