The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-05
IT'S ''HICH JINKS"
Manufacturers and J0bbers Are
Planning Big Times.
Kansas Merchants Will he Given
Glad Hand.
EVERYTHING is FREE.
Visitors Will Be Given Keys to
the City.
is FREE.
Banquets, Band Concerts, Elk
hibitions and Big Discounts.

Topeka Merchants and Jobbers' asso-
citation and they are being distributed
to the members of the association to-
day and will be sent out over the state
of Kansas this week. The posters,
placards, and other reading material
will be sent out also in the near future
and in a very short time Kansas will
be flooded with information about To-
peka and her attractions-also in
formation concerning the entertain
ment of the visiting merchants during
the big Merchants week to be held in
Topeka June %, "a and U.s.
The envelopes to be distributed to
the manufacturers and jobbers Of this
city are on exhibition at the CONNER
cial club rooms this afternoon. They
are one of the most novel features ever
issued by a Topeka booster association.
On the face of the envelope is a cut
showing a typical country town scene
in Kansas. The 'tpostoffiee.'' the "gen-
eral store" and the hardware store"
are all shown in the little one and two
story frame buildings. In the fore
ground is the merchant with bag in
one hand and ticket in the other. I'm
off for Topeka are the words issuing
from his mouth. In a little square
above is shown the slogan of this city,
Topeka Kan, Topeka Will" Below
this square is a place for the address
and the name. Merchants Week,
the Topeka Jobbers and Manufacture
ers' Association, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. June %, "a and 25,'' is the
total inscription on the face of the en-
velope. Taken all in all it makes a
very attractive looking face.
List of Attractions.
On the back of the envelope are the
complete list of attractions during the
Kansas Merchants Week in this city.
The entertainments offer many hilar-
ious timec for the visiting merchants.
1t is expected that 1900 merchants
will be present and the people of the
city will give them the glad hand
from the first hour of the first day un-
til the time of their departing train.
The first attraction mentioned on
nouncement of the Special Extra
Discounts of the week. The whole
sale men will offer big bargains to
their out of town customers. A GER
tain per cent of all, cash purchases
will be discounted and the trip to To-
peka will be reimbursed in this man
ner. Practically all of the manufac-
| turers and jobbers have prepared
| generous discounts for their custom
| ers and it is expected that a large
number of purchases will be made.
Attraction No. on the back of the
| envelope mentions the free entertain
ments at Vinewood Carnival park. All
| of the attraction in this big Topeka
metropolitan park will be free to the
visitors. Special ARRANGEMENTS have
been made with the park people for
this cause and special features will be
| added for the occasion. The park is
! open practically all of the time and
| will be a big drawing card to the Wis
| itors.
Attraction No. 8 will include free
concerts by Marsha1l's military band.
| Marshalls band is possessed with a
state wide reputation and people have
\ come many miles to Topeka to hear
| the band alone-without any other
| special attraction. The band will give
concerts at the city park, on Kansas
| avenue and in the auditorium. Dur
| ing the entertainments at Vinewood
| park the band will be on duty the
whole time. Music will be the order
of the day. The band will be out in
| full.
Free tickets on the street railway
! is the fourth attraction. These
tickets will be furnished the out of
town merchants as soon as they
buttons. The merchants can have
as many tickets as they like and II
they wish may spend their whole
| time on the street cars going over the
| city. This is no small cost to the as
ISOLATION.
There are very few merchants who
are not baseball fans. 1t is said that
| the best batting averager in the
world is the country merchant Well,
| he will have a chance to see some
good high grade baseball in Topeka
| during the week in Topeka The
Western league is the best league
| operating in Kansas and Topeka has
| a rafting good team to entertain the
visitors. Omaha will be the opposing
team during this series. Free tickets
| to the grounds and the grand stand
will be given to each merchant as he
register his name. This Is attraction
No. 5-and the attraction that will
be a great incentive to the average
merchant who still has penned up in
his body a liberal amount of sport
| ing blood"
! The Topeka fire department is con-
| sidered all over the United States as
| the best department in the country
| for a city the size of Topeka The
with Chief Wilmarth one of the
veteran fire fighters Of the west at
their head. This department will fur
nish number of engine, hose and
demonstration. This will be given
for the benefit of the visitors.
Seeing Topeka Cars.
| Seeing Topeka" cars will be a
new feature Of the week this year.
These cars will be put on the big
street system which has 38 miles OF
track over the city. These cars will
be run all over the city with COM
petent men at the helm to give out
! the information. The time of de-
! parture will be announced to the out
! of town men after their arrival in the
city.
| The Commercial club members are
going to do their best to help along the
good work of entertainment. Attraction
No includes a smoker" and buffet
luncheon at the Commercial club rooms
These !uncheons have become famous
over Topeka and many out Of town
people coming to the city have enjoy
ed them through the kindness of ths
members of the club. The merchants
from over the state will be shown the
proof of this renutation-the cigars viii
be Topeka made and the food viii come
from Topeka only. Everything is To