The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
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A new Edison oil tank has just been
/ completed near the corner of Seventh
and Van Buren, streets.
EIon S. Clark desires to have all sing
ers in the city meet at the Iris thea
ter Sunday afternoon to try out for
| chorus positions.
L. Wilson has been chosen president
of the business mems Bible class which
will meet every Thursday noon at the
| Central Y. NJ. G. A
The Y w. @. A. high school Bible
class met this afternoon for the first
| time this season, IS did also the inter
mediate gym class.
The city is preparing to pave
Twelfth street between Harrison street
and Topeka avenue. The street rail-
way company has paved between the
rails.
Henry Rood. national chairman of
the publicity of the Men and Religion
movement will confer with the pub
iicity of the local committee of 1907
October 21.
Employees Of the Topeka railway
street car barns have raised fund to
be given to Mrs. Truesdail, widow of
a late employee of the Yarns, who fell
dead at his home recently
Custodian Weir of the city hall is
making the old building shine in prep
aration for the entertainment of the
city officials of Kansas who are COM
ing here for the convention next week.
1t is a pretty hard matter for the
average citizen to choose between the
heavy and his light things these
mornings 1t is hard to tell whether
it will be showing or sweltering before
noon.
Women indulge in cool plunges at
the Y. w. c. A. at all times of the day.
By $3.50 clock there we're a half dozen
of them in the pool. Swimming is
proving popular among the married
women.
The fact that the enrolment in the
city schools is 200 heavier this year
than a year ago would indicate that
the city is growing. The high mark
has mark has been reached in the high
school this fall.
The social service committee of the |
Men and Religion movement of which |
Guy T. Justis is chairman. met this |
afternoon at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. to |
discuss the social survey of the city |
which the committee is making.
The Christmas Idea club of the Y w
O. A. will meet tomorrow evening at
o clock. The members of the OrganiZa- |
fancy work they will discuss the prob
lem of making dainty presents for !
Christmas.
The telephone calls to the State
Journal numb ered up into the thou |
sands today-calls asking about the |
II 1t soon will be necessary for the |
State Journal to install a new tele-
phone number to be called the bal |
loon number"
The following are the counties rep
resented in Group 2 of the Kansas |
Bankers association whose annual |
meeting Will be held in Topeka next |
Wednesday: Shawnee, Douglas. john
son. Miami Franklin. Usage. Wabaun-
see. Morris. Chase, Lyon. Coffey, An
derson and Linn-13 in all.
Mayor Billiard Commissioner Stotts
and Commissioner Miller went out to
the city pest house and located the
site for the new hospital Thursday /
afternoon. Commissioner Bone and 1
Comm issioner Tandy had excuses not i
20 go. Bone and Tandy are not blamed I
Tor their important business detained
u.s."
Glasses in cooking under Miss Alice
Lakin at the Topeka Provident asso-
citation begin tomorrow as follows: Be
ginning class for colored girls. 8
O clock; advance class for coIored girls,
10. 80; class for white girls. $50. Classes
in sewing will be held at 2:30. A gym
class for boys under u years of age
will be started at $3.50 in the morning
New games have been ordered AMI
new furniture is being installed in con-
nection with the boys rooms in the
basement of the Central Y NJ. c. A.
A "hOuse warming" event will be held
in the near future to celebrate the gen
aral redecorating and refurnishing of
the quarters. w. z. Woodward, the
secretary. expects to arrange some
moving picture numbers to augment
the Bible study work of the youngsters
Henry E. Rood. who for many years
was business manager for Harper &
Brothers, publishers, New York. win
speak before the Topeka Ad club Oc-
-ober p. Year before last the Ad club
vas extremely active aRd meetings
we're held regularly every two weeks.
1ut last year the management had diff
ficulty in getting speakers and interest