The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-24

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3 The most cheerful messenger the most
accurate servant. the Independent tele-
phone.
Architect John f. Stanton is planning
$500 house for Judge W. > Glass OF
Marysville.
The windows of the gym Of the Y
W c. A. are being screened IN readiness
for the basketball season.
ing at 1O7 West Eighth avenue occupied
BY James Hayes, the florist.
A class in gym work for women has
been organized at the Y. w. c. A. which
will meet at 10 O'Clock Friday morning
Next spring the buffalo at Gage park
will probably have a pasture OF 80 acres
in which to roam and find good grazing
The high school building in connection
with the Church of the Assumption is
about ready for the construction Of the
roof
The press over the state has it figured
out that the Washburn-K. Z. football
game in two weeks will be one OF the
hardest fought games in the state
John f. Stanton has just returned from
Emporia, where he went to inspect tIle
work on the new $4,000 gym on the
planned.
OFFICERS of the city fire department who
have visited Chief Wilmarth at Excelsior
Springs, say the veteran fire Hghter is
@gaining strength rapidly and IS enjoying
his vacation.
E. F. A. Reinisch brought in from Gage
sample twigs of Wahoo and Aroma
shrubs bearing ornamental red berries
showing how effective they are for fall
shrubs.
The city physicians. DR.. Stewart ana
DIR. Narcotic, are vaccinating children by
the score. Before the two weeks extern
sion of the compulsory vaccination order,
practically every child in the city schools
will have scratched arm.
The city commissioners. through the
advice of the city attorney, have decided
that they Will have to pay the county
their share in the extra south SIDE .,t dlke
pretty heavily on this work.
The Emporia high school ''frats'' lost
their case against the school board. rms
other high school rah-rahs over the state
who still believe that the state legisla-
lures are composed of ''dubs."
A bittern or brown heron was caught in
for some other purpose. 1t was fed fish
for some time, but eventually refused to
suggested that it was case of bird sui
eide.
Miss Hazel Jolley. who was queen Of
ceived a number of colored paintings
from an unknown man in Langsing. The
paintings were taken from pictures OF
the queen which appeared in the State
Journal.
G. T. Mattingly, city license collector.
and is on the war path after the insuT-
ance companies doing business IN To-
peka. The city license collection isn't
Joke any nnore.-not since AIattingly took
hold of the job.
E. F. a. Reinisch. superintendent of
parks, brought the old male swan which
died at Gage park yesterday result
of being jumped upon by deer, to B. b.
Smith of the state horticultural society
this morning. He is a fine specimen ana
will look well mounted.
A West side man was figuring on do
ing away with his hitching post ana
placing a hitching ring in the curbing
when his wife objected. She said that on
account Of the fashions this year it was
enough to reach a curbStone-
of a dozen entries from Kansas cream
cries at the international Dairy show at
Milwaukee, Wis, October d9-lS n; o;
Co of Topeka, scored highest with 81
points 81 points being the highest among
1000 entries from every state in the
union.
The KarnivaI Knights have determined
never to call on the merchants of the city
way to raise funds for their Topeka cele-
brations- This is welcome news to the
merchants who are asked to contribute
to everything from a Sunday school So
cial to state fair
A force of men is employed at the pres
ent time on the state house grounds dig
ging out the dandelions The trouble is
with the war that is waged against this
troublesome weed that the blossoms arc
commence. The plants will probably come
up as thick as ever next spring.
A meeting Of those in charge Of the
morning. and while some of the money
from the sale of tickets has not been
turned in, it is estimated that $500 Ill
round numbers was cleared This money
will be put into school books for the use
of the pupils of the city schools.
NJ. Council has been awarded the con-
tract for Temodeling the store at 81
Kansas avenue belonging to Mrs. Anna
NJ Weightman. the contract price being
5000. n. E. Keller had already been
given the contract for extending the
building so feet back to the alley. The
Santa Fe Watch company will occupy the
building. and this firm will spend Sc, 900
in new fixtures.
Fifty men OF the First Baptist church
will distribute literature to every door in
the city next Sunday morning. This plan
of circulating religious tracts may be
month. In Milwaukee the Socialists have
relied upon this method of getting their
policies before the people. 1t was upon
the suggestion of the Rev. Robert Cor
don who was formerly a pastor in Mil
Waukee that this plan was adopted by
the board of trustees.
The night school for foreigners seems
assured. The stipulation of the board OF
education was that there must be an en-
rollment of 40 persons who are willing to
paw a tuition fee of 81 a month Thirty
seven persons enrolled at the first ses-
sion which was held in the Harrison
building Monday night, and the promise
was given that IS others would enlist in
the near future. The teachers of the
tor in the high school. and c. NJ Nor
row. principal of the Grant school Tho
sessions will be held Monday, Wednesday
and Friday venings.
OAKLAND GOSSIP.