The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-18

This is five-cent day for all the
amusements at Vinewooa park.
The hot weather has been hard on
the realty business in Topeka the last
week.
Most of the watermelons on the To-
peka market now come from Okla
homa.
Automobile tourists say that Bur
lingame has one of the bes- hotels in
Kansas.
If you're in a hurry phone Shows,
/ 74S. Prescriptions or drugs delivered
quickly.
John Waters is doing Colorado. He
will visit Denver, Colorado Springs and
Gunnison.
Rain now is much needed and the
unwatered lawns are again wearing
disconnected look.
Fred Felsburg of Vesper, Kan. came
to Topeka today to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Gus Felsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Wiles of 1918
East Sixth avenue are the parents of
a daughter. born this morning.
There is one class of people in To-
peka not disturbed by the hot weather
the dispensers of soda water.
Don't have to wait for the grocer's
order clerk when you have an indie
pendent telephone in the house.
The making of the curb for the Great
White WAY. was commenced this morn
ing at Tenth and Kansas avenues.
It's about time for one of the To-
pe1xa balloons to fly again, or the peo-
pie may forget we have balloons.
The Topeka delegation to the an
nual reunion of Spanish war veterans
will leave Sunday for Oklahoma City.
The compressed air street sprinkler
was tried out on Kansas avenue early
/ this afternoon. 1t worked beautifully.
The Rev. chester E. Jenney of New
York City will again be the speaker at
the First Congregational church Sun
day.
There is considerable asphalt paving
in the near-in residential portions of
the city which is badly in need of re-
pair.
a meeting of the publicity committee
of the Semi Centennial celebration was
held this noon in the rooms of the Com
mercial club.
Every day from one TO g dozen au-
tomobiIe tourists are in Topeka. Most
of them are either going to the noun
tains or coming home.
The Commercial Bulletin. the official
organ of the Commercial club, is in the
hands of the printers, and will be off
the press within a few days.
r. F. Hodgins once thought he had
the fastest automob bile in Topeka He
has changed his mind. Fred Ross
, threw dust in his face during match
, race a few days ago.
The officers of the third Nationa
Conservation congress have asked
Mayor Billiard to participate at theil
| big convention IN Kansas City, sep
TENDER IS. &c and 81.
o. d. Wolf, who lives in Highland
Park had watermelon patch thai
was the envy of all his neighbors
= Last night boys raided the patch ano
took every melon in it.
The state fair grounds will be bril-
liantIy Illuminated at night. Every
nook and corner of the buildings will
; be light as day and the grounds will
present one grand white way
Chief Wilwarth Of the fire depart
ment feels much better today. Physi-
clans in charge feel that he Will be
back at his desk in the headquarters
station in two or three weeks.
Evening visitors at the state faiE
grounds will be enabled to see the ex-
, hibits in the buildings and on ths
grounds, as well as attend the grand
concerts and Pompeii spectacle.
'Are you the commissioner OF
streets?' asked a man over the tele-
phone to E. B. Stotts at the city hall
this morning mo, I am the small
box commissioner" said Stotts.
A young man who was released
: from the city detention hospital lately
states that he had the time of his life
while there. He says most of the mer
| climb the trees behind the ball park
and watch the games under guard. Il
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