The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-24
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Go skating tonight. Ladies free.
Don't forget the masquerade skating
party, Wednesday night Prizes for
best costumes. Ladies free.
Now that eggs are down to 20 cents
Q dozen the local epicures will indulge
q little bit heavier In this luxury.
The Independent Telephone COM
pany has issued a circular to its pa
irons explaining the new selectivo
ringing system.
Sheldon church. conducted by Mrs. J.
W. Stricken, will be open to receive
pupils on the second day of March.
The trains all day yesterday were
turning to their homes after being in
Topeka Saturday for the Democratic
doings.
With the help of William Jennings
Bryan, the churches and Y. M. G. A.
yesterday had no difficulty in out
drawing the theaters for the first tinns
this winter.
In view of the summer weather
which has prevailed nearly all winter,
the fact that eggs can be purchased for
twenty cents a dozen seems no more
than right.
meet tonight at the Swedish Baptist
church, Fourth and Fillmore streets,
for the purpose of electfng officers for
the ensuing year.
The Republican county convention
which will be held by the boiling fac
at o'clock at Lincoln Post hall on
East Sixth avenue.
The annual election of the officers of
the Swedish American National league
will be held this evening at the Swed-
ish Baptist church, corner Of Fourth
and Fillmore streets.
Although the gallery seats for the
afternoon and evening performances
of Madam Butterfly will not be re-
served they will be on sale during the
week at Rowley's drug store.
The police have averaged fifty dol
lars a day in rewards for deserters
captured, that is for the past two days,
one arrest being made Saturday which
led to another the day following.
Unless a special session is called
Though the next seven days without
assembling The council has been
meeting every week for a month.
The news that the Leavenworth
franchise has been turned over. to Enid,
Ok, will be encouraging to the fans of
Topeka, who have never had very
high estimate of Leavenworth as a
baseball city.
The Washburn baseball team had
their first practice Saturday afternoon.
Judging from the interest and the
amount of talent which showed up,
local collegians will have a good team
this season.
Harry Mills, editor of the Osawato-
mie Globe and one of the prominent
Democratic newspaper men of the Sec
ond congressional district, was in To-
peka Saturday to attend the Democrat
&c festivities.
Ten more clerks will be added to
the accounting force of the south
west district of the Rock Island In
Topeka as soon as the rooms which
were damaged by the recent fire can
be fitted up.
Rev. L.. Payson Broad, formerly
superintendent of missions for the
Congregational church in Kansas, has
been stricken with paralysis and is a
patient Of the Presbyterian hospitar
at Atlanta, Ga.
Dick Cooley and Fred Robbins of the
local baseball team who attended the
schedule meeting in Kansas City Sat-
urday, have returned home. Both men
are pleased with the selection of Enid
to take the place of Leavenworth.
Three thousand six hundred seats
were reserved for the Sunday after
noon meeting at the Auditorium Sun
day at which William J. Bryan spoke
and several hundred more heard the
lecture from various parts Of the big
building.
george a Cu1lQ OF SaDetha, the
new cashier OF the Capital National
bank has purchased a home at the
corner of Eleventh street and Western
avenue He will move here in few
days and take up his new duties a
week from today
William Jennings Bryan who deIiv-
cred his address, The Prince of Peace"
at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon,
left for Lawrence as soon as his leo
ture was over. He was the guest of
w. r. Stubs, Republican candidate
aDr governor, at dinner last night
It has been less than year since a
report reached Topeka that DR.. Plass
had formed a company which had
control of a vast tract Of lumber land
and now a dispatch from British CO.
lumbia announces that he had added a
large tract Of coal to his holdings
That the fruits of advertising in the
State Journal are not confined to To-
peka and Kansas is evidenced by the
fact that Mr.. Roy Crawford, manager
Of the Grand. has received a letter
from a gentleman in far off New York
city stating that he had seen an adver-
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