The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
Charter a Pullman Car for
Their Trip and Headquarters.
THEY ARE BOOSTERS.
They Bring Yells, Badges, Ban
ners, Posters and Cards.
HeringtOnites Can't Be Stopped
Take City by Storm.
Topeka Kan, Topeka Will
We're from Herington
Just Over the Hill"

JUST over the Hill"
With this yell resoundine down
Kansas avenue and through the audi
tortum last night the Herington Com
mercial club, fifty strong, invaded To-
peka, the largest and best organized
organization in attendance at the great
Merchants week celebration.
The people of Herington are live
wires-at least from the looks of their
Commercial club and the fifty men
who came to Topeka to boost for
Lexington, there are many signs to
that erect. They arrived in Topeka
last evening over the Rock Island in
their special car-the "Heringtonite +"
The Herington business men came
with purpose-to boost for Her
ington and to join with the Topeka
1obbers and manufacturers in MAX
ing the annual merchants event a sue
cess. That's what they are doing in
topeka today and every place they
land they make it known that outside
of Topeka there is only one town in
Kansas-and that is Herington.
They Are Real Boomers.
And the Herington Business Mems
association is not doing things by
halves. The members came to To-
peka last night in great style. Think
ing that the hotel accommodations in
the city would be limited and it would
gether in any other way, the business
men chartered a Pullman car. This
is Kansas prosperity-buy a Pullman
and bring it right along.
With banners strung alongside this
car, the towns trademark in every
window and a crowd of yelling busi-
ness men on the platforms the train
drew in to Topeka last night and was
met by special committee from the
Topeka Commercial club. A special
street also sent down
them and escorted by a good repre-
sentation of the Topeka men. the
Herington boosters arrived at the reg
istration headquarters.
Each Herington man wore a yellow |
badge pinned on by a Herington pin !
and large red rooster. These badges |
are what made the real hit with the !
Topeka club. Across the top of the |
yellow streamers in large type was
printed:
Topeka Kan-Topeka Will. It's
Proven Today"
Then below follows: 1--WE are Her
ington Boosters Today and Friends
Tomorrow. Herington. the Tri-County |
Market of Dickinson, Morris and |
Marion counties. 900 in 1912" On |
the pin was printed: "Ask Me About
Herington, 10000 in 1912"
And this is not all the fifty business |
men from the metropolis of central |
Kansas brought with them. They are |
placing around town great big pos |
ters today which bear the big Her |
ington trademark in coIors. Were |
Growing Some," is the screaming |
headline and then follows the trade
mark which is a portion of the cor !
ners of Dickinson, Marion and Morris |
counties with a star for Herington |
and the arrow pointing toward it, |
Ten thousand in 1912" seems to ba |
the cry of the central Kansas live |
ones
Visiting the Jobbers.
The Commercial club spent all morn |
ing today in visiting the Topeka job |
bers AMI manufacturers. Several Of the |
firms have opened their houses to them |
and they are taking advantage of it. |
Three of the leading commission and |
grocery houses in Topeka have estab- |
Hshed branch houses and distributing |
stations at Herington and the business |
men are making a call-"just to show |
our respects" as one of the boosters |
explained it.
The crowd took in the State Journal |
building this morning-and when they |
left there we're still few of the en- |
ployes who were willing to live in To- |
peka The rest of them have resolved to |
move to Herington. The Santa F'e Of |
fees and shops and several other places
of interest have been visited.
Last night at the Auditorium an old |
Herington resident who now lives in |
Topeka went up to business man
from that town. Grabbing his hand he |
said:
well. how is Herington coming?"
The Herington man looked at him for I
a minute and then, turning to another
wearer of the yellow badge who stood |
at his side he whispered:
bill. how is Herington-you know !
you left on later train than we did?".
It is a great bunch and is truly rep
resentative of the growing Kansas
town of 3 900 energetic people in the |
central part of the state. The follow
ing Herington crowd chartered the |
Pullman car for the Topeka Merchants
Week:
81. Thompson, D. E. Lamb, w. n. |
HawIey, James Mace, A. ]. Petrie. H. |
N Woods, Jake Fritz. s. P. Childs, Roy |
THOMPSON, Frank Smith, Joe Sproul,
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thompson, F. d |
Carmon, A. J. Lower, ]. w. Bradshaw.
N Mannheim. Mrs. P. Goldberg, Mr..
and Mrs J. w. Dreese, Earl Reese.
George Houston. d. z. Lamb, H. c. |
Rogers. James Haire, DR.. Lewis Blach-
ly M. Calkins, G. H. Stolfus, c. F.
Ream. George Ream, George Debus. E.
L. Debus, r. L. Herhold, Herbert Min
tren. Thomas Werlich, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Riddle. Karl Riddle. Keynon Rid
die. L. p Foy, w. H. Westhoff, Mr..
and Mrs w. A. Thompson, Fred
Thompson, Mrs. c. A. Sproul. Miss
Helen Thompson, and Frank Fittinger-
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