The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
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day afternoon skating at Music hall.
The usefulness of the city library
has been increased by the addition or
dfty-five new books.
The West Side W. C. T. U. will meet
with Mrs. w. G. Wright, 2O9 Inc
Drive, Friday evening.
But ten more weeks of school remain
for the students of Washburn college.
The. annual commencement OF the col
lege will take place June 10.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread This might be assigned as the
reason which caused the small office
boy to give his boss April Fool candy
yesterday.
The Topeka ball team seems to have
at last struck winning streak yes
terday they trounced the Kansas City
team by a score of to on the lat
ter's grounds.
The summer car service TO the
Country club commenced yesterday
and for the remainder of the season IL
will be possible to reach the GROUNDS
by means of the street cars
The city asphalt repairing gang Is
now working on East Fifth street. If
this gang gets all the poor pavement
in the city in good repair it will have
work for some time to come
Topeka dog fanciers have paid
sS,249.95 into the city since the hrst
of the year for the purpose OF pur-
chasing immunity from the official dog
catcher for their pets for year.
The concert to be given by Mar
shall's band for the fair fund will be
held at the Auditorium this evening
and the promoters hope to Increase the
fair fund $1,000 with the receipts.
The Quinton Heights line has inaug-
urated the summer schedule to the
Country club which necessitates an ex-
ira car on this line. This scheduie
will be in. effect until November l.
hot ho ica
of the city are not nearly as busy to-
day as they have been for week past
and the fact may be attributed to the
crop of natural ice which formed last
night.
Miss Viva Brown Miss Irma Doster.
Miss Jessie Campbell and w. F. Roehr
will contribute to the programme
which will be given at the Auditorium
this evening for the benefit of the state
fair fund.
H. Ward Page, city license collector,
has filed a report for the month OF
March showing collections of $5S5.50
and the total for the year past of
SS,249.45. which is greater than any
other year.
The force at the postoffice is busy
today completing the March payment
of rural mail carriers. Seventeen hun
dred carriers receive pay through the
Topeka postoffice each month, aggre-
eating $4,000.
special meeting this evening so that
the members may congratulate each
other on the correctness OF their
prophesies concerning the destruction
of the fruit crop.
The concert of Marshalrs band will
take place tonight in the Auditorium.
The proceeds of this entertainment are
to be donated to the state fair tuna
and it is expected that there VIII De a
big attendance tonight.
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Fourth street has been called to Deni-
son, Texas, to take position with the
M. K. & 7. Mr.. Austin left the em-
ploy of the company nine months ago
on account of i'll health.
A special meeting of the members
of the Commercial club has been called
for Friday evening to hear the report
of a committee appointed to confer
with the Edison Electric Light COM
pany regarding rates for city lights
The cool frost of last night is gen.
orally supposed to have put the finish
ing touches upon the destruction of the
peach crop for the season. The peach
trees were pretty well along and We're
in a good position to suffer last night
The liquor sales reported to the pro-
bate Judge the first of each month,
which is a reliable barometer of the
thirst of the city, indicate falling off
of nearly 1000 sales this month when
compared with the record for the pre-
ceding month.
The lola team opens here tomorrow
for a series of three games. Fred
Prather, who played with the Midgets
last season is playing with the lola
team and is making good. He is a
brother-in-law of Abbott formerly of
the local team.
George Sharitt, clerk of the United
States circuit court, who went to Okla
homa City to attend the opening of
the federal court there, has not yet
returned. Mr.. Sharitt went from To-
peka to Kansas City last Saturday and
from there went to Oklahoma.
ST think we should rename West
street and call it Cleveland in order
to carry out the scheme of naming the
streets after the presidents, said