The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-19
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

r. H. Johnson has purchased a
house and IA lots in Stockton.
Fills the great gap, covers the long
distances between the grocer and the
home-the Independent telephone.
Social dance tonight at the New
Music hall, Sixth and Quincy street.
The city schools will close for the
holidays Friday, December p, and
open the morning of January 2.
J. r. Bancroft has purchased the
grocery formerly owned by J. W. Hill
at 1901 East Eighth avenue.
Frank c. Squires, the architect, is
drawing plans for a $3.50 stone high
school building which will be erected
in Onaga.
The distribution of Kansas Mid
winter exposition buttons over the
state has begun. The members of the
local U. 9. I. organization are taking
it upon themselves to scatter the but
tons abroad.
The kids surely read the State Jour
nal funny sheet every day. said
Santa Fe conductor this afternoon.
The other day a little boy got on the
train at Scranton and after he was
seated noticed a man in front of him
with a curly mustache. Say said the
boy you look just like the Hair
breadth Harry pictures. r
"A Topeka woman who loves to dance
SENDS her little 5-year-old girl out to
moving picture show in the evening
and she sneaks off to a dance hall.
Last night the little girl ran the streets
scantiIy dressed ''huntin' fur mamma"
The law attends to such cases as this.
The big iron safe in the office of
the city treasurer is open. Miss RO-
bertha -1ale. the assistant in charge,
was able to open it after three days of
tedious trying. City Treasurer Wright
is out of town and forgot to leave the
combination behind him.
Chief Wilmarth. of the fire depart
ment, soon will be in his Office at the
city hall. The chief has been away
on a long vacation following a surgical
operation last summer. He will return
to Topeka in excellent health.
Kansas City is using the make of
motor fire apparatus that will be placed
in service in Topeka 1t has given ex-
cellent satisfaction in that city.
Il don't object to spending money
for motor fire apparatus Tut I do OBJ
ject to the city buying an automobile
for the superintendent of the water
works. says a member of the Tax
payers League, publicly. The water
works automobile was purchased from
waterworks funds and had no effect on
city taxes.
Complaints have been coming in that
the new inside hard coal heaters in
street cars on some of the lines, fill the
cars with gas and cause headaches
among the passengers. Many business
men coming down town in the morn
ing state that the condition is nearly
unbearable.
I'm our Office we all contribute to
give our negro porter a turkey for
Christmas and then we go home and
eat liver" said Rock Island official
while in a pensive mood this after
noon.
A crowd of Topeka Commercial club
members will go to a good roads boost
ers' meeting at Wakarusa tonight. They
will go to accept the invitation of the
Board of Trade of that enterprising
town. Six motor carloads will leave
Topeka.
A West side woman purchased a
dressmakers' model and had it deliv-
cred to her home The deliverymen
placed it on the back porch. The gro
Ger came late in the afternoon when
it was getting dark, opened the back
porch door-he still declares that the
housewife was standing on the porch
in a shocking manner.
The students of Washburn college
leave the last of the week for their
homes over the state All OF them
leave the city loaded down with Christ
mas presents and remembrances.
The Topeka travelling men are dis
tributings more than 1000 buttons over