The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
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Work of repairing the fence at the
I yesterday.
About $3.50 worth of new suits have
been purchased for the Wasnpurn
football team.
Mr.. c. D. Hudson's school of dane
| ing Will be opened for beginners Mon
day evening, Sept. 23rd
| This was a rather busy day for Cor
oner Keith who performed Two postmor-
! TENS before noon and held two 1nquestS-
| The athletic board of Washburn
/ college will meet Saturday to decide
about the issuance of season football
| tickets.
The enrolment. of students at Beth
| any college commenced yesterday
morning and was kept up all day at
lively rate. -
The first football game of the season
will be on October on the WASH a D urn
gridiron between Washburn and To-
peka high school.
| Enos A. Mills, the Colorado natural
list, will lecture in Topeka FRIDAY
evening, October 4, under the au-
spices of the West Side Forestry club.
| Bethany college opens today for
| their annual term. The enrolment is
expected to be much larger than tnat
of any previous year in the history Of
! the school.
w. F. Brown came all the way from
| HraLC county IN search u a LCoSACA Ia
one of the country districts in that
county, having failed to find an instruc-
tor nearer home.
The weather this morning took
turn for cooler which was very wei
! come change for Topekans who were
not in sympathy with the warm Weath-
er which had returned.
Today's game closes the baseball
season as far as professional ball is
/ concerned in Topeka though the
White Sox have several other games
to play before they will dfsband
MilIice. the fast halfback of the
Washburn team, was out for practice
| Wednesday, White, the other half
back. has decided to remain at WASH
burn, and will probably play football.
James Stewart of North topeka s.
who has been closely identified with
the affairs of the Citizens bank Tor
some time, left this morning for
three months trip to the Pacific coast.
All members of the First Baptist
church are urged to be present at pray
er meeting tonight to take part IN as
cussing arrangements for a series OF
evangelistic meetings in the near fu-
ture.
During the past two weeks there has
been a noticeable falling Off in the
number of straw hats which are seen
unon the streets and these last relics
of the summer season will soon be for
gotten.
The work on the construction of the
New Novelty theater is progressing
RAPIDLY and this playhouse which is to
be the home of advanced vaudeville
will be ready for the local public much
sooner than was at first expected.
Having come to the conclusion that
the wreck at Wakarusa rev weeks
ago was caused by defective rails at
this point the officials have ordered the
old ones to be replaced for 300 yards by
entirely new steel.
Work will be commenced Monday
on the new front to be built by John
seaton in his building at 1zs kansas s
avenue The contract. which calls for
an expenditure of $4,000, was awarded
to Meverden & Son.
Col. George Boone, jr., proprietor of the
St Charles hotel st. Joseph. Mo-. pass
ed through Topeka yesterday with an
thousand mile trip before they return
to their Missouri homes.
Clement Perkins, a son of the late L.
H. Perkins of Lawrence. drove TO 10
peka yesterday from Lawrence IN ms
new Rambler automobile. accom-
nanied by a younger brother. Both
returned today to their home at Law
renee.
Dick Cooley has been expected to
play in every game since he mas been
in the city but so far ne mas Ialle ea 10
keep the promise made the rams
Manager Crow tried hard yesterday
AFTERNOON to have him get into uni
form for the second game but failed.
The first issue of the Washburn Re
view for the current school year mace
its appearance yesterday. The num-
Der is one of the most neWsy ever Is
sued and should prove more tnaa
popular with the students: Artnur
Carruth is editor and Willis Goldsmith
is manager
A bunch of ten Mexicans unable to
recover from their last pay day drunk
refused to shovel coal into the tenoer Oh
an engine drawing passenger Train
and the result was that the tram ar
rived in Kansas City several hours late
and pulled by a freight engine Wn1ch
was forced into service
The office of the receiver of the First
National bank will be closed on the
first of October. Depositors must can
time or wait until the comptroller or
currency mails them. To avoid con-
siderable delay the checks snoulu De
called for now at the ONCE OF 1ne re-
ceiver in the Shawnee pullulng II
Seventh and Jackson streets.
The hard luck story of the season is
told by a Topeka nimrod who was in
western Kansas the day the prairie
chicken season opened SO ina thae ne
could get an even start with the local
hunters. He came into possession of
forty birds which he prepared to bring
to Topeka for the purpose OF noidlng
a grand feed. The birds all spolled, so
he says.
This item from the Kansas City Star
will doubtless be considered by some
an explanation of why Cooley dldn
play ball in Topeka on Tuesday and
Wednesday: Dick Cooley is now with
his Topeka club and was slated to get
into the game today. Maybe Richard
is some drawing card in Topeka ana
desires to boost the gate receipts There i
is some reason for Dick getting into the |
game because the Colonel boss likes his |
leisure about as well as the next lazy |
man. If you don't believe 1t. just ask |
Henie PETIT Cooley's Louisville under |
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