The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-25
TIE Mills DRY Co.'s @.

caused a panic on the West side Mon
day. AS usual with such reports it was
not true.
The demonstration train scheduled
| by the Santa Fee out of Topeka will be
| placed on the ROAD some time in Sep
| tember- This is the train that will ex-
| hibit the old and the new types of rail-
way equipment.
Nearly every day Topeka merchants
are purchasing motor delivery wagons
houses, commission men. wholesale
! houses, and dry goods stores all use the
auto delivery system.
/ It is estimated that there are 5000
| colored people in Topeka. The negro
financiers have it figured out that this
! number of people should support at
least one bank. The negro bank vii.
be organized in Topeka soon.
Plans have been made for the con-
struction of an ocean liner 500 feet long
Just stand out in the middle of Kan
sas avenue. hang your head over a
trolley pole ana imagine you We're sea-
sick on a ship two blocks long.
Mrs. ]. J. Lannan who was a nurse
in New York for several years, says
the prescription printed in the state
Journal last night is sure cure for
| smallpox for she has seen it tried
many times without one failure
| The gas company has prosecuted a
and Keeping the house warm through
out the winter And the gas people say
that several other people in the city are
doing the same thing. A good scheme
let's try it.
E. F. A. Reinisch. superintendent Of
parks lost u book of field notes on the
West Sixth avenue road last night. 1t
| is valuable to no one but Mr.. Reinisch
and if the finder will leave the book
at the State Journal Office it will be
returned to him.
r. C. Nerrick, assistant general
freight agent Of the Santa Fe, who
has been fishing every evening for two
months from his front porch with the
nelghbors as spectators, is now ar
ranging real angling party. He will
leave for the west next week.
People Who have been riding on the
| big double truck cars in Topeka will
rise in rebellion If the street railway at
! tempts to substitute the goats on
! their lines. The street car company
| says this will be done if the city places
the new license ordinance in effect.
The water in the city MIGRANTS has
been muddy in some districts today.
\ The fire pressure tests and the flush
| ing Of many mains was the cause. The
city Waterwcrks postponed this test
/ from observation-disclosures Monday was
wash day in the city neighborhoods.
! The street railway, through General
/ superintendent Patten has asked the
| city commissioners to build a track
down Seventh street from Jackson on
which oil cars would be transferred from
/ the railroads. This would do away
with the hauling of oil along the pave
ments
A young magazine" agent with
tears in his eyes and a plea that he
was working for a college education
has been doing a rushing business in
Topeka soliciting subscriptions ''in ad-
vance And the soft hearted house
wives fall over themselves pouring the
money into his hat.
A West side newly we'd waited for
two weeks for the water to run over
beneath her refrigerator. oWndering
at the delay of the little stream on the
kitchen floor, she consulted her hus-
band. who kindly Informed her that
the ice water was connected with a
pipe into the cellar.
A topeka West side mother went
into Mysteries the other day because
her baby had commissions. She didn't
call doctor or summon aid-she just
yelled and screamed and wrung her
hands \ young girl in the neighbor-
hood heard her and calmly soaked the
KID IN ice water and brought it back
to its senses.