The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-13
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AT HOME NEWS.

The s'pay-as-you-enter, system was
adopted at the Commercial club to-
dav.
The official board of the First NJ. E.
church will hold an important bust
ness meeting this evening
The board of education will pass on
the teachers tonight who are eligible
for teaching positions next fall.
Dean Horace Whitehouse is giving
a pipe organ concert at the Central
Congregation church at o'clock this
afternoon.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Shawnee Medical society will be held
in the Commercial club rooms this
evening at 8 o'clock
Next Friday afternoon the children
of the Topeka grade schools will hold
track meet on Washburn field. This
is an annual affair.
Early Sunday morning one green
house in Topeka had picked every car
nation in stock The Mothers Day.
sentiment cleaned up the florists sup
ply.
Another pipe organ series of picture
shows VIII be held in the Auditorium
Friday and Saturday of this week.
Frank K1ingaman, of the Crystal, will
provide the entertainment
In the course of his discourse Sunday
night, the Rev. Robert Gordon called
upon the property owners in whose
buildings shaking dice for cigars Is
carried on, to stop the practice.
DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon has gone to
where he will deliver a
lecture tonight. Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday he will be in attendance
at church conference in Great Bend. |
The Rev. H. V. Sholes, who has re-
signed from the pastorate of the Oak
land Christian church, delivered the
baccalaureate sermon today for the
graduating class OF the Oakland
schools
A meeting of the promotion commit |
tee of the Commercial club was held |
this noon, in the course of which Sec |
rotary J. Will Kelley made a partial
report of his tour among 16 factory |
cities recently.
A bulletin boards has been placed |
n a conspicuous place at the Com |
he committees, and will state the |
lates for the regular meetings Of the |
committees.
The city and county finally have
come to terms on the filling of the t
liver road. The road will be built i'm
are will not have to go over the tracks
If the Santa Fe railway.
The Rev. William Sanders, a broth
n of President Frank K. Sanders,
md returned missionary from west
entral Africa, will give an illustrated I
ecture Tuesday evening at the Cen
raj Congregational church.
The permanent scenery now occupy
ng the stage at the Auditorium was
,laced there by the KarnivaI knights.
The Karniva1 Knights paid the ex-
Dense out of their own pockets-al1 N
n effort to help out the pipe organ
und.
ara,-o,. D;Ira-s ,eF,,so.7 - ssoo,,,1 -, Ill, |
t the sermon, from the Baptist church
unday evening. He said this morning
hat he had nothing to say and saw no
ccasion to make any addition to the
Interview he gave out in the State
ournal last Monday.
"A good many sidewalks are going
D pieces in Topeka because the con-
FACTORS used too much sand and too
tile cement" said W. s. Fulton, ex-
lty engineer today. I'm many places
has been necessary for property own
rs to relay their walks
The city officials, police department
nd fire department have been asked 20
inter- the Memorial day parade in To-
eka this month The city has been
sked to assist in defraying the expense
{ the celebra ton. G. A Huron, secre-
Try of the memorial committee sent
e invitations.
John Purcell, formerly superintend- :
II u tie sauna 2 SAAOpS III 4OpSAd
nd recently appointed assistant to the
Ice president, left the city for hisi
ew work in Chicago Sunday afternoon. 5
1st before he left he made his an I
of his successor, NJ j.
rury, of La Junta-
Freely signed petitions have been sent
the city commissioners from persons
wing in the vicinity of Sixth avenue i
nd Buchanan street, complaining c
yainst the chicken and pigeon hatch q
y of H. d. Booge at that corner. They t
" it is unsanitary and unsightly. The d
,mmission will investigate. t
The question as to whether to build e
new school building in Potwin or I
itch up the old one which has been [
will be considered by the e
eTrbers of the board Of education this T
'ening- The members of the board are I