The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
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McRae'S.
The city schools begin Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 20.
New pavement has been put in on
the Washington school grounds.
Some of the fair visitors were still
TO be seen on the streets today.
Ten thousand people rode on the
merry-go-round at the state fair
The work on the new Mills store
building is now progressing rapidly.
The Y. W. c. A. vesper services will
begin Sunday afternoon, October /.
The front of the new Warren M.
Crosby building has been completed
The Independent Telephone system
IS the largest in Kansas and is grow
ing.
Weeds are getting bad in parkings
and vacant lots in many parts of the
city
No one regretted that Uncle Sam
missed his weather predictions this
week.
The return of summer may not be
appreciated but it's a good thing for
the corn.
Friday evening, September 80. is the
date set for the opening reception and
rally of the Y, w. c. A.
One of the directors of the Topelxa
state fair took his live stock to Hutch
lnson. He is probably sorry now.
n oNACCb Cdf LII a wagon last night
at sixth avenue and Polk street. The
wagon was smashed but no one was
hurt
The First Congregational church will
resume its evening service on Sunday.
which the church will observe as Rally
Day.
A meeting of business men will ne
held at the Commercial club Monday
noon to discuss the baseball situation
in Topeka.
w. L. Driver. the new athletic di-
rector at Washburn, played end three
years on the Missouri university team
and was star.
There was some bootlegging done on
the fair grounds by persons who at
tended the races from Kansas City
and other points.
The Mills Dry Goods company ex-
poets to move into their new quarters,
corner Ninth street and Kansas ave-
nue., about February /.
o. w. Bronson has bought a buffalo
mead which IS said to be the largest
in the United States. 1t was owned
by Frank Rockefeller.
The man who had the watermelon
concession on the fair grounds sold r
carload of melons and he raised the
price to 10 cents a slice at that.
Arthur Thomson pitched for the To-
peka team Friday. He couldn't deliV-
er the goods at Cleveland but no one
would expect him to win a game for
Topeka.
We'll, this beats the DUTCH" said a
motor car driver this morning as big
horse fly buZzed around his head and
ATTEMPTED to sting the hood of his ma
chine.
Principal A. J. Stout of the high
school wants to remind all subfresfn-
men that he desires to see them be-
fore the opening day of school next
Tuesday.
W. F. Sheahan has been awarded the
contract for the heating and plumbing
of the new Y. w. c. A. building, cor
ner Seventh and Van Buren, streets,
the bid being $225.
Cal Evans. of Cottonwood Falls. at
tended the fair. Mr.. Evans is one of
the noted men in his county and holds
the record for persistency. He never
quits anything he tackles.
Ribbons will be sent out from the
secretary's office to the prize winners
in the poultry department of the state
fair as soon as they can be printed.
The ribbons were overlooked in some
way.
W. ]. Stagg will assume his duties as
clerk of the school board Monday.
]. c. Stewart, who resigned his po-
sition as clerk of the board has left
for a vacation at his old home in
Ohio.
"A reception Will De nelQ MONDAY 6V-
ening at the First M. E. church in
honor of DIR. F. N. Lynch who leaves
before the first of the month for
Omaha, Neb., to take a pastorate in
that city.
The manual training addition to the
Lincoln school will not be completed
for a week after the opening of school.
The contractors, Council & Barber,
have been retarded in their work by
rainy weather.
General enrolment at the high
school for the fall term of school will
take place on Tuesday morning next
at o'clock. The subfreshmen will
enroll at IL o'clock. No classes will
be held Tuesday.
Practically all of the concessions and
the tents at the fair grounds have been
removed today. Down town grocers
have purchased most of the horticul-
tural displays and the railroads are
shipping the stock out of the city.
The company of the national guard
scheduled for Topeka will not be estab-
lished in this city. Too bad. What
will the rah-rah boys to now to amuse
themselves? AnG so many Topeka
young men had signed up to become
heroes!
The team hitched to the wagon be-
longing to the Mutual Ice company ran
away with a wagon load of ice this
morning and for six blocks the big
cool cakes were sprinkled over the
pavement. All the damage was done
to the ice.
The regular work of the CONNER
cial club and it's affiliated organiza-
lions will be resumed this month. The
noon day attendances at the club have
kept up we'll during the summer, but
not a great deal of business has been
transacted.
On Monday morning a meeting of
the principals of the city schools will
be held in the high school building.
At o'clock of the same day meet
ing of all the teachers will take place
and at this time the assignment of
teachers to their respective schools
will be made.
young man presented five dollar
gold piece of the late design at one of
HAa state fair ticket windows The