The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-24
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But one more day remains during
which candidates may file their pri-
mary petitions.
The Fulton Stock Co.. will present
"Chuckles" at the Air Dome tonight
and tomorrow night.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the women's field day at
Vinewood park, June 3d.
Floyd McRae will have charge of the
dances at the roof garden: Admission
to garden 10 cents. Dancing so cents.
Steinberg's orchestra.
The government river gauge meas
ured 1874 feet today, the lowest stage
recorded since the waters of the Kaw
began to rise three weeks ago.
The St. Johns German Lutheran
school. corner of Second and Van
Buren, street, will close the school year
tomorrow with a picnic at Wards grove.
The local baseball fans are breath
ing easier today as the locals took
the first game of the Missouri trip in
an easy manner yesterday afternoon.
The seventh annual session of the
Kansas State Association of Osteo-
paths will be concluded tonight. The
sessions are held at the National
hotel.
The Olympic theater was we'll filled
Tuesday to hear the first of the Jop-
linTopeka ball games and judging by
the applause the audience was de-
lighted.
A class of eight girls under the
auspices of the West Side w. C. T.
u, viii give a silver medal declama-
ton contest at the Potwin church this
evening.
Rev NJ. c. Porter of Clay Center
will be member of the faculty of the
Kansas Medical school next season.
He will have one of the chairs in
surgery.
The East Side Improvement associa-
tion is waiting on the decision of the
city school board relative to a price
on a park site the East side which
the association hopes to rent or pur-
chase.
Cuthbert Sargent began the erec-
ton of the new trades hall for the
Colored Boys Industrial institute this
morning. which will cost $4,000 when
completed.
The killing of unlicensed dogs has
commenced at the city dog pound at
the foot of Harrison street after hav-
ing been discontinued during the
high water.
Some one digging in the musty rec
ords of the past has made the dis
covery that Assistant Postmaster
Doc" Newman's name is Abraham and
not Albert as he has maintained since
he left the kindergarten.
Councilman c. H. Kutz has pur-
chased farm down in the Pecos val
ley and will leave soon to look after It,
colony has settled in near the land
and 1t has increased in value consider
ably within a short while
The following reports of births have
been made by the city board of health:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pryor PA Hancock
street, boy; Mr.. and Mrs. White 42S
Quincy street, girl; Mr.. and Mrs F. L.
McWhinney, 1117 Seward avenue
A. NJ. Ten Eyck. professor of agrono-
my at the State Agricultural college at
Manhattan, will be the principal speak
er at the meeting OF the Shawnee
County Alfalfa club which will be held
at the Commercial club rooms Satur-
day afternoon.
Harvey Phillips. graduate of
Washburn college, was ordained to the
ministry of the United Presbyterian
church at the Second United Presby-
terrain church last night. Rev. Phillips
will go east where he will work in
the mission fields.
John Rogers. city engineer. was re-
Quested to submit q plan for relieving
the flood conditions at Kansas City.
Kansas. and today sent a map indi-
eating channel and spill way for the
taking care Of the flood water from
both the Missouri and Kansas rivers.
Word has been received in Topeka q,
the death of Thomas Smith at his home