The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-30
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AT HOME NEWS.

George NJ. Cuthbert is putting up
1900 house at 1908 Fillmore street.
L. Guy Miller is erecting a dwelling
at 319 Courtlans street, to cost 1900.
Dancing tonight at Garfield park.
MarshaIPs band. Free motion pic
lures
The Topeka Ad club will possibly
adopt a lantern slide-lecture course of
study for next seasonal least, that
will be considered.
Principal A. J. Stout of the high
school has returned from Chicago,
where he spent three weeks. He will
be in his office after August 1 5.
Bradstreet's report of bank clearings
for the past three weeks, has shown
a marked increase for Topeka clear
ings in each of the three statements
Mayor Billiard wishes to deny that
his supporters are making material out
of the story that a man died of drink
ing too much ice water in Kansas City
recently.
The dates for the Retail Butchers
convention at Wichita have been set
September "a and 25. A large delega-
ton of local butchers will attend the
meeting.
Superintendent c. c. Starr antici-
pates that the high school Industrial
course will be even more popular
than it was last year, when the plan
was first tried out.
The State Journal has received
| many requests for Marshall'S band to
| play Annie Laurie and one of their
| favorite Carmen arrangements. John
| Marshall will take due notice of this
| request.
| The new Edison stack looks pretty
high stuck up ehere more than 200
| feet in the air. Take the length of
that stack and place it on the ground
and it is only about one-half a city
| bIock-not so high after all.
/
| feature of the state fair next Septem-
Der. That any machine or device, if
| in actual operation. is more attractive
and interesting than if motionless is
| the general consensus of opinion.
| Mrs. Della Sare, the police matron,
| left Monday for Knoxville, Marion
county, Iowa, to attend the funeral of
her grandmother, who died with rela-
tives in California She will be gone
about a week.
D. o. Orr, the well known horse
man and race starter, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the speed
ring at the State Fair. The local
horsemen are pleased with the APP
Ipointment.
Women's waists and mems shirts
| and coats were striped with paint last
night when persons listening to the
| band concert at Chesney park insisted
| on sitting in newly painted seat that
| had been turned over by park en-
| ployees-
The Eagle Rose Tint baseball team
of this city have reorganized, and now
are said to have oneof the best amateur
clubs in the city. Several players for
merly of the Rock Island club, are now
| lined up with the Rose Tints.
The city hall is discussing the
! platoon system of running the fire de-
| partment. With the effort to lower
| the taxes, however, the commissioners
| are not deeply interested in the new
| plant would require the employ
| ment of more fremen.
| Commissioner Tandy doesn't have to
| consult the city clerks records to de-
| termine who owns motor cars in To-
/ peka- II can always tell when man
| buys an automobile" he philosophers
| ''They begin to register kicks about the
| holes and low spots in the pavement"
This is the time of the year when
the school census man is around. 1t
| is expected that the census will show
| an increase of children of school age
| in the year. The showing last year as
| compared to the year before was not
| as good as it has been in former years.
| The regular weekly shoot of the To-
peka Gun club was held this afternoon
at the club grounds on California ave
nue.. The trophy contest now in prog
ress among members of the local gun
club is about half completed, and at the
present time gives evidence of a hot
finish
building permit is issued each day at
the office of the fire marshal. This is
a good showing for midsummer The
permits for the year are not coming up
to the standard of the past two or
three years, however, on account of
the fact that few large structures are
being erected.
Some noted outlaw horses will be
used by the Cheyenne Frontier Days
/, combination in their acts in front of
the grandstand nightly during the
week of the State Fair. One of the
features of the wild west show will
, be pair of buffalo bulls that will be
, driven
Work of making the necessary re-
L pairs is in progress at the different
: school buildings. When the opening
} day of school-September 10-ar-
rives, the majority of the buildings
D will be in very good physical condi-
' ton.
t Secretary E. c. Brownell of the Y
t NJ. C. A, has returned from a trip t.
. Lake Geneva, Mich, and New Haven
2 At the latter place it was necessar.
to keep a furnace IRE burning severa