The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
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Meet me at the skating rink every
afternoon and evening
For safety-for convenience-for econ
omy-use the Independent telephone.
The city railway gave each of it's en-
ployes a turkey with trimmings" for
Christmas.
The Shawnee Bee association will
meet December % at the Fifth Ave-
nue. hotel
The Continental Creamery company
gave each one of it's clerks in Topeka
a IS gold piece as a Christmas present.
The old timers today are saying:
This is just like the Christmas day
we had fourteen years ago. The first
still white Christmas in fourteen
years.
Among the first bells of the glad
Christmas day were the clangs of the
fire wagons dashing down Kansas
avenue to save a children's Christmas
tree.
Many still more belated shoppers
We're prying into the few open stores
| this morning and as they hurried up
and down the streets, the State Jour
| nal street runners heard many a
| Merry Christmas shouted back and
forth.
Topeka man who was pushed off
the stage year ago because he was
no good" hunted him up another lob.
| NOW ne is making $4,000 a year and
MS employer sent him a 5000 draft
/ as CHRISTMAS present. Make your
own moral.
! This is the fifty-seventh anniversary
| OF the birth of Jailer A L. Hopkins
and number of friends took dinner al
MS nome today. among whom was his
son-ln-law and daughter Mr.. and Mrs
Al Streater of Chickasha. Ok, also a
number OF friends from St. Marys.
Judge Schoch, who is credited with
t three OIL the most attractive
phers IN the city, presented them with
beautiful illustrated gift books last
evening He, in turn, received a foun-
tam pen and jumping jack and
captain Devendorf, whose initials are
x H.. made a speech worthy of an
orator
Police Chief r. w. Eaton was pre-.
scented with a Morris chair valued al
$50 by the police department, in toker
OF tnelr regard for him. and as an ap
| proprlate gift at the Yuletide season
The presentation was made last night
just after roll call. and in the presence
OF the entire department. Officer Franz
PARCELS acted as spokesman.
James Stamp. I'll Stella street, who
was taken to the police department las
| night after 1t was thought he had at
tempted suicide. had this morning re
covered from his attack. which is nov
believed to have been a paralytic stroke
and he left the prison saying that h,
Hdu uOl attempted suicide, and tina
he knew nothing of having taken an,
drug. The police say that some tim,
ago he was stricken on the streets, ant
they believe that the trouble last nigh
was only similar attack.
According to Postmaster A. K. Rodg
ers. the congestion of packages at tn
Topeka postoffice. will not be cleare
!. away until the middle of next week. s
that those who are expecting package
and do not receive them promptly to
day need not be disappointed if the
are not received. for in all probabilit
they are at the postoffice undelivereC
Every effort will be made to delive
them as promptly as possible, and it
: the request of the postmaster that pal
rons of the local postoffice be as patier
. as possible.
+ w. L. Taylor, the we'll known TIC
peka promoter, returns from a trip
southeast Kansas with good story O
the poor old Missouri Pacific. He al
T tended picture show in a little tow
. down in the gas country where
= collision between Santa Fe and Mis-
+ souri, Pacific passenger trains was ad
! vertised as one of the features of tn
bill. A picture of Santa Fe trai
running full speed was thrown on tn
screen, and then. after a pause, tn
"spieler' for the show announced thu
the wreck picture could not be show
for the reason that the Missouri Pa
, cific train was four hours late and tn
: operator could not get the picture
The announcement brought down tn
house, as the town in which the pic
) lures were shown was located on tn
line of the Missouri Pacific.