The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-07
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cause they forgot to pay, though they
fully intended to do SO.
Miss Grace Boles will assist in the
singing contest at the Auditorium next
Friday night. The Washburn and K.
U. Glee clubs are to indulge in an old
fashioned singing fest.
The Topeka White Sox will play in
ST. Marys Friday afternoon. Cooley is
trying to arrange other games for the
locals and will have game Sunday
with possibly another Saturday.
The Oberammergau pictures of the
at the Aurora this week are attract
ing a great deal of attention. And
they are fine pictures, too.
Elmer Schultz, the State Journal
city hall reporter, who has been
writing smallpox stories all season, is
back at work and did not have SMALL
pox at all was reported.
Another blow at personal freedom.
The city council has made arrange
ments for palmists' license which is
practically prohibitive and threatens
to the put the hand holders union out
of commission.
Owing to differences between the
management of the Olympic theater
and the Edison company the theater
was left in darkness last night. 1t is
thought that the theater will reopen
as soon as the differences are adjusted.
c. K. Holiday, who usually keeps
banking hours, set his alarm clock
for o'clock this morning in order to
get out and canvass for votes in the
Second ward. 1t must be remember
ed that Councilman Holiday is ask
ing to be reelected.
The recent rains have brought out
the dandelions in the usual large
numbers. Custodian Voorhees, of the
state house has, however, taken time
by the forelock and has already put
most of the yellow weeds in the state
house grounds out of business.
Years ago. James Moore was jew
eler, an expert at that, employed by
a large manufacturing jeweler at
Leavenworth. He and George Shar-
lit, clerk of the United States cir
cult court, worked at the same occu-
patton for the same firm.
A meeting Of the ball playing MEM
| bers of the Elk lodge will be held this
evening for the purpose of completing
arrangements for team which prom
ises to be one of the ''playingest" or
ganization of it's kind in the state.
The Readick Stock Co. is making
quite a hit at the Majestic this week
with Good Bye Hiram Tonight is
amateur night and the election re-
turns will be announced between the
acts. Commencing tomorrow night
the sensational Sapho will be the bill
| The manager of the Elks ball team
| has issued a challenge to the White
| Sox, Dick Cooley's championship team
not caring about taking chances on
second rate team and it is possible that
| a game will be arranged for the latter
part of this week.
A little fox terrier ran in front of
street car at Tenth avenue and Tyler
street last evening and was gilled.
| Tenth avenue between Topeka avenue
and Tyler is noted for the numerous
street car accidents, little and big
| which occur.
| The Topeka White Sox went through
| the hardest workout of the season yes
| terday afternoon although there was
no game. Cooley says that many of
| the men are overweight and in the
practice yesterday he had them run
| ming around the park for most of the
afternoon.
The new Merry Widow hats are
| destined to cause a good deal of trou-
BILE in church congregations where it
is not requirement that ladies remove
| their headgear. One hat is enough to
/ ,hscure the view Of an entire section
| of the congregation. They should also
4 cause shrinkage in the sales of face
powders and paints.
Custodian VOORHEES, of the. state
| house grounds wants day set apart
| and the children of the city schools
| turned loose on the state house grounds
| for the purpose of discriminating the
| dandelions which suggests the thought
that the janitors who are anything but
ornaments to the state building are
not too strong for the work.