The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
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Skating tonight at Music hall.
The Bartlesville ball team will be in
Topeka tomorrow for three games. and
will also be the Sunday attraction.
H. o. Austin. who now lives in Deni-
son, Texas. is here. He was for many
years employed as miller at the Crosby
mills.
Saturday. May 8. has been decided
upon as the date for running the Y. M.
c. A relay race between Topeka and
Kansas City
One out of every four stores in one
block of Kansas avenue have the To-
peka slogan in the windows. What is
the matter with the other three-fourths.
The Topeka troup which exhibited
along the Santa Fe reading rooms are
returned, having conquered every
thing from Needles to the Indian
pueblos.
The North Brothers will give
matinee performance of when We
Were Twenty-One" at the Novelty
Saturday at 10 and 20 cent prices.
The big main excavation on Seventh
street has now reached Kansas avenue
Where the usual crowd of loafers
! gather around a work crew are bask-
| ing in the smoke of the welding
burner.
The regular monthly business meet
| ing of the Commercial club will be held
tonight. On account of the number of
new members. it will be the largest
meeting of the club ever held in point
of attendance.
The big Thomas flyer Pathfinder
for the ocean to ocean endurance con-
test left Topeka last evening but not
without number of initials represent
ing ''cranks" in this city all over its
| body.
Tonight is the last, council meeting
for the old city council Old bust
ness. new business and the swearing
| in of new officers will take place this
evening at the council chamber in the
city hall.
The Shawnee county w. c. r. u.
| institute will hold an all day meeting
m. at the First M. E. church, corner
| Sixth and Harrison streets. Basket
| lunch at noon.
| The state house lawn is already af-
hicted with the annual pest-dandelions
The numerous janitors will find them
selves busy for several days if proper
attention is paid to removing the yellow
blossoms from the grounds.
i Fine weather for Easter has been
| promised and it is expected that all OF
the new hats. new suits. and new shoes
will be sprung upon the unsuspectins
father. Sunday will be good day for
lburglars-no one at home.
1t was hoped that a game could be
ARRANGED between Washburn and K. u
) while the latter was in the city. but
there was nothing doing. Isn't it pro-
fessional ball for college team to take
a trip to play professional league
team?
. Wistar P. Williams. the old Washburr
football star, has been appointed man
ager of the Santa Fe Office baseball
/ team. 'Ich' will attend to their man
: agement this spring and summer an6
5 many out of town games have been ar
ranged as well as city league contests
Arthur Lewis is in Topeka, where
, he is working for two weeks as ad-
vertising agent of the North Brothers
Comedy company, a stock company
playing in Topeka; Mrs. Lewis. who who
was there with him, returned last
night to remain over Sunday.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Here is an old problem: A man had
seventeen horses and three sons. He
: wished to give the first son half the
: horses, the second son third, and
the third son a ninth, but, as he could
not cut a horse in two, he was at a
! loss what to do until a neighbor came
to his assistance. Let me give you a