The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-15
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AT HOME NEWS.

| Free motion pictures at Garfield park.
Program changed every night.
The Rev. Roy B. Guild will speak in
Garfield park Sunday afternoon at $3.50
| o'clock.
Over 1900 crates of cherries will be
| taken from Freeman Sardou's orchard
this year.
The Cozy theater now presents a
| white front. A new box Office has been
completed.
Steel fire escapes are being installed
at the Grand opera house, replacing the
old wooden ones.
Notwithstanding his promotion today,
Bill Curtis says his ambition is to
drive fire wagon.
1t is said that the peach crop will be
portion of the state.
The exercises at the school of the
Assumption will be held Tuesday even
ing instead of Monday
Vincent Kaczynski is having a new
plate glass front installed at his place
OIL business, 13S Kansas avenue.
The Topeka State bank solicits large
and small accounts and pays interes'
on savings. Safety boxes for rent.
]. E. Crockett of the Crockett Mer-
camille company, has purchased the
Fegues- Wright dry good store in juno
ton City
Meetings of the membership com
m1ttee of the Commercial club and a
subcommittee of the promotion COM
mittee met today in the noon hour.
Gage park has been given a man.
Mrs. c. L. Smith, of 313 East Tenth
avenue. The park is receiving gifts b.
the score.
The Rev. Robert Gordon will speak
in the City park Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock on THE Kind OF a Man
to Marry" AT 8 o'clock the Second
Regiment band will give a concert.
Mrs. Willis ]. Norton has taken out
a building permit for the remodeling
of her home at 912 Topeka avenue al
a cost of $4,000. The home when com
pleted will be one of the most elabor
ate in the city.
The Knights and Ladies of Security
band will play at Garfield park Sunday
afternoon in connection with a meeting
which will be led by the Rev. Roy 2
Guild the new pastor of the Centr2
Congregational church.
John Smalley, with a loud vest an
a brilliant diamond in his shirt from
journeyed to Rossville today with hi
team, Eagles Rose Tints." A gam
has been scheduled on the Rossviii'
grounds for this evening.
ida have not arrived. City officials al.
positive that the big gators will b,
here by evening, however. An attemr
will be made to have them in Gag,
park tomorrow for the Sunday crowds
Workmen are now tapping the las;
ca BILE into the Bell telephone Office, anc
the work in the direction of the ANAL
gamation of the two lines in Topeka
is nearing completion. The manage
ment hopes to cut over some time in
July.
The Topeka District Epworth leagues |
of the Methodist churches will hold a |
in the Lowman Memorial
June 17-19. The district super
il tendent is the Rev. 7. ]. Ream. M. |
C. Holman will lead the convention |
singing.
Every indication points to a good |
apple crop this season. small per- |
centage of the apples on trees in the |
vicinity of Topeka have dropped to the |
ground due to the recent rains, but the |
crop is an unusually heavy one thus |
far, and few less apples will tend to
make the quality better.
Monday night Amity lodge 2Sl
knights of Pythias, will hold open
house for the other Pythian lodges of
the city. On this occasion the past
chancellor of the lodge will confer the
'ank of knight upon class of can |
iidates. Refreshments will be served i
the ceremonies.
Monday morning workmen will begin
.utting down the Western Union poles
IN Kansas avenue. This assurance was
siven w. w. Webb today. All the
wires on the poles at this time are
underground cables have
,een connected. The city will hold its
breath until Monday-it sounds toe
rood to be true.
A. K Longren, the Topeka aviator
las force of four skilled workmen
EMPLOYED in the construction of his
lew racing aeroplane which is expect
d to be capable of attaining to speec
# from So to 95 miles an hour. Trials
viii be made by Longren the latter
,art of next week Week after next
he aviator will go to Parsons fol-
lights. He is booked solidly from that
ime until fall.
The Minneapolis Gas Tractor Co., a
inn that puts out huge engines that
low a field almost quicker than 1T
axes to tell will display at the State
air next fall. The agent for Kansas
cry Lyons, who has recently made a
rim through northeastern Kansas told
secretary H. L. Cook that there had
zen so many requests by the farmers
O have machinery in actual operation
II the fair grounds, that he felt that
he company could not afford not to
isplay this year.
Will Buy Arizona Town.
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