The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-17
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lent job of street cleaning.
The Guilford Dudley building at S27
| Kansas avenue is almost completed.
The first band concert at Chesney
park will be given Saturday evening by
MarshalPS band.
President Frank K. Sanders of Wash
| burn college has returned after short
vacation in Wisconsin.
Some folks go to picnics. some are
taken to picnics and others have pic
mics forced upon them.
Sloan lodge No. 225, A. F. and A.
m, will confer the second degree
Thursday evening beginning at Z
o'clock 50
Thomas owen, superintendent of
there will be an attractive entry of
fowls this year.
Secretary H. L. Cook of the fair as
ISOLATION, who has been out of town
several days in the interests of the fair,
will return tomorrow.
Those who have been taking vacations
soon twill begin to return home The
an influx of population
Mrs. r. M. Spivey, who runs a
rooming house for bachelor maidens"
at HOO Topeka avenue, has added a
sleeping porch to the building.
Many persons who were awakened
by the approaching storm this morn
ing noted the curious blood-red tint of
the sky just as the sun came up.
On account of the rain and the
cooler weather which In theory should
follow, the secretary of the CONNER
c1al club has postponed his Colorado
vacation trip one week.
If it wasn't for the Shorey extension,
the rise and fall of the river sand bars
and the Union Pacific crossing the
North Sidn would q
hard time making a living.
One hundred members of the Redden
Mission Sunday school under the SUI
pervision of the First Presbyterian
church will be given their annual out
ing at Vinewood, August %.
Were you up in time to see the color
of the clouds and the sky in the east
just before the storm broke over To-
peka this morning.? To rise at 5:15 and
see the effect was worth the energy.
In one of the western counties of the
state two agricultural exhibits are be-
ing prepared for the state fair but
it is likely that arrangements will be
made whereby they will be combined.
For the first time in many years
the old fashioned malady known as
chills and ague has been making the
rounds in Topeka. Many persons have
been suffering with form of influ-
enza.
The Seabrook and Central Congrega-
tional churches will hold their Sunday
school and church services Jointly Sun
day morning at the church of the lat
ter. Rev. w. c. Wheeler will conduct
them.
This is another busy day for the UNI
brella traffic. Strayed, lost and stolen
rain shields are the grounds for many
family quarrels this evening. There is
only one way to keep an umbrella
that is to buy a cheap one.
Speaking of buying beer in Topeka
it is getting easier every day. Further
more the best brands are on the mar
ket and a person doesn't have to rely
upon bootleggers or back DOORS WHAT
kind of municipal protection is this?
The Fourth ward taxpayers are leav-
ing no stone unturned to make it pos
sible to purchase the Lakin and Farms
worth properties for park purposes
that is the majority of them. An oc-
casional knocker has been heard FROM
Real estate men have been receiving
inquiries about property on the part
of those who expect to move to Tope-
ka in order for their sons and daugh-
ters to take advantage of the educa-
tional facilities at Washburn college.
In the police court Tuesday Mayor
Billiard went bond for a woman who
was charged as keeping a disorderly
house. The commission form of gov
eminent has revealed wonderful things
to the unsuspecting citizens of Topeka.
There are 500 out of town Washburn
students who are waiting frant1cally
for the time when they will be able to
take a train for Topeka, hear the new
college chimes, boost for the football
team and meet their dear teachers"
Claude of the Cremerie (you know
Claude?) has a kick coming. He says
that people eat at restaurants in con-
vention and rush time then they eat
4 I<f~ Of Of al Mt
Then they kick because the service is
slow.
w. E. Atchison, assistant county at
torney, and Mrs. Atchison have return
ed from an extensive trip in Europe.
While away Judge Atchison was nomi-
mated for county attorney on the
Democratic ticket. He made no cam
paign whatever.
Another argument in favor of the
statement that most newspaper re-
man instincts-one Topeka newspaper
man spent last evening darning twenty
odd pairs of socks. He is a handy man
with the needle.
w. o. Hunter, one of the Y. NJ c.
A. secretaries and his bride who was
formerly Miss Florence Shackleford, of
Salt Lake City, will arrive in topeka
this evening or tomorrow Mr.. Hunter
has gained considerable reputation as
a checker fiend.
Word has been received from Camp
Endeavor, near Maple Hill, maintained
by the c. E. of the First Congrega-
tional church, to the effect that H 3.
Howard caught 10 pound fish in Mill
creek. Mr.. Howard wants his friends
to know of the catch.
The police are thinking of placing
a large number of Topeka married
men under surveillance because since
their wives have been on a vacation
they have been keeping ice in the
Ice in the ice boxi Wife
away Aha! A clue!
Life was made miserable at the