The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-13
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AT HOME NEWS.

Eggs have gone up to SO cents per
hen fruit scarce
]. w Doron of Hamilton. o, is spending
a few days in Topeka. He is making his
headquarters at the National
Leaves on the car tracks are causing no
end of trouble. Often a car will slide a
| block before it can be stopped.
Saturday and Sunday the leaves blew
the city. Today they are blowing back
again.
There will be two moving picture shows
at the First Baptist church illustrative OF
the life of Moses. The next one will be
entitled THE Pillar of Clouds"
Coal dealers in the city admit they are
having big businessmbut it is an In in
lar, two dollar and half ton orders.
A number of the East side people are
paying their special Improvement taxes
year levies all at once they save consid-
cradle interest.
The Whiteker company has new
Gralowski delivery wagon of medium ca
pacity. The body was built by E. G. Kin
ley and the vehicle is used for quick de-
liveries in the city
Island men went hunting in the Muiroy
machine Saturday. 1t was SO cold that II
took tea kettle and big farm horse 20
start the machine home.
There is a scarcity of oranges on the
market just now although there Is an
abundance of fruit of some kinds. 1t is
too late for the Florida crop and the
California oranges are not yet ripe.
Blanche Bates, secretary to Mayor Bill
the city hall after vacation Of two
weeks. once more the mayors desk and
waiting room will look spicl and span.
Both the Y NJ. C. A. and the Y. W. G.
A are observing the world wide week OF
prayer. This noon w. w. Bowman led
prayer meeting at the Central building
&. 4. was "'S' ii9'D
The Kansas Normal students were dis
appointed because of the bad day for
football Saturday. They were here 500
strong with a good band and intended to
raise a big fuss whether the team won
not
The force of the wind was so strong
against the big double doors of the Com
merce building today that two women
making every effort to push them open
could not do so. A man finally came to
the rescue
Kansas university students living in
Topeka who were home for the week end
say that there is g strained feeling be-
tween the K. Z. football men and the
coach. It is predicted at Lawrence that
Sherwin will last only one year.
Potatoes have increased in price from
10 to 20 cents a bushel in the last week.
Bakery at 107-111 West Tenth avenue viii
be started within a few days. The new
plant will have a capacity for turning out
Is, 600 Ioaves of bread daily.
II heard a number of the visiting
teachers speak of the white way IN a
complinentaTy way, Ss siciaT club ahd
they seemed to think that good many
improvements have been made IN Topeka
in the last twelve months
Dr. James H. Franklin: pastor of the
First Baptist church. Colorado Springs,
will give an illustrated lecture on Africa
at the First Baptist church Thursday
night DR.. Franklin was in the Congo re
gion and followed the course taken by
Stanley. The lecture is free.
Dr. Arthur S. Henderson, the new pas
tor Of the First Congregational church.
has rented a house at 1913 West Sixth
avenue He will go to Museatine, Ia.
this week to look after the removal of his
household goods to TopeHa- He win re-
turn with Mrs Henderson and their
three children. DR.. Henderson will have
his office in the church building at the
CORNER of Seventh and Harrison streets
There are various kinds of religious
tracts being scattered about the city just
now-or at least they claim to be Of q
RELIGIOUS nature. One of them predicts
that the world is coming to end this
year and says that further particulars
will be forwarded from an eastern city
upon receipt of twenty-five cents to
partly paw cost" There was no state
ment or hint relative to what the cost
might be Another folder states that
''churchanity'' is the greatest menace of
the day. and states that there will be
hoO1x fort hCou1iug to tell why.