The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-01

A meeting of the Social Service club Of
the Provident association was held this
afternoon.
Secretary H L. Cook of the Kansas
State Fair association is expected nome
| from Utah late today
A marriage license was issued in Kan
sas City Tuesday to Grace Rinner or TO
peka and James Rooney of Kansas City
The question of new quarters for the
Commercial club did not come up lor r
! discussion at the meeting OF members
held Tuesday night.
If it wasn't for the fact that the father
of a first boy usually carried cigars N
! his pockets for his friends, ne would De
| the biggest pest of the age
DR.. George F. Babb, city milk inspec-
| tor, gave a talk tuberculosis in COWS
high school Tuesday morning
The sewing and cooking classes OF the
! Provident association are more popular
among the poor people than ever before
in the history of the association
It has been suggested to the fond faith
ers and mothers who were visited by
new baby at their home Halloween day.
| that the boy be named Hal Owen.
Today is pay at the Santa Fe general
| offices. The employees are given checks
| to be cashed at the stores and banks, IN
| stead of being paid in gold as formerly.
What to Me Are the Most Essential
Things IN the Gqspei IS the s9o5e e;i{ OF
hight nj the 1s' M E. 'H'i % '0'ii0'''"
J. VIII Kelley assumed his duties
secretary of the Commercial club this
morning He and the former secretary,
George s Badders, spent some time in
The Rev Arthur Henderson, the new
pastor of the First congregational
children from Muscatine, Ia, on Friday.
He will at the First church Sunday
President B. F. Bush of the Missouri
Pacific railway and Official stan VIII be
complimentary dinner some time this
fall, although no definite date has been
set.
Halloween is getting sane. The sane
Fourth of July movement must have
done it. Last night the old fashioned
tricks of ringing door bells, tying door
knobs and robbing refrigerators, were in
practice.
The boys in the neighborhood of Sec
ond and Fillmore streets are using sling
shots and stones with pet squirrels as
targets. Complaint has been made to the
police, there Is an ordinance against
this sort of thing.
zone of the biggest poultry buyers in
the state says the Merchants Journal
in discussing the turkey situation, said:
Indications are that turkeys will be two !
or three cents cheaper than last year .
This is good news.
It has been suggested that the State
Journal run their Mutt and jeff pictures
serially on the front of the street ears
instead of the advertisement only. This ,
would have everyone out on the street
watching the cars
The new secretary of the Commercial !
club, j. VIII Kelley, will call regular
Commercial club meetings each month
this fall and winter He will arrange for
a special speaker or some means of en- +,
tertainment which will draw out the club |
members.
The city officials are laughing at the I
efforts of a Topeka newspaper to run /
daily story of the city tax situation
Every item and every figure of this was
covered thoroughly many months ago
when the officials of the city made out
their budget
The finance committee of the First NJ.
E. church has submitted report which
Sho m - q hedges been made this
year than ever before. This speaks well
for DIT. F. L. Loveland DR.. Loveland
has inspired the church members with
enthusiasm.
This circulation fight means nothing
to the average reader" said big adver- :
to get results from their advertisements"
and he proceeded to give big ad TO |
the State Journal.
The Washburn-K y. game is only I
few days off and still the Topeka mer- |
chants have failed to offer prizes to the I
members of the team If they defeat the
State university. It takes more than |
college spirit, and coach to make /
a good football team out of a poor one
At the annual meeting of the Topeka |
Provident association next Tuesday I
evening at the Commercial club It is |
probable that a new constitution will be |
bers on the board of directors. There I
are but nine persons on the board at the /
present time, and through the change IT |
is thought that more effective work can t
be accomplished
At this time of year when the poor PEG
clothes the Provident association is in
want of garments for distribution The /
association, charges a very small sum,
believing that it is not a good plan to
give clothing outright to people. The
money thus derived is turned over TO
other departments of the association
Day after tomorrow is rummage day.
and it is expected that more than 100
persons will apply for articles of clothing