The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-17
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sunday evening 6 O'Clock dinner.
Throop. Tails orchestra.
The Kansas Association of Life IN
derwriters will hold a dinner at the
Commercial club Monday at $50
o'clock
Carr Taylor will speak at Labor
hall, 112 East Sixth avenue, Sunday
evening at s o'clock. His subject will
be Human Life"
The Three Hundred club of Grace
Cathedral has started a canvass to
raise the necessary 100000 to COM
plete the handsome new cathedral.
The city street department hes
worked with success the street flush
road last evening, is slick and clean
today.
| C. W. Joss has had installed in the
Central Congregational church an
ACQUISITION which will aid those who
are inclined to be deaf to hear the SER
mons.
President Frank K. Sanders will
speak before the members of the Min
isteria1 union at the First Presby-
terrain church Monday morning at 10
o'clock.
Secretary ]. VIII Kelley. who has
returned from his trip among 16 man
ufacturing cities, says that Topeka mas
one of the livest commercial clubs that
he has seen.
Advice to fond fathers and mothers
who find it necessary to give the State
Journal to their children every even
ing that they may see the funny pases
tear off the back pages
The sidewalks and pavements and
street car rails were as wet as after
a rain this morning. The warmth 81
the night caused the frost to melt
from the ground. This is called
sweating by engineers
Topeka made for very small g.tin
in the bank cIearfngs for the last
week Other western cities either
made d slight gain or loss. Business
seems to be better in the east than
the west just at this time.
Topeka hotels and rooming houses
will be crowded next week with the
800 Masons who are coming TO TINS
city for their annual meetings. This
is the first time the Masons have met
in Topeka for a number of years.
Two Topekans became 50 much in
terested in a chess game at the Com
evidently took no notice OF time
They were playing at the usual closing
time in the evening and were still at
it at o'clock this evening.
Two more oranges are to be organ
lied in Shawnee county, one 18 miles
west of the city in the vicinity of the
Twin Rose school house and the 9TH
er at Tecumseh. There is now a mem
bershfp of 1000 in the oranges of the
county which is the best showing OF
any county of the state
A comic league has been organized
among the high school boys who play
basketball in the gym" of the Central
Y. NJ c. A There is Mutt team,
and it goes without saying that jeff
is also represented. Then there is an
arrregatfon known as the Slim Jim
team, and another the Hooligan five
There will be a meeting at the
Commercial club Monday night to
form an organization OF Indians, TO
aid in furnishing entertainment Mer-
chants week and to assist in making
the big pageant next fall success.
Albert T. Reid suggested the plan and
j. L. SpaldinG is acting as the secre-
tary of the organization, which has
not been perfected
wen have to remind the fellows
who pledged to bring in new mem
bers to the Commercial club that they
have neglected to do So" said Secre-
tary J. Will Kelley. The time set for
was March 1 and if the hundreds of
club members who wore badge
which read, q am booster, expect
to meet their obligations, they will
have to get busy.
The management of the kansas
Midwinter exposition, which was held
in the Auditorium January 22-Feb- |
ruary 5. have received a communica-
ton from the exhibitors expressing
appreciation of treatment received !
while the fair was in progress and
saying that from a business stand |
point the fair had been most success
full Those to whom the letter was
were Rex Kreipe, John A. |
Worley and J. c. Witt.
The fourth annual Kansas Bible in
stitute will be held in Carnegie Ii |
brary, Washburn college, and the Cen |
trail Congregational church, begin |
ming Monday evening with an address I
On THE Preparation of the World
for the Coming of Christ" by DR.. e. !
5. Price, president of Ottawa uni |
versity. and will continue until Fri !
lay evening. The night sessions will !
be held at the Central church. AS
announced, shere are some |
strong speakers on the program.
1.-The Fatherhood of Cod" is the /
subject upon which the Rev. Robert !
Gordon will speak at the Washburn !
college Vesper services, which begin (
1t o'clock Sunday afternoon. The :
musical part of the program has been /
arranged by the musical department I
IF the college. The order of the pro-
gram will be: Piano solo, Miss
.eona Glenn; violin solo, Miss Phipps; (
Scripture reading and prayer, DR.. c. !
VI. Lowe; numbers by the chorus; ad- /
lress, Rev. Robert Gordon choral |
number, doxology and benediction.
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