The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10

| II you see Teller tryin
| For to make some project go
| You can boost it I'd a trifle;
! rIhats your cue to let him know
Just because it ANT ANT your "a Shout, t.
| But you're gofn' to boost a little
Cause he's got the best thing out.
Herbert Hackney has registered his
| new automobile as No. 331.
Councilman Fraser left Sunday for
Denver and Colorado Springs.
The annual picnic of the Sunfower
camp of M. w. A. will be held at Vine
wood on August "a.
Z. T. Cutter, general manager of the
Associated Press Office in Kansas City,
is Topeka visitor today.
The new Central park school house
Will be completed and ready for use
When the fall term begins.
The grounds surrounding the capitol
building present a very attractive ap-
pearance at the present time.
Mayor Green left this afternoon for
New York and Philadelphia for a
combined business and pleasure trip.
Councilman c. E. Jordan leaves in
day or so for Aberdeen, S. D., where
he is the possessor of a quarter section
of land.
Jacob Yoder. the carpenter who was
struck by a Santa Fe train Sunday
morning is improving but is not yet our
of danger.
The Commercial club is in receipt
of a small monthly periodical publish
ed by the Greater Des Moines Com
mittee' in the interests of the city.
Scott Hopkins, Of the Prudential
Savings bank, has gone east on a bust
ness trip. He will also spend some
time on a pleasure trip in New Eng
land.
Collapsible drinking cups are in
great demand in Topeka just now and
the stores that handle them are doing
a brisk business in this particular line
of goods.
The work up to the first story of the
new Thompson-HaH building at Fifth
and Kansas avenue is about completed
and the work on the first story will be
started within q few days.
Tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock the
regular monthly meeting of the for
eign missionary society of the First
home of Mrs. L. E. McEntire.
Tie board of health of Indianapolis |
has recently made a crusade against |
the fly. Considerable money has been
expended for sprays with which to |
swat all insects belonging to the order
Diptera,
Registration for the coming bond cleo
ton on August "a continues to be |
light. Friday evening is the last OPP
oortunity voters win have to register
At the office of the commissioner of
elections.
Percy o. Winstead. the Monroe street
invalid, who at one time offered his
BODY to physicians simply for operat-
rg and cutting purposes, is in bad con-
Iition again. He will be operated on
again this fall.
Several of the business men of the
,ity believe that if the piling for the
I'D street car bridge directly west of
he Melan arch bridge was removed an
extension of the latter bridge would be
entirely unnecessary
One of the things which Topeka will
ave to install in her fire department
n order to be up-to-date, is an auto
ire apparatus. There are at present in
he United States 40 cities which have
dopted this form of equipment
The secretary of the Commercial I
Tub was commenting on the large s
lumber of business men who are out
# the city on their vacations. Out of {
fifteen men called on in connection
With matter of business only six were
n Topeka.
The new organ for the Central Con-
regationaI church is expected to ar
i've next week, although it Will not be :
1stalled for at least another month
r until the work on the church is
advanced to permit of the
lstallation.
The idea of inducing the manufac- {
1rers of the CITY to display their
cen given up until fall at least. These
entlemen are slow this hot weather T
f taking advantage of free means /
advertising. T
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Wilcox &
t Christ hospital on August 9, boy; v
, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Larimer, a boy {
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lacenberry, S21 /
orth Clay street. on August 9. a girl; I
, Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Lillard, S27 Tyler t
rect, a girl. I
Governor Stubs has returned from {
Is trip to Kansas City where he went t
have his eyes treated and claims
: is feeling better every day. The
1vernor says that nothing, is better
IT his eyes than good speech to a
BOD Kansas audience.
In connection with the movement in
lie direction of doing away with the
ublic drinking cup, it has been sug-
ssted that it would be a good idea to +
lace a number of sanitary fountains !
hich are constantly bubbling over +
nd require no cup, similar to the one I
the high school, and which are in Z
1mmon use in the large city parks.
Atlantic City threatened to levy I
* on baby carriages in order to Sc a
Ire funds to help defray the running r
Ipenses of that municipality The
nd mothers became indignant and I
aced on all their carriaees, II would c