The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-28
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No night too dark, no distance too
far for the Independent.
Come, See and Learn" is the slogan
adopted by the state fair.
Snovy's Tenth and Topeka drug store
cheerfully serves fountain dainties to
carriages.
state fair posters are much in evil
dence now in Topeka and surround
ing towns
Whitteker Brothers have new ,5,'y
auto truck with capaclty OF carr iii5
a ton of goods.
The handsome arch entrance to the
fair grounds will be completed some
time this week
..The Topeka Socialist union is now
left with but six members, sald Ike
Gilberg today
Prospective buyers of live stock Will
he here in large numbers while the
fair is in progress
Twenty-Five more days before sch ''''l
opens-but the youngsters nave the
time already counted
The bids on the new Church OF the
Assumption high school building were
submitted today by the contractors
There will be no concert by Mar
shalTs band at Chesney park tonlght-
The concert will be held Friday nlsh1-
Two hundred and fifty feet OF
curbing and guttering was conap I9le-S-
this morning by the white way Wolh-
men.
work on the ]. c. Gordon building
at Ninth street and Kansas avenue
has reached the top floorZ'he
fourth.
A letter was received this morning
at the Commercial club addressed to
the president of the Seml-State
Fair"
The people of Topeka viii be asked
10 see to it that their lawns are In
trim the week OF 1estlNilles pe9 iiiiiiii9
September Il.
A meeting of the committee on ar
rangement for the Kansas semi -r' en- :
tennial celebration will be held tues-
dav noon at the Commercial CLUB
4 meeting of the educational com
roittee of the Y W. c. A. will be
held Wednesday to map out the ran
work in the educational department.
There will be numerous picnics held
on Labor Day Among them VIII ne
the annual reunion of the ONO club
The picnic will be held at Chesney
Straw hats will soon go if the cold
weather continues SOFT mats are a.
However there is still probably some
warm weather due
w. J. Staeg, former clerk OF the
board of education, has returned from
Z business trip to Diamond Okla; ne
Will now aid in the work OF building
up a great fair in Topeka.
The first annual picnic of the Twin
Mound grange was attended by ABOUT
500 people. The speakers were W. A.
S Bird and o. F. Whitney The grange
was organized last April
There is hardly a school building in
the city where repairs are not beng
made. When september 10. the OPEN
ing day. rolls around the buildings Will
be in excellent condition.
Among the subjects which Will be
taught in the educational department
of the Y. w. G. A. this fall Will be
shirt waist making. correct English,
story telling and painting.
The annual period for the visitation
of thousands of blackbirds to the trees
adjacent to Bethany college has ar
rived. and the roosting spot is just as
noisy and popular as ever.
The parks are now not the popular
spots they were q month ago when
the atmosphere was tOrrid. The
Vinewood crowds have been anything
but enormous in the past ten DAYS.
The governments naval display at
the Kansas state fair Will require an
electric lead of 125 volts to demon
strate the workings of the wireless
telegraph system that Will be installed.
For the fellow who wishes to remain
on the fair grounds all fair week there
will be every possible convenience The
barber. shoe shine, laundrymen. res
taurant proprietor. doctor and nurse
Will all be there.
A man to whom the city was in
debted said today when he called for
his check that he had wasted three
dollars worth of time trying to collect
two dollars.
One hundred and twenty-five large
tents will be pitched on the fair
grounds the latter part of September
for the accommodation Of the old
soldiers and sailors who attend the big
Fteunion.
Every one of the Karnival Knights
who participates in the carnival Sep
tember 10, is expected to attend a
meeting to perfect arrangements
which viii be held at the Commercial
club this evening
A business meeting or the c. E. of
the First Congregational church will
be held Wednesday night. On Friday
evening Of this week the young peo-