The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-23

Edward Tyler, 1901 Topeka avenue,
| is III with typhoid fever
| Ihere Will be q concert by Mar
shaiFs band at the city park tonight
Three new houses are being built on
the Brooks avenue car line by Mahlon
| Bishop.
| Topeka council No. 8, Sons and
Daughters of Justice, will give a troll
| ley ride this evening
Mr. and Mrs. Maltby furnished the
special social music yesterday at the
First Methodist church.
Miss Grace Clark sang "Oh, Eyes
That Are Weary at the First Presby-
terrain church Sunday morning.
On Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. w H. Wood, 1241 Fillmore street.,
the orphans home will give an ice
cream social.
Fifteen men are today at work dis
tributlng 10000 booklets on consump-
ton for the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance company.
P. S. Johnson. the converted Hebrew
of Brooklyn tabernacle. lectured twice
yesterday at Lincoln Post hall on the
Hell of the Bible.'
At the Quinton Heights Baptist mis-
SION on tuesday evening an illustrated
Seattle will be given.
Tomorrow is bond election day. There
We're comparatively few registrations
but it is hoped that those who did reg
lSlST Will turn out in force.
The fire department was called out
for a small blaze at 507 Taylor street
at 1890 last night. The cause of the
fire was defective gas pipe.
L. L. Adams, manager of the Metro
poHtan Life Insurance company. gave
dinner party at the Commercial club
or Saturday for his employees.
E. j. Shakeshaft, assistant general
passenger agent of the Santa Fe, re-
turned this morning from a two
weeks pleasure trip to the Wisconsin
lakes.
The members of the c. E. society
of the First Congregational church
will enjoy a. social evening Tuesday at
the home of Miss Ada Wilson, 424
Polk street.
Reports from the rural districts in
dictate that there is need of a lot of
rain not far from Topeka. Some of
the corn in the southern part of the
county is drying up.
The hgurehead of the battleship
Kansas which has arrived in Topeka
and has been standing outside of the
state house building has attracted the
attention of passersby.
The Lincoln baseball team will be
here tomorrow again. The Des
Moines team will open four game
series Wednesday continuing for the
remainder of the week.
The dirt which is being removed in
connection with excavatiEg for the new
Mills building is being used in the con-
struction of the dixie, along the Shun- |
ganunga, between Kansas and Topeka
avenue.
A basket social will be given Friday |
evening at the Lincoln Post hall by the |
Home council No. A., T. T. B. A, in
niversary of the founding of the |
organization.
The tracks of the street railway |
company are being lowered between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets |
on Kansas avenue. to conform to the |
grade established onsthat street by the |
city engineer. nnLi
1t has developed Chat there are a
number of grip thieves working in
the city. Several have been reported !
to the police and they are making a
thorough Investigation. Don't for
get your packages.
City Engineer Rogers has con-
demned 10000 more paving bricks
Scott to Contractor Gilfllan. This lot +
of brick had been laid down for the |
Polk street pavement.
The following building permits
have been granted; To j. A. Stoner
for one-story dwelling to be erected
at 1108 Washburn avenue; to w. n.
Tincher who will put up a two-story
dwelling on Thorne street.
From present indications there will
be a. return of the hot. weather before
the week is over--if it is not here
already. In fact the public can ex-
pect hot weather any time between
now and the first of October.
There has been considerable COM
plant recently of cruelty to horses in
the city. The fine is SO low for this
offense that an arrest makes little i'm
preston upon the minds of those who
have no consideration for their beasts
of burden.
One never knows whom they may
wish to call or in return who may
wish to call them, over telephone.
'Tndependent" telephone connections
in Topeka and Shawnee county make
that service the cheapest and the
best to be had.
c. J. Brown who lost watch on
his farm north of the city fourteen
years ago, found it Sunday and it is ;