The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-06
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p. H. Coney is closing up and out
the Missouri Valley Printing company
of Kansas City, Mo.
The new Esperanto club which is
being organized will meet this evening
at 724 Taylor street.
There is a movement on hand to
erect the Hurley memorial monument
in the business section of the city.
This evening the much discussed
superintendeEcy question will come up
for debate at the school board meet
ing.
A pound of promise is worth less
than an ounce of real telephone salts
faction. Best service, largest subscrip-
ton list. Get the Independent.
The annual report of the city library
has been sent to Mayor Billiard. 1t
shows among other things that the
year 1910 was the poorest year of the
season for new books.
A still alarm from the Santa Fe
shops came to the fire department
Sunday morning. A small fire near
the furnaces in the blacksmith shop
caused about $50 damage to machin-
cry.
George F. Babb, city milk inspector.
is tired of the job of trying to collect
fees and he has. turned over the col
lectIons to, City Attorney Ralston who
will bring them in the city treasury
through legal methods.
Malon Burget, the political weather
forecaster, says that if woman suf-
frage is allowed. to pass in Kansas it
will mean a Democratic governor. He
says also that it will mean a broader
view on the prohibition question.
Tonight at the First Presbyterian
church Washburn day will be cele-
brated by an annual banquet at which
POSTMASTER. Toasts, music and enter
tainment by the college classes will be
the features.
There are very few towns in the
country that can boast of as many pri-
vate cars in it's railroad yards as To-
peka. On account of the number of
officials making their headquarters
here the parking" of private cars is
a big feature.
The exhibit of the state board of
health in the interests of stamping out
"the great white plague" will doubt
pekans. The exhibit will be ready for
public inspection this evening at the
First Baptist church.
Mrs. ]. c. Smith, the wife of J. c.
Smith, former depot master at the
! Rock Island, died last night and the
employees of the Rock Island offices
have taken up a big collection for
flowers. Captain Smith will take the
| body to Joliet, Ill, for burial.
DR.. R. S. Magee today received from
DR.. ]. E. Minney. who now lives at
Pasadena, Cal, two lemons that
weigh twenty-one ounces each. They
We're raised on the ranch of Judge
Caldwell, who used to hold sessions of
the United States circuit court in To-
peka.
Captain Hanlon CT headquarters
fire department has received a letter
from his brother Frank Hanlon who is
in Mexico across the river from FL
Paso near the Juarez battle grounds.
Hanlon says that all of the Mexicans
he has spoken to are in sympathy with
the revolutionists-
| An overheated chicken broodeT
owned by R. R. Shruff1er. at 1712 Har-
rison street, took fire Sunday morning
and before it was discovered the. en-
tire kitchen of the story and a half
frame dwelling was on fire. Fire COM
panies exting uished the blaze in quick
order with a small loss
Clifford Lowe, ticket agent at the
Rock Island reports a big sale of upper
Pullman berths out of Topeka on ac-
count of the recent 20 per cent reduc-
tion 'sThe people of Kansas are buy
ing more Pullman reservations than