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eWtty Cio~

' AeettAin elderly lady was in ( fA1E9D S0 position and lived In one of tp yurps Of large town. One morn.
 che went to her butcher with . ket Filed with wooden skewere. Shs sh1R she h:I saved them that tl-y en weighed 10 her as meat abu E Ahe had brought them to receive irsweight back again in meat! r. fesa man bold enough to carry ecoa ' 70 far:
 orhaps the meannesses of mean ple are more often actuated by
 ings Of avarice than by those ,f
 lO1ny. Il would be difficult. for h 1Ee, to find worse case than tte
 owing: An old man once wrote |
 srto a friend, and. wishing to ss<t
 1tan,r. he ordered his servant tt .ssit to its address. 1t was raining 6 the girl wore new dress that she M afraid of spelling. She looked into ' astreet, saw a boy she knew. and. T1g out to him. she said, Deliver 161etter for me, and will Hive you uenny.' The miser heard the offer
 eaid, "G1ve me the penny. and ]
 .ary the letter myself" What ia #Ae did 10. London Captain,
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How Ii Sounded.

"Mo:hor. said ,iic college ~t"d"r who Lad l.roaSl1t his cfum home .,'. the holidays. "fFf"'nii me to pr,eS"" my friend. Mr. Srccknoe,lle.
 His mother " ho was a iiittle hard q, bearing placed Aer tiaud to her ear.
 I'm SOFT: George. hnt didn't Y4it. catch your friends n"Ue. You'll hav. bo speak ;.,?e louder I'm afraid
 Il say, mother shouted George '! want to present my friend Mir. Spech noodle!
 "I'm sorry. George, but Mir. What was the name again?"
 INT. epecknoodle"' George fa,r', yelled.
 The old lady shook her head sadly.
 ''I'm sorry. George. but J'm afraid lt's no use. 1t sounds just like Speck. noodle to me." ."-Detroit News.
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Desert Plants,

lants of the desert. as a rule, pos 5 few leaves. the cactus. for in hce, being mostly spines. There is very good reason for the lack of yes in desert plants. The object is eheck the transferation of moisture offering as small surface as pos. |e to the dry air. For the same req. the Yoots of desert plants usually deepInto the soil so that they can
 E up all the available moisture. In De instances the leaves assume . fical position and thus avoid the >ct rays of the burning desert sun.
 the other hand. the leaves of trees
 very vet countries are provided
 h points-such as the maple from ech the rain drops of. Were the kes fatter the rain would collect ] make them rot.
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Tse Gospel es Good Cheer.

People loved Rotert Louis Steven con not beca use he was An admirable writer, but because he was . cheerful consumptive. He was a sufferer who for many years increased the gaye:, of life. Genius alone can do this on | large scale. but every body can do t on little one. Our safest guide Is the realization Of hard truth-that we are not privileged to share our troa. hles with other people. If we could make up our minds to spare ou' friends all details of Ill health, of mnn- ey losses of domestic annoyances. of alterations of committee work. of grievances rrovocations and anx!eti"s we should sin less against the word'e good huInor. l. may not be given us to add to the treasury of mirth. but there Is cons!ders ble merit in not rob hing it.-Asnes Rcprlier in Harper. Magazine
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Nosssaeh aWd Morning pyo.

Des many centuries the city of M w5eh. in respect of the manor of Carie ton. was liable to provide annually twenty four herring pies for the royal kitchen EiomeHe!d in his History sf Norfolk" referring 10 this quaint service prints letter from the house hold officers of Charles l.. maxi ing ~divers just exceptions" to the qua!it! of the pies which had been forwarded by the city sherlns.
 The main exceptions read as follows
 'First. yon d" not send them a'cnr' ing to your tenure of the first new her sings that are taken.
 Secondly. you do not cause them [. b. well baked 'n good and strong pastye. as they ought to he. that they may endure the carriage the letter
 Thirdly. whereas you should b. your tenure bake in these rastyes six score herrings at the least. heinz the great hundredth. which doth reGu:r. five to he put into every ryc at the leaat, we find but flower berrings tn h. in divers c' tt1em.
 "Fourthly. the number of ryea which you sent at this tyme we hnd tn se fewer than have been sent heretofore and divers of them much broken.
 And, lastly, we nnderstsnd the brtnRer of them was coDstrs .net; to make three several journeys to !en be fore be could have them. whereas II seemeih he is hound to come hut nnra "-Cha Yr bern' Yn1,rual
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\ Surpyise.

cook at a cheap boarding house 1ed a little game On a grumbling rder by serving him with 6 piece of leather instead of beefsteak You've changed your butcher. Mrs, )cher?'' said the boarder, looking up khe land:ady after saving two or ke minutes at the leather.
 lame butcher as usual" replied the Fding mistress. with a pahoniking
 b. "Why?''
 >h, nothing nuch," said the board trying to make an impression on
 steak with his knife and fork.
 this. ifece of meat is the tender have had in this house for come
 ks. ."--Strand Magazine.
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Dr,unht . Blush to Her Cheek.

Drought . Blush to Her Cheek.
 There was 6 story told of one Of the worlds great vocalists singing as a young girl at private house. She WI. overwhelmed with praise. By and by says the London News, she came and sat by an elderly lady, who congratu lated her on the way she had sang, br' ventured to offer one or two suggcs tons The young singer treated the hints with scorn and afterward asked the hostess who the old lady" was who had dared to give her suggestions. -oh. that was Mime. Goldschmidt," re piled the lady. And who Is Mime 0oldschmidtT' was the next impatien, QuSxy. Well, she's better known as Jenny Lind" said the hostess. And than the singer blushed for shame at her disda!nful reception of hints from the Swedish Nightingale"
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f Knew Him Too Well.

.ao late Prestdent Chester A. Arthur, %uEh he was man of warm
 0Ah3ps, had . high sense of per,
 .J4xnlty that would brook no un.
 millarities. A lifelong friend of
 krthur, who had accompanied him .4..ie of his hunting trips. was telling lsacquaintance some of the incidents the hunt.
 T know it's the general impression. ' ,said, that NIT. Arthur is q cold, self \ tered sort Of mac, but 1t isn't true x Us one of the most genial and com Nonable of men when you become ' acquainted with him | though, keady knew him pretty werl, but - to understand him better while That trip than ever before"
 E suppose you know him well 01gh now to call him by his first Me," ventured the other.
 sNn the contrary" was the retoin!er,
 now him well enough not to call m by his first name" "-Youth's Com.
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He Preference.

'Our new chef" said the manager Of the restaurant stopping to chat witt the patron who had deep lines between, his eyebrows. 'is a wonder. really believe the man could take an old rub Der shoe and make an appetizing dish of it." "That so?' asked the patron. tipping meditatively with his fork up on the steak that had been served him Suppose you tell the waiter to takt this steak back and ask the chef to f~ up a rubber shoe for me."--Modern s. ciety.
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In . German Law Court.

In . German Law Court. l German law court was tho scene (y of an amusing incident The (istrate, a tiresome and long wind. person, was deciding a small case khich the plaintiff claimed damages hbusc. ITO call a man . pig or . E" replied the judge. Ifs certainly
 nsult, but to say that he Is pig is offensive, for no such animal b." The plaintiff glared at the (h. "Schweine- Hundw he remark.
 with bitter emphasss.-T. P.'s Lon
 Weekly.
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Tho Fa.msr In the Llshtheusse.

nc F9Fm6F Ih tho 1I0Htnoute'
 A farmer had secured an appoint ment as light keeper in . Maine coast lighthouse The first night he went o:. duty he lighted up promptly at dusk and at n o'clock carefully exdnguish d the lamp. The next day of course there was trouble. and when he wa~ taken to task hs replied that he sul- posod 10 o'clock was late enough to keep the light going. as he thought that all honest men should be in bed at that hour.-Boston Herald.
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RshY'k Mamma.

ter (teasingly}-Mamm more lamma than she is yours. She was
 mamma ever so long before sae yours. Baby (stoutly}-That don't any difference, I'm the littlest, the Hitler a person is the more
 Fma she is.
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Aivvays on Guard.

Aivvays on Guard. lend (to draper in his shop)-l no. that all your assistants sQuint horribly. Couldn't you have got better looking ones?
 chose them purposely. They are useful In keeping a watch on peo- My customers never know on h side they are looking."-Nos Loi'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-26

The innocent Joys of Youth. bracious, Fanny! exclaimed . her to her little daughter. ~Why ! you shouting like that7 Why ] Sbu be quiet like your brotherr let got to be quiet" replied Fan
 He's playing papa coming home
 md who are you playing?"
 P, I'm. playing youw - Hafpers My.
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7 excellence of memory.
The Lucky Ones.

"Old Roundrr Is engaged.
 Gee! Who's thelncky woman :" '"rhere are | ions of her" 'eWhy, he isn't tenga ged 10 more tbs' one3"
 Nope. thaes what meaG--2ll el others Aae s isc5r eres. .'-Housto' Post.
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES.
 COTTON BELT,

 Bluff q m ar. 7:06
 St Louis, 535 D. m. Leaves Pine Bluff s%1 Little Rock II: h 3a Leaves Pine Bluff 5:5o Tt'1" 6:so Local Bluff m.
  No D. m 920 m Leaves Memphis ":1" m ar. F. F. &}0 l. Tex arkan D m. m P E.
  n, tG. P m. arkana m m. B 6:lo l. Camden g. D. Little Rock n P E. lo', Leaves B. Freight PBA.R.R. 43 Sunday only, arrive lo:oo d. A Daily Sunday, 2.
 S. I- I. M. Depart North Bound Depart = m. m. 
 < East Depart
 , Ill. Daily
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His Memory.

First Boy-DiG you really win three prizes at school?
 Second Ditto-Yes. and one was for my excellence of memory.
 How did you win the others?'
 "The others? l forget what they were for" -Tfanslaled For Transatlap tic Tales From Blahco y Negro.
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If q thing ts proper and possible te man. deem It attainable by thee.- AaF c.as Aureliua
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plants are always drawn smaIlas
 liee, but a flea always larsef~-
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xhs onof Of Brave Men. uSefuA to fight me ?"

'elieye rou are n coward"
 course you dc Otherwise v" would have dared mention ta IT."
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bank do solennny swear knowledge and oele - - M E. BLOOM, Subscribed to the 31st day of December ,oos T. GOODE,
  My Commission IA, 1909. attest: Speers, R. J. Simmons, Fox. F. P. Byrd Bluthenthal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02

DR.. Charles w. Siles. chief of the di-
vision of zoology, United States public
health and marine hospital service, and
discoverer of the American species of
hook worm and the prevalence of the
disease in America.
DR.. Edward A. Alderman, president of
the University of Virginia.
DR.. David F. Houston. chancellor of
Prof. P. P. Claxton, professor of edu-
cation in the University of Tennessee.
]. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of
education in North Carolina and presi-
dent of the National Educational as
ISOLATION.
Walter H. Page, editor of the World s
Work
DR.. H. B. FrisseH. principal Hampton
institute.
Frederick t. Gates. one of Mr.. Rookie
feller's business managers.
Starr J. Murphy, Mr.. Rockefeller
counsel in benevolent matters.
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ALFALFA MEAL.
Cheaper Than Bran and More Nutri-
tiOus.

Alfalfa meal is a great milk producer
and by its use you can eliminate ex-
pensive hay and use rough fodder, sor-
ghum hay or mi1let. The meal gives
the nutriment, the rough feed the filler
An analysis with every sack of meal.
Analysis shows that alfalfa meal has
1885 per cent protein, the business part
Of bran and meal, against 14.16 per
cent for bran.
Alfalfa meal sells for 800 per one
hundred pound sack. Bran is higher
priced.
Try sack for your horse or cow
You can order a sack now from:
D. o. Coe. phones 1919 East
Sixth avenue.
T. A. Beck. phones sO-212 East
Sixth street.
]. B. Billiard. phones 1874 North
Kansas avenue.
Out of town dealers should write
for wholesale prices to
Topeka Alfalfa Milling Co.
1913 Quincy street-Between Crane
and First street-Topeka. Kansas.
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No Need for Soldiers.
Big LOBBY WILL GO.
Five Hundred Men Will Besiege Con-
gress in December.

New Orleans, Nov. 2.-Congress-
man Richard Bartholdt. of ST. Louis,
proposed that the committee of 500
provided for yesterday should be
headed by President Kavanaugh and
that a subcommittee of twelve be
named to present the claims of the
500 to the proper officials at Wash
ington. Mr.. Bartholdt explained that
a committee of 500 could not get in
to the White House or any of the
committee rooms.
"Well. let 'em stand outside said
Former Governor Francis of Missouri.
'sThey will be able to stand in the cor
ridors."
The convention agreed with Fran
els, and the 500 will journey to Wash
ington on December 8.
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ON THEIR TRAIL.
Three Men WHO Burglarized North
Topeka Hardware Store Located.

The three men who broke the plate
glass front of the J. H. FOUGHT hard
ware store at S25 North Kansas avenue
a fortnight ago and dragged out seven
guns are expected to be in captivity to-
night.
The sheriff's force have information
that all of them live in the city and
Deputies Sauls and Judkins are on
their track. The guns were taken early
in the morning. Some of them are
rifles, some shotguns- All were pulie /
through a hole broken in the window
glass. A near description of the three
thieves has been given the sheriff by
some one who saw them get into a
buggy and drive off.
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THE HOOK WORM COMMISSION
Provided for by RocefeIler's Gift OF
S1,OOO,OOO.

New York. Nov. 2.-The Importance
of the hook worm was brought di-
rect to the attention of the public
through John d. Rockefeller's gift of
$1.O00,000 to fight this disease.
1t was only a few months ago that
the public looked upon the hook worm
as myth and no end of Jokes were
made out of that form of iaZiness
which is now analysed IS disease
The commission appointed by Mr..
Rockefeller is composed of men of ma
tional and international reputation in
their chosen field of activities and it is
certain that if there is any remedy for
the plague in the south lands this COM
mission will find it and. successfully
fight the disease. The commission Sc
lected includes the following:
Dr. William H. WEIGH. professor of
pathology in Johns Hopkins university
president of the American Medical as
scciation.
DR.. Simon Flexner director of the
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Re-
search
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CHASED WIFE WITH REVOLVER.
E. ID. Robinson Wanted by the Police
Can Not Be Found.

E. B. Robinson. a negro, was en-
ragged because his wife had applied for
divorce. Espying her on the street last
night he rushed at her. brandIshing a
revolver and threatening to kill her. She
ran screaming into her mothers house
on the corner of Fifteenth and Chand-
Ter streets.
The mother-in-law. Mrs. Emmaline
Walker, and the wife were trying to
induce the county attorneys assistant
to issue a peace warrant today but they
were referred to the police judge
Meanwhile Robinson's employer is
irving to locate him to put him to work
Mrs. Robinson thinks he has gone to
Kansas City.
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CHAIN OF STATION.
For Recording Earthquakes Estab-
lisIlcd by the Jesuits.

Cleveland, O., Nov. "A chain of
seismogial stations operated under
The direction of the Jesuit Fathers in
America for the purpose of making
observations and records has been
established. The headquarters are 10
Gated in Cleveland with Father Fred
erick Odenbach of St. Ignatins college
in charge.
Records of earth shocks will be kept
and information exchanged. Scientific
data will be prepared. The Washing
ton station at Georgetown university
will be used by the students as a prac-
t1cal Iaboratorq, The chain of stations
reaches across the country.
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FIRST RETURNS.
Heavy Falling Off in the Vote in
Massachusetts,.

. Boston, Nov. 2.-Returns for gov
ernor in the state election today from
five out of 1,057 election districts give
Draper, Republican, $50; Vahey DEM
ocrat, All 10y
: Same places in 1908 gave Draper,
Republican. u9a7;z Vahey, Democrat,
396.sc.-.4 ~ 3ca Xxx
Reports from the 205 election dis
tricts in the city of Boston at 1 p. M.
showed that the balloting up to that
hour had been unusually heavy. 1t
was noted that the voting was heavier
in the Republican than in the Demo-
cratic wards
No Need for Soldiers.
Jackson, KY, Nov 2.-The county
election over which there were many
forebodings, passed well into the after
noon without trouble of any kind. The
militia is guarding the polls in Jack
son and Throughout the country, but
there is no need apparently for their
presence. A heavy vote is being polled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02
FIFTY men ROBBED.
Four Men Make a Collection of One
Thousand Dollars.

Paterson, N. J., Nov. Fifty ItaI-
ian laborers employed by a construc-
ton company on a trolley line and
housed in a shanty, were held up
early today by four armed men and
robbed of nearly $1,000.
The four bandits represented them
selves to be officers of the government
who had been sent to investigate re-
port that liquor was being sold. One
by one the laborers were called out of
the barracks and bound and gagged.
The bandits escaped.
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MOVES FOR ACQUITTAL.
Defense in Arbogast Trial Offers no
Evidence.

st. Paul. Nov. 2.-The defense in
the trial of Mrs. Nina Arbogast
charged with the murder of her hus-
band last May. rested today on the
showing of the state. without in
Producing testimony. A motion by the
defense. for verdict of acquittal was
made on the ground that Mrs
Arbogast had not been connected with
the murder by the states evidence. A
lengthy argument on the motion en-
sued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02
CHOLERA KILLS KANSAS HOGS.
Disease Has Wiped Out Many Herds in
Miami County.

Paola, Kan, Nov. Hog cholera has
been running among the hogs in the
southern part of Miami county for the
past several months and many farmers
have lost their entire herd.
The disease is worse in Usage town.
ship, farmers there losing their hogs by
the hundreds, in most places only two
and three remaining out of a herd of
that many hundred.
The vaccination remedy proved very
effective when taken in time, only a
small per cent of those vaccinated dy-
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02
Voted to Strike.

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. "A
strike of the yard and freight clerks
employed on the New Haven system
NAV be called on Thursday, according
tc a statement made today by J. J.
FORESTER of Toledo, O., deputy presi-
dent of the clerks national organiza-
ton. The union clerks are understood
tc have voted to strike.
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suspected of Being a Deserter.

Richard c. Richiston. thought to be
wanted by the United States military
authorities as a deserter. was taken in
custody this morning by Detective l..
~. Wonderly. and was booked sor fur
Their investigation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02

A chic model is this, something on
the order of turban, but with roll
ca brim faced with black MORE. The
huge crown is of heavy blue velvet,
while the trimming is extremely SIM
RE, consisting of two jet headed pins
passing through the brim and two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02
CIen,inson Jury Is Completed.

Chicago, Nov. AFTER a week
spent in examining veniremen, a jury
was completed today for the trial of;
DR.. Haldane Cleminson. charged with
the murder of his wife. Nora Jane
Morgan C1emenson. at their home IN
this city last May.
DIR. CIeminson will contend that
Mrs. Cleminson took poison with
suicidal intent
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BEATEN BY COLOR Line.
County Agricultural High School Law
Declared Unconstitutional

Jackson, Miss. Nov. because no
provision is made for the education of
negro children. the law for establish
ing county agricultural high schools
was declared unconstitutional by the
state supreme court today. The law
specifically states that the schools are
To be for white youth.
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Court Did Not Believe Him.

Cleveland, O.. Nov. 2.-Alva Coan,
a boy who had confessed that he
caused the death of Alexander Hoenig
two years ago., was discharged from
custody by Judge Adams in the
Juvenile court today. 1t is believed
Coan was hoaxing.
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I,ortx Years ON fine Bench.

Philadelphia, Nov. 2.-William But
Ter. formerly United States judge for
the eastern district of Pennsylvania,
died at his home at West Chester to-
cav, aged 81 years. He was for forty
years a member of the federal iudict-
airy and retired ten years ago.
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Found Dead in Bed.

Kendrick. u. S. A.. retired. was found
dead in bed at his home here today.
He was II years of age. Heart failure
is supposed to have been the cause of
depth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02

Oscar Gay and Albert Henderson, both
negroes. were arrested by the police
this afternoon on the charge of burg
larizing ]. II. Foucht's hardware store
in North Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02

I'D IN

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% the hy dh
h
hu
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OF from mud he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02

Harry Grant and Otto Manguson,
white boys. were arrested on the North
side for Halloween depredations. 1t
was reported enormously that they
were charged with shooting craps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02

Del Valentine, clerk of the supreme
court, has been reappointed to that
place. Mr. Valentine has been clerk
of the court since 1899. He was given
vacation last summer and spent the
lime in Europe.
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Strike for EisIst Hour Day.

st. Paul, Nov. 2.-Five hundred
marble and tile settlers in st. Paul and
Minneapolis are on strike today They
eemand an eight hour day and an adj
vance in pay of five cents an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02

Penitentiary cigars are not Union
Made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-02
LOCAL MENTION.

for business at 104-6-8 Z. Tenth st. The
building has been entirely remodeled
and is one of the largest in the state.
They guarantee best treatment and
promp. service.