The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-28
IafesnoTs

A meeting of the Grocers' associa-
ton will be held at the Commercial
| club tomorrow evening.
Purchase telephone service on the
basis as you do any other commodity.
Youth get the Independent.
The annual meeting of the Old Set
tiers will be held in the First Christian
| church Monday, December 5.
The Brotherhood class Of the First
Presbyterian church will meet tomor-
row evening at s12 Lane street
Jack Campbell. county surveyor
elect, is recovering from an operation
for appendicitis at Stormont hospital.
The girls of the c. E. of the First
Congregational church are arranging
a social event for Monday evening, De-
cember IL.
DR.. D. NJ. Fisk. of Washburn college.
states that no book can compare with
the Bible And Dr. Fisk has written
several books. too.
The membership club of the Cen
| trail 7. NJ c. A. will meet for supper
| in Gemmeu hall this evening. Forty
plates Will be provided.
The first Friday night pop of the
season will be held at the Central Y
NJ. C. a. this week There will be
sleight of hand performance.
Pierre Antique, the Kansas City ar
| fist. who makes a speciality of adver-
Using work. will be the speaker at the
meeting of the Topeka Ad club to NOR
row noon
The work of putting in the window
glass on the upper floors of the new
| Mills building has been completed,
and the workmen have started in to
work on the ground floor
The Wolff Packing company is pre-
! pairing to build two new additions to its
mammoth plant at a cost OF about s75,-
| COO The company has just completed
a building that cost S125.0oo-
| The c. E. of the First Congregational
church will hold a business meeting at
1I12 West Second street Wednesday ev
| ening. The election of officers for the
ensuing year will take place
A big time is being planned by the
social committee OF the Topeka Local
union for the evening of December 9
/ at the First Baptist church The mem
bers of the union will enjoy purely
/ social evening
/ The state Y. NJ. C. a. convention
! will be held in Pittsburg February
/ 1919. The Topeka association will
make a special effort to induce a large
( delegation of board and committee
! members to attend
I Workmen are razing the one story
/ brick building at the southwest corner
| of Seventh and Quincy in preparation to
/ the construction Of 2 three story brick
/ business block at this point. The new
building will be erected by W. 3. Kirk
patrick
The first theater meeting under the
auspices of the Laymen's council will
be held Sunday afternoon at the
| Novelty. An effort will be made to get
Marshalrs band or some other mu-
/ steal attraction to make the meeting
I more interesting
Several Of the postcard houses in town
are handling as one of their best fea-
! lures a photograph Of the business
section Of Topeka which is about ten
years old. 1t shows none Of the larger
I buildings and is a relic when compar-
ed to the appearance Of the district Of
today.
i C. s. Rice, government statistician,
working out Of Washington, D. c., is
Il going over the books Of the city in order
to obtain the financial condition of the
4 municipal government for the census
bureau. Mr.. Rice is not auditing the
city books-he is copying their records
for government use
II A bewhiskered farmer took a seat in
a chair in Topeka barber shop How
do you want it cut? asked the barber
oh replied the bewhiskered one
Jest tolable behind, and middling or
top" The barber started operations
with a flourish pretending that he fully
understood the directions
Among the dog enthusiasts in To
peka is Chester Thomas of 927 Topeka
avenue He has issued a challenge tC
all corners to enter their dogs in :