The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
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This is the first big circus that has
not given a parade in Topeka.
The weighing at the Topeka postoffice
commenced simultaneously with that at
other offices at II o'clock Monday night
A cross between a heavy m;sc and a
light rain was falling this morning
just about the time that folks were
going to their work.
William Mallory will give a rhetoric
recital tomorrow night at ST. Johns "A.
NJ. E. church, Seventh and Topeka ave-
nue.. Admission % cents.
A case of diphtheria IS reported in the
home CT Fred McCulley, 607 North kan
sas avenue, the victim being Charles,
the six year old son.
The usual delegation of Indians who
always come to Topeka on circus day,
were down early this morning from the
Pottawatomie reservation.
For some unexplained reason an cpl
depic of TevlvaiS is threa tened and that
when Topeka has reached the dryest
stage ever known in its history.
Professor w. A Harshbarger will de-
liver his Burbank" lecture at the Pot
win Presbyterian church this evening,
to which the public is invited.
The street railway company has
force of men celnenting the base of the
iron poles ON Kansas avenue with Il
view of prolongin~ their usefulness.
Jack Kriepe is in Kansas City where
he is superintendent of the light horse
department of the Interstate fair. He
will return the latter part of the week
Enos Mills, a member of the forestry
bureau OF the government, Will give
free lecture at the Auditorium Friday
night under the auspices of the West
Side Forestry club.
Sheriff Wilkerson is out of the city.
1t is believed that when he returns he
will have criminal with him for
whom the county officials have been
looking for some time.
L. E. Myers, of the Topeka Street
Railway company and the Edison COM
pany, is in Topeka from Chicago. He
attended a meeting of the directors of
the Topeka Edison company.
Nearly every student at Washburn
is busily engaged in preparing for the
for Friday night, rain or shine, faculty
or no faculty.
The Better Half is the name of q
new society formed at Washburn among
the girls and it is claimed that the only
qualification necessary for membership
is an avowed as Willingness to serve in
the capacity of a better half.
Among the list of officers of the
Washburn College Athletic association
appears the name of Rae Hotchkiss as
secretary which gives the girls of the
college a voice in all the sports.
The Barnum and Bailey show which
is in Topeka today failed to draw the
best brand of weather from the depart
merit, but at that it is above the aver
age usually furnished on show days.
September was another record break
er as far as the liquor sales made by
the druggists OF the city is concerned
the grand total being 22,S93 against 22,-
447 the previous month.
]. T. Niles and Samuel H
Sness were granted building permits
for dwellings yesterday, the former for
$4,000 dwelling at 107 Huntington av-
enue and the latter for a one story
dwelling at 431-433 Grand avenue to cost
81. 900.
The streets and walks committee of
the council will meet Thursday after
noon at 2:30. Hereafter all of the
meetings of the committee will be held
in the daytime, according to the chair
man of the committee, Councilman
Jordan.
There was big crowd around
Stansheld's drug store long before it
was opened this morning for the pur-
pose of getting first choice of seats for
the course of entertainments to be
given under the auspices of the Pipe
Organ association.
The liquor sales of eight of Topeka's
forty-tive druggists for last month
passed the thousand mark by several
hundred and that in the face of the
fact that permits were taken from three