The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-04


Well, it was warm a little while any
way.
Phone 1918 for your 1911 desk calen-
dar pad. Wilson Office Supply Co.
j. E. House says you can tell a mar
ried man because he is ugly ana
House isn't married.
200 wood and coal stoves from $1.00
up. Econody Furniture Co., 800 kan
sas avenue. Ind. 1857.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Caldwell. 1926
Western avenue, are the parents of
son born this morning.
Topeka 4-year-o ld-Papa, has Medi-
cine Hat a band? Proud Parent-Yes.
my son, but it's not a sweat band.
The Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. and the
Y. M. c. A. Tigers will clash in bas-
ketbal1 this evening on the Central
'.y'' floor.
L. o. Raglan, of Topeka, and Mar
guerite Manning of Kansas City. were
granted a marriage license at Kansas
City Tuesday.
James ]. Parks. of st. Louis, will
be the speaker at the brotherhood BAN
Quet which will be given January IL at
the First Presbyterian church.
Frank Stahl, superintendent of the
Kansas State Temperance union, has
called meeting of temperance workers
for Friday evening at the First Chris
tan church.
The educational department Of the
Central 7. M. c. A. has issued a card
which entities the bearer to attend free
of charge one session of any of the
classes in the department.
The one great reason why a certain
Topeka newspaper man is never guilty
of making grammatical and bull"
errors is because he spends half of his
office time talking to the proofreader.
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tering Topeka have been arriving near
er the scheduled time today. Trains
from the east have found better wealth
err From the south and southeast there
is trouble along the lines.
The Washburn college students
have returned from their two weeks
holiday season. Every boy is wearing
a new Christmas tie and a new pair
of gloves. Every girl has a new hand
kerchief and something else that can't
be seen on the campus
The second entertainment given by-
the Y. NJ. C. A. MINISTRIES under the
general direction of w. B. Collinson
was enjoyed by an audience of 300
feature not enjoyed the first evening
being the singing by Wallace Petty
john of the song, Constantly
The Social Service club of the First
Methodist church. announces that its
first public social service evening will
| be held Friday at SIS o'clock. Judge
Lee s.. Estelle, the famous juvenile
court judge. will speak on THE Law,
| the Lass, and the Lad.
The gas pressure came up again
last night and fully nine-tenths of the
anger against the gas company was
bottled up again until further notice
The city officials and wrathy citizens
will now wait until anothe- shortage,
when the storm will break loose again
"I believe I will join tho Elks,' said
TO-DAY.
Well, you see my girl has gone back
on me and I have to have some source
of releasing my money. George BAD
ders has tried to get me to join the
Commercial club, but fail to see the
| fun in that expenditure
The city waterworks officials are
thanking their lucky stars that the
river was not high this last cold
spell Last year the river was high
and the ice threw the w1terworks out
of commission for some time. There is
plenty of ice in the Kaw at this time
but the stream is lowest in years.
In all the trouble over the late gas
shortage not word has been spoken
of Scipio-that famous place from
which issues trouble, suffering and eusS
words The Scipio Commercial club
would find it profitable advertising to
go down to the gas company's pumping
station and blow up a main or SO.
The brotherhood of the First Con-
gregatlonal church will undertake the
work of raising money for the purpose
of having made extensive improvements
| in the basement of the church. A new
heating plant has been installed in the
church, but is now out of commission
for the reason that the CRATES were
burned out after the furnace had been
used but two or three times.
Mayor Billiard went home with a
touch of the grip this morning, leaving
!, TOR he at n
act as mayor and take care of the
duties of the office. If you have a COM
plant to make to the mayor today You
will find yourself carried away with
the musical answers of a girl secretary
and your complaints will be forgot
ten.
NJ. Hawkins, city food inspector, ami
| C. B. Hamilton, city inspector of
weights and measures, are waiting for
Commissioner Bone to return from his
buffalo hunt before they make their
| final bow in public office. The city
commissioners intend to abolish both
| offices and create new office which
will cover the work of both. 1t is not
known which man will be given the
| new position although the city hall
| dope" favors c. B. Hamilton.
The advent of the new pay-as-you-
enter cars in Topeka saved the job of
| one Topeka conductor. He has been
growing SO fleshy in late years that it
was almost impossible for him 60
squeeze through the aisles, to say moth
! ing of trying to get through the car
when passengers were there. Now he
| has little place of his own on the rear
| and he can get fat to his hearts cofl-
| tent without kick from the street
railway company, Or the patrons.
/ eff there is anything that disgusts a
clerk it is to have one man offer to
buy another cigar and then have the
first customer say that he doesn't
smoke or Re doesn't care for a smoke -
said q Kansas avenue cigar man to-
day. stIf a man offers to buy you a
cigar. take it. for gosh sake, take it.
If you don't smoke, keep it and make
a new friend by giving it away. Be
sides. when a man offers to buy you a
cigar he wants you to take the does,