The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The incoming high school subfreshmen
are registering today. No classes are be
ing held but work will begin in earnest
| tomorrow
Some of the students of the high school
| have been complaining lately because no
assembly periods have been held. This
| has been on account of the heavy work
/ incident to completing the work of the
| first term of school.
In several instances recently boys in
| the high school have been sent by their
respective teachers to Superint endent A.
J. Stout to be "smelled.' Then in cases
where the superintendent is of the opin-
ion that they smell too strong of tobacco
smoke they are sent home to fumigate.
The other night a teacher who did not
smoke himself attended a smoker at the
Commercial club. He said he was going
not dare to wear the clothes he had on
that night account of the tobacco
odorl
The city street force is gradually get
ting the thoroughfares in the main por-
ton of the city cleaned.
The Commercial Club Bulletin is being
distributed today.
J. r. woodruff, a member of the local
union of electrical workers. in al article
in the current issue of the Topeka Labor,
asks the members of the union to boycott
John A. Worley, secretary of the Mid
winter exposition, in respect to the pur-
chase Of pop. In fact TINS writer sug-
sests that unless the management
changes its tactics relative to dealing
with the members of the union an effort
will be made to injure the attendance at
the MidWinter next year L believe MI
Krefpe was fair enough but he was in the
minority reads the article. AS to MI
Worley he allowed himself to be in
fluenced by the hot headed Mr. Witt
who has proven himself to be our enemy
from the start, and succeeded in making
Mr.. Worley as much our enemy
l. Gilberg. who is now editor of the
paper known the Topeka Labor states
that from now on. the publication will be
an eight-page paper instead of four
According to a statement in the Com
mercial Club Bulletin on January % the
club had on hand in the bank the sum of
S156455. This is the best showing that
has been made in any report in long
time
A meeting of the Shawnee Medical So
ciety will be held tonight at the Com
mercial club.
The VIII section of the Topeka Kan;
Topeka VIII slogan never was so well
adapted and accepted as it is right now.
Commercial Club Bulletin
The c. f. of the First Congregational
church will hold business meeting and
social Wednesday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed G. Smith, 6T Van
Buren, street
Charles Joslin has. called a meeting for
this evening at the Commercial club
Secretary J. VIII Kelley of the Com
merciaI club has left on an extended trip
for the purpose of studying manufactur-
ing and other conditions in IS cities in
NEBRASKA, LIMOS, 4OWdv 1Huldlld anu
Michigan. His first stop is at Lincoln,
Neb. In the absence of the secretary
Miss Minnie Jones is presiding over the
office President s. J. Hodgins and Vice
President W. W. Webb are assisting in
the work of seeing to it that the affairs
of the club run in smooth order
H B. Howard & Co will distribute q
basket of baseballs among the children |
at the AIidwinter next Saturday afternoon /
This distribution has become an annual I
affair.
One booth at the 8Tidwinter the firs- /
week of the show, gave out 1850 cups OF /
coffee Another booth used 70 cases of /
pancake flour in making cakes for free /
distribution At candy booth TOO pounds
of sweets were passed out to the people.
Doubtless there is much good advertis-
ing accomplished at the Aidwinter ex-
position, but the thousands of advertis-
ing cards and folders that are collected