The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-09
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AT HOME NEWS.

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this evening at the Central z N. c. A
c. W. Kouns, general manager of the
santa Be, returns this evening from
Tyler, Tex, where he went to attend the
funeral of his father-in-Iaw.
The rise in temperature today relieved
suffering in Topeka The coal companies
are as busy as ever but the poor are able
to get along on less fuel
Tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock the
workers in the Commercial club member
| ship campaign which will commence
| Thursday morning at o'clock will meet
| for a dinner and final Instructions
The annual distribution of shop passes
/ to railroad men over the country has just
been completed in the office of John Pur-
cell, general superintendent of shops or
the Santa Fe. Only railroad men are
favored.
ministration building, Washburn college,
froze and burst IN the recent cold spell
But Washburn did not suffer collectively
any worse than the average man suffered
individually.
The annual business meeting of the
First Congregational church will be held
Thursday evening. At that time the
Christian Endeavor society, the Brother
hood, and all church organizations vail
present reports.
Burlesque shows Will be introduced In
Topeka tI1eaters. This should prove pop
ular- The first thing the average fellow
asks a friend whom he is visiting in a
town over night is: Say, old man, got
any hurley houses here?'
At the meeting of the Jayhawlzer club
last night it was decided that as far
oratory and personal magnetism, was
concerned, Roscoe StubbS and old Jim
Lane were a great pair. And John Daw-
son is a member of the club
| In the play to be presented at the Ma
Jestic theater next week more than 100
| local persons will be used in the per-
Torrance. The play is based on the Chi
cago board of trade and it requires scores
of ''supes" to fill in the parts.
| One enterprising Topeka merchant has
! his window filled with old fashioned
kerosene lamps He has it figured out
that with the low gas pressure the lamps
will be needed in hundreds of Topeka
homes. And he sold lots of them.
The Topeka man that went to coal
yard with his baby carriage to procure
! coal probably figured that the interstate
! commerce commission could go to thun
der as far as a distinction between
freight and passenger facilities was con-
cerned.
Rock Island officials report that the line
has been opened up through southwest
ern Kansas and trains are approaching
the schedule mark again. The Rock
island has been unusually successful in
bringing its Colorado traffic through on
the dot.
The weather man swore that it would
drop to ten degrees below zero early Tits
morning. In other words the weather
man is a close friend Of the coal man
on cold weather hereafter.
Mayor Billiard has received several en-
couraging letters favoring the city tree
soup line. One letter unsigned came with
two two-dollar bills enclosed The do
nator said he would like to give more but
that was all he could spare Next week
many contributions Will be received
The general public is invited to the
agricultural and realty meeting at the
Auditorium this evening. There will be
several interesting addresses The ad-
dress on 1.-THE Empire of Kansas" by
Charles I. Zirkle of Garden City will be
illustrated with lantern slides and 900
feet of moving film
I'VE run our big plows through the
cuts in southwestern Kansas and open up
our tracks in good shape when Whit!
comes a prairie breeze and fills up the
cuts with snow again. A "Reminiscences
or a chapter from the Troubles of q
Railroad Man. donated by General Man.
ager Sweet of the Rock Island.
The fire department has been fortunate
in the last cold spell not to have by
drant frozen beyond use That is. IN the
fires, no hydrants were found frozen. It
is possible that some over the city were |
in frozen condition
The news that woodrow Wilson is COM
ing to Topeka doesn't stir up one-tenth
the excitement that is caused when the
weather man reports a cold wave In
sight
You have got to give 1t to Manager
there will be shortage of gas in cold
weather and he insists that there is no |
remedy but coal. He offers no excuses
and does not try to bluff through any |
promises. 1t must be remembered that |
the manager tries, Also to cook eggs i'll
the morning five beads of fire
This is the first day of the city soup |
line at the police station and the expert |
ment of Mayor Billiard proved popular |
with the poor and needy, The expenses
of the first week are paid out OF the |
pocket of the mayor
st would like to see the city donate sew
eral hundred dollars to the Provident as
ISOLATION for assistance to the poor and
destitute in Topeka" said w G. Tandy,
city commissioner this afternoon But
the city attorney has different idea
about the thing
The Taxpayers league Is complaining
because the city may call special eler-
ton to vote bonds for the building of
concrete bridges. They figure that it will
set the taxpayers back $500 The city
will hold this election at the primaries IN
August and it will not cost the dear
pee-pul a cent.
A Topeka man has figured out a muffler
for crying babies. Assuming that the
average baby uses his mouth as
and uses his nostrils as the
intake valve this young married man
where there are lots of them, would
place a mass of absorbent cotton in the
youngsters jaws.
Speaking of plumbers reaping a harvest
Of gold-did you ever hear of a plumber
accepting anything OF the silver or cop
per variety? Not on your life.
After all of the wrangling, threatening,
rag-chewing and resolutions the poles re-
main on Kansas avenue leaning far over
the great white way posts.
The stockholders and members of the
Country club hold their annual meeting
election of the board Of directors will be
held at this time
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