The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-21
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The Progressive Hive of the Lady
Macabees will give a trolley ride to-
night.
The C. E. of the First Congrega-
tional church will hold their trolley
ride tonight.
The Girls Guild Of the First Meth
odist church is holding a picnic at
Vinewood today.
Yesterday was a. quiet day at the
Commercial club as far as commit
tee meetings were concerned.
Prof Frank w Ward of the K. U.
engineering department was in To-
peka yesterday for the purpose of in
speeding the Santa Fe shops.
According to Mr.. DoIley, state
bank commissioner, every man, wo-
man and child in the state of Kan
sas has $113.56, on an average.
The telephone girls of Topeka
hailed with joy the announcement of
the fact that after the first of Au-
gust the fire bell viii be silenced.
A marriage license was issued
Tuesday in Kansas City to John B.
Thompson Of Topeka and Kate B.
Cunningham of Kansas City. Mo-. "a
The, circuIators Off the commission
petitions have. about completed their
work, and have nearly enough signers
to authorize the mayor to call spe-
.ciaIf election.
The state wide fair poster hanging
on door at theel Commercial club
has attracted a great deal of atten-
ton. 1t is the one depicting white
horse and trap with feminine driver.
Mad dogs, COWS, and chickens, are
furnishing the most employment for
bicycle thieves have laid off during the
hot weather and the other petty thiev-
ings have diminished to nil
The first dirt is being turned in t
construction OF the new Mills Dry
Goods store building. Workmen are
which have marked that corner for
some time.
William Green & Sons stock of
groceries is being moved from it's
present location to SIS Kansas ave-
nue., where the store will hereafter
be located. The present store-room
will be occupied by the Trap Cafe.
Sergeant Ross and Patrolman Bryant
arrested an insane colored woman, so
years old, last night. The old woman
gave her name as Lucy Jones. She
was locked up in the county Jail, too
old and feeble to do any violence.
Tomorrow a force will be put to work
by Street Commissioner Snyder grading
for the many cement walks which Will
be laid in he near future by Walter N.
Gilmore under his present contrac-.
The walks will aggregate $7,95352 in
cost.
A number of the milk dealers of the
city have placed trial orders with a St.
Louis firm for paraf1ned paper milk
bottles. These bottles are said to be
more economical and more sanitary
than the glass bottles. DR.. Campbell,
the city milk inspector, says that they
are a great thing. If they are received
favorably in Topeka the st. Louis firm
will arrange to install branch factory
in this city.
Here is one for the city admins
tration to explain: When it was an
nounced that the City league sched-
ules called for Sunday baseball
games at Skene's park, the admins
tration announced that no games
would be allowed on these grounds
as they were in the city. Since the
league has disbanded. games are
played on these grounds every Sun
day morning and afternoon, and the
accounts of the games together with
the fact that they were played Sunday
appears in the Topeka papers. What's
the answer?