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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-26
c1,ristmas Brings Wealth.

Rev york, Dec 26.-Henry Reiser
Of Paterson, N. J., stool at a down
toto the evening selling Christmas
frees. This morning he started for
Chicago to claim $4,000. his part of
a half million dollar estate left by
his grandmother who died recently at
iIr GOOD fortune came to Reiser in a
letter lett from his uncle, Louis Reiser of
Chicago. When his father died, II
Years ago, Reiser inherited great
deal of money, but il did not last very
1onr and since then he has worked at
MANY Jobs. Most of the time he has
been a waiter.
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starts Crusade Against Smoking.

Chicago. Dec. 26.-Wilbur Glenn Be-
Iva, overseer and successor to John
Alexander Dowie, has opened up new
crusade against smoking in Zion City.
Taking cognizance of the existence of
q new faction, known as the linda
pendents,'' who have not been afraid
to smoke in public recently, he follow
ed a general circular on the subject
with personal letters to alleged leaders.
In each Voliva announced he would be-
gin prosecutions if the 'tpernicious
habit was not instantly abandoned
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NOTICE.


NOTICE.
Notice is given that the stockholders of
the Aetna Building s. Loan Association
of Topeka, Kansas, will hold their annual
meeting in the office Of the said Associa-
ton in the, City of Topeka, Kansas, on
Tuesday, the 24th day of January, A. D.
1911 at 10 O'Clock A. M of said day. for
the purpose of electing Board of Direc-
tors for the ensuing year, and to trans
act any other business that may properly
come before said meeting. All proxies to
be voted at said meeting must be on file
with the secretary of said Association on
or before noon of January II, 1911
By order of board of directors.
JNO. q. ROYCE, Secretary.
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LEGAL

RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
Kansas deem it necessary for the
best interests of said city that
Polk street. from the south side of
Eighth avenue to the north side of Tenth
avenue, be graded, curbed with combined
curb and gutter and paved thirty 600
crete base.
W. G. TANDY, Commissioners.
I, c. 3. Burge, city clerk of the Civ of
Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the original RESOLUTION
now on file In my office.
tSeal1 C. B. BURGE,
City Clerk
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RESOLVED,rThat the Mayor and Board
of Commissioners of the city of Topeka,
Kansas. deem 1t necessary for the best
interests of said city that West Sixteenth
to the. west line of College avenue, be
graded, curbed. with combined curb and
gutter and paved thirty 600 feet wide with
asphaitic plastic pavement on concrete
foundation.
sss II. w. G. TANDY, Commissioners.
= I, sC.@sBs BHrge, ecity clerk of the city
of Topeka, kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is true and cor
rect copy of the original resolution now
on file In my office
ISeai.l C. B. BURGE,
City Clerk.
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That the inheritance tax law will
be amended, if not repealed, goes
without saying. Nearly all the leg1s-
lators-elect are jumping on this law,
and yet it is in force in many states
and is distinctly in the interest of the
masses. being a tax on wealth. The
trouble with the Kansas law was mat
If made the rate of exemption too low.
Had it included only estates of $4,000
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LEGAL.
First published In The Topeka Stat
Journal December %. 1910.

State of Kansas,
Executive Department.
PROC14AMATION.
I, w. r. .Stubbs, Governor of the. State
OF Kansas, do hereby offer a reward of
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
for the arrest within ninety days-from
this date and final conviction thereafter
Of the unknown party or parties who muir
dered Sidney Dawson in or near Winfield,
Cowley county. Kansas, on or about the
night of April 18th, 1910. Said reward to be
paid upon final conviction of said I'M
known party or parties.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name
and caused to be affixed the
ISeal.1 Great Seal of the State of Kan
sas. Done at Topeka this 22nd
day of December. 1910.
By the Governor:
s. E. DENTON. Secretary of State.
J.. T. ROTKIN
By. Assistant Secretary of State.
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FOR SALE INSECT LANNON'S.

velopes s1.25: 500 statements S12 500
cards $1.25, briefs SOC a page The Queen
Printing Co., lib E. Sth, Topeka. Kan.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

Rugs made from old carpets; beautiful
effects. Prices $1.Oo and up. CARPETS
cleaned, sewed, laid. McCormick-Oshorn
Rug Factory. 522 Van Buren,.
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Published in The Topeka State Journal
December 20, 1870

RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
of Commissioners of the city of Topeka,
Kansas. deem it necessary for the
best interests of said city that
Huntoon street, from the west side of
College avenue to the east side of Wash
burn avenue, be graded and curbed with
combined curb and gutter, street to he
thirty (3s9 feet wide. r
W. ANDY, Commissioner
Il. c. BIZ Burge,s city clerk of the City Of
Topeka. Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy Of the orf31na1 resolution
now on file in my office.
: ESeal.l G. B. BURGE,
City Clerk.
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A good many members of the next
legislature have gone on record as OPP
posed to the four-year term for state
officers. No one pretends to advance a
reason for his hostility toward this
reform.
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First published in The Topeka State
Journal December Is. 1901

RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board
OF Commissioners of the city of Topeka,
!kansas. deem it necessary for. the best
of Topeka avenue from Euclid avenue (or
seventeenth street, to Eighteenth street,
be graded and curbed with combined curb
and gutter, the cost of said curbing to
be paid for by the property owners in
one assessment.
w. G. TANDY. Commissioner.
G. B. Burge, city clerk of the city
of Topeka, Kansas do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is d true and cor
rect copy of the original resolution now
on file in my office.
[SeaL1 C. b. BURGE,
- City Clerk
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and over there would not have been
the row kicked up over the law that
has prevailed ever since Wagstaff
opened his primary campaign last
spring
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RESOLVED. Thai. the Mayor and Board
OF Commissioners of the city of Topeka
interests of said city that Garfield street.
from the south line of Tenth street to the
south line of Thirteenth street, Be graded,
curbed with combined curb and gutter
and paved thirty go feet wide with
w. G. TANDY, Commissioner.
T. G. SB. ,Rurge, city clerk of the city
of Topeka, Kansas do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the original resolution now
on file in my office.
ESeal,1 ..sy C. B..BURGE
City Clerk
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FOR SALE-Three good mandolins and
guitar at Il price. Albert Shut, music
teacher, 213 East 8th. Ind. 1855 White.
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OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO
80 CF,EDTN(1S.

.EEsubaisIfedzin The Topeka State Journal
December 26, 1901
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RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
OF Commissioners of the city OF Topeka,
Kansas, deem 1t Necessary for the best
interests of said city that jackson street,
from the north line of Fourth street to
the tracks of. the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific. railway, be repaved sixty (60)
feet wide with vitrified brick.
w. G. TANDY, Commissioners.
I, G. B. Burge, city clerk of the city
of Topeka, Kansas. do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the original resolution now
on file in my office.
lSeaLl G. B. BURGE,
CITY Clerk
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RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board
of Commissioners OF the city Of Tonel-a
Kansas, deem it necessary for the
best interests of said city that
Huntoon street. from the west line of
College avenue to the east line of Null
vane street. be graded. curbed with com
bined curb and gutter and paved thirty
(S0) feet wide with asphaltic concrete on
concrete base.
w. G. TANDY, Commissioners.
!, c b. Burge, city clerk of the CITY of
Topeka. Kansas. do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true ard
correct copy of the original resolution
now on file in my office.
= [SeaL1 c. B. BURGE.
CITY CIerk
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FOR SALE-At. once. all household goods.
Call 701 Western ave.
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burn avenue, be graded and curbed with
combined curb and gutter, street to be
- w TANDY, Commissioners
II, G. b. Burge, city clerk of the City Of
the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy OF the oTIslnal resolutiCn
TseaLl G. b. BURGE,
= City Clerk
- RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
b ea4 assm for t5 the
Pourteenth Street from the vest e5y line eh Of
avenue. be graded. curbed with combined
asphalt filler on concrete foundation on,
zal' G. P e R5s e anshss high
Topeka Kansas, do hereby certify that
correct copy of the origrrzl resolution
Iseal-l c. B. .BURGE,
City Clerk.
u RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
best 49, interests Of SAID city that hat
Thirteenth street and between Topeka
avenue and Tyler street. be graded and
". G. TANDY. Commissioner. r.
I, e. B. Burge, city clerk of the City of
Topeka +, Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing IS true and
correct copy OF the original reso.ueioa
noW on file in my office.
[Seal.l C. B. BURGE
City Clerk.
RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
OF Commissioners of the city of Topeka.
Best @ ne ssid city LOT th 5as
Mulvane street to the east line of College
avenue, by graded, scurbed with combin-
six (26) feet vide dew with asphaitic concrete
on concrete foundation
W. G. TANDY. Commissioner.
Topeka. Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true. aud
[seal.l c.B. BURGE.
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board
OF commissioners of9thes city of Topeka.
best interests Of said city that
Mulvane street, from the south line of
fdn street to the north line Of Nun
bined curb and gutter and paved thirty
| 800 feet wide with asphaltic concrete on
W G. TANDY. Commissioner,
n, e. b. Burge, city clerk of the City of
the above and foregoing is a true and
| correct copy OF the original resolution
[seaLl c. B. -BURGE.
| City Clerk.
| RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board
| of Commissioners of the city of Topeka.
| Kansas, deem it necessary for the
| best interests of said city that
| Polk street, from the north line OF Fourth
street to the north line of Second street
be graded, curbed with combined Curl
and gutter and paved thirty -(2O) feet
wide with vitrified brick.
| W. G. TANDY, Commissioner
| I, c. B. Burge, city clerk of the CITY OF
| Topeka, Kansas. do hereby certify thai
| the above and foregoing is a true ana
! correct cooy OF the original resi- .ti,u
| now on file in my office.
! lSeaLl C. B. BURGE,
| City Clerk Z
| RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
| of Commissioners of the city of Topeka
/ Kansas, deem it necessary for the
| best interests of said city thai
Twelfth street, from the west line oi
Harrison street to the east line of Topeka
. avenue, be graded, curbed with combined
curb and gutter and paved thirty-fiye (35'
l feet wide with vitrified brick blocks witt
/ asphalt filler. w. G. Tandy, Commissioners
1 I, C. B. Burge, city clerk of the City OF
/ Topeka Kansas, do hereby certify thai
/ the above and foregoing is true 2nd
| correct copy OF the original resolution
now on file in my office.
/ [Seal.l c. B. BURGE
City Clerk.
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w A IN T S
AND NTSCEEeI.ANEOu ADS
Elp
wANTED-MALE HELP.


WANTED-Men to learn barber trade.
Few weeks required. Best paying work
within the reach of poor man. Wages up
to $40 weekly. Small capital starts shop.
ew BARRIERS take apprentices. Demand
increasing. Write for free parpticulars.
MoIer Barber College, Kansas City, Mo.
WILL EXCHANGE equity in small East
side cottage for labor Want painting,
carpenter work and paperhanging. You
Will have to get in on this quick If in
terested, Independent phone 245s Blue
134Z Mulvane ST.
YOU are wanted for government position.
$4,000 month Write for list of positions
open. Franklin Institute. Dept 119 B.,
Rochester, N. Y.
GOOD DRESSERS to have their. clothes
pressed at the Enterprise Cleaning Co.,
81 kansas ave. Phones 173.
WANTED-Farm help, aslesmen. cooks,
hotel help, dining room girls, house girls,
maids kitchen help, bakers. etc. Capital
Employment Agency, 81 Kansas ave.
WANTED-5oO men and boys daily to get
free shaves and hair cuts at Schwarze
Barber College, III East 9Th. In the
shop, shave &c, hair cut 10c.
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RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
Of Commissioners. of the city OF Topeka.
best interests of said city that
King street, from the west side OF gIiI-
be graded, curbed with combined curb
and gutter and paved thirty tso) feet
on four inch stone, sand and Cement
concrete base with asphaltio cement in
the two inch wearing surface.
w. G. TANDY, Commissioner
I, c. B. Burge. city clerk of the City Of
Topeka. Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Is a true and
correct copy of the. original res0lutiot:
tSeall z c. B. BURGE,
City Clark
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FOR SALE Cheap. good Steinway
Square Grand piano, cost $1,000 in fac
tory. Gresser & Cation, 423 Kansas ave.
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FOR sALEsquare piano, SIS. s21 E. 9Th
st.
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FIVE young horses, 110O to I4o0 lbs. young
sound driving horse. 128 Topeka ave.
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It IS expected That EoYernor Stubbs
will this week appoint successor to
Judge Simon of the city court of To-
peka. Judge Simon is county attor-
ney-elect, and will resign his place
January to assume his new duties.
There are six candidates for his place,
as follows: Robert Carver. Frank
Lindsay, Philip Wilson, Hugh McFar-
land and Frank Foster. all Topeka
lawyers and Judge S. f. Urnly of the
city police court.
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Grimes Golden, $40; York Imp, Jonathan
Belleflower. 81. Is; Ben Davis, $11o per
box delivered. Bell 20, Granville, w. K.
Stock. Ind phone 2495 WWhite.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-Grocery and
market. best fruit stand In city. VIM.
Mickle, 462 Kansas ave.
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ONE very brilliant white absolutely per-
feet 1 Kt. diamond pin at $40 for quick
sale. Inquire go Kansas ave, End floor.
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FOR SALE-Fffteen yo5fng Jersey cows
fresh and springing. 3O7 Polk st.
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RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
Kansas, deem it necessary for the
best interests of said city that
Mulvanes street from the south dine OF
Fifteenth street to the north line of Sew
enteenth street, be graded, curbed with
combined curb and gutter and paved thir-
ty4 800 feet wide with asphaltic concrete
w. G. TANDY, Commissioners
I. G. B. Burge, city clerk of the civ OF
Topeka. Kansas. do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is true and
correct copy, OF the original resolution
nov on file In my office.
[Seal.] C. B. BURGE
City Clerk
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RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board
of Commissioners of the city Of ToDej-E
Kansas, deem it necessary for the
best interests of said city that
Chandler street, from the south line of
Sixth avenue to the north line Of Eishfh
avenue. be graded, curbed with conibin-
ed curb and gutter and paved twenty
six (26) feet wide with vitrified nricx On
a concrete foundation. :
W. q. TANDY, Commissioners.
I. G. B. Burge, city clerk Of the City OF
Topeka. Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Is a true and
correct copy OF the original RESOLUTION
now on file In my office.
LSeaLl c. B. BURGE
City Clerk
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FOR CHEAP SPRING WAGONS see
Graves, 32S Jackson.
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L. NJ. PENWELL. funeral director and
embalmer. First class service, reason
able prices. 5l1 Quincy st Both phones 1872
Both Phones 2S7. Day and Night
HAWLEY & STEELE
Funeral directors and ernbaITners. lis East
Sth ave Mrs. Robt. Steele. assistant
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you see how it is? IL want you 20
marry me"
Through tear-misted eyes, the sub
stitute stenographer ioked up at him.
suddenly calm.
81 must confess" she began tragic
ally, and resolute1y thrust his arm
aside "There-thero is no Miss
rs no Miss Moore ?. reiterated her
Nor gasped the girl. "Nor-nor
no Miss Hollv.''
Never mind" soothed Dalton. Tell
me some other time. You are hys-
1 terical, dear"
The girl flushed. Miss Moore was
my aunt" she said, ''and--and she
wanted to marry, and-and she did.
and so there is no Miss Moore. She
told me to deceive you until learned
to do the work better. am sorry
an, really. am am awfully sorry.
Then, half reminisceutly: "I didn't
know that any one could be as nice as
you.'
It love you. girl" Dalton's voice
was husky with emotion. isn't that
reason enough for being good to your"
Ya-us." faltered the voice OF the
maid. "But-but my name isn't Miss
Holly. It is Holly Moore."-(Copy-
righted, 1910, by Associated Literary
Press.)
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AYHAWKER JOTy

Hogs will soon reach such a prizes
that shoats will be in demand for pets
among the silly rich, thinks the LeaV-
enworth Post 80 80
It won't make much difference wha'
you earn sagely remarks the Wichita
Eagle, the price Of a new Easter bon
net will he a weeks wages.
A woman in Robinson says the In
dex, told her neighbor the other day
that her husband had begun the shab-
it of talking in his sleep. What do
you suppose is the matter with him 2''
learned that that is the only chance
he has to talk" was the reply. The
neighbors don't speak any more.
Ewing Herbarc has finally found some
thing about an automobile TO admire.
He calls attention to the fact that it
doesn't shed in the spring. and adds !:
In the spring 1t IS an annoyance 10
drive a horse. because of the shedding
hair that blows in your mouth and over
your Clothes" Eut, then. annoyances of
this kind do not worry the folk who
haven't even horses.
Ralph Faxon's suggestion mat Kan
sas City, Kan, change it's name back
to Wyandotte seems to be generally
approved everywhere-except in Kan
sas City, Kan, and that's where they
would have to do it. il done at ALL All
the same, the suggestion is a proper
never be anything but the tail to the
Kansas City. Mo-, kite until it does
adopt a name of its own.-Hutchinson
News. ~
c. w. Wright, in story Of Kansas
in the Saturday Evening Post, says
among other things: To enjoy motor
ing there must be good roads. The
farmer who used to haul his products
to market over almost impossible
roads. accepting such conditions as a
matter of course, now insists on high
ways strictly in keeping with his six
cylinder machine. It is becoming
quite a habit for farmers to take va
cations, just like city folks: SO a
number Of them motored out TO Col
orado last summer to take mountain
air for a week or two. Out along the
Arkansas river they found several bad
places in the roads, caused by lack
of care in controlling water used for
irrigation purposes. 1t was quite an
noying, and now a road from Hutch
lnson. out through the great alfalfa
district of western Kansas and eastern
Colorado to the mountains. is being
planned, and an effort made to get
bill through the coming legislature
that will insure the prevention of this
incidental to irrigation
It is not unreasonable to expect that
the day will come when the one-hun-
1red-mile motor-record will be smash
ed on level stretch of Kansas high
way. hanked on either side by the al
'alfa fields that enable such a road to
DO constructed.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe
Don't joke with a man who is not
| jockey.
A man who has side line usually
| gives his side line more attention than
| he gives his business.
| Always remember that you'll never
make man love you by playing a.
practical Joke on him.
About all a genuine pessimist can see
to spring is house cleaning, sassafras
tea and the equinoctial storm.
Don't be too ready to draw on your
! friends for assistance; they won't take
| 1t as kindly as you think they will
The man who bellows most about his
rights is usually a rabbit who has had
all his rights taken away from him.
You shouldn't carry being good to the
point of isolation; to the point where
you are nuisance, and people hate
you.
The man who will bow and scrape for
women isn't as valuable to them as the
man who will work for them without
grumbling.
All housekeepers are afraid of trained
nurses; the housekeepers are afraid the
trained nurses will go away, and say
they are dirty housekeepers.
When a man takes an offensive dig
at you. without Deovocation. hit him as
hard as you can. If necessary to i'm
press him. be offensive; and if he
wants to fight because of the blow you
gave uiIIls QlI1 promptly.
The men who give digs are imp%cfte
and should be forced to quit their
favorite amusement
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton, VINO
has had seventeen things cut out of her
by surgeons, was observed today look
ing and feeling thoughtfully at her
throat 1T would be something Entire
~ New" she muttered to herself
(Note: She had just read of a boy in
New York who had his jugular vein re-
moved, and survived the operation.)
Tell a woman of the murder of a
woman in Kansas City recently. be-
cause she distrusted banks and carried
her money with her, and she will not
see the suggestion in the incident that
the woman should have trusted the
banks. THE woman would have been
WISER she will comment, .if she had
spent that money at the dry goods
StoreS.''