The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-11
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Subscription Dance. National roof
garden, tonight.
Stephens & Co. Insure automobiles
against loss by fire, theft and collision.
The H. NJ. Cross Cycle Co., $40 Kan.
avenue, are closing out their stock of
bicycles at cost.
The coupon on page 10 of today's
State Journal is for a cake of Palmol.ve
soap at any grocers.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Y. NJ. c. A.
will be held this evening.
Tom McNeaI spoke before the Adj
Vertising club at Atchison last night
Question-Who was he advertising
A party of COffeyville city officials
were in Topeka inspecting the mu-
nicipal water plant Thursday after
noon.
]. B. linn of Sommerheim farm.
Topeka, sold 10 head of Holstein
COWS to c.. NJ. Carver & Sons of
Abilene yesterday
This evening at the First Baptist
church a reception will be given by
the congregation in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lerrigo.
The young boys suspected of robbing
the United States mails are still In
custody and are awaiting their hearing
June IS. Nothing new has developed in
the cases.
The Rev. Charles A. Finch of the
First Christian church will take his
Sunday school class on a picnicking
excursion to Vinewood park on Satur-
day evening.
Mr.. H. d. Jenkins of Kansas City,
Mo-, will speak at 1929 Kansas ave-
nue. before the Topeka Society of
Practical Christianity on Saturday
evening at 8 o'clock.
The fact that the negro students at
Quindaro will soon unveiI statue of
John Brown is taken by one Topeka
man as additional evidence that John
Brown was an Ethiopian.
Children's day exercises of the Cen
trail Congregational church, will be
held at Washburn chapel. Sunday
morning at 9:45 o'clock. A special
program has been arranged.
Now that the city league has been
disbanded, the amateur teams of To-
peka, with the exception of those in
the church league, will confine their
playing to out of town games.
A man in North Topeka found a
tarantula the other day and he claims
that there were Is little ones chasing
around also. This is a new one on
those who are accustomed to see things.
A meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Y. w. c. A. was held yes
terday to discuss plans for the build
ing campaign, but as yet these. plans
are not to be exploited before the
public.
Kansas avenue was never so we'll pa
trolled by police officers as at the pres
ent time. In a walk from Tenth ave
nue. to the Rock Island depot last
night State Journal reporter counted
eight cops"
Grading has commenced on Mulvane
street and the men will soon shift over
on College avenue. The work of paw
ing these two streets with asphaltic
concrete will begin as soon as the grad
ing is completed.
of fla l.
ing, formerly occupied by the Avalon
bakery has been completed, and work
will soon be started on the new struc-
ture, which John e. Forst, the owner
of the lots, will erect. -zg4-s --s-f- 7---
Tonight at the Commercial club rooms
the commission form of government
will be discussed and a number of
prominent speakers will be here. from
Leavenworth. This is a chance to get
straight on the proposition.
The officials at the federal building
are up in arms against the use of
modern baseball slang by sporting wrf-
tiers. They say that plain simple lang
Iage would please the majority of the
readers and not the curb stone gut
terites."
Unless the baseball fans who attend
ed the ball game Thursday refrain from
springing the joke about Wright being
wrong there will be an official flag of
war sent to the mast What the To-
peka ball team needs is more work and
less food.
The office force of the Santa Fe tax
commissioner has been moved from
the Santa Fe general Office building to
rooms in the Sterne building at Ninth
and Kansas avenue. This is due to
the crowded condition of the big office
building.
Eleven automobiles with Charles P.
Adams acting as van guard and Geo.
Raiders ! rear guard Travelled over the
city in parade effect last evening. The
Commercial club was entertaining the
visiting delegates to the Abstracters'
convention.
Mr.. Ray Bloom, brother of Mr..
Lynn w. Bloom of the Concordia
Blade underwent a serious operation