The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
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We sell Ash Grove lime. McCleery
Lumber company, Fourth and jackson.
Chandler & Nelson, Topeka architects
have been retained to draw plans for a
new high school building in kinSley-
j. w. Robinson, of the firm of Robin
son & Marshall, is in Chicago ADDING
to his spring purchase OF seasonable
goods.
General Manager ]. E. Hurley, who
has been out of the city for two weeks,
making an extensive trip over the sys-
TEN, has returned to Topeka
Joseph Neiswender, chief trumpeter
of the coast artillery, stationed at Fort
Miley, Cal, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Levi Neiswender. at 934 Quincy.
According to the anti-lobby bill pass
ed by the legislature the word lobby
ist'' is liable to become obsolete and
Legislative agent will take it's place.
The Independent Telephone company
has just issued supplement of nearly
900 names which represents the bust
ness of the company for the past three
months.
Charles E. Morton, who has resigned
his position as ticket agent of the Rock
Island, will go to Seattle next week,
where he will become state agent for
the Des Moines Life Insurance COM
pany-
D. P Paxton. of the Paxton Mercan-
tile company. is in St. Louis on a pur-
manager of the dry goods department of
the firm is in New York city on a sim
liar errand.
Topeka must be getting better. Last
night more people attended the uni
versity extension course lecture at the
high school, delivered by Richard G:
Moulton, than attended the revival
meetings at the Auditorium.
Frank B. Parker. state agent of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
70 n1~ia fnd arm
ed with two checks of $4,000 each, the
amount of policies held by the late I.
z. Lambert in his company. He had
$40, 900 insurance in all
The Packard-ArnoIdi incident is closed;
at any rate the man in the case has
paid $1,000 into the treasury of the wo-
man in the case and she married an
other man last night. who has the as
surance that they have enough money
at least with which to commence house
keeping in a modest way
If you write a letter to a resident of
Potwin and expect him to get it within
any reasonable time, DO not address it
''Potwin'' it will in all probabilities
be sent to Potwin, Kansas, which is a
town in another part of the state. Ad-
dress the communication to Topeka,
Potwin Place. or Topeka, Station c"
The street car rails took their usual
after storm ''sweat" this morning and
its was almost impossible for cars to
start after they had once stopped. The
stretch of track between Topeka ave-
nue. and Harrison on Twelfth street is
the worst in the city. both going and
coming and a number of accidents
were narrowly averted at this place to-
day.
For the first time in months a Topeka
theater will be open on Sunday night
and a real vaudeville performance will
be given. The proceeds of this per-
formance will be given to the family of
John MunSon, who lately perished un-
der the ruins of the Parkhurst-Davis
building. The fund for the Munson
family is almost $500 at the present time
and is increasing every day.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Country club at the Merchants National
bank last night the following officers
were elected: E. l.. Copeland, presi-
dent; L. S. Ferry, vice president; E. A.
Thrill, secretary and treasurer; Paul
Walker, chairman of the house COM
mittee: J. G. Bauer. chairman of the
grounds committee; John F. Norton,
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee.
The Washburn Dramatic society has
from Holton where THE Col
lege Chaperons' was presented by the
society. According to the word which
the members brought back, the affair
was a great success from every angle, |
and made a great hit with the Holton
people Sherman Shoupe, the author of
the opera. is a Holton boy, and this
accounts for the success |
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