The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
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George Fitch, noted humorist, will
denver an address on Speed" at the
Central Congregational church next
Tuesday evening.
The park commissioner is planning
TO erect a pergola with a double en-
! trance at the center of the north side
of Central park.
An unusually elaborate musical pro-
gram has been arranged for Y. w. c.
! A. vesper services at AIS O'Clock
Sunday afternoon.
1.-The Future of Political Parties'' is
the subject which will be discussed
this evening at a meeting of the Satur-
day Night club at the home of Judge
L. S. Ferry.
The Rev. Robert Gordon will speak
Sunday evening at the First Baptist
church on 1.-The Most Hopeful Char
acteristics of Our Era-Occasions for
National Gratitude"
| Cases of scarlet fever are being re-
| ported nearly every day to the city
physician. The last was the case of a
child at 62S Branner street. There
| have been no deaths.
Next week members of the Topeka
High School Walking club and the
| Forensic club will practice for the
football clash which will take place
| between the two organizations the
| week following.
I The Wallace circus,
which is being shown in five motion
picture reels at a local theater, is
drawing large crowds. This is the first
| time that a circus has been produced
in moving pictures in it's entirety.
| The new electric lights will be
| turned on the Melan arch bridge next
| week. There are twelve posts with
three lights on each. The current will
| be furnished by the Edison company
| in accordance with their franchise.
| The annual thank offering service
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| Presbyterian church will be held
Sunday night when DR.. Harry Rogers
| of the Linwood Presbyterian church
of Kansas City will give an address.
Four North Topeka men shipped
two boats to Belvue Thursday They
are on their way down the river to-
day in the hopes of getting a few
ducks. The party includes, Albert
Shocks, Oliver Porter, P. G. Wyatt
and C. Robbins.
Popcorn is shipped out from Tope-
ka in large quantities each season.
However, an especially heavy crop was
grown in Shawnee county this year
particularly north of this city. Two
car loads of popcorn, valued at $4,000,
have been shipped to Colorado points
NJ. B. CardwelPs grain elevator bus
mess has been purchased by Charles
A. Geiger of Robinson. Elevators at
Belyue, Rossville and Granville are
included in the transaction Mr..
Geiger will move to Topeka. He will
conduct the business from this point.
The Interstate Literary Association
of Kansas and the West will hold it's
twenty-f1rst annual session in Topeka
December 26, 81 and %, 1912. Pro-
feSsor Fred Roundtree is chairman of
the executive committee All sessions
will be held at the Ba ptist church,
corner Third and Quincy streets.
The former students of North
western university will give a banquet
next Monday evening in honor of
Glenn Frank who will speak in Gem
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Mr..
Frank is secretary of the alumni as
sociation of Northwestern university.
A meeting of the promotion commit
tee of the Commercial club has been
scheduled for next Monday evening.
On account of next week being broken
by Thanksgiving day it is probable
that the subscriptions for the factory
aid fund will not be taken until the
following week. A brisk campaign
will be waged covering two or three
days.
Friday evening says that the ATHENS
of Kansas" fairly went mad over the
prospects of the K. U.-MisSouri game
which was played on McCook field this
afternoon. The stores and residences
were a mass of color, bunting being
used profusely. Large signs at the
railroad stations read: welcome |
Missouri
The general theme that will be |
discussed next Saturday afternoon at
the regular meeting of the Shawnee |
Alfalfa and Farmers institute will be, |
why the Boys and Girls Leave the |
Farms" The speakers will be Pro-
fessor E. L. Holton of the State Ag-
ricultural college, Mrs. Fred True of
near Newman. and Mrs. Theodore Sax
on of Silver Lake. The meeting will
be held at 2 o'clock in the rooms of
the Commercial club.
Earl r. Walker, eldest child of Mrs.
Bertfice Walker, niece of Mrs. G. D.
Nichols and Mrs. J. D. Mcmahon of |
this city, was instantly killed on Fri
day evening by a broken electric wire
in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Nichols and
Mrs. Mcmahon left today to attend the
funeral services on Sunday. Earl
spent the holidays of 1911 as the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Nichols at TIT
Clay street, and will be remembered
by his many associates on that occa-
sion.
Glenn Frank, secretary of the
Northwestern Alumni association, will
speak at Gemme1l hall Sunday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock on zone World
at Time" Frank is a young man of
ability. Although he is
but a trifle over % years of age, he
IS said to have the maturity of mind
IF man of forty. The range of sub
ects on which he is accurately in
formed is extremely wide. He is
good deal of a poet in his mental
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