The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-31
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| skate the old year out, New Year
| IN, at the Rink tonight. Ladies free.
The city council will hold the first
| regular session of'the year 1909 Mon
| day evening.
II 1t Is not the Chautauqua Tours it
IS not the best way to see Europe.
Write the Chautauqua Tours Apple
! ton, Wisconsin.
County Coroner DR.. H. H. Keith has
moved his office to the rooms recently
occupied. by the late DIR. ]. T. Berry
at 724 Kansas avenue.
It seems to be settled fact that
pany President Roosevelt into the
wildS of Africa.
The cold wave failed to arrive last
night but the weather man enter
tains no hope that the wave has yet
been sidetracked.
Sheriff John NJ Wilkerson left for
Doniphan county Wednesday after
noon to attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law, w. D. Noble, of High
land.
w. F. Hin. advance agent for the
| "BurgomaSter" was in Topeka
Wednesday making arrangements for
the production of this play in Topeka
| next Monday night.
The claims and accounts committee
of the city council will hold a meeting
New Years afternoon at 4 o'clock for
the purpose of disposing of all old
business now before the committee
Councilman c.. H. Kutz of the Fifth
ward announces that he wishes to
trade his place in the city council for
the position of city treasurer and is
training for a race for the latter place.
The University of Kansas is well
represented at the state teachers
meeting which is in session in Topeka
this week, between fifty and sixty
members of the faculty being in the
city.
A meeting of the streets and walks
committee of the city council will be
held Saturday afternoon at o'clock,
year 1903 will receive thorough
oVerhauling.
At midnight tonight the resolution
committee of the booZerine and tank
clubs will meet in secret session and
pass on the applications for member
ship to the Percy White Fudge club
and the Ex-Tank association.
DR.. Winfield Scott Hall, professor of
physiology at the Northwestern uni
versity, will deliver an address at the
by the Central Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday
evening at the Majestic theater.
''There is one fact that would like
to dwell upon said a member of the
that the new steward looks the part,
his weight being somewhere between
two and three hundred pounds"
A reporter for the Topeka State
Journal wrote THE old grads of
Baker university will hold a banquet
and reunion at Mills tea room today
The compositor, proof reader or
some one else made him say 1.-The old
girls. ETC.
Secretary A. B. Poole of the Topeka
Commercial club has addressed a let
ter to the president of every CONNER
cial club in the state asking the CO.
operation of the commercial bodies in
securing a appropriation for the state
fair proposition.
A number of the visiting teachers
in the city to visit the state insane
asylum. Friday is visitors day at the
institution and many more are plan
ming for a tour of inspection at time
when the buildings are open to the
general public.
Rev o. T, Deever of the United
Brethren church has been elected
secretary of the committee of the 10
cal Ministerial union which has in
charge the Biederwolf evangelistic
meetings which will be held in the
Auditorium next February.
According to the reports of the To-
pelxa Rebate association, $3.50 was
expended during the two weeks pre-
ceeding Christmas day in rebates to
out of town customers. This covers
the railroad fares of a large part of
the out of town shoppers. When it is
taken into consideration that the re-
bates amount to only five per cent of
the actual amount spent, it shows that
in this period at least $4,000 worth |
of goods was sold in Topeka to this |
class of buyers. |