The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-21

long arm when you need assistance,
an instantaneous service at your COM
mand, the Independent telephone.
The Rev G. r. McDurmey will preach
at the Reform Presbyterian church or
Clay street both morning and evening
tomorrow.
One more positive sign that fan is here
| and that winter is appearing over the
horizon-the overturned chairs on the
front porches.
E L. Copeland will give a short adj
dress of welcome in connection with the
opening fall reception at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Monday night.
The Pleasant Hour Literary Circle will
meet tonight at 406 Kansas avenue, to be-
gin the 2Sth consecutive years work A
special program has been prepared
The Haskell Indian football team is
of the old time warriors who terrorized
the entire football world several years
ago.
The teachers of the Van Buren, school
have invited all the members of the city
teaching force to attend a reception which
will be held in the new Van Buren, build
ing at 4:30 o'clock Monday.
Dean Charles Hughes Johnston of the
department of education of the University
of Kansas spoke before the teachers of
the city schools this morning. This is the
first of a series OF addresses on the art
of teaching.
The men of the Eastern Star will give
their annual minstrel show at the Ma
sonic hall tonight 1t is understood that
a large number of real original jokes
have been shelled and ready to crack for
the evening.
other night and found that there was a
brother in the house-one that had ar
rived only few hours before. 'Daddie.
he said s'call up de plice statiOn-I fink
dere is trouble in the house"
The general passenger agent of the
Santa Fe. ]. NJ. Cornell, and his entire
array of officials and clerks have moved
from the old general office building to the
new ten-story structure adjoining Mr.
ConnelIs carpet is so new that footprints
can be seen on it.
If the strike among the shopmen of the
Rock Island is called, probably not
half dozen men in Topeka viii go out
would go out with the strikers But
when the Horton shops are moved here,
it will be different
The loop service on the Washburn col
lege street car lines has been discoa-
tinued. This service worked out all right
on paper but to a number of residents
way of winding up the clock on street
time, it was a failure.
In a not unusual frantic effort to deny
news stories that appear in the State
Journal, local paper made a laughable
mistake this morning. 1t quoted an Of
ficia! in saying that there was a rumor
of a change in Rock Island circles-and
that is what the State Journal reported
General Manager Sweet and General
Superintendent smaliey OF til the Rock
printed in the State Journal last night
has been going the rounds of railroad
circles-and that is what was stated in
the story.
The address by the Rev. H. Percy.
formerly chaplain, United States army,
which was scheduled to be given at the
Majestic theater Sunday afternoon. Will
be held at the Novelty al the same hour.
Dean j. P. de B. Kaye will preside over
the meeting, and the music will be in
charge of Elon S. Clark
Frank farrell, publicity agent of the
Santa Fe, has returned from a short trip
with the demonstration train to
the state fair at Dallas. Tex. Without an
advance notice from any Of the news
papers, the big train pulled into Dallas
and was greeted with crowd of 5,oOJ
persons the first few hours.