The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
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this week.
The enrolment in the Highland park
school is about $50, an increase over
| last year.
Messick's orchestra will play at the
young peoples rally in the Auditorium
Monday evening.
The first monthly complimentary
membership dinner of the season will
! be held at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. Mon
| day evening at 6:15.
| "Charleys Aunt at the Majestic is
! drawing capacity houses and no won
| der. A cleverer bit of work was never
done by a stock company in Topeka.
Kansas avenue will have one of the
most up-to-date meat markets in the
/ city in the new building at 121 Kan
sas avenue. This place is equipped with
costly new fixtures and the latest new
| machinery.
Gene Stotts. that ever-ready pub
! iicity man of the Kansas state fair and
| (hushD the Democratic state central
| committee, has returned to town after
a weeks absence. Business will pich
up in Topeka again.
Topeka is to have a stock exchange
/ and a board of trade. To the average
clerk who makes 15-a-week this doesn't
! spell much. But to those who do the
| real first hand handling of the coin
/ this is a great move.
| The Morning Graveyard has dug an
other man out of the sod and placed
| him in the public eye. This time it is
allowing ]. C. Copeland to build the
business block at the corner of Ninth
and Kansas avenue.
The train service between Topeka
and Marysville has been promised for
October l. The local officials have not
received any advance notices of the
train and it is possible that another
postponement will be made.
A movement is on hand among the
city officials to cut few feet from
Westlawn park that Tenth avenue
might be widened. There isn't room
between the car tracks and the curb
, ing to allow wagon to pass.
The state insurgents now hail Gov
ernor Stubs as the father of the move
to stop proposed rate Increases II
the governor is credited with the faith
erships of many more moves he will be
talked about in sewing circles.
A former Topekan, who has been out
of the city a year, says that 1t appears
to him that the general appearance of
the city is more attractive than when
he left town. 1t was his opinion that
the lawns are kept in better condition.
The Missouri Pacific tracks on Adj
ans street are a disgrace. Weeds grow
up between the ties and the right Of
way is not kept in condition. Ties are
also piled up on the parkings. The
city officials will take to do away with
this nuisance.
The commission men say that there
will be apples for everyone this winter.
The crop this fall is the best in year
But as is always the case-these apples
for everyone are held up in cold stor-
age until a person might as well buy
diamonds-they last longer.
The WaShburn college class in jour-
naIism is on its first tour of the globe
and reporters under Professor LeaVltt
have been sent out over the city to IN
Don't be surprised If you see WASH
burn maid hanging on to a fire wagon.
Commissioner Holman today says
that chicken is an animal and he can
prove it. But this doesn't have any in
fluence with the rest of the commits
night as usual. Mr.. Holman VIII nave
the roosters barking and growing
soon.
A train of three coaches leaves for
Leavenworth on the Union PACING tnls
evening carrying about 100 Topeka
Shriners to the meeting OF the - go
enwOrth Shrine tonight. The train Goes
not return until 7:30 tomorrow morn
ing-about the time the meeting VIII
be over.
Mrs. Kaser, go North Harrison
street, is dangerously ill from the Ell
fects of eating cabbage 1t IS stateu
by attending physicians that Mrs
KAISER ate a cabbage which had been
sDrinkIed with paris green. A grocer
selling a cabbage of this kind could De
prosecuted.
A meeting of the social committee of
the Y. NJ c. A was held this noon to
oIar for the receptions for the business
college students. and for those of
Washburn college. The first of the
receptions will be held next Tuesday,
while the latter will take place the
following evening.
Commissioner Larson of the city gov
eminent of Parsons called upon Com
missioner Miller at the city hall last
evening and asked information con-
corning the Topeka electric light plant
on a municipal system similar to the
Topeka plants.
A number of business men of To-
peka are kicking on the condition OF
the alley between Kansas avenue ana
Jackson street and Eighth and N1nth
streets 1t is contended that this IS
the dirtiest place in Topeka-and II is
within 50 feet Of the heart OF the ousl-
ness section of the city.
Tonight is the big scrap night be-
tween the members of the freshmen
and sophomore classes of Washburn
| college. The contest takes place on
the athleticl field and is called rope
tying contest. This fight is a tame i'm
itatiou of the cane rush which was
abolished about two years ago.
H. L. Cook. secretary Of the state
fair, has a plan to tax the people Of
Shawnee county for $4,000, with which
to build new buildings at the state fair
grounds 1t is a safe bet that few
votes will be cast against a bond cleo
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