The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
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Have you ever heard of Independent
| telephone time?
Get ready for the big Fourth of July
celebration at Vinewood.
Vinewood Park theater will open on
Sunday High class vaudeville.
1 Plasterers are at work on the first
| floor of the Thompson-Hal building
A meeting was held this noon of the
house committee of the Commercial
club.
Charley Patrick is busy at a garage
trying to get his automobile in shape
for summer service.
There is still call for more Tag day
workers. Phone the Provident associ-
alton Immediately and join the force.
Twenty-Five boys have registered to
date for the annual Y NJ. c. A. camp
at Maple Hill, which commences
July 8.
The American Magazine for July
prints full page portrait of F. d. Co
burn with complimentary writeup by
H. ]. Haskell.
Lucas & Lagerstrom have sold the
Bradford Miller property at GAG Clay
street to Geo. Warlelich for the-ccnsid-
GRAFTON of $4,000.
The white walls of the new Rigby
building at 535 Kansas avenue have
now reached the second story, in the
process of construction.
certain clothing store man has a
habit of racing down West Sixth ave
nue. in the small hours of the night at
top notch speed. This falling is OF
long standing.
| Leeper &, Smith started this morning
the preliminary work in connection
with putting in the new fronts of Mrs.
G. G. Cages buildings at All and 43S
Kansas avenue.
Since some of the men on a certain
1fp I,ne sod -trv Cob f0v h
purpose of keeping tab on automobile
lscorchers. there has been a noticeable
decrease in speed attained.
Unless within the next week more
mothers leave their children during
the day at the nursery of the Topeka
Provident association, the nursery will
be closed during the months of July
and August.
Leeper & Smith have purchased a
lot at the corner of Sixth avenue and
Van Buren, street, from Lucas & Lag
erstrom. They expect to put up
business building on this site within
the next year.
Henry Wierenga, who has been one
of the good fellows" OF the Y. M.
c. A. Bachelors club, and who has
completed a course in law at Wash
burn college, left today for his home
in Cawker City.
This morning the four children of
Mrs. Katie Krossneck, who was yes
terday taken from the Provident As
ISOLATION TO the asylum, were sent by
the p. A. to an aunt in Beatrice, Neb.,
who will care for them.
A Topeka business man suggested
that the Zeppelin airship should be
, able to do accommodation business,
as from time to time when the small
towns are reached the passengers
could drop to earth in parachutes.
Col. T. w. Golden, the ex-Indian
l fighter, will be present at the Y. M.
, c. A. boys camp at Maple Hill July
8 and 10 and will tell the young men
Of his thrilling experiences in connec-
; ton with encounters with the red men.
The wagon which the county COM
missioners purchased for road oiling
, purposes is being put to a test today
, on the West Tenth avenue road. The
! oiling process started at Washburn av-
enue and will be continued a mile west.
{ West Sixth will be oiled later.
The noon day attendance at the
Commercial club is now about 60 a bet
ter showing than was made last year
at this time. Aside from the commit
tee meetings which get the men togeth-
? er. electric fans and cool south and
east breezes are among the drawing
cards.
$ Prof J. B. Willard, of K. S. A. c.,
t will speak before a meeting of the
Shawnee Alfalfa club Saturday after
noon at o'clock in the parlors of the
r Commercial club He will talk on the
t chemistry of soils. The cutting and
f curing of the alfalfa crop will be dis
: cussed.
: The Haskin's Automatic Vending Ma
chine company is planning to put out a
: white enamel peanut vender which will
! stand the wear and tear caused by the
elements better than the one now in
rse. To date 25 machines have been
put out by this Topeka firm. and an
order was received this week from
! Kansas City for 25 machines.