The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
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Yes, talk is cheap; less than six
cents day, over the Independent It's
satisfactory. too.
This is the time of the year when
the "star boarder'' is the man who
politely refuses to eat potatoes.
The North side reporter states that
the river is so low it is impossible for
q Salome mosquito to take foot
bath.
The Commercial club campaign for
funds to meet the expenses of the Kan
sas semi-centennial celebration began
this morning.
The concert given Monday evening
by Marshall's band was of the usual
high order, and was attended by a
fairly good crowd.
DR.. w. E. Afcvey is suffering from a
broken arm caused by his automobile
becoming obstreperous when he tried
to crank it Sunday evening.
The C. E. of the First Congrega-
tional church will meet tomorrow
evening at the home of Mrs. Clara R.
Baker, 306 Harrison street.
The new mahogany fixtures for the
stalled this week. They are exceed
ingly elaborate and are said to have
cost $30, 900.
A permit has been issued for the
erection of the $4,000 storage build
ing of the Topeka Storage and Trans
fer company on Adams street between
Fifth and Sixth streets.
A building permit has been taken
out at the Office of the fire marshal
calling for the erection Of a residence
at 1025-1035 Topeka avenue by Ar
thur CapDer to cost $2S,50O.
A meeting of the men of Grace ca
thedral will be held this evening for
the purpose of discussing radical
change which it is proposed to make
in the financial system of the church.
W. ]. Wagner spoke this noon be-
fore the members of the Topeka Ad
club on 'Topeka's Freight Rates as
Compared With Other Cities of Sim
liar Location and Natural Advan-
tages."
The cracks in the ground and in the
lawns are getting so large that fond
mothers feel like tying railroad rails
to the necks of their playing babes in
an effort to keep them from being
swallowed up in the chasms.
Tt can now readily be seen that the
J. C. Gordon building at the corner
of Ninth street and Kansas avenu viii
be one of the most attractive business
blocks in the city. The structure has
reached the second floor in its growth.
The Topeka ball team will be met
at the train with a band and motor
cars. George S. Badders and Charles
Joslin braved the fans when the team
was averaging 10 errors a day and
collected q fund to defray the expenses.
The lagoon at vinewood has nearly
dried up. The dry weather has low
cred the creek until it isn't high
enough to enter the floods gates. All
of the fish and pollywogs are strug
Cling for existence in the few remain
| ing pools.
It has developed that the old fire
bell at the headquarters has heralded
4,3O0 alarms instead of 3.4O0 alarms
g x,r~41 1T~0 70xU
/ trying to figure some way to let the
1.60O-pound bell down to the ground
from the roof
Two ball teams representing the To-
| peka Transfer company and the Mer-
/ chants Transfer company played a
/ score was 21 to 4 in favor of the Mer-
chants. A return game is planned for
the near future.
The Marshalls band concert at
Chesney park last night was the best
of the season. A crowd of 5000 peo
! joining districts. The program was
carried out in excellent shape and was
| literally .applauded.
Frank NJ. Jacobs, the Topeka ball
| loon pilot has decided that he will not
make flight with Topeka II, the new
gas bag. until he enters the big race
in Kansas City. It is feared that
something might happen to the new
balloon and it would be unprepared
for the race
What has become of the proposition
to establish a union station in To-
peka? It is known that some of the
railway officials and one of the COM
panies are in favor of the PROPOSE
ton. This was stated IL the State
journal some time ago. Conditions in
Topeka are ideal for the plan.
Fire at the home of George Harris,
1913 Jackson street, late Monday aft
ernoon caused loss of about $3.50 to
the rear annex of the two-story frame
dwelling. Nobody was at home when
the fire was discovered ard the kitchen
and room above were burned out. The
house is owned by Mrs. Hattie E.
Bailey.
The owner of Lakewood park com
planned to the city commissioners this
morning because he said the city Off
than to allow dafryman to pasture
his COWS in it. The owner declared it
was in violation of the deed to allow
the city to make a COW pasture of the
place. The commissioners will investi-
gate.
The board of city commissioners
have approved a contract to place wa
ter mains in Kenwood. The mains will
go down Kendall avenue from Willow
to Grove avenues. There was some
objection to the move because it was
claimed that localities in town where
houses were built and people were liv-
ing desired water and should have it
first.
Robert Raborn. who has the con-
tract to put in the steel work at the
Memorial building, stated this after
noon that there is no strike among his
men and that the reason the work on
the building was delayed is because of
the failure of the granite to arrive
Raborn says nothing more can be done
in the heavy steel work until the gran
tie is placed beneath the girders. The
Workmen are all union men.
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