The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-23
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| ing at Music hall at 526 Quincy street.
Fully a dozen merchants on Kansas
avenue have remodelled their store
| fronts during the fall season.
Relief Corps No. "a will give box
social tonight at Topeka Post hall, ZIG
West Sixth street. Everybody wei
come.
Work on the Bank of Topeka build
ing is being delayed on account of the
inability of the contractor to secure
bricklayers.
Its one thing to be an Irishman,"
remarked natice Of that isle, and an
other thing to be ashamed of it. For
me- am proud of my nativity"
Probably the only man in the county
who is well pleased when there is moth
ing doing in his department is Poor
Commissioner Hale. who welcomes
dull day.
court will read a paper before the Sat
urday Night club tonight on the ques-
ton, Should U. S. Judges BE Appoint
ed for Life?''
The November meeting of the Shaw
nee County Alfalfa club has been aban-
doned as the date set conflicts with the
corn growing contest which will be held
next Saturday in the auditorium.
The question of white oak for the
floor of the Sixth street viaduct has
bobbed up again or rather the floor
ing has not, as three carloads necessary
mo sweet cider for me-" answered
an East side boarder as the waitress
queried him. 1T might cause me to
mistake an omnibus for a street car
and one experience is enough for sme."
The present spell of fine weather rs
booked to continue for several days,
according to the weather sharks. But
these individuals are mistaken every
once in a while and sometimes every
often.
One of the new ten dollar gold pieces
about which so much has been publish
ed in the papers of late found its way
into the Citizens State bank yesterday
and attracted an unusual amount of
interest.
: J. NJ. Willxerson, the sheriff. who was
stricken with an attack of pneumonia a
couple of weeks ago, has recovered suf-
ficiently to permit his leaving the house
and spending a few hours each day at
his Office.
There is some chance that the Per-
kins case may not be heard here dur
ing the December session of the United
States circuit court, due to the inability
to prepare the case for its proper pre-
sentation.
The regular meeting of the Jayhawk-
er club which was scheduled for Mon
day evening will be held this evening
in the parlors of the Y. M. c. A. John
Dawson, assistant attorney general, !
will read a paper on Aaron Burr, the |
Great FillibuSter."
w. H. Charles, superintendent of the
Industrial School for Boys north of the |
city, has returned from Kansas City, |
where he had a place on the pro-
gramme of the eighth session of the ]
Kansas charities and correction con-
ference which has been in session this |
week.
The big black touring car owned by |
Charles Guibor is out of commission |
again. This time it IS the rear axle |
which was broken while crossing a |
oh h of -
machine offers the statement that he |
was not trying for a track record at
the time. either.
Peter Chumos, a brother of Con- |
dealer, was married to Mrs. Rosa G. |
Boltz in ST. Joseph, Mo-, Friday. They |
gave their residence as Emporia. where |
Chumos is now employed as foreman |
of a railroad construction gang. Both |
parties until recently resided in To-
peka,
B. F. Golden has returned from an
inspection trip to Bay City, Texas,
where he owns 70 acres of rice land
Mr.. Golden is very enthusiastic over
that section and brought seevral of his
friends home samples of its products
in the shape of packages of rice, |
lemons and Japanese persimmOns.
The market price of drug stores has
taken decided drop in this city with
in the past few months, or since
number of druggists permits have been
revoked or surrendered and numerous
proceedings have been started for the
revocation of other permits. Three or |
four thousand dollars was the average |
price asked for q drug stock and bust |
ness not long ago. This price has just |
about been cut in two.
A West Tenth street denizen is now |
known the up Side Down" man. |
When he hurried tc the kitchen to light |
the stove this morning his wife re-
marked, "Just put on the griddle, we're
going to have corn cakes" Later the
better half found that in his excitement
he had put the griddle on upside down
and after lighting the gas turned the
keys the wrong way and put the burn
ers down and out.
Russia Pays Up.
London Nov. 23-Russia today