The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-30
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this evening.
The Washburn Review evidently is
| a loyal disciple of President Roosevelt.
| At any rate the editorial columns of
! the paper spell it thru.
There is unrestrained joy in rather
sedate family in town. Their fox ter
1 rier pup has finally caught and killed a
mouse all by his little self.
| Chief Eaton amused himself yester-
day afternoon by pouring the spoils of
several raids of recent days into the
sewers near the police station.
Tomorrow night is Halloween, but
the present weather indications do not
seem to be very conducive to the
usual celebrations of this event.
| James Chappelle's possum supper die
not come off as advertised Tuesday as
the cook decided that the varmints were
not ripe and will be held this evening
| County Superintendent John R. Car
ter is busily engaged in trying to locate
an even half dozen school teachers who
are willing to teach in Phillips county.
And now comes the announcement,
| though not from the passenger offices
| in this city, that after the first of De-
j cember, mileage books will be made to
1 bearer.
| The Washb burn Review of this week
| certains an interesting writeup of the
| fine treatment accorded the Washburn
| team and students on their trip to st.
I Marys a week ago.
Wonders will never cease: A chap.
| who has been away on three days
fishing trip. actually reports that he
! did not catch a single fish. A Carnegie
medal is surely due him.
! A large fox squirrel, which makes its
home in the trees on Harrison street
in the vicinity of Eighth avenue, has a
tail that is almost as large as the brush
of an ordinary sized fox.
81 have always understood that To-
peka was dry town." suggested rain
Iory Eka1rf orIr II
have not found it that way In any par
ticular." What did he mean?
The real sports are lying awake
nights now for fear that the rain Will
continue until Saturday and spoil the
football game. It's safe to say, now
ever, that the farmers are not worry
ing.
Complaints are being made on the
west side on account of a large number
of dogs with taxes unpaid which run
around and annoy people. Here is
chance for the dog catcher to d1st1n-
guish himself.
There is this to be said in favor of
the plan adopted by the banks of the
city prohibiting their customers with
drawing over 5000 week in currency,
remarked a ne'er do well. lit doesn't at
feet the majority OF U.S."
Professor c. H. Shattuck of the
natural history department of Wash
burn college is taking post graduate
work in Chicago University this year
and will not rejoin the Washburn
faculty until next season.
Contractor Denton, who with John
the first II miles of the Topeka &
Southwestern railroad, left for Texas
Monday to arrange for the shipment of
his equipment to this point.
There is abundance of even money
offered in Topeka that washburn will
K Gal in
game which will be played on the
Washburn field and takers of the X U.
end Of the bet are hard to find.
THAT list Of liquor licenses, held by
Topeka people and published by the
State Temperance union ought to be
regarded as a handy reference by out
of town people," unused a thirsty
stranger who had just heard of it.
Preparations are being made for the
holding of the fall oratorical contest
of the college have announced their
intentions of entering the contest. The
winner represents Washburn in the
state oratorical contest.
The directors of the GermanAmeri-
can hank have decided 1t will be impos-
sibIe to arrange details so that the in
stitution can be opened by the first of
December as they had planned, though
they hope to have the bank ready for
business about Is days later.
city the past few days have been en-
joying the rest in their march. All
the local theaters are proving popular
places of entertainment for the SOL
diers and at the Majestic last night
the soldiers had a line party.
With washburn students holding
enthusiasm meetings every day this
week there ought to be some great
yelling at the game between Kansas
and Washburn Saturday. |
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no viewer, to drown the old Crock |
Chalk yell.
A glee club of sixteen members has |
been organized among the boys of
college. Walter Boles of
the Topeka White Sox and the Wash
are numbered among the first tenors
in the club. With these two musical
stars the success of the glee club is
A recent wedding of two ex-Wash-
burn students is declared by the
climax to severe case of campus
ology." Campusology at Washburn
college is colloQuial expression
which means strol1ing around the
campus during recitation time. 1t is
/ popular pastime at the local college.
A man living in Illinois wrote to the
mayor the other day and asked him to
ook up 100 acres of land which he said
he thought he had inherited. The trou-
Die was however, that the man did not
know where the land was located
whether it was in Colorado or Kansas.
He seemed to think, however, that the
mayor would be able to walk around
Until it was found. /
Camp was broken this morning at
$3.50 O'Clock by the two SquadronS of
he Seventh cavalry regiment, U. s. A.,
who have been at the fair grounds
or two days. They continued on their