The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-04
SasSSaoTs

Sixty thousand times a day Topeka
folks find use for an Independent
phone.
Tonight you can buy ladies' fine
$3.50 and 81 shoes for $2.25 its
special for tonight only at the Palace.
The directory of the Second United
PRESBYTERIAN church which has been
compiled by Lee Fergus has been
completed.
The Delta Alphas of the English
Lutheran church will have charge OF
the Y. w. c. A. vesper services tonor-
row afternoon at o'clock.
The name for the Topeka baseball
team in the Western league, Tor
which a contest has just been closed,
will be announced early next week.
Dick Cooley and his wife are try
ing out their new vaudeville stunt
over at Leavenworth in preparation for
a swing through the southern states.
The extent of George Rutter's burns
in his gasoline explosion in Lawrence
are said to be more serious than sup
posed. The skin peeled from his limbs
when his clothing was removed
The Topeka Radiator league has
about petered out. This means that
spring is near and that the BARRIERS
are getting ready to play the neigh
borhood kids on the vacant lot
The event which will be of particu-
lar interest to the lovers of music IN
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bv the Ernest Gamble Concert COM
pany in the high school auditorium
next Friday night.
In an article covering more than a
column Ed Howe describes the Santa
Fe f6et-Iuncheon in the Atchison
Globe today. Nearly every paper in
Kansas has something good to say
abous the luncheon.
More Lord or Less Garden will be
the subject of the sermon which Dr. F.
/. Loveland Will preach at the First
Methodist church tomorrow morning.
There will doubtless be a full congre-
cation to hear a discussion of this I'M
usual topic.
The concert which will be given at
the Central Y. M. C. A. Wednesday
evening will be conducted by the fol-
lowing dramatic readers and singers:
Mrs. J. P. Vance, Miss Birdie Chand
Ter. Miss Verda Phinney and Miss
Irene Welshans.
The Rock Island is shipping troops
of the United States army to the
Mexican borders to watch the inter
ests of the country during the insur-
rection down there. Two trains of 40
cars each leave Omaha today and go
through Kansas.
Leeper & Smith. the contractors, are
doing the interior work on the new
Seventh and Van Buren, streets. AS
soon as the weather moderates the
plasterers will get busy. The building
will probably be ready for occupancy
about May 1.
Today is pension day at the federal
building and the veterans are crowd
ing the corridors waiting for their
vouchers. 1t is jolly-but sad.
crowd. Each pay day the ranks grow
smaller and each month the veterans
look around the federal building halls
for men who are not there.
A large crowd is expected at the
Novelty theater Sunday afternoon to
speak on Drop IT. the title being
taken from the story of a dog AS
story teller Mr.. Long is said to be
inimitable. The choir of the First NJ.
f. church will furnish the music.
1t is a noticeable fact that nearly
every Kansas weekly newspaper this
week takes a shot at Norman Hap
good, editor of Golfers Weekly, who
made a speech in Topeka for the edi-
tors convention. Every country editor
thinks Hapgood made a big mistake
in trying to dip into Kansas politics.
The ground hog discussion didn't
attract nearly as much attention this
year as it has in the past. In former
years the newspapers were crowded
with theories-this year people hardly
know that ground hog day was here.
Not until zero weather and sleet and
snow appear will the ground hog be
remembered.
Topeka is seeing magnificent col