The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-20
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Saturday of this week will be tag
day.
The japanese iris in Cages park are
attracting a good deal of attention.
DIR. Geo. Dick leaves tomorrow for
Wisconsin, where he will make his
home.
The brick walls of the new State
Fair stock pavilion have been COM
pleted.
The North Brothers stock company
will play Facing the Music at the
Grand tonight.
A meeting of the house committee
of the Commercial club will be held
tomorrow noon.
Ben Akers is looking for home on
Boswell avenue so he can get among
the floriculturists.
When asked for news, about half of
the people approached by reporter
today said, ''Oh, it's hot"
The new cafeteria lunch room at the
Central Y. M. C. A. will be completed
within two or three days.
Work has commenced on the super
structure of the Gordon building at
Fourth and Kansas avenue.
The white enamel brick walls of the
new Rigby building at Fifth and Kan
sas avenue are being erected.
The Gentry shows are billed to ap-
pear in Topeka June 80. The Sells
Floto circus will be here July Is.
It is stated that there are at least
10, 900 peoples in blossom in DR.. Eva
Harding's garden on College avenue.
DR.. Robert Downey. who was oper-
ated upon Tuesday for appendicitis at
st. Francis hospital, will return to his
home tomorrow.
A meeting of the school board will
be held this evening to consider the
completed plans for the new South
side school building.
Boys are applying rapidly for a
chance to take advantage of the sum-
mer Y. M. c. A. camp at Maple Hill,
which begins for the high school fell
lows July 5.
The state Fair mail is becoming
heavy, this mornings contribution con-
sisting of 55 pieces. Entries in the
livestock departments are coming in
from day to day.
The trolley ride scheduled for this
evening by the young people of the
c. E. Of the First Congregational
church has been postponed until next
Monday evening.
DR.. Raymond A. Schwegler, associ-
ate professor of education at the State
university, gave an address this morn
ing before those in attendance at the
Washburn Normal institute.
Several newspaper men who were in
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others have expressed their willingness
to give the Kansas State Fair publicity
in the columns of their papers.
On account of the warm nights and
the ability of the WEARY Willies" to
sleep out of doors. there have not
been as many transients stopping at
the Provident association within the
past two weeks as usual.
By July 1 the government census Of
fee will be deserted. Pees Van SAINT,
supervisor of the First congressional
district and his force having practi-
cally completed all work connected
with the taking Of the 1910 census.
officials of the Topeka tuberculosis
society are pleased to have the people
movement towards stamping out the
great white plague" 20 visit the tu-
berculosis camp on the North side.
A telegram was received from Sec
rotary H. L. Cook. who has been
spending a few days in Lincoln, Neb.,
stating that the latter was much i'm
proved in health and that he would
probably arrive in Topeka tomorrow
morning.
Topeka friends of ]. c. Mars will
regret to learn that Glenn H. Curtiss
beat him in a contest flight at Louis
vile yesterday. But Topeka will con-
tinue to bet faithfully on Mars until
further evidence is introduced to prove
his is not actually the best in the bust
ness most of the time
A new game has been improvised by
the Y. w. c. A. officials. 1t is called
PUSSY wants a member and will be
played tomorrow evening. The city
has been divided into 13 districts. and
there will be 10 women in each dis
trict, composing team, to be known
by the name of some particular vari-