The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-06
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The work of rebuilding the Bromich
Boiler works is nearly completed.
Arthur Nelson, stenographer at the
Santa Fe depot offices has smallpox
The new smoke stack at the city
light plant has been completed. 1t is
125 feet high.
The state convention of the Elks
will be held in Topeka, Tuesday and
"Wednesday of next week.
Fred Vandegrift, the veteran news
paper man is now alternating among
the snakes and cactus in New Mexico.
Elmer f. Ames. cashier of the Cen
trail National bank, has purchased the
w. H. LOOMS home in Potwin and
will occupy it as residence.
The annual dinner of the Saturday
night club will be held this year on
May 81 The list of orators is said to
be the best in the history of club.
Q. E. Walker has returned from
his plantation at Sanford, Fla He
marketed his potato crop and came
home with $500 draft for his share.
The weather man has been treating
the delegates to the Sunday school
convention with unusual courtesy.
May they come often and stay longer.
Kansas avenue is profusely decorat-
ed with the stars and stripes and the
conquest flag, in honor of the Sunday
school convention now in session here.
The boats which will be used in
Vinewood park this summer were TAX
en- out to the park this morning. This
popular resort will be open week
from Sunday.
w. ]. Mattern of Topeka and Alice
Cremer also of Topeka secured a
marriage license in Kansas City. Mr..
Mattern is in the marble business and
is an old citizen.
The street commissioner is still
cleaning the QllQVS around the
city Kidding them of the tin cans and
crockery. There is a chance for
spring clean UP yet.
There Is a movement on foot at
Washburn college to save the old bell
from the ravages OF the senior class
who propose to have it recast and
stationed in the gymnasium belfry.
The Y. M. c. A. number of the
Washburn Review is out today. 1t is
a remarkably we'll edited edition for
such a feature. The Colorado
weather resort gets the usual free ad-
vertising.
Tomorrow evening a thousand men
! will march behind a band from the
First Baptist church to the auditor
ium. This will give an idea of the
magnitude of the Sunday school work
in the state of Kansas.
There are seven members of the
supreme court and six of them are
exceedingly fond of baseball. Chief
Justice Johnston and Justice Benson
were themselves players with records.
Justice Graves never saw ball game
in his life.
The cigarette law may be in effect
clutches sharpened but cigarettes can
be bought in Topeka just the same
| The effect of the law is losing its
| novelty and 1t is being broken in the
| same old fashioned way.
| r. w. Eaton thinks that there will
be only about ten drug stores left in
| Topeka after the publishing of the
/ new absolute prohibition bill goes in
to effect About forty of the drug
stores will close up.
4 Justice Henry F. Mason of the su-
Il preme court is a stickler for literary
style but he says that don't as an
4 abbrevation for does not is perfectly
I proper. John MacDonalds opinion
I of Justice Mason as a stylist is con-
sequently not fit for publication
II ]. NJ. Mcfarland. once the star base
ball pitcher of the Western ball team
of Topeka. and Harry Richter are
having an exciting controversy. Rich
ter claims that the Westerns were de-
feated in Council Grove and McF'ar-
land says that the score on that mem
orable occasion was: Council Grove
8; westerns. 121.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the
1 Children's Home society of Topeka
was held in the old Commercial club
rooms late yesterday afternoon an6
Jesse Shaw was elected president The
other officers are D. H Fisher. Man
haitian, vice president; s. s. OFT. To-
peka, secretary, and o. s. Morrow
treasurer and superintendent.