The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-13
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Charley Patrick has a new automo-
pile. 1t is $4,000 four cylinder Peer
less.
Mrs Dora Harden will move into
her new home on West Eighth avenue
next week.
Marshall's band will give two even
ing concerts next week--on Tuesday
The sale of season tickets for the
Chautauqua which opens Monday will
close at 10 o'clock this evening.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Peter Smith have gone
20 Excelsior Springs, where Mr.. Smith
VIII recuperate from a slight illness.
"A new double automatic burglar
| alarm is being installed in the Citi-
zens State bank in North Topeka.
Interest in baseball in Topeka is
once more revived. Wichita is in
town and will play four games with
the locals.
night the boundaries of the city will
be extended to take in more territory
on-the south.
Norman Wear and DR.. F. H scholle
are the latest victims of the automo-
pie craze. They each purchased
Smith car Friday.
DR.. H. H. Horn of Princeton, Ill,
has accepted the pastorate of the First
English Lutheran church and will
commence his duties October 1.
Rev. H. H. Horn of Princeton. ILL.,,
has accepted the pastorate of the First
English Lutheran church and win
take charge the first of October.
A meeting OF the streets and walks
committee of the city council is called
for this evening and despite the posi-
ton of the temperature a warm time
is anticipated.
The postoffice department. has made
ruling to the effect that and
after the first of next month patrons
may use both sides of a postal card
for correspondence.
lot of complaint is being made over
the condition of Kansas avenue, be-
cause water and filth are permitted to
accumulate in the cutters to the de-
terioration of the pavement.
Now that the roses in the beds at
the state house have quit blooming, it
is suggested that the man with the
hoe grub out the bushes so that the
weeds will have chance to grow.
DR.. H. H. Keith has owned an auto
mobile of home make for the past Ia
months which-he has driven 10000
miles at a cost of less than 500 for
repairs. Autoists say this is a record.
The story is going around again that
Judge John c. Pollock, of the United
States district court, will remove from
Topeka to Kansas City, Kan. Judge
Pollock still retains his official resi-
dence at Winfield.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Tucker
were riding in North Topeka Friday
morning, their horse ran away, threw
them both out, and wrecked the buggy.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker were badly
bruised, but were not seriously in
jured.
There was no band concert at the
City park last night on account of the
park not being wired in time to make
the announcement of the concert.
However, the wiring is now completed
and regular programmes will be given
hereafter.
T. L. Barns returned from Colorado
Springs yesterday where he was called
by the serious illness of Mrs. Barns,
who is suffering from an affection of
her lungs. and it is improbable that
she Will ever be able to return to her
home, In this city ~
The contract for the erection of the
new Novelty theater. Eighth avenue
and Quincy street, has been let tos.D D.
P. Scott by, S. r. Wells. The cost of
the building will. be upwards of $780,
600, asides from the plumbing and
furnishing, which win cost almost as
much more.
Who said that the proposed Kansas
City-Topeka electric line is dead?- Just
listen to this from the Kansas City
Journal: w. Laming,E president of the
Bank of Tonganoxies Kan, was in the
city yesterday arranging for the build
ing of the proposed electric line from
Kansas City to Topeka, by way of
Lawrence. f5t--2 -s
There was no concert by Marshalls |
band at the city park last night be- |
cause the grandstand could not be |
lighted. 1t has been a year more or |
less since the city agreed to wire the |
stand and as a consequence OF the
di!atory actions on the part of the |
city a number of concerts have been
postponed.
DR.. S. J. Crumbine. secretary of the |
state board of health. accompanied by |
his wife, left yesterday for a trip to |
Washington and Florida. |
At jamestown he will attend the ma |
tional meeting of pure food officers. |
He will then visit. the national pure |
food laboratories at Washington, and |
then will go to Florida where he will |
spend several weeks rusticating on the |
seashore.
The streets and walks committee of
the council at a meeting to be held
this evening will probably authorize the !
drawing up of an ordinance to take |
into the city, the fair grounds, Hart |
socks subdivision, addition to Gar
den Place addition, and the portion
south of Huntoon street between Bos-
well and College avenues. Later an or
dinance may be introduced to take in !
the Klein, Metsker, and Keith tracts.
ABSORPTION is COMPLETE.