The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-21
SNIP SHOTS
AZ HONE NEWs.

Occasional snow flakes were flying
through the air all morning.
What is home without an independent
telephone?
There was no gas on the West side to-
day but the break in the main has been
repaired.
This is the first day of Lent. Fish will
be a popular article of diet for some
weeks.
Work has started on the foundation for
the stack which the Topeka Edison Co.
will have installed.
The Commercial Club Bulletin has gone
to press, and will probably be ready for
distribution Thursday.
The city force is gradually getting the
streets in better condition from the
standpoint of cleanliness
Scores of "sunflower'' Topeka advertis-
ing folders were distributed among the
advertising men at Leaven worth by the
Topekans present at the convention of ad
men.
Il believe there will be a great deal or
building this year in Topeka said one of
the real estate men who attended the
meeting Of advertising men in Leayen-
worth.
A meeting Of the board of directors OF
the Commercial club was held this noon.
Secretary J. VIII Kelley's formal report
on the recent trip to 16 industrial cities
will be made later.
The same old story-hundreds of per
sons took out their coal and started to
burn gas again, feeling that the winter
weather was over Put this in your hat
winter never is over in the middle of
February.
The gas was low last night and this
morning on account of a break in one of
the field lines near Independence Gen
eral Manager AIcBeth reports today that
the pressure will be normal again soon.
The break has been repaired
The next meeting of the Topeka Real
Estate Dealers association will be held
n he iTcr
was to have been held this noon.
Topeka is pretty healthy" DR.. James
Stewart city physician said this after
few cases of chdckenpox and scarlet
fever, which is very natural-and we do
not have case of spinal meningitis in
town"
When the Ad club men who went to
Leavenworth returned at 2:3O o'clock this
morning one Of the pool halls was still
open and half dozen young men were
evidently forgotten about the necessity
for sleep.
The city took one more brave plunge at
the Western Union Telegraph company
but the poles still remain in Kansas ave
nue.. Now that the poles are in the street
and not inside the curb line it would be
legal for the city tree trimming gangs to
cut them down.
number of local ministers including
Drs. $. s. Estey, F. L. Loveland, A. s.
Henderson and c. NJ. Sheldon will tell of
the rough experiences they nave had IN
the course of their ministries at the even
ing session of the Kansas Bible Institute
at the Central congregational church this
evening.
The members of the Topeka Ad club
are still talking of combining their or
ganization with the Commercial club
that is having the AID club simply a de
partment of the Commercial club with
no extra dues The question was not
brought up at the last meeting of the
club on account of lack of time
1t was jolly crowd of fellows on the
train coming back from the meeting of
ad men in Leavenworth early this morn
ing All of those who had not been IN
itiated into the order of yellow Dos" in
Leavenworth were made members of the
order on the train much to the a1nuse-
ment of the Topeka ad men. Among the
victims was Col. ]. w. F. Hughes, who IS
usually a good fellow but VINO was IN
clined to be refractory this morning
Topeka had no band Tuesday in Leav-
enworth but in writing his story in adj
vance a reporter for the Leavenworth
Post had this to say about the Topeka
delegation: THE delegation from Topeka, |
a bout rs in all, did not arrive in their |
special Santa Fe train until 2:15 o'clock |
this afternoon, but their enthusiasm was |
not dampened the littlest bit. With them |
came band and such band 1t played |