The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-22
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came TO the CITY
A few of the teachers remained in
Topeka a day to complete their fall
and winter shopping.
Frank Hayes, who was injured in
the falling of the Fillmore street bridge
is reported to be no better
Harold w. Molz and Miss Lenora L.
Viersen of Topeka obtained license
to marry in Kansas City Friday.
| DR.. Frank L. Loveland of the First
| M. E. church will deliver an address
Sunday afternoon in Gemmell hall.
| Monday evening the new night
school will start at the Harrison build
| ing. w. H. Greider is principal, and
| C. NJ Morrow an instructor.
The Shawnee Bar association will
| probably start their weekly get to-
| gether' Saturday noon meetings at the
! Commercial club in the near future.
| Mrs. R. w. Coppedge made credita-
BILE exhibition of her oil paintings at
the manual training high school during
! the teachers meeting.
Fred D. Warren of Girard. Kan, edi-
| tor of the Appeal to Reason, will speak
! at 2:So o'clock on the afternoon of No
| vember 2, at the Auditorium. He will
deal in Socialism.
| While the teachers meeting was in
| progress the manual training building
| was a popular resort, especially from
to o'clock when the local teachers
served light refreshments.
Rev. L. S. Cooper of Delphos. Kan,
| is holding a series of revival meetings
| at the Wesleyan Methodist church cor
ner jefferson and Third. He will preach
| Sunday at II a. m. and 1880 p. m.
| Now that the Christian Church con-
vention is a thing of the past it might
| be remarked that Secretary Coburn fail
ed to make good his promise to furnish
| the chickens to enter the ministry.
| Demands from other cities are still
] ut nia1 oil n
for the pamphlet entitled "City Com
mission Charter Act which the club
The quality of the milk served in
! the local restaurants is said to have
| improved since the startling informa-
ton was given out by City Inspector
| DR.. George Babb.
| The new pipe organ at the First Bap-
| fist church will be dedicated Friday
| evening next. y program is being pre-
pared by Dean Horace Whftehouse of
| Washburn. The organ is the gift of
John R. Mulvane.
L. L. Adams and George Godfrey
| Moore have returned from Hutchinson,
! where as representatives. of the CONNER
cial club they were instrumental in Sc
| curing the 1911 convention of the Anti
| Horsethief association for Topeka.
| John Mcdonald, editor of the West
ern School Journal, made quite a hit
| when he made few humorous remarks
at the recent K. U. alumni banquet. A
number of complimentary remarks con-
| corning the talk have since been over
| heard. Mr.. Mcdonald is an occasional
chapel speaker at the state university
| and his jokes are farfamed.
ST have $410 in my possession -
said Ward H. Green, director of athle-
| tics at the High school this morning,
| land on account of the enthusiasm
by Monday we will have the full $500
| through the sale of season tickets
| This amount is necessary in order to
go ahead with the sports of the
school,"
published some time ago.
The action of the city in placing traf-
fic policemen on the busiest street
! corners in the business section of To
peka is approved greatly on the part of
the citizens. This is the first time that
| policemen have been placed on this job,
who enforce the rules of the street and
keep the traffic from congestion.
Two small sheds behind the house
owned by E. G. Eckblad, 204 Fillmore,
were burned to the ground last evening
about $50. The sheds were ablaze be-
fore discovered and the firemen could
| do nothing but save surrounding prop
erty. Cause unknown.
Theodore Saxon of Topeka, who is a
| director in the Linscott State bank of
RoIton. says that all of the overdrafts
mentioned some time ago as going to
Treasurer Sarbach of the Masons of
Kansas, were secured by the bank and
were in good shape.
City Engineer Fulton has informed
the contractors doing paving and side
walk work in the city that they must
complete their jobs before cold wealth
er. 1t is the intention of the city en-
gineer to get Topeka in a clean condi-
ton before winter. When the people
of the city remember the torn up
streets and walks last winter they will
see the value of this action of the city
engineer.
Several of the business men of the
city are planning a scheme to arch
Kansas avenue with electric lights sim
liar to the manner in which some Of
the streets are covered at this time.
The cost would be practically nothing
when distributed properly and the eff
feet on the avenue is invaluable to the
looks of the street at night.
The officials at the general offices CT
the Santa Fe who were figuring on get
ting up petition to recall John Pur-
cell from the Get Acquainted tour in
order that he might be in the city for
the teachers convention were fooled.
Mr.. Purcell has been in the city since
the first of the week-but he has been
SO hard at work that no one has seen
him.
| kansas avenue has not been cleared
Of debris from the construction Of
| buildings for two years. Strange
though it may seem, there has never
been kick on this kind of bIockading
to the streets. The people of growing
| topeka will never howl when improve
ments of this nature are going on.
| Workmen are building the concrete
forms for the seventh story of the new
Santa re general office building at the
corner of Tenth and Jackson streets
| If good weather continues this building
will be under a roof before winter. The
shop office building near the shops is
almost completed.
/ A party of prominent Topekans gath
cred in a down town office the other
night to discuss a proposition of start
ing a petition for the recall of Mayor
Billiard 1t was decided, finally, after a
long discussion that the petition should