The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-24
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Dr. Maclay Lyon. of Kansas City,
once a Topeka newspaper reporter. is
mere visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
I. S. Lyon.
Inc Scandinavians of the city are
. .hhaning extensive preparations for
lnelr Labor day picnic in Kenwood
grove on Labor day.
The criminal docket in the district
court for the September term promises
to be one Of the heaviest in years, 237
cases being set for trial.
If the temperatures does not fall be-
low the. freezing point during the day
Marshalls band will give a concert at
the city park this evening
Miss Lillian Parfitt, song illustrator
at the Novelty theater, is sick at her
home and this week Mr.. Jake Georgen.
the stage manager, will take her place
M. E. Hutson, proprietor of the Ed
ridge hotel in Lawrence. and one OF
the live wires of that city, spent Sat
urday in Topeka the guest of T. L
Barns.
Today is an off day for the Topeka
team but tomorrow the locals will open
a series of three games at the local
park with the Enid team. Tomorrow
Will be Ladies' Day.
The football season in Topeka as
TAR as Washburn college is concerned,
viii open September q. when game
will be played between the high school
and the college team.
The State Wide Fair will open in To-
peka, two weeks from today. Those in
charge of the success of the affair are
hoping for little more agreeable brand
of weather for this occasion.
The present attack of fall weather
has been of benefit to many of the To-
cal retailers who have replaced in their
windows the fading styles of summer
goods with attractive fall displays.
| G. w. Smith, president of the Indus
trial Association of Syracuse, Paul
| Rich, the representative and G. r.
Hickok, editor of the Republican-News
| and committeeman, are in Topeka.
]. D. Botkin, Democratic candidate
| for governor, will deliver an address at
| Vinewood park Labor day, September
| 9TH, and on the same day will deliver
| an address at the Swedish-American
| league picnic.
Frank s. Thomas chairman of the
| Shawnee county Democratic central
committee, is having Germania nall
| 514-516 Kansas avenue. fitted up for
headquarters for the Democratic CEN
| trail committee
Col. F. S. Savage of the Santa Fe ad-
vertising department has returned
from Albuquerque where he has been
| looking after the interests of the big
4 irrigation congress which is to meet in
that city the latter part of September.
! Arthur Kane, who for years did
reportorial work in Topeka and after
wards represented the Crawford inter
| ests, is in Topeka today. At present
he is making his home in st. Louis
where he is associated with o. L.
! Crawford in the moving picture busi-
| ness.
| John Dawson, who is visiting his old
| home in Scotland, has sent souvenir
| postal cards to his friends to prove
| that he is really on his native heath.
One Topeka man has gotten very
| cheSty since he built a cement side
walk for himself. He threatens now to
resign his position unless his employer
| comes through with a raise in salary
and an extra clerk to tighten his, la
bors, because he believes that he can
make fortune by going into the &C.
ment sidewalk business.
DR.. j. H. Cheney, who is being con-
| sidered for the position of city milk
inspector. comes from Great Bend and
| is graduate of the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural college of the class of 1907.
Two weeks from today and the state
| fair will open with its accompaniment
| of racing, fat pigs, blooded cattle, farm
machinery and samples of fruit and
vegetables that look so perfect that
| they seem artificial.
DR.. T. c. Hinkle gave an interesting
| lecture on Cromwell at the First Meth
odist church last evening to large
audience. cromwell always proves on
attractive character study and DR.. Hin
| kle made it doubly interesting by his
| happy method of handling the Subject.
| The lecturer has a large number of
| friends residing in Topeka who have
watched his success on the platform
with considerable pride, and particu-
| larly the reception by the public of his
recently published book of poems. DR..
Hinkle is a graduate of the medical
school at Washburn college and for
merly resided in Kansas but is now liv-
ing in Omaha