The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-13
GROCERS AND BUTCHERS
Programme for the Big Picnic Next
Week Complete.

on next Thursday the annual Gro
GERS and Butchers picnic will be held
at VineWood Park This is always a
big event., but THIS year the promoters
hope to make it bigger and better
than ever.
The programme, is a long and elab-
crate one and the prizes more numer-
Gus than ever before.
Here follows an, outline:
1920 a. m. Baseball game, North
Side VS.. South Side clerks. Prize: 3
boxes of cigars to the winning team
and one box of Churc-- . soda to the
losing team. .t,s
1870 ?. m. baseball game. Young
Ladies VS.. Young Men hobbled- Prize:
8 boxes of Face Cream and 5 one
quart bricks ice cream.
o. m. Best looking baby, one
year old or under. First prize, comb
and brush; second prize. 10 bars Jap
Rose soap.
1880 p. m. Finest pair of twins,
Une-haIf dozen Of Perfectos; second
prize, 10 bars of White Rose soap.
p. m. Declamatory contest. Con-
testants fifteen years and under. First
prize, 1 silk parasol; second prize, s.
pound box of candy.
Whistling contest, girls under If
teen. First prize, silk umbrella; sec
ond prize, two dollar bottle OF per-
fume.
Heaviest grocer or butcher. Prize,
one hundred pounds of corn meal.
Lightest weight grocer or butcher.
Prize, one large box of Church's soda.
Heaviest grocer's wife. Prize, three
dollar ham.
Best looking groceryman. First
prize, one sofa pillow; second prize,
one box of Violet starch.
sHandsomests grocer's wife. First
prize, one pair or sofa pillows; second
prize. three dollar picture.
Ball throwing contest grocery
clerks only. First prize, one pair of
$3.50 slippers; second prize, 3-pound
Ascage Barber soap; third prize, one
briar pipe and case.
Ball throwing contest for ladies.
First prize, one 81 bottle OF perfume;
second prize, one box OF complexion
powder; third prize, 10 bars of Jap
Rose soap.
Girls throwing at mark contest.
First prize, one-half gross None-Such
mince meat; second prize, one hair
brush; third prize, one pair of shears
Mixed shoe contest, boys under thir-
teen. First prize, one bunch of ba-
nanas; second prize, 10 bars Wild
Rose soap; second prize, one gallon
can maple. syrup; third prize, one best
buggy whip.
Fat mans race, free for all First
prize. one Banquet ham; second prize,
1o-pound pail of o. K. lard; third
Girls race, under sixteen. First
prize. one crate of alberta peaches;
second prize. 25 bars soap; third prize,
Is bars soap.
Chair race. for boys. First prize, 80
bars of Wild Rose soap; second prize,
6 watermelons; third prize, 5 bars
soap.
Tug of war contest, between ten
boys and twenty girls. Prize, 20 bars
of soap.
Barrel race. for boys. First prize,
one crate liberia peaches; second
prize. 25 bars of soap.
Old hen race Prize, one gallon of
ma pie syrup. =
Walking tight rope across the la
COON Prize, one pair of So Oxfords.
Package wrapping contest. First
prize. ten dollar suit OF. clothes: second
prize, one box of Nine O'Clock Wash
ing Tea; third prize. one gallon of
maple syrup.
Nail driving contest, for ladies' First |
prize, So umbrella; second prize, one |
half gallonsef ice cream; third prize,
6 boxes of Perfectos.
Log saving contest, for ladies. First |
prize. two gallons caramel ice cream; |
second prize, one gallon can maple |
syrup; third prize, two pounds of |
coffee.
Ribbon race. for ladies. First prize, |
$3.50 white gauze fan: second prize. |
one handsome fern; third prize, one
gallon maple syrup.
Irvine winding contest, for girls un-