The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
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AT HOME NEWS.
Chief of Police Jenkins has ordered all
beggars off from the streets He has IN
structed his patrolmen to watch for per
sons making this nuisance
The wives of the street car men are
planning a great feed for Christmas
Many Of the families have Joined in their
celebrations and their annual turkey din
ners VIII be held after midnight.
The westbound st. Louis-Colorado Lin
tied on the Union Pacific has been taken
OFF 10. 10. the Denver Limited that
formerly ran through Topeka at $40 IN
the morning will run on the St Louis
Colorado trains time-T;25 a. m The
train AIKEN off is the equipment that con-
nected with the Wabash east of Kansas
City 1t viii be resumed in the spring
Possibly you are not aware of the fact
but christmas night is the biggest street
car traffic evening in the year. Nearly
everyone in the city is visiting some one
else-and they have to take a car to carry
t-eir presents and dinners
only one more shopping day before
Christmas This is the last chance for
the fond father to open his mail in hor-
ror that his bank may be demanding that
! the overdraft be made good Immediately.
Mile street railway company is being
Hsre than good 20 the city In the last
l1flth the company has given the COM
nfssiOners one bridge. the use of another
and sixty foot street one block long
away from the city officials
In every office in town the biggest man
on the force is armed with a cigar box
with hole in it. He asks you to con-
tribute for the janitor or the elevator
man or the ''boss'-and YOU do it with
slee-
Dealers in greens say that the Christ
mas tree trade this wear is not as brisk
as it has been in the past. Does this
mean that the Santa Claus delusion is be-
ing abandoned2
Topeka stores have Christmas dinner
all figured out for the housewives this
year. Some business houses are adver-
Using the entire dinner cooked and hot
all ready to serve. All you have to DO is
To pay your money
Chief WiImarth is back Just in time to
ask the people of the city to be careful
FaFith the Christmas trees lighted
p .ldle is dangerous on a tree-and a tree
decorated with all sorts of ornaments is
dangerous in the house
The shopper excursion motor car was
run from Alma to Burlingame and
thence to Topeka on the Santa Fe today
The Santa Fe is assisting the Commercial
club in its attempts to attract the larger
trade that the country merchants do not
get under normal conditions
This is a bad year for the sale of
furs,'' said a saleswoman at one of the
local stores this afternoon. 1T has been
so warm that the ladies do not seem to
care whether they have them TO wear or
not"
From the late paving petitions received
al the city hall it is probable that the
PREDICTION of the State Journal a month
ago that the record in paving would be
broken. is coming true. 1t was stated at
the time that the petitions called for
more blocks of paving than ever petit
toned for in the past
The Salvation Army win distribute 800
dinners tomorrow A Sunday school at
Indianola sent in 26 baskets
Next week a meeting will be held at
tie Commercial club TO make arrange
uants for the membership campaign that
Will start in January.
Five Kansas boys and girls VIII be
made happy this Christmas because they
VIII be the recipients of Shetland ponies
they were lucky enough to win the big
prizes in a contest conducted by the kan
sas Farmer The names of the children
VINO viii receive the ponies are George
Roberts, jr.. Larned. Kan. Elmer Lunz.
Belpre; Emil Osborn. Chapman; Floyd
Ramsey, FL Dorado; Ruth Stone. Sterling.
The first named boy will receive aside
from the pony a cart and harness
School closed today. 1t goes without
saying that there are 1000 happy young
sters in the city as consequence
Christmas shopping on the part of the
teachers of the city schools began in
earnest today This was pay day.
At the East Side NJ E. church a Christ
mas program especially for the children
will be rendered at 7.50 o'clock Sunday
eEening. Candy. etc, will be given to
81 children OF the Sunday school in the
n sRrning.
coed J. L Montgomery as physical di-
rector OF the Central Y NJ c. A. Arthur
Bolton viii take Mr. Knapp's place as
assistant director
The penny saving fund at the Provi-
dent association is not growing rapidly
at the present time on account of the
learness to Christmas However. one
voungster brought in dime this morn
ing Six dollars has now been deposited
III pennies. nickels and dimes by the chill
dren-
There are many working people in the
citv's said a professional man of Topeka
todav who go to the extreme in Christ
mas buying They purchase presents
/ at they really cannot AFFORD. and after
Christmas they have to scrape and pinch
to get enough food to eat
j. c. Cline, sheriff of Stafford county.
brought two patients to the state hospital
here yesterday and was on other bust
hess
"a T. iced. who is in charge of the
racing program of the Hutchinson state
fair. was in Topeka on business yester-
DAY.
Christmas shoppers and the merchants
could hardly ask for finer weather. 1t
"a great season for handing over the
: ages.
When all the stores get through with
the latest fad in sales, every man and
woman in the city is expected TO be
wearing a SO suit or o'coat
One kid in town already has seven
trains and a half mile of track for Christ
mas. his other Santa Clauses should
contract for a depot and a round house
The Red Cross seal feature OF the
Christmas season has been so well man