The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
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There was a large crowd at the
woodmen picnic at vinewood last
evening.
| w. r.. c. No "a are holding an ice
cream social this evening at 201 Steph-
ems street.
| two more dates-Thursday, Friday and
| Sunday evening.
| Mr. Edward c. Brownen, secretary
of the Z. NJ c. A, has secured a home
| at S12 Lane street
The Y. NJ. C. A. gymnasium classes
open September Is; the educational
| classes on September "a.
There are now $40 automobiles in
the city. The last man to register a
| machine was c. ]. Snyder.
Fifteen applications have been filed
at the office of the city clerk for cleo
tricity for commercial purposes.
The Crosby Brothers and Warren
NJ. Crosby employees will have picnic
at Vinewood Friday afternoon and
| evening.
The Emporia plug motor car car
| ried SO passengers this morning. This
is doing pretty well for a car whose
capacity is 20.
Sloan Lodge No. 225 A. F. and A.
NJ. will confer the first degree on sew
eraI candidates at special meeting
Thursday evening.
Up to date "a appeals have been ia
ken from the police court to the dis
trict court They will come up during
the September term
The next meeting of the East Side
Improvement association will be held
two weeks from last night at the old
Parkdale school house.
The members of the Congregational
| church c. E. society were entertained
| last evening at the home of Miss Ada
Wilson. 424 Polk street
| The degree staff 50 Naomi I. o. o.
F., will give a trolley ride tomorrow
evening, cars leaving Eighth avenue
and Jackson street at p. m.
| The local lodge of the Anti Horse
thief association will hold it's first an
nuaI picnic in Burton's grove on Sew
| ard avenue, in Oakland on Thursday.
Governor Stubbs and his family viii
| soon move back to Topeka. The gov
ernor believes in home industry-Miss
Lenora will attend Washburn college
| this fall.
| In connection with the agitation for
| sanitary paper milk bottles a num-
| Der of sample bottles have been sent
| in to the office Of the city milk in
spector.
started business again and the newspa-
pers will receive press dispatches
through envelopes. You can't keep the
Zumwalts down
a building permit has been granted
to Frank Lagerstron. who viii erect
a two story dwelling of $4,000. Several
other permits of an unimportant nature
were issued this morning.
Frank P. MacLennan who is rep
resenting Topeka at the National AID
Club meeting in Louisville telegraphed
today for 500 sunflower folders to
be used in boosting Topeka
No new vegetation has been suggest
ed for the North Topeka bikes for some
time. 1t is about time that more sug
gestions come in Meanwhile 1t might
be advisable to plant something.
At the meeting of the city council
Monday, Councilman Hughes at the last
minute sprung the fire bell question,
but too late as a motion to adjourn
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. L. Montgomery ar
rived in Topeka last night Mr.. Mont |
gomery, who last year was assistant |
physical director of the Central Y. NJ |
c. A, will assume full responsibilities, |
taking the place of W. B. Dye.
An unknown Overland automobile |
was smashed and ruined by a cemetery |
street car on the East side Monday /
night. The machine was of the touring
variety and the wheels and bodZ were /
crushed. No one was hurt.
No telephone company can offer
its patrons better facilities for serving
their needs than the Independent"
with its thousands of connections in |
Topeka and Shawnee county and it's
exclusive toll line connections.
A meeting of ten members of the
board of directors of the Y NJ c. A
was held yesterday. 1t was decided
to employ a regular secretary for the
colored department. Repairs to the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. were authorized.
An epidemic of hard colds has been
spreading over the city the last week
The cool spell which lasted about four
hours last Friday night was the cause
perhaps. In the Y. NJ. c. A. building
alone there are about 80 fellows at
ficted.
Yesterday before the bonds carried
one person called up the office of the
city attorney to find out where the
garbage plant is to be located
evidently was in hopes that no strong
odors would be let loose in his neigh
borhood.
SO of the Modern Woodmen of Amer
ca held yesterday at Vinewood drew
L big crowd. In the evening the at
endance at the park was 5000. The
fireworks display was the feature of
he evening.
The sidewalks on both sides of Kan
'as avenue. between Seventh and
Eighth streets. are now blocked by
building material and it is necessary for
he ladies to trail their gowns in dirt
# the street. The result is a decided
mount of complaint.
The weather bureau now promises
rain for sure. Meanwhile the auto
mobile enthusiasts are telling the grand
condition of the roads leading out of
Topeka. But what these roads need is
he heavy traffic of wagons loaded with
,orn-and rain will warrant this
The real furry of ffurrfes will occur
1t Washburn next month when the
governors daughter enters the college
the two sororities viii campaign Hk-
-eaI politicians. The rushing season
among Greek letter fraternities is the
ZEAL life in the opening of a college.
A Parkdale man claims that his villa ,
couldn't get a divorce from him any ! /.