The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-22
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| o. j. Shannon has purchased
home at 1416 West street and Will
| occupy the house this week
| The Queen Esther cantata which was
| postponed last week will be given IN
| the Auditorium tomorrow night
The local candidates for Office are
showing unusual energy this Week.
| Thursday will be the last day Tor the
| filing of petitions.
! Willow park, which is at Woodlawn
| and West Sixth avenue, is being nIieo
| in with dirt from the grading done on
| the streets to be paved.
| Today is an off day for the Topeka
| team. Tomorrow the Cooleysox open
| for a series of three games with the
Joplin Miners at Joplin.
| w. c. Ralston, assistant city attor-
ney, left this afternoon for Parkville,
Mo-, to attend a meeting of the board
| of trustees of Park college.
The river which was rising all day
yesterday has taken a fall of several
| inches today and there is no further
trouble expected with this stream
| The announcement of another raise
| in the price of meat is unWelcome news
| to many local epicures who find their
| chief enjoyment in eating animal flesh.
| William Van Orsdol who is conduct
! ing the spelling classes at the normal
| institute announces that an old fash
| toned spelling bee will be held Thurs
day.
| The thought may not have occurred
| to you, but Sunday was the longest
| day of the year and lacked but five
minutes of being fifteen hours in
| length.
Albert Turner of Mankato, promi-
nent in the days of Populism as a
representative of that political faith,
| is in Topeka visiting Mrs. Turner who
is at Stormont hospital.
Central park was thickly dotted
with people Sunday who were seeking
a place in which to cool off and who
seemingly took great enjoyment in
watching the graceful movements OF
the swans in the lakes.
Notwithstanding the floods and rains
of the past month, Topeka is one of
the three cities in the United States
credited with an increase in its clear
ing house receipts by Bradstreet's
weekly financial statement.
j. c. Gilchrist, who has the govern
ment contract for hauling the mails
to and from the depots from the post
ing from his wagon while loading
some extra heavy pouches.
The Smith Auto team will play team
from Maryville, Mo-, at Skene's park
tomorrow afternoon. The proceeds will
be turned over to the Provident As
ISOLATION to be used in aiding those who
suffered from the recent flood.
Chauncey Brown, former graduate
of the law department of Washburn
college, is a candidate for county at
torney of Finney county, on the plat
form that he will attend to all work
and not employ assistant attorneys TO
do the head work.
After having been twice postponed
on account of the floods in North To-
peka the cantata, Queen Esther, will
be given at the auditorium Tuesday
evening, the proceeds of the enter
tainment to be applied on the pipe
organ Indebtedness.
Sunday was the big day of the sea-
son at Vinewood park and every con-
cession had all Tthe business that it
could care for. Incidentally yesterday
was the first Sunday since the park
opened this spring that rain has not
fallen and lessened the patronage.
Cooley's White Sox open a very In
teresting series of four games at Jop-
lin tomorrow. The team then goes TO
Springfield for three. then to Webb
City for four. All these games will be
given each day by wire at the Olympic.
The Joplin games start each afternoon
at $3.50.
Speaking of coincidents: When the
National hotel was closed for repairs
last August the last persons to regis
| ter were Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Tanner
| of Kansas and when the register was
again opened last week the first to
| register were Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Tan
| ner of Kansas City.
| Less will be heard about poor decis-
/ ions by the umpire during the next
| ten days than in the past week as the
White Sox left this afternoon for
| trip around the circuit and no more
games will be played by the Western
association teams in Topeka until the
third of July when Springfield will be
| here.
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