The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
Invitations for Merchants Week
Issued.
Over Twenty Thousand Will Be
Sent Out.
THE FOURTH ANNUAL.
Topeka Expects to Make 1t the
Best of All.
Two Thousand Visitors Will BE
Provided For.
THE FOURTH ANNUAL.

The Invitations for the feurth an
nual Merchants week entertainment-
$4,000 of them-Were taken off the
press this afternoon. Last year the
attendance was more than thirteen
hundred--that is the actual number of
those who registered-and on account
of the fact that it has been decided
by the Kansas State Fair association
to put on an aviation meet at the
same time that the merchants are in
the city. it is expected that there VIII
be nearly two thousand persons here
as guests of the Topeka Jobbers and
Manufacturers association.
The Invitation.
For the fourth time reads the
program folder, 1.-The Jobbers and
Manufacturers association of Topeka
extends to you and to every merchant
in Kansas and Oklahoma a cordial in
vitation to become our honored guests
on the occasion of our fourth annual
Merchants week entertainement
which will be held Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, June Z, and 9, 1911.
"Our experience in the former con-
ventions and the numerous letters we
have received in relation thereto as
sure us that we have had a fair meas
ure of success in the past three en-
tertainments. We will endeavor as
hosts to improve upon that record this
next month, and we are going to give
know will be interesting and pleasur-
able. Of course, there can be no i'm
proVernent in our cordiality. because
hospitality must be without equiv
ocation to be real, but our inVi-
tation to YOU to come is sincerely ex-
tended and we want you to take ad-
vantage of it without fail and be our
guests three days in Jrne-the most
beautiful month in the year-so turn
the store key over to the boys, put
hat M a
shirt and new collar in your grip, ana
hike for the depot.
Turn your back on business for
three days. Forget it and come to To-
peka, where you will find over thou
sand other merchants who have let
down for a while Join this jolly
crowd and enjoy the good fellowship
the music the Cabaret. the whole
round of good things that we are go
ing to provide.
..On your arrival in our city, you
will please report to headquarters in
the New England building, where you
will be furnished with coupon book
containing tickets emitting you to free
transportation on the street cars ana
to all the entertainments Whlch nave
been provided for our guests. The
coupon book will include a ticket for
the big Cabaret Smoker, for Seeing
Beautiful Topeka Cars, for transpor-
tation to Vinewood- park and free
tickets to all the amusement features
there. AS usual Marshalls Will give
open-air concert in a stand to De
erected near headquarters. These
concerts in years past nave peen
wonderfully attractive to visitors.
ION account of the increased num-
her attending our Merchants week en-
tertainments, the committee has found
it necessary to make a rule that boys
and children will positively not be
given free coupon tickets. Only bona
fide merchants will be furnished with
free entertainment books.
''Those merchants who were here last
year and the year before, We do not
have to strongly urge to come again.
They already know how we enjoyed
having them with us, and we feel that
they thoroughly enjoyed the three days
of complete relaxation and rest. No
event like the Merchants Week has
ever attained the popularity with mer-
chants that this Topeka innovation has.
We therefore conclude our extended in
vitation and program, with one short
word-Come."
The members of the Topeka Jobbers'
and manufacturers association:
Adams Brothers company; Missouri
& Kansas Telephone Co. W. A. L.
Thompson Hardware Co, Whiteker
Brothers, Merchants National bank,
WiIlcutts & Sadley. Frank P. MacLen
nan, Chesterfield hotel Topeka Milling
Co, Road Supply & Metal Co., National
hotel, Capital City Bottling works. j.
B. Billiard, William Schick Manufactur-
ing company, Continental Creamery
Co, Hotel Throop, Geo. Burghart, Cen
trail National bank, Bank of Topeka.
r. T. Kreipe Cigar Co., o. Krauss &
Sons, Chicago Lumber Co., Topeka
Railway Co, the German American
bank, Arnold Drug Co., Topeka Tent &
Awning Co., Hall Lithographing conf
pany A. B. Whiting Paint & Glass Co,
Topeka Packing Co.. McCord Kistle-
Mere. Co.. Jensen Mfg Co, Seymour
Packing Co, Coca-Cola Bottling works
Chas. Wolff Packing Co., Crane & Co.,
McEntire Brothers, Kaw Milling com
pany, the Mid-Continent mills, Arthur
Capper, III. b. Howard. E Horn Planin.,