The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
SNIP SHOTS
An HOME NEWS.

city ordinance should be enforced re-
quiring contractors to remove their sheds
from Kansas avenue after a building is
completed The shanty at Ninth street
and Kansas avenue is an eye sore and IS
not in use
II am mad and dangerous man. said
a wild eyed individual on the strae this
afternoon Il paid fifty dollars for furas
for my wife before Christmas and the
third day after the store sold them Tor
thirty dollars. Don't come near mel
may bite. but then the fun of giving the
hristmas present was worth something.
Society reporters say low gas pressure
is responsible for the postponeuent OF
number of bridge parties It is q cold
wind that brings no one good-aIad q low
gas pressure, TOO
James A. Stewart. general passenger
agent of the Rock. Island Lines at s To-
peka, is sick at his home IN " estlaNn
On the back of the gas notices this
month Manager TreleaVen says the gas
will be here next year, the year alleT
and many years to come. But he does
not sign his name to any guarantee Tor
good pressure.
Here's some advance by the ofrice
cynic: Fond fathers. watch your daugn-
tiers. In this kind of weather it isn't the
chauffeur the janitor the cook that
your girl may fall in love with--it is the
plumber.
Southwestern railroad will be held in To-
peka Monday, January g. The meeting
will be held in the office of G K Holi-
day who is president. OHleers VIII De
elected and plans made for the construc-
ton of the road from Topeka to Council
Grove.
A carload of Topeka poultry viii be
taken to Wichita next week for the state
poultry show. Among the pronaheLlt - "a
H. itors will be G. n. Binger WIN 5e rls
string of Buff Orpingtons, J. e Baugh-
man with his Buff COchins, George n
Burghart. and Frank H. Foster Ire
annual meeting of the State Poultry as
sociatton will be held in conjunction with
the show. and this will be about the only
state organization that will not be meet
II aract TVTnc
The membership committee Of the Com
nercial club will meet almost daily be
tween now and the beginning or the DIG
campaign-January H.
most talked of for the presidency OF the
Commercial club.
Letters even at this early date are fire.
Quently received from peTSOIlS NOSAAAHS ~
exhibit next fall.
W. o. Rigby, Charles Joslin and C. b.
Burge have invited 80 young men TO
complimentary dinner at the commercial
club Monday evening
Dr. Frank H. Bird, president OF the
Chicago Training school, Will give an
illustrated lecture Monday evening Pc
fore the members of the Y. M. G. A.
board Of directors. Men of the city are
invited to attend the meeting
Henry Allen of Wichita, who was re-
cent Billy Sunday convert. VIII be the
last speaker in the Sunday afternoon
theater series which will be held by the
Mn and Rligion committee of 100. The
first speaker-January Twill be DR.. A
= Peek Of Denver. He will be followed
January p, by Warden J. K Codding.
In the absence of the Rev H l. Nel-
son from the city the Rev. Ralph WaT1
is taking charge of the Thursday noon I.
M. G. A business mems Bible class
A membership club dinner viii be held
ing at 6:15 o'clock. There VIII pc
special speaker for the occasion. George
Godfrey Monroe will preside
The weather report received from the
state university shows that 1911 was the
warmest year in the A years tna AZ ln n
reports have been kept by the late DR.. =.
rainfall for the year was 81 inches below
the average.
One of the big men who will be on the
program Of the meeting 81 the sd nai tiaT
next week is G. l.. Carlson OF NorAola,
Neb. He will speak Tuesday afternoon
on scientific Breeding Anticipating
| that there will be too little time In Whlch
to handle the subject the horse men nave
arranged for special meern astar rol the
adjournment of the ASSOCIATION mas TAKEN
place.
The directorate of the Karnival knights
kIub will meet Monday night at the Elks
cIlIh for the purpose of considering plans
for the minstrel show that viii pc gwen
by the organization the middle or last OF
February.
The Rev. Bruce Kinney will give free
stereopticon lecture on Old Mexico TINS
evening at the First Baptist church.
decrease in the amount of money sent to
foreign fields for missionary purposes IN
ngland and America There mas neSn m no
decrease in Topeka. On the other hand
on account of the Laymen's Missionary
movement, there was an increase
IF the cold weather keeps up Tor any
great length of time an advance in the
ns-ice of eggs is expected ggs are selling
right now at IS cents per dozen.
The Highland Park Grange has electeo
these officers: o. c. Skinner, master
~. q. McCarter overseer; T.. Leuen-
berger, secretary.
organization will be held Sunday aIteI-
noon at AIS Kansas avenue at CLOCK.
Orville Spurrier, who came nere u rl PlaS
the lead in '.Forty-fiVe Minutes FROM
broadway will remain over a week 70
take the leading part in. Beverly OF
~ iTher ga will be a special matinee per-
Torrance of 'Forty-five Minutes From
broadway Friday. -
The Rev C. f. Matson of Emporla VIII
preach at the Second United Presbyterian
church Sunday. He Is a eand1nate Lo To-
D Everett Smith, the former pastor, re-
signed to take up work in Texas-
As a result of a cattle sale held Tues
dax in the live stock pavilion at the fair
grounds the building was left in bad con
& dition. steam condensed on the COMPOSE
ton ceiling, and the water dropped on tne
4 ground and made things muddy. Aslos
8 from this the roof started to leak It is
n claimed also that some good lumber pc
N longing to the fair association was
The Religious Education Commission OF
NJ the state Baptist convention IS meeting
u II Topeka today. 1t is composed of Frof;
n ". F. Rafety of the Kansas Theological
eminary. Kansas City, Kan; Pres1den5
81 n Price of Ottawa university, and
prof. r. n. Richie of the Emporia Stase
Normal school. The committee IS WORK <
q ing out a plan for religious educatlon Ia
& he local Baptist churches in Kansas
L w Williams will go to Horton sun
dav to present the Men and Rellglon
movement.