The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-27

Social danceat McRae's Saturday night.
Miss Alpha SINNERS has gone to Nc
Louth to visit one week.
Job seekers are f1ocking in large
numbers to the Office of the state fair.
Miss Lena Davis will have charge
of the Y. w. c. A. camp at Wakarusa
this week.
The official vote of the statewide
primary is published in today's State
Journal.
Rev. Jno. A. Bright will preach at
the First Lutheran church tomorrow
morning.
The big searchlight, which is at
tracing much attention in the win
dow of Crosby Bros store, weighs
$50 pounds.
Hundreds of State fair fans are now
in Kansas homes. Passengers on out
going trains have been presented with
these air disturbers.
Geo. Haas, who lives on Bellview
avenue, has six alberta peach trees
from which his family has canned ESQ
quarts and he has peaches left.
The Y. M. c. A. has issued little
booklet entitled, After Supper In
crease Your Wages It is a pros
pectus of the educational department.
1t is the purpose of the management
of the Central Y. NJ c. A. to hold
an unusually large number of social
events at the association building this
fall.
Clyde Humphreys has bought two
lots in the Lakewood addition for $500.
Within a day or two he will award
the contract for the erection of a
$1,000 house.
Topeka is to have new life insur-
ance company Within so days the
Anchor Life Insurance company will
move its headquarters from Kansas
City, Kan, to Topeka
Cooperating with Wabaunsee county,
Shawnee will build 40 foot bridge over
Vassar creek on the county line. Plans
are now being inspected by the Wa
baunSee county commissioners.
Interest in the reunion of old SOL
diers which will be held in Topeka
Fair week continues to grow. No eff
fort will be spared to show the com
rades" a good time.
Rev. Harvey Phillips. who arrived in
Topeka from Egypt this month. will
terrain church at both services tomor-
row. He is a Washburn graduate in
the class of '05.
In the services at the First Presby-
terrain church tomorrow morning, Miss
Berenice Fuller will sing the offertory
Father in Heaven by Engleman. The
brotherhood chorus will lead the con-
gregational singing both morning and
evening.
Wabaunsee county settlers. who since
have moved to Shawnee county, will
hold reunion at Vinewood next Wed
nesday. Mrs. Quail is president of the
organization; J. w. Sidwell, vice presi-
dent, and L. Fl. Greenwood. secretary.
An eight-room house and two lots
at S34 West street has been sold to
Mr.. McNamee of Junction City, who
will move to Topeka for the purpose
of educating his children. This was
the Van Meter property. Rodgers,
Davis and Company made the deal.
Miss Elizabeth N. Barr, editor of Cur
rent Topics, who brought the ire of the
club women of Kansas down upon her
head because she persisted in running
a column called dill Pickles." and who
decided to do away with this column,
this week and made them stronger than
ever.
1t is the general opinion in Topeka
that the present methods of milk in
spection are farce and that it is time
the city commissioners were planning
on changing the ordinances. The city
commissioners have been having a hard
time changing some of the old city
council methods and adjusting the city
sffairs to a business basis.
H. P Hemphill. manager of the In
telephone company who has
do, Wyoming and Utah reports that |
he never has observed better appear |
ing corn than is seen along the Santa !
Fe this side of Larned. West of Liber- |
al, according to Mr.. Hemphill. the hot |
winds did slight damage.
No lack of business in the big Santa |
Fe shops. More than $4,000 in ma
chinery has just been delivered in the |
yards and will be installed in the shops |
at once. Business was good all sum- |
mer and with the fall rush every man |
will be employed The Santa Fe never |
turned down an application for work |
from man with experience.
The cost of restoring the Valencia /
bridge which was damaged by drift in |
the high waters of two weeks ago will /
be about $500. John Fritz is in charge /
of the clearing = - liver and restor-
2 ton of the bridge. Gables used in the |
bridgework, which was of a Temporary
character, replacing spans battered out (
by the ice gorge last winter, held the /