The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
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McRae's social dancing New Years
ave and New Years afternoon.
A called meeting of the Masonic
Building association will be held at the
hall at 404 Kansas avenue this even
ing.
Tecumseh all his life, has announced
his candidacy for commissioner of his
district.
a turkey dinner will be served Tues
day from to p. M, for Csc, by the
ladies of the First Christian church in
their new basement.
The fall like weather of the past
month has been of great value to the
contractors of Topeka who have num-
Der of large buildings in course of con-
struction.
The team of Topeka basketball play
ers which defeated the Chanute eleven
Christmas day. will try their luck with
q shortgrass team New Years day at
Mankato.
Mrs. ]. N. Graft of Oakland, has been
appointed teacher of the primary de-
partment of the Rossvtlle schools and
will take charge of her work Thursday,
January 2.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Kuehne Preserving
company of North Topeka will be
held in the offices of the company
January s.
The amount of petty thieving going
bold daylight robberies indicates tina,
a majority of the police force are on a
vacation or sleeping.
The Topeka Pure Milk company
at Fourth and Jackson streets has
commenced on the construction of a
boiler room one story high. The adj
dftion will cost 5000.
The colored residents of Topeka are
arranging for state celebration OF
Emancipation day to be held Wednes-
OF he fri CT
church and at Guys hall.
Now that the meeting of the State
Republican Central committee is over
the politicians have returned to their
homes. many of them riding on their
ANIMALS for the last time
The best that John Strickrott could
do in the rife shoot last week was to
tie the score of 1928 made by Terry
Stafford, after heading the list of
shooters for three straight weeks.
The Colored Woman's Magazine is
the title of a new publication which
has made it's initial appearance. Mrs.
c. NJ Hughes is editor and Miss Min
ME Thomas is business manager.
The new Bank of Topeka building
will be completed this week as far as
the outside work of the structure is
concerned 1t is one of the hand
soonest office buildings in the city.
Two red electric lights will be plac-
ed on the top of the Humane society's
FOUNTAIN on quincy street Just north
of East Sixth avenue. The city will
pay for the installation and service
C. E. Fairchilds. secretary of the
Western Pigeon club, Is mailing cata-
logues of the annual exhibition which |
will be held in the Auditorium from
the sixth to the eleventh of January.
The Missouri Pacific has announced
that the passenger train service On
the Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota
branch between Topeka and Fort
Scott will be resumed next Monday.
Contractor Evans expects to get the
roof on the Elk club house by the lat
ter part of the week and work will
then progress rapidly the interior
without regard to the weather condf-
tons.
It may be that the difference in SAL
aries is responsible for the fact that
eight times as many men took the
teacher examinations for positions in
the Philippine Islands as there were
women Saturday.
AT the performance at the Majestic
yesterday afternoon a woman occu-
pied a seat in the very front row. This
in itself would not be worthy of no.
tice were it not for the fact that she
wore a big hat. the biggest in Topeka |
and one with several high plumes and |