The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26
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Church services were abandoned at the
majority of the places of worship sun
day night
The weather man in Washington pre-
~icts that another storm viii sweep over
the middle west about Friday
Hundreds of men out of work armed
themselves with a shovel this morning
and found work shoveling snow from the
sidewalks
Hereafter the sale of seats for the
Grand will be held at the Majestic box
office. Tickets will be sold three days
ahead of each engagement
Wednesday noon George Clearinghouse
Will read a paper before the members of
the Topeka Real Estate Dealers aSsocia-
ton on municipal gardening
w r. snow of Oklahoma delivered a
lecture before Topeka Socialist Local No.
/ on Sunday at the Crystal theater. The
white slave traffic was discussed.
1t may be true that there is very little
else but snow in this column today-but
what else is there to see2 Even the sides
of buildings are covered with the white
cakes.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to in
elude manual training in the work of the
pupils at the Madison street school The
new feature will be in operation the last
of the week
Kansas avenue is called the great white
way because of the new street lighting
system-but did you see It early this
morning or at noon when the sun was
shining
Very few school children went to school
this morning. The lazy business man
was not disposed to shovel the snow on
from his Sidewalk .ts-at the kids might re-
ceive a little batch of education
Did you ever notice that when two per-
sons meet on narrow snow path. both
step out in the deep snow and wade untl'
they are past each other? The path be-
tween them is unused. Courtesy, this.
Two hundred idle men came to City
Commissioner Stotts, huting for work this
morning Stotts procured work LOT them
on the Union Pacific railroad Also ne
sent a big delegation to the street rail
way barns
Tickets are selling rapidly for the an
nual Ads club dinner Tuesday night TINS
is the one time of the year that ladies are
invited The members of the CONNER
ciaI club have received invitations to at
tend the event
avenue at twenty miles an hour jumped
the track in front of the Snow drug store
al Tenth and Topeka avenues TINS morn morn
No one was hurt.
ANY number of persons who wanted 10
catch trains were unable 10 make tHeHA
on account of the crippled street car ser
vice this morning. The CAB men hao
everything that a horse would pun out
or the street today
On account of the change in the wealth
er and the injury received from i s5ahls
citv milk inspector, Will not make MS
monthly milk report on the flrst DAY OF
March. The report will be delayed
The radiators in the down town stores
this morning were surrounded with girl
o1ert-sl with their dresses almost to their
knees. They were drying their hose after
the strenuous wade from their no1les-
Nov for a, beautiful siege of la grippe
The dainty little tracks in the snow
driftz ali over the outskirts of the city
this morning were made by Ialtnful
school teachers who waded to their work
would not find the school room empty
one walking down Kansas avenue to-
dav got the impression that the snow VIII
be off the ground in a very snort tim e,
so sIushy was it under foot, but IN the
, OUTLYING districts OF the city the melt
ing process has not progressed very far
It will be we'll FOR property owners to
| have their walks cleared of all sno" oy
| Tonight as the weather man warns the
neonIe to watch for lower temperatures,
and this will mean that the wet snow on
| the walks will be frozen sol1diy oy morn
r nv chance town 1oafer happened
| in at a railroad Office this morning and
| IL nv chance this loafer sat down ana
started TO gossip with the general man
| aee- and his Heutenants-bang The seat
| Of q. punctured pair of trousers was print
1 ed on the snow
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/ xverxthine is of dazzling brightness IN the
] outside realms today The man at the
/ desk. however, has to grind away as
/ usual and has no opportunity 10 enjoy
| the beauties of nature
/ The political party or the church that
does not change is a fossil says Or
/ Arthur s. Henderson ..Creeds and priests
/ heId sway for centuries. and creeds and
PRIESTS mean standing still They are q
/ ba~ 70 progress Christianity is comins
/ hack TO the realization that her work IS
not with creeds but with life
/ Jack johnson. champion heavyweight
fighter of the world. opened q week :
ENLARGEMENT in Kansas City SUNDAY after
| noon at the Century theater- Topeka :
| rack johnson was introduced to the audi
\ erre and will box with the champion tne
later mart Of the week. It is possible
| Iohnson will give an exhibition in To
| peka within the next few weeks
| ssT-he-e are people in the church wiz
| have not SO much the spirit Of Chris
a. The unticketed outsiders" said Dr. Ar
| tbt,r : Henderson The same IS tins
| caSe with every institution in the world
/ There are good MaSons but know some
! If them who are mighty poor members
| The same may be the case with the Oot
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