The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-15
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The Oakland band played last night
| at Lincoln Post hall.
Daily train service on the Onaga
branch was resumed today.
For Dewey Portland Cement, equal
to the worlds best. j. Thomas Lum-
Der Co.
The Y. M. c. A. tennis courts at
Ninth and Polk streets are in excel
lent condition.
Saturday-sa.5O, 81 Mems Oxfords
at $3.50, patent and plain feathers
only tomorrow, at the Palace.
George Pappas, Greek interpreter.
will take rs Greeks from Topeka to
Kansas City tomorrow for work.
The license committee of the city
council will meet Saturday evening
at the committee room of the city
hall.
H. I. Allen, physical director of the
Y. NJ. c. A. will go to Emporia Mon
day, to referee the intercollegiate ath-
letic meet.
Conrad Mayer who came to Topeka
so many years ago that he has for
gotten the date has opened barber
shop at Tenth and Kansas avenues.
A public auction will be held at the
vacant lots just north of Morns and
Myers grocery store in North Topeka
Saturday, under the direction of the
North IOpeka Ginger CluD.
A few struggling voters who neglect
ed to cast their ballot at the last cleo
ton are visiting the Office of Election
Commissioner Titus each da~ and
securing registration certificates.
The White Sox-Joplin games now
being played at Joplin and reproduce
ed by wire at the Olympic theater
start at $3.50 p. M. except on Sunday,
when the game is called at p. m.
of ir hos tar
changes tonight to "a Sultan's
Daughter" 1t is planned to have
three different plays a week at this
theater during the summer months.
Mrs. ]. D. Pattison has gone to
Pittsburg, Pa, as delegate to mis-
terrain church. She will spend several
weeks visiting relatives in that state.
Otis Hungate, the "silver tongued"
orator of the Crawford building has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
Memorial day address at Prairie Home
cemetery, near Silver Lake, on May 80.
One hundred and twelve thousand
pensioners received their checks
through the Topeka pension Office for
the quarter which has just ended, the
disbursement representing $4,000,000.
The patronage of Vinewood park
opening week indicates an ever in
creasing popularity. Last night, the
opened, there were 1000 people at
the park.
The Blanchard Construction Co.,
rapidly growing Topeka firm, has COM
pleted moving into the new planning
mill which was erected by them In
North Topeka near the Perfection
flour mills.
S. E. Spencer of 100 Monroe street,
came to the State Journal office today
and wanted a warning printed that
the person who induced his wife to
leave him is liable to get into trouble,
so here it is.
An automaton saving wood in the
window of a local hardware store is
attracting a great deal of attention
from passersby and IS one of the
nobbiest window ads seen in Topeka
in a long time.
Topeka stores will be kept open I'M
til 10 O'Clock tonight for the accom-
| mediation of the employees of the
| Santa Fe shops and other employees
of the Santa Fe who received their
pay checks this morning.
A family by the name of Rose, who
| live at III West Tenth avenue, have
| been taken out to. the city detention
hospital, suffering from smallpox.
There are four in the family. The
father was street car employe.
| The North Topeka Civic club is
the entrance of Garfield park, as a
memorial of the fact that the park was
| purchased by the residents of North
Topeka and turned over to the city.
Forty-nine hopefuls have notified
| the secretary of state board of law
examiners that they desire to become
full f1edged lawyers and will take the
state examination which will be held
on the 18th, 10th and 18th of the pres
| ent month.
The Washburn baseball team and
the Haskell Indian teams will meet
at Washburn park tomorrow after
noon. The Indians always play base
ball and the game will be fast one.
Last season the Indians pulled off
four double plays on the Washburn
team.
The italian organ grinders who are
working the streets of Topeka have
quite a repertoire of music. Every
thing from under the Bamboo Tree"
to the Miserere chorus from ell
Trovature" are played while "de
monk" plays ball and picks up the
pennies.
The farmers living in the vicinity
of Kiro, eight miles west Of this city,
have marketed 5000 bushels of corn
during the past week in North To-
peka, receiving from sixty to sixty
five cents a bushel for their product,
the highest price paid for corn in To-
peka for a great many years
No better programme has been seen
in Topeka this season at the vaudeville
theaters than the one which will be
given tonight and Saturday at the
Novelty theater. The singing of the
Italian trio would be considered an
exceptional treat if with an opera COM
pany with a high sounding name.
| The Will H. Cross Stock company
! with their musical melange made
| their debut to a good house at the
| Majestic last night. This company is
one organized by Manager James
Kearney and is to play on the Okla