The Topeka state journal., 1907-12-26
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Harry Carr, who is a student at Man
haitian. spent Christmas with relatives
and friends in Topeka.
The Santa Fe fire department is
planning big benefit dance at Stein
berg's on New Years eve.
Mrs. McCarter's "Cuddy's Baby
was the best selling book in Topeka
during the Christmas season.
1t is safe to guess that every third
woman that you meet on the streets
today is a visiting school teacher.
The number of fuzzy teddy bears
left on the counters of the local mer-
chants indicates that the fad is dying
slow but sure death.
H. H. Tucker of Uncle Sam Oil fame
has branched out into the magazine
business, the first number of his new
effort being issued yesterday.
James M. Brier, of Potwin, has added
three new guns to his light artillery,
each of his sons having received shot
gun for a Christmas present.
A marriage license was issued in
Kansas City yesterday for Charles T.
Lawless, aged e. and Sadie o. Ash
baugh, aged 26, both of Topeka.
'"The morning AFTER" came to the
clerks of Topeka today. The gifts
that are brought back to be ex-
changed occupied their attention.
This is my day of thanksgiving.
grumbled a dyspeptic, 'for feel that
Thanksgiving day and Christmas with
their big feeds will not bother me for
almost year."
County Attorney John Schenck and
son are in Chicago spending the hoH-
days with Mrs. Schenck, who is in a
hospital receiving treatment for an af-
Fiction of the throat.
Although the Christmas buying sea-
SON Is over the local merchants will
have but little rest, as this is now the
season for the taking of the annual
inventories of stock.
Col James Chappelle, Of the Cope
land. had a Christmas tree all his own
in his private Office. The other chill
dren in the hotel were not so well re-
membered by Santa Claus.
Bradford Miller. an old time Topekan,
and at one time mayor of the city, is
quite Ill at his home 626 Clay street.
Mrs. Miller is also sick, though not as
seriously i'll as her husband.
Four generations sat down to din
ner at the home OF John T. CLANCY,
All Clay street. Christmas day. 1t is
safe to say that there were not many
Of the same kind in Topeka.
The employees of the different offices
in Topeka today are not doing much
work. All employees are busy explain
ing their Christmas experiences to their
co-laborers and this will consume most
of the day.
What will you have for breakfast?"
asked a solicitous housewife of her hus-
band this morning. Toast and coffee"
YEARLY replied the man, who was still
suffering from the effect of his turkey
nightmare.
ans Missionary society of the First
Presbyterian church, will be held in the
church parlors at 8 O'Clock Friday. The
programme will be in charge of Mrs.
Jonathan Thomas.
The Topeka coal dealers are placed
in a somewhat embarrassing position.
The warm weather has appeared and
the gas companys promise of having
plenty of gas from now on leaves them
somewhat in the hrch.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
State Horticultural society will COM
mence today and will last until noon of
Saturday. This Is the forty-f1rst an
nual meeting of the society and prom
ises to be one of the best.
Rev. Frank T. Lee of haywood, Ill,
who has been selected as dean of the
chair of Bible instruction and religious
training at Washburn college, will ar
rive in Topeka January 10, and assume
his duties shortly afterwards.
"There is mighty little satisfaction
In shopping now,r remarked a Tope-
ka mother, ''toys that I could not af-
ford to buy for Christmas are marked
down from fifty to one hundred per
cent and the time. for giving is past"
A new book written by a kansan has
titled, THE Border of the Buffalo, a
Story of the Southwest Palms, and
John r. Cook of Tweed, Kansas, is it's
author. Crane & Co. of Topeka are
the publishers.
An epidemic of some contagious dis
ease in the neighborhood of Burnett's
mound, southwest of the city, has
caused the farmers of that locality the
loss of several head Of cattle. Steps
have been taken to stop the spread of
the maIady whatever it is.
There will be a meeting of the
Shawnee County Alfalfa club at the
Commercial club rooms Saturday af-
ternoon at O'Clock. William A. Og-
den of Ness City, one of the largest
growers of alfalfa in the state has
been asked to deliver an address.
The Kansas Stockbreeders' associa-
ton will meet in Representative hall
January 6, and s. This will be the
eighteenth session of this organization.
Colonel w. A. Harris. late Democratic
candidate for governor, will be one of
the principal speakers.
General ]. W. F. Hughes is the To-
peka Pooh-Bah. He is adjutant gen.
eral of the Kansas National guard,
acting mayor of the city during the
absence of Mayor Green and council
man from the Sixth ward in addition
to being a good fellow.
One of the new cars of the Street
Railway company is in service on the
North Topeka lines toady. The other
seven are here and will be put into
service as soon as they can be fitted up
in the local shops. This will greatly
improve the North Topeka service.
"This has been one of the quietest
Christmases that 1 have every seen in
Topeka" said one of the oldest con-
ductors in the employ of the street
railway company yesterday, 'there
has been no trouble of any kind and
have not seen drunken man dur
ing the day.
Bowlers represented by the executive
officers Of the state and also the lead