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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
THE STATE FAIR.

As the time September IL. for the
opening of the gates of the state far
here draws nearer and nearer, the evil
dence is multiplying fast that it is go
ing to be the greatest agricultural ex-
position that has ever been staged in
the Sunflower state. Secretary Cook
of the fair association. who has shown
himself to be a master in the work of
organizing and conducting fair, is au-
thority for the statement that the de-
velopment of the Topeka fair this year
is fully three years in advance of what
might naturally be expected in the es-
IA blishment of a state fair Mr.. Cook
knows whereof he speaks. He has
been connected with the management
of state fairs for many years, and is
familiar with the way they have grown
in other states.
What this unusual growth of the
Topeka fair means can be approx
mated by the excellent fair that was
held here last year. 1t is the consen-
sus of opinion among all persons who
attended that fair that it was the best
agricultural show that had yet been
presented in Kansas. The natural ex-
pectation was that this years fair
would be better and larger in all de-
tails. But it is to be three times
larger and better than the usual
growth of fairs. That can leave no
doubt as to the magnitude of the char
acter it will assume.
And not only from ar agricultural
standpoint is it going to be a wonder
fully attractive institution Entertain
ments and other interesting activities
are going to be provided thai are sure
to be pleasing and instructive to the
crowds that will be present Para
mount among these vii. be the start
on one of the days of the big inter
CITY balloon race, with $4,000 cubic
feet gas bags entered from Kansas
City, St. Louis, Denver. Omaha and
Salt Lake City, as we'll as from To-
peka. NO such attraction has ever
been offered by any state fair in the
country An unusual amount of in
terest is being taken these days by
the people generally in ballooning and
aviation And surely the start of this
balloon race will be something decid-
edly worth seeing. A similar event
drew an audience of 10000 people in
Kansas City a few weeks ago Aero
plane flights will also be given during
the course of the fair big car
nival company that takes as many
cars to move about as does big circus
will have its shows on the grounds
lIiberatf's band, famous among the
musical organizations of the country
is To be on hand. So will the Pain
Fireworks company.
over and above all, though, will be
the great array of agricultural exhlo-
its, the best that the great central west
can produce, and as vario1s and many
as are the qualifications of agrlcul-
ture and everything associated with
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
HUAGOR OF THE Day

Binks-I wish I had the appetite 1 had
when | was a boy. Jinks-I don't. I
didn't have to pay my board then.-Bos-
ton Telegraph.
Boss-There's $40 gone from my cash
drawer, Johnny; you and l were the only
people who had the keys to the drawer.
Office Boy-Well. c'pose we each pay So
and say no more about t?-PhiladeIphia
Bulletin.
was interesting" YEP replied Farmer
Corntossel. THE Teller that catches one
fish breaks the record. "-Washington
Star.
''wot cheer. All? Yer lookin sick: wot
is i? Work. Nuffink but work, work,
work, from mornin' till night & 'Ow
long ave yer been at it?' start tomor-
Ter. Punch.
Rural Cop-Hey, there. boy; yew can't
fish around here without a permit. Small
pretty well with this angleworm.-Boston
Boy-Oh, don't know. I'm gettin' along
Transcript.
Mr.. wiIIis-But why dn't you take your
handbook in to have it balanced? Mrs.
Willis-I don't want that snoopy-looking
cashier to know how much money I've
got in there!-Puck.
Her Tact.-Howard- she refuse you.
old man? Coward-Well, in a delicate,
wanted anything she could get easily
Harper's Bazaar.
| Shell dreamed last night you bought
me new hat He-Weu, that's the first
dream of a hat you ever had that didn' t
cost me money.-The Club Fellow.
Percy-What are you doing about your
doctors advice to take physical exercise,
deah boy? Algie-I've gone in for croquet
and needlework. and have bought an cleo
trio wunabout, old chappie.-Toledo Blade.
Maria, what was done at the meeting
of your literary club last night?" I'VE
| fined Mrs. Chillicon- Kearney SIS for ac-
cusing Mrs. Highmus of cheating at
| bridge. Chicago Tribune.
Your father might have been a rich
man but for one thing" What was that.
mother?' HE was obliged to attend an
extra session of congress instead Of
spending the summer in the lecture plat
form. Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
WHAT INSANE HOSPITAL LACKS

1T n
Ont of more than 225 pubic hospl1s'is
for the insane. with a population OF
ell 15O. 900. only 70, or less than one
+bird of them, make any provision for
their tubercuIous inmates, and this too.
,,,,,o, the Dercentage of deaths from
This disease is very high. This IS the
substance of a statement made recently
by the National Association for STUDY
and Prevention of tuberculosis
Seventy hospitals in twenty-elght
states. providing all told about S'oo9
beds for tuberculous insane patients,
sums I'D the provision made for TINS
class of sufferers.
when 1t is considered" the National
Association says, that the percentage
OF deaths from tuberculosis among the
insane is from 50 to 200 per cent higher
than among the general population.
according to the institution, the need
for special provision is apparent. Au-
topsies made in New York state hos
pitfalls and elsewhere show that tuber-
culosis is an active disease in about 20
per. cent of the cases, as compared with
about one-half that percentage in I'M
normal population. superintendent of
various hospitals in all parts of the
United States testify that among the
insane in institutions, tuberculosis is
manifest in from 2S to 50 cases in every
thousand. In the country as whole
about 10 to Is people per 1000 are af-
flicted with the disease.
Because of the habits of the insane,
and the difficulty in teaching many OF
them the rules of cleanliness, the Ma
tionaI Association says that separate
buildings for the tubercuIous should be
provided In every hospital for the in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
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If Lizze wants the credit for getttna
that lola woman out OF jail, we are
perfectly willing. We certainly do not
wish the accident charged upSt US.
The Ellis preacher, who assaulted
his 12-year- niece, has a beautiful
chance to test the efficacy of prayer
by praying for a bone-head jury that
might acquit him.
Missouri girl, who bit off her tongue.
wants another grated on. If it were
man who suffered the same accident,
he could get along without it-but
girl-NEVAH.
1.-THE time draws near" the grocer
To rouse the oyster from his bed"
After years of elaboration. we have
found the answer to that hitherto
battling question: "Why do women get
married." 1t is: No woman can re-
sist bargain, and all men look cheap
when they propose
The line between argument" and
dispute" is a thin one, but there is
one never-failing system for telling the
difference; if between men, it may be
argument, but between a man and
The piano performer always plays
ACCOMPANYING nts-either to singing or
Animated Conversation.
In town, 'tis popular belief
The towns as dry as sin,
But farmers always find relief
From thirst when they come in.
Should one. or several for that mat
ter, say; 1T is hot again. or, 1T is
still hot
-HGP-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

ally they will have to serve without
pay. 1t is likely that the Oklahoma
governor will be disappointed in the
number of responses he receives 70
his call. It seems to be the fact in
Kansas that a good many individuals
are enthusiastic prohibitory law en-
forcers for the pay they get out of It.
And presumably human nature in this
respect is the same in Oklahoma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
LF-om the New York Press.J

A man likes to think he bosses his
wife even when he doesn't dare try.
The only time a secret engagement
is secret is wnen one of the two hasn't
heard of It vet.
When anything goes wrong in his
business a man can wait till he gets
home with the family to be cross about
it.
The longer You watch a girl to see
how she manages men, the longer YOU
can keep on watching without finding
out.
A woman can save 10 cents Of car
fare on buying her house supplies by
ordering from half a dozen shops over
the telephone at 10 cents for each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

The protest made by Wilbur Wright
against the daredevil practices of
aviators who are tempted to try the
unusual for large prizes is to the
point. AS Mr.. Wright says. they do
not work toward maintaining a healthy
interest in aeronautics, or help in the
practical development of the machines
Still men will always be found in the
field of aviation or any other activity
who will take a chance with death for
q little pile of gold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

The coming and much discussed
nuptials of Miss Force ard John Jacob
Aston are somewhat suggestive of an
extensive advertising campaign that
was carried on some time ago in be-
half of a certain breakfast food. Mr..
Astor looks for all the world like
s'Sunny jim" He has the same sort of
q retreating forehead as well as a pc
ruliarlY prominent nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

sane where tuberculosis is at all pre-
valent- In many cases, where insane
persons through outdoor sanatorium
life have been cured of tuberculosis
their minds have also been helped, and
some have been discharged as mentally
sound. who would otherwise have died.
both insane and tuberculous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Reports from all over Kansas are
10 the effect that since the rivers are
bank full of water again. there is all
kinds Of good fishing. And where,
pray tell, did the fish hide out when
these streams were so dry that there
was not enough water in them for a
Emall-sized fish to turn around?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

One of the expected accidents among
the metorcyclists who take their girl
friends out riding with them has hap
pened in Topeka. Fortunately, neither
the young man nor the girl was seri-
ously injured. The same kind of a
story will probably not be told the
next time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Admiral Toga was introduced to a
bargain rush on the part of Philadel-
phia women in one of the big depart
lnent stores there. He probably look
ed back on the battle in the Sea Of
Japan when he annihilated the Rus
sian fleet as a tame affair in compar-
faQu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Drills and maneuvers were sus-
pended the other day because of the
heat at the National Guard encamp-
ment at Fort Riley. But suppose a
real war was on and a battle hap
pened along psychologically on a hot
1ay9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

The Holy Rollers declare that the
devil is a woman. Maybe that ex-
plains why so many males so con-
duct themselves as to get booked for
the bad place. Few men are satisfied
unless they are lorded over by one
or more of the fair sex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
An agreement having been reached

An agreement having been reached
by the conferees on the wool bill, it's
apparent that the wool has been
pulled over some ones eyes. And it
has been give and take in the max
ing UP of this bill, just as it has been
with most of the tariff legislation in
the past. There has been nothing
scientific about this latest revision of
the wool schedule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Interested parties have begun to
pass the lie in the controversy that
has been engendered by the reaction
airy assumed by the Republican com
mittee of the Second Congressional
district in the matter of providing a
candidate for the special election 10
fill the vacancy in the house Of rep
resentatives caused by the death If
Alexander Mitchell Isn't it conven-
tent that the lie" is an inanimate, an
Intangible thing? Were it not, It would
soon be worn out in Kansas so fire.
qusntly is it passed around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Mrs. Russell Sage is putting up the
funds for a campaign to Protect from
destruction native song birds, and
robins in particular. The south offers
the best field for this activity. It is
no unusual thing to see in the markets
in southern cities strings of dead
robins that are offered for sale the
same as chickens and game birds.
There is a big demand for them, too,
as many southerners consider the
robin a rare delicacy in the food line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

OkIahoma's governor is without that
handy appurtenance. a large contin-
gent fund. So he has called for 500
volunteers to assist in running the
''1oints' out Of Oklahoma City. Natur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Binks-I wish had the appetite L had
when 1 was a boy Jinks-I don't. I
didn't have to pay my board then.-Bos-
ton Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

If Lizze wants the credit for getting
that lola woman cut Of jail, we are
perfectly willing. We certainly do not
wish the accident charged up to US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

did you say the fishing around here
was interesting?" Yep" replied Farmer
fish breaks the record. Washington
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Boss-Theres $40 gone from my cash
drawer, Johnny; you and l were the only
people who had the keys to the drawer.
Ofice Boy-Well. c'pose we each pay S.
and say no more about it?-Philadelphia.
Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Rural Cop-Hey, there. boy; yew can't
fish around here without a permit. Small
pretty well with this angleWorm.-Boston
Boy-Oh, don't know. I'm gettin along
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

''Wot cheer, All? Yer lookin' sick; wot
is it?" Work Nuffink but work, work,
work, from mornin' till night g 'OW
long ave yer been at it?" start tomor-
rer. Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Shell dreamed last night you bought
me new hat. He-Well, that's the first
dream of a hat you ever had that didn
cost me money.-The Club Fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Percy-What are you doing about your
Doctors advice to take physical exercise,
deah boy? Algie-I've gone in for croquet
and needlework, and have bought an cleo
tric wunabout, old chappie.-Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Mr.. Willis-But why dn't you take your
handbook in to have it balanced? Mrs.
Willis-I don't want that snoopy-Iooking
cashier to know how much money I've
got in there!-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Her Tact.-Howard- she refuse you,
old man? Coward-Well, in a delicate,
indirect way. She told me she never
wanted anything she could get easily
Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Maria, what was done at the meeting
of your literary club last night?" I'VE
fined Mrs. Chillicon- Kearney IS for ac-
cusing Mrs. Highmus of cheating at
bridge. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

The time draws near" the grocer
said,
ITO rouse the oyster from his bed"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-05
ROY W, VAN DEWAlkER, OF CON
RAD, DRINKS POISON At
WATERLOO. =
INVOLVED IN LOVE AFFAIR.
PAWNED ANOTHER'S WATCH
Leaves Note Saying He Had Been
Married to Waterloo Girl-Denial
Made BY Father Of Miss Dragged
Into Sensational Episode-ProbabIy
Viii Recover.

Waterloo. Dec. 5.-Despondent over
g love affair involving a gold watch
secured by his sweetheart from anoth-
er lover and given TO him only to be
pawned to obtain funds when in
Strengthened circumstances. and with
his plans all arranged for the wedding
yesterday. Ray ". Van Dewalker. 19
Years OF .ge. son OF j. c. NanDewalkcr
q business man of Conrad. and former
y q cartoonist with the Wilkinson
Publicity Bureau. attempted suicide
last night by drinking full ounce Of
carbolc acid At residence at 2l7 Eas,
Tenth street. where he stopped to visit
with some boy friends for a short time.
Saved From Death.
y large dose OF alcohol administered
by Police Officer Rock was the only
thing that saved the man from death.
When physicians arrived other anti
doteS were given and the would be-
suicide soon recovered sufficiently to
converse. He told why he attempted
10 take his life. Van DeWaiker said he
was 70 have been married last night
10 & young woman. but that he found
she had another lover who had given
her q gold watch. The girl ~, said
gave this watch TO him and he pa wned
II for s. when his money ran short
The other young man requested the re-
turn OF the watch and the girl told
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-05

quickly Investigating found that a
quantity Of velvet, which had been
placed there as a background for q
window display, was on fire. The blaze
vas quenched before il had done much
damage, but Mr.. Elliott was much
puzzled 20 account for its origin. Then
in examining the window he noticed
that reading glass. placed upright
IN tAe window vas focusing q very
bright ray almost in the center o. the
burned area. He placed another piece
o. velvet there and it took fire within
fifteen seconds.
Rodney.
To stretch OUT for a little rest On the
truss rod of box car at Rodney. late
at night, ard 10 awake next morning
finding oneself in the grasp Of train
men in the Sioux City yards without
having any recollection Of the hours
and the miles which INTERVIEWED is an
experience which is declared by Clint
Washhurn. colored. 10 be with and
without his pleasure Washburn was
dragged of his hard and narrow bed
by wice-eved trainmen Just after g.
string Of empty "freezers" had pulled
into Sioux City finishing run with
no stops between Rodney and that city.
An nsvah cud a stayed on that rod
if An WIZ sober All knows But -sh
guess Al wouldn't q crawled on them,
either" was his dry afterthoughr.
Sioux City.
The leading i1crsen2en OF Sioux City.
including owners and trainers. are
uniting in the protest against the de-
Woodland park and the building in its
stead Of a half mile track, Prominent
among these horsemen who are hoping
the Interstate Livestock Fair Associa-
ticn viii not go thru with its present
intention of blowing up the old track
are P. H Dynent Tuck Comfy, Frank
Hagan, Gill Harrison. Andy Madden
and Dick Ninton. But little work will
be necessary 10 construct a tWo-naile
race track on the ". ". Stevens tract
Of land secured by the Sioux City Auto
Club for speedway site, Charles ".
Finley, civil engineer. is preparing a
sketch Of the proposed track to be
shown 10 the members of the club.
AIgona.
]. H. Zanke, Of Union township. Kos
suth county, sustained an accidental
fracture that caused him great deal
Of suffering. He was driving his corn
picking machine and the hired man
was driving the wagon that was re-
ceiving the corn. II was dusk and Mr..
Zancke threw his left hand batk 20 feel
Il a chain was running properly, and
Instantly his hand was caught under
the chain in sprocket or groove thru
which il was running. He stopped his
team with his hand still in the gear
ing. and the hired man ran to McEutt' s
residence to phone for doctor and
for help. In the meantime Zamke sat
there holding his horses with one hand
and the other held fast in the machine,
and it was nearly an hour before help
came and the chain cut by use Of a
cold chisel and the hand liberated. 1t
vas badly crushed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-05
Acquitted Of Rape CHARGE,

young man who resides east Of Newton
and who was indicted some months ago
by the Poweshiek county grand jury Oh
a charge Of rape, was found not guilty
by the district court in session at
Montezuma. The charge Of rape was
made b. Miss Sylvia Hink. Of Grin
neN and il is alleged that the charge
against Mr. Plum was one of many
that have been brought against various
parties between here and Grinnell by
Miss Hink The many friends Of Mr..
Plum will be glad that jury of twelve
m have found him innocent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-05
Northern Io1ua Items

Cherokee.
Lester Z. Warrington. referee in
bankruptcy, issued an announcement
in Cherokee that a hearing in the
bankruptcy case OF Frank 5. Barnes,
OF Barnes, would be held on Dec. II.
Webster City.
Benjamin Roberts. the man who
aas been languishing in the county jail
several Gays. charged with stealing
some $50 from the purse OF Mrs. Den
MS Griffin Of Eagle Grove, confessed
his guilt 20 Sheriff Brown.
Cedar Falls.
With the installation IF the new pipe
organ al the college auditorium in this
city al cost OF $1,000 Cedar Falls
viii have I've such instruments The
Methodist. Presbyterian. Evangelical
and Congregational churches have had
such organs for the past several years.
AIsona.
Young Scott Fraser. son Of Dr.. ".
Fraser. Of Algona, met With a bad &C
dent while playing al the Central
school building. In running around the
grounds the lad encountered a couple
OF boys and fell in such a manner ass
TO fracture both bones ot his right
forearm just above the wrist,
Fort Dodge.
Pete Williams. Greek laborer en-
ployed by the N. {; s.. L. railroad
was arrested by two special agents for
the NJ &, ST. l.. Company with Special
Agent Bull. Of the l. c. for stealing a
box Of sausages from a car set out in
the local railroad yards. He Was sean
BY one OF the special agents 70 break
the seal and start 10 enter the car.
PauIIina.
otto kreiser was injured severely
while operating corn shredder. His
hand caught in the machinery and
nearly was torn off John Mueller IS
recovering from The injuries ne re
ceived a week ago. His oveTaNs caught
in the setscrew Of q corn shredder.
draw wing his leg into the machinery and
breaking il
Sioux City
L. H. Drunn. pioneer business man
and q member Of the Sioux City coun-
ell during TWO terms beginning il 1888,
died about o'clock Sunday morning
a, MS residence All Geneva street,
five DAYS after being stricken suddenly
with paralysis while chatting in
downtown business place. The severity
OF the paralytic attack left slight hope
Of MS recovery from the first.
Cedar Falls.
Thomas Karles, Creek peddler, was
brought before Justice Cuulmins
charged wicn violation Of the ne"
weights and measures law. He pleaded
guilty 10 selling apples az short weight,
| and was fined $50 and costs. The fine,
however, vvas SUSPENDED when the
, Creek promised to never again repeat
the orferse IT was shown conclusive
IIv at the trial that Karles mad solo
/ thirtv-seven pounds OF apples for
( bushel. instead Of the forty-eight as
prescribed By law.
/ SrithIand.