The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The Provident association classes re-
open this week after the holidays.
Revival meetings are being held this
week at the Euclid Avenue M. E. church.
The annual Y. NJ c. A. circus will be
held at the Central building tonight and
tomorrow night.
Four hundred and thirty three persons
registered at the Central Y. NJ. C. A
New Years day.
Children are now coming to the Provi-
dent association every day to deposit pen
MES and nickels in the savings depart
ment.
The programs for the meeting of the
Kansas Improved Stock association, jan
uary $40, are off the press and being dis
tributed.
The Baraca class Of the First Baptist
church will hold special business meet
ing at the Central Y. M. c. A Wednes-
day evening.
The city schools are in operation once
again after the Christmas holidays,
which were all too few to suit most of
the youngsters
wrote one married woman to another in
Topeka the other day. The ''other'' has
Just been given twins.
In several of the country towns in KAN
sas the moving picture houses are run
ming Mutt and JEFF because of the re-
cent popularity of the comics in the State
Journal.
Topeka plumbers report an avalanche of
work Frozen water pipes seem to be an
epidemic. With the gas low it is almost
impossible to be vaccinated against the
disease.
!. D. Graham's Tribute to the Cow" is
printed on the back of the programs for
the sessions of the Kansas Improved
Stock Breeders association which will be
held next week.
A new elevator has been installed in the
Otto Kuehne plant on the North side. Mr.
kuehne states that his business has been
the best since the plant was established
in the past year.
A meeting of the special publicity com
mittee of the Commercial club was held
this noon at the Commercial club to ar
range for publicity campaign to extend
over several months.
The 800 rabbits-the last consignment
from Commissioner E. B. Stotts from Gar
den City-are one by one being taken out
of cold storage and distributed among
food
The board of city commissioners have
editions from property owners
asking That the alley between Lincoln,
Lane, Williams and Fourteenth streets
be paved. The petitions have been
granted.
There were very few calls for aid at the
Provident association as nearly every
body was well taken care of at Christ
mas time, but the calls are more numer-
GUS now that the supplies are becoming
exhausted.
From now until the end of the school
year the primary department of the
Ouinton school VIII hold their sessions IN
the Quinton Heights Baptist church. The
church has been rented for the purpose.
Work in the new school room started to-
day.
A meeting of the membership commit
tee of the Commercial club will be held
tomorrow noon. At every meeting the
committee is being doubled. Each mem
Der is asked to bring. some live man who
will take part in the campaign which
will begin January IL
There will be nine entertainment feat
ures at the MidWinter exposition, Jan |
uaTy 22-February 3-five the first week
first week will be a one man baseball !
game similar to the one enacted at the |
state fair grounds last September.
James T. Bell, who Tor the past Is /
Crosby Co, has severed his connection |
with the firm and expects to go into, bust
ness in Topeka, although he has not an
just what that business will be- /
Mr.. Bell is well known and popular I
business man in Topeka.
From reports around town today sew
sral Topekans attempted to duplicate the
New York New Years celebrations at /
heir homes. For instance-two young |
married men with wives out of town en-
-ertained a crowd Of bachelors and their
,ourse-including the last one.
At the closing session Of the meeting
IF the division of the International Bible
association, embracing Okla
looms of the Commercial club Sunday, 1t
was decided to hold the next meeting in |
St. Joseph, Mo. Officers chosen were:
Rev. F. w. Well, Kansas City, Kan,
chairman; William Wild of St. Joseph,
secretary, and w. E. Reimer of St
Joseph, treasurer
Miss Mildred Coover of Topeka has
9een selected state lecturer for the
Kansas Association for the Study and
of tuberculosis She will visit |
vvo or three towns each week. speaking
before schools, clubs and churches. She
will show the moving picture film, 1.-The
Awakening of John Brown, which was
hoTn in a local theater prior to Christ
mas. She will make study of local con-
Iitions in each town as relating to tuber-
u1osis-
There will be several meetings in pro-
-ress at the same time next week. The
Meeting of the Kansas Improved Stock
Breeders association viii be held ON
Iondav Tuesday and Wednesday. A
Meeting of the Kansas Swine Breeders
ssociation will occur Monday The Red
'olled Cattle club will meet on Wednes-
ay The Association of County and Dis
rict Fair Managers win hold their meet
~ at the Throop Tuesday. Tuesday ana
\ ednesday the Kansas Association OF
.eaI Estate Agents will be in session at
he Commercial club I;