The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

II AT HOME NEWS.
1t has been suggested that the Santa
Fe take charge of the old West Eighth
street cars and place them in their new
museum of Anticipated equipment
Patronize the lunch counter First Con-
gregational Bazaar.
The small boys who have been irregu-
lar in their Sunday school attendance IN
the last few months have brushed their
hair and reported to their teacher ahead
of time lately. Christmas and that bag
of candy is coming
Il have lived in Chicago and Kansas
City and I have watched closely their
school systems but I find that Topeka
offers the best advantages in training to
school children. james A. Stewart,
general passenger agent of the Rock
Island Lines.
beer around his home and has to send
away for it never is able to figure out
why members Of the Temperance unions rs
are able to buy liquor in forty places in
Topeka
A former county engineer says that
4,0O0 men and 1000 teams should be
placed on the highways leading into To
peka. This would be a good way to
spend one of the holidays.
Topeka celebrated its fifty-seventh
pirthday Tuesday only one Original
geo of the city's $4,000 population turned
out to honor the occasion.
It cost $4,000 to run the city of Topeka
the last half of October This is nearly
were responsible for a large part of the
expense.
Officials at the city hall are reading UP
on symptoms Of smallpox Since one Of
their number has been taken to the pest
house. there is no little uneasiness around
the city building.
Today is pay day at the city hall.
Nearly $4,000 will be paid out to en-
nInW6ac M fn ms w claims
against the city.
Chief Wilmarth of the fire department
will return to Topeka soon from his re-
cuperation period of six weeks in Excel
sior Springs. He is in Kansas City. Kan,
at this time 1t is reported that the fire
chief is improved in health.
Grocers report big sale of cold stor-
age eggs since the announcement from
the Office of DR.. Crumbine that April
storage fruit was as good as fresh
eggs.
This afternoon the class in agriculture
of the high school under C. H. Withing-
ton attended the Topeka Poultry show in
a BODY. After looking at the members
of the feathered tribe, the students ad-
talks by number of the judges in
poultry.
1.-The Privileges of the Sanctuary" is
the title of a talk that Mrs. Margaret
Hin McCarter will give Sunday afternoon
at the Y. W. c. A. vesper services.
v r. Parkhurst, county engineer, mas
a plan for getting 1900 men and LOO
teams out to work the roads in the coun-
ty some time next spring AT least 80
per cent of the men 1 have talked to con-
corning the idea have expressed them
selves as favoring the plan" he said.
o. E. Walker has sent to New York
city for prices on % monkeys It is his
intention to get many men to agree
to purchase a monkey each for Gage
park. In fact a number of men have al
ready promised to do their share of maxi
ing good the plan. 1T will be the most
interesting feature of the park" said Mr..
Walker
The Men and Religion eight-day cam
paign team which will be in Topeka next
week is now in St. Louis. On Sunday
afternoon Fred Smith of New York, the
national campaign leader, spoke to more
than 1000 men. The program for next
week will soon be announced.
A city bowling tournament will start
Friday night among the expert bowlers
of the city at the Central Y NJ c. a.
There will be five men in a team aside
from the singles that will be played.
The executive committee of the Men
and Religion movement will meet this
evening at o'clock.
The pupils of the Topeka Industrial IN
stitute will give an entertainment at the
First United Brethren church this even
ing.
The entertainment which will be pro-
vided in connection with the regular
weekly ''stunt" night at the Y M G. a.
this evening will consist of a contest In
basketball between two association
teams The stunt nights are growing in
popularity.
cessful in drawing a large crowd last
Sunday evening to the First Baptist
church to hear the Rev. Robert Gordon
discuss 1.-The Kind of a Girl to Marry.
that the same method will be used to
bring out the people to listen to Sun
dav evening discourse on THE Kind of
Man to Marry