The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-12
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ed on lot POI Taylor street by Mrs.
! HUM.
A new Methodist church to cost 81, 400
| will be erected at 1902 Seward avenue.
A building permit has been issued.
! The first grading for the construc-
| ton OF the new sidewalks is being done
| by the street commissioners force.
A moeeasin belonging to young lady
| was hanging in a Vinewood car last
night unclaimed and attracted cons1d-
cradle attention.
! The Butchers and Grocers' picnic will
be held at Vinewood on the 18th of July.
This is the annual picnic and one OF
| the big summer events.
w. f. Connelley of Topeka will read
a paper on the Pioneers of Missouri"
at the Chautauqua at Paramount park,
Kansas City, tomorrow.
| The street commissioner has been
| grading streets in Quinton Heights.
| The streets in this addition are like
regular stone quarries.
! Today is Ladies' day at the ball
| game and this is probably the sign
! that poor game will be played. 1t
generally happens that way.
The Springfield series of games closed
with the one this afternoon and Wich-
lta's ball team will open a series OF
four games tomorrow afternoon.
The Sunday schools at Prairie Home,
Bethel and Pleasant Ridge will unite
and hold a picnic at Forbes grove,
two miles north of Kiro, on July 25.
The annual Grocers and Butchers
picnic at Vinewood park will be held
next Thursday, July Is. All the stores
in Topeka will be closed on that date.
Yesterdays ball game between the
White SOx and Springfield was the
shortest one ever played at the Ath-
letic park and lasted but one hour and
fifteen minutes.
The Y. M. c. A. juniors, under the
leadership of Harry HeinZman, started
for Vinewood park bright and early this
morning with their lunches with them
for days picnic.
Guy Adams has sold his automobile
to DR.. Fleming, a dentist of Greenleaf,
and will purchase a new machine as
soon as he can make up his mind what
car he wants to drive.
Those who did not go out to the
game yesterday will be finding fault
with themselves today as yesterdays
game was one of the prettiest exhibit
tions ever seen on the local park.
During the remainder of the summer
the clothing stores on Kansas avenue
will close at $50 every night with the
exception of Saturday night. An agree
ment to this effect was entered into yes
terday.
H ]. Bone, United States district at
torney, is in the city, but will leave
next week for Denver where he is in
charge of the prosecution of the mining
frauds which the government has I'M
earthed.
souvenir programme of Garfield
park is being prepared for the use OF
the visitors to next weeks Chautauqua
and will contain numerous views of the |
park and the section of the city north
of the river.
Captain E. E. Whitaker, who for
the past five months has been in
charge of the Salvation army work in |
Topeka has resigned and will return |
to his home in Illinois for rest, as his |
health is bad slD5-f
City Attorney Dreaming has taken
vacation and has gone to Yellowstone |
Park. This will afford the city faith |
ers a slight chance of slipping in a lit
tie legislation and a few ordinances to |
their own liking.
1t is reported that a new joint has
been opened on Kansas avenue. The |
interior is neatly arranged and parti- |
toned into rooms for the accommoda- |
ton of the patrons of the place who |
are said to be of both sexes.
For week past an item to the eff |
feet that City Attorney Dreaming has |
gone to Yellowstone Park has appeared |
in one of the city papers, and each sue
ceeding day he has been seen on the |
streets and about the city building.
If you want to cross the street and |
see an automobile or buggy coming |
towards you keep right on as you have
the right of way over any vehicle. If
you get hurt your rights will be rec
ognized in court. This is consoling-
All of the clerks in the stores about |
the CITY are in favor of the business
houses closing during Friday afternoon
during the hot weather and most of the
are willing to do so, but
will not unless the move can be made
unanimous.
Wichita comes tomorrow for four
games and baseball enthusiasm will |
probably be running pretty high in
Topeka as a result Sparring exhibit
tions and other side performances not
connected with a ball game
are apt to be pulled off.
There will be big crowd of excur-
sionists in Topeka next Sunday. The
Santa Fe will bring in a big load from
Wichita and another excursion will also
be run from St. Joe into Topeka. The
leading attraction will be the game be-
tween Topeka and Wichita.