The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-01
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AT HOME NEWS.

The knights and Ladies of Security
band will give a concert at Chesney park
tonight at o. clock.
There will be no family ice cream orders
delivered from the Heinz or Topeka Pun
| Milk Co. plant July f.
| The city has installed forty new seats
and a drinking fountain in Chesney- park.
The seats are large and of the latest pat
tern.
| Signs warning visitors to refrain from.
teasing animals in the Zoo at Gage park
have added much to the comfort OF Inc
animal inhabitants of the park
John Smalley. manager OF the Eagle
Rose Tint baseball club. has several new
players 10 be tried out in the next game
which will be played at Dover on July 4.
1t is predicted by City Clerk Burge that
motor cars in Topeka. All prospective
owners are clamoring for the number
81, co.,
The Baptist church was well filled Sun
day night to hear DR.. j. E. Dineer, who
gave the first of a series of lectures,
which will be given each evening during
the week.
large number of the Topeka Demo
Gratis are keeping wires hot between here
and Baltimore, pleading with the Kansas
representatives to vote for Bryan as the
nominee for president.
The knights and Ladies of Security
band will play in Chesney park this even
ing. An excellent free open air concert
has been arranged. This is one OF the
To show the cold-blooded spirit of some
poIiticians-immeoiatel after the news
of the death of J. D. Pattison, city sani-
tary sergeant, five men rushed 10 the
city hall to pull strings for his position.
Nothing would boost the booster day
baseball ticket sale more than a few more
thousand boosters left the stands ana
bleachers after Gears subjects shut out
Denver.
The Commercial club has an unlimited
supply of reference cards lor Topeka
housewives to hang on their telephones.
These cards give list of Topeka pro-
ducts, and should be distributed By Grub
members.
A meeting of all baseball fans will be
held in the rooms of the Commercial club
this evening. The sale of booster tickets
has been slow, and if you are interested
in the ball team-losen up and attend the
meeting.
The receipts of the Topeka postoffice for
May, 1912, are the heaviest in, tie history
present year been record breakers, going
several thousand dollars ahead of former
best years.
1t is estimated by Commissioner Stotts
that 5000 persons visited Gage park and
the zoo Sunday. Many took their meals
with them and stayed all day The drive
ways were lined with motor cars ali day
and evening.
the months of June has given up the most
pleasant-weather of any June. for the past
twenty-six years. The average temper
allure for the month has been 31a degrees
below normal.
A West side man came running in the
local room of the State Journal Office to-
day. Say" he yelled all out of BREATH
the street car company is cutting off
the pimples and filling up the dimples OF.
the Asylum line!'
The city board of commissioners gave
the Garfield park amusement company
permission this morning to handle tire-
works in the park on the evening OF the
Fourth of July. This is the ony permit
given by the city.
Not one man in twenty in Topeka could
write as good hand as Uncle Dick
Pattison. the city sanitary sergeant, who
died this morning. Despite the fact that
he was more than 20 years of age he could
make a business college expert take
notice.
The city commissioners voted today to
replace the buggy owned by c. D.. Moss,
city electrician, which was smashed in
an automobile accident May TO- 1t will.
be remembered that Moss was thrown on
the hood of the car and his buggy ruined
and the 5notorist did not stop his ma
chine. lie driver of the car never was
discovered