The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-07

along Tuesday afternoon resulted in
| the appearance of a number of last
| winter overcoats and wraps and an
exhibit of similar purchases made this
| fall.
Miss Mildred E. Lobdell, of the Berk-
tai with severe case of appendicitis.
She was operated on night before last
| but her recovery is doubtful.
So far the stockholders in the Kan
| sas State Fair association have not
been able to get statement from the
this fall and low mutterings are the
result.
Two more football teams have been
| organized with a schedule at Wash
! burn. The freshmen and second teams
will work out this fall seasoning and
| preparing men for the varsity teams of
| coming seasons.
| third base during the latter part of
| the season for the pennant winning
| White Sox, will spend the winter in
! Hutchinson as agent for the Aetna In
| surance company.
| Screen doors are being removed and
in many instances storm doors are
replacing them. The storm doors at
| the postoffice building were placed in
position several days ago in anticipa-
ton of the drop in the mercury.
The freshmen class of Washburn af-
] ter hard struggle have succeeded in
| dent, Burkhardt; vice president, Boles;
secretary, Shaver; treasurer, Shattuck,
and sergeant alarms, Redmond.
E. W. Wilson of Pekin. ILL.,, president
of the Topeka Street Railway company,
and L. E. Myers of Chicago, vice presi-
| dent, and b. E. Sunny were in Topeka
Monday attending the quarterly meet
| ing of the board of directors of the
! company.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
| F'luke, who lost heavily in the fire
| which destroyed their home on West
Tenth street Monday morning. have
| raised a purse which will be donated
to the aged couple. Sunday Mr.. Fluke
| celebrated his eighty-first birthday.
To Anxious Inquirer: No, the State
Journal will not have a pony" con-
test. 1t is not in the pony class, Meth
er is it a "one-horse" newspaper. 1t
does not give away quadrupedS to in
duce people to read it. Simply the news
a day ahead of all other papers, for ten
! cents a week
Mr. and Mrs E. w. Ellis, who oc-
cupied the property at 52S West
| Tenth street, until Monday morning.
fire have moved to the home of Mrs.
Clary, Mrs. Ellis mother, 1920 Buch-
anan street. Arrangements had been
completed to move the week previous,
but illness delayed the arrangements,
| and as result Mondays fire caused
a considerable loss as no insurance
| was carried on the household goods
| on account of the high rate.
Malon Burget, the deaf mute. prog
| nosticator, has the following to say in
his monthly letter to the State journal
| "A few weeks ago 1 told some friends
that Detroit would win the pennant
So New York will beat Boston today
Last week told some Republicans that
Taft could not talk His throat was
hurt. Too much drinking booze l said
that Bryan could. Some men told me
that Taft could not speak like Bryan
last Saturday night. I told them thai
1 heard Bryan was the best speaker
1 gave them a good story"
The new football song at Washburr
to the tune of Honey Boy is as fol
lows:
Washburn boys, the team there's nc
defeating
Washburn boys, we rise to give yol
greeting
When you come marching, marching
down the field
Washburn boys, Washburn boys
Don't you hear the bleachers wildly
cheering
No defeat today you will be fearing
For we trust to you to defend the blue
And we're standing by you Washbur1
boys.