The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
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The Union Pacific is fixing up" the
Kansas avenue crossing.
John F. Switzer is confined to his
home By a slight illness.
The Rev. w. w. Horn of the English
Lutheran church will speak at the Rail
road Y. M. c. A. Sunday afternoon.
This is good weather for the real
estate men. They have been busy this
week showing properties to prospective
buyers.
The improvements which are being
made on the east entrance OF the
Church of the Assumption are almost
completed.
The Provident association has give.
out 300 packages of seeds this week to
the worthy poor. There is still sup
ply on hand
James S. Coe went to Kansas City
today to attend a meeting of the
agents of the Great. Western Life In
surance company
Revival services are being conducted
by the Rev. William d. Gray. Meth
odist minister, at the Nazarene mission
at 404 East Fourth street.
The question of an addition to the
high school building will be a question
for discussion at the next meeting OF
the board Monday, April g.
The mission study class of the First
Morse, will meet next Wednesday even
ing at the home of H. B. Howard.
II F. Doran is again at work on
his farm The fever seizes him every
spring and he dons a pair OF overalls
and works like a real farmer for three
days.
The class in the high school taught by
Miss Eva Schley visited the local gov
eminent observer to get some pointers
in regard to how the observations are
taken at one of Uncle Sans stations
A. L. Brook of Granville will lead
the discussion on "Overpasturing and
Spring Cultivation" at the meeting of
the Shawnee Alfalfa club, which will
be held Saturday afternoon at
O'Clock.
It has been suggested that the last
meeting of the Shawnee Alfalfa club
for the season be in the nature of d
banquet affair in connection with
which the dishes served will in large
measure be made from alfalfa
I'VE have had great run of old
men," said Secretary Guy T. Justis of
the Provident association this morning.
Some Of them have been put to work
spading gardens. If any one requires
work done of this kind they are re-
quested to call UP the association.
One business man said today he
would be for the man for mayor who
would enforce all the little laws to
the letter, such as riding bicycles on
the sidewalks. etc. when the small
laws are permitted to be violated the
people are likely to lose respect for
laws in general" said he.
W. H Sears, the former Lawrence
lawyer, who inherited an interest in
large canning business in Ohio, is
miffed because it was reported that he
has given up his law practice He
points to the fact that he recently ar
gued three cases in the United States
supreme court as proof that he has
not.
This evening the three cornered high
school debate which includes battles of
words between the representatives of
the Wichita, Emporia, and Topeka
schools will take place. Emporia and
Topeka will clash at the local hgh
school Topeka has sent team 10
Wichita. The ship subsidy question
will be discussed.
A whole family is today getting SET
tied as comfortably as possible at the
fresh air camp on the North side IN
two tents. The mother and eldest
daughter are afflicted with tubercu-
losis. There are four other children in
the family, and the head of the house
hold who is sickly gets but a dollar a
day as an employee OF the Santa Fe.
Barney Mullen, a West Eighth ave-
nue. butcher, owns the largest diamond
in Topeka. 1t weighs seven carats and
Fe Watch company for $4,000 for a
shirt stud. DR.. H. H. Keith has the
next largest, two perfectly white dia-
monds, which weigh, respectively, five
and a half and four and a half carats.
A number of the teachers in the To-
peka high school will go to Lawrence
Friday afternoon to attend the con-
Guiding sessions of the eighth annual
conference of the high schools ana
academies accredited by the University
of Kansas which began today. The
students of the school are regretting
the fact that the instructors are not at
tending the early sessions so that it
would be possible for them to enjoy q
holiday.
The Topeka Provident association has
provided work for a man who came
from Virginia to Lawrence to look for
q daughter whom he had not heard
from for several years. Not finding the
daughter or getting work he came to
Topeka with exactly nine cents left in
his pocket. He applied for aid at the
Frovident association after having
spent five of the nine cents for loaf
of bread. He is now spading gardens,
and proving to be a good workman.