The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-19
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Tie Trapp-SteVic company printers
has moved to 113 East Eighth.
Topelans have found that it is wet
or the other side of the comets tall
Doctors report that there is but lit
tie sickness in the city. There are
few cases Of measles and whooplng
cough.
The new civil service commission
blanks have been issued and Will pc
used in registering applicants for city
positions
This is a mighty good place for the
building Of a first-class hotel was Il
statement made by Secretary H. L.
Cook of the state fair.
Rev. Charles a. Wilson of Chicago
will be in charge of the prayer meet
ing at the Second Presbyterian church
on the North side this evening.
The scoop shovel used in the exca-
waiting for the Melan bridge extension,
which was accidentally broken. has
been repaired and is in use again.
The people on Lane street are rails
ing a howl because ex-City Attorney
Dreaming is tearing up their paving to
get data on the sewer damage suit.
A telegram has been received from
Glenn H. Curtis3 saying that there will
be no hitch i'll his arrangements In
respect to the Topeka aviation meet.
People are going in large numbers
to see the brilliant display of red ORR
entail peoples and peonies in DR.. Eva
Harding's garden at 1413 College ave-
nue..
The extension of the Rock Island
bridge over the Kaw river will be
commenced in short time. The plans
are drawn and are awaiting official ap-
proVal.
Indications are today that the piece
of street railway on College avenue be-
gun the other time HaIley's comet was
here will be completed in few more
months.
City Clerk Burge is becoming so en-
crossed in his campaign for county
clerk that when he sent a wedding
present to his sister the other day he
enclosed a campaign card by mistake.
Glass day exercises at the high school
will be held Tuesday, May 81, in the
assembly room of the school. Catherine
McCarter Will give the class history,
and Clarence Staples the class oralicn.
1t was suggested that since tie burn
ing of pottery moulded by the city
school children was so successful It
would be interesting to the public to
see some samples of the work on ex-
Fibil.
1t is the general opinion that the
best use that could be made of the
bottle automobile that has been
running around the streets would be
fill it up.
The two leading characters in the
senior play of the Washburn college
class are "Billiken" and "Grapenuts. -
Intense excitement prevails at the col
lege as to how these two characters
will be robed.
Prof. H. c. Hemmenway's school
garden campaign in Topeka has come
10 naught. There were too many
cooks" and no one to take the re-
sponsibiity of going ahead with the
work as suggested by Prof. Hemmen-
way.
One of the local doctors CT feminine
persuasion recently received nervous
shock when she almost stumbled into
an enormous rat which she described
as being as large as a cat. The rodent
was on tho stairs leading from the Of
flee of the physician.
This year the board of education will
rake the selection of teachers for the
city schools for the school year COM
mencing next September. A meeting
of the teachers committee will proba-
bly, be held Monday evening to consider
the applications which have been re-
celved for places on the teaching force.