The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-27
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Skating tonight. Ladies free.
Steinburg's tomorrow night. Social
dance.
Election day falls on November 8, this
year, Just one week from today.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. John Magill,
daughter.
building permit was issued to G. A.
Rltchle for dwelling house on South
Kansas avenue to cost $1,000.
The Scandinavian Independent club
VIII mold a meeting this evening at the
nall at 2lS West First street.
According to the forecast of the
weather bureau, the present weather
will be in vogue in Topeka for the re-
mainder of the week
joint convention of the Good Gov
eminent club. the Equal Suffrage and
the W. Z. I. U. associations will be held
at Unity church Friday evening.
The regular monthly examination of
shawnee county school teachers will be
held at the office OF Superintendent Car
ter In the court house Saturday.
City Attorney F. G. Dreaming VIII
denver an address before the colored
Y. M. G. A. Friday evening on The
Tragic Movement of the Passion Play"
The failure of the gas late last
saturday coming so early in the Win
ter gives Councilman Hughes plenty
of ammunition for his fight on the
gas company.
City Attorney Frank G. Dreaming,
will speak before the colored Y. M. c. A.
Friday night He will take for his sub
ject THE Tragic Movement of the
Passion Play"
After being free from the disease for
over month a new case of smallpox
was discovered in Topeka Monday, and
the patient, who was from out of town,
was Immediately removed to the pest
house.
The Republican Second Ward F'lam-
beau club will hold meeting Thursday
evening at the corner of First and JEFF
ferson streets, which will be addressed
by candidates on the Republican coun-
ty ticket.
The musical critic on the State
Journal would respectfully suggest to
the management of the Novelty thea
ter that accompaniment to a quartette
is detriment rather than a help to
the music.
The Washburn football squad is hard
at work for the game with Drake uni
versity of Des Moines which will be
played on the Washburn field Satur-
day. From the dope this looks like the
hardest game of the season.
apparently it is about as expensive
to shoot craps within the city limits
as it is to hunt quails out of season"
observed sportsman, who heard Judge
Urmy of the police court fine eleven
crap shooters SIS each. Monday after
noon.
The fourth case of contagious disease
from the Orphans Home at ga Fillmore
| street, has been reported to the board
| of health. These are the only cases of
| contagious disease in the city at this
| time except one case of smallpox at
| the pest house.
hold meetings tonight and Wednesday
evening at the fiambeau club rooms, 232
| Kansas avenue. which will be address
| ed by the Democratic candidates for
| county offices and Alderman Peter Mil
| Ter, of the Second ward.
| The advance sale IF Ben Hur tickets
| has been exceptionally good, and a big
| crowd will witness every one of the
| four performances although it is doubt
| full whether the attendance VIII be as
| large as in February, 1906, when the
! drama was previously staged here.
Volume 1, No. of the Messenger a
| Democratic newspaper, has made its
/ appearance in Shawnee county and con-
tains pictures of all of the Democratic
county candidates. AS no office of pub
future edition is made. Volume 1 and
| No. 1 will be the beginning and ending
| of the new publication.
The house on Thirteenth street
between Buchanan and Clay streets
was partially destroyed by fire last
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i and had gained considerable head
Il way before the arrival of the fire COM
| panies. The firemen had the blaze
under control within few minutes
after their arrival on the scene.
4 Street Commissioner Snyder has his
i full force of men at work this week
cleaning the streets of dead leaves.
/ This work is necessary before the cold
i weather freezes these leaves to the
| pavement and makes it impossible to
str 1fc-
| sioner is also having the manholes in
the sewers cleaned out from the
/ effects of the rains last week.
Dr. s. ]. Crumbine. secretary of
| the state board of health, has started
| a suit in the United States district
court against forty-two original pack
ages of a proprietary or patent medi-
cine known as Muco Solvent which are
in the store of the Gatlin Drug COM
| pany. 1t is claimed that these pack
ages are falsely branded, as they make
| curative claims that cannot be sub
stantiated
Councilman c. z. Jordan has prepar-
ed the following resolution which he
| will introduce at the next meeting OF
| the city council: Resolved, That the
city attorney be. and hereby is direct
| ed to prepare an ordinance or amend
ment to the proper ordinance, author
| izing all excavations made in the
streets, avenues, alleys and public
| grounds of the city to be under the d.
rection of a special inspector at a sal
airy not to exceed SIS per month 1t is
| sincerely to be hoped that this resolu-
ton will pass the council as a pro-
per enforcement means saving to the
city pavements of many thousands OF
dollars each year.
A letter was delivered to City Clerk
Burge today which was addressed to
the clerk of the House of Lords The
letter was from a couple of actors and
they wanted to engage two rooms in
advance in the aforesaid House OF
Lords. The postman evidently
| Thought that as Mr. Burge is clerk of
| Il