The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-23
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marshall band VIII play at Garfelo
| park tonight. Dancing and free motion
| pictures.
Secretary H L. Cook is expected to
return in a day or two from a trip to
| the northwest.
| The annual picnic of the street car
men will be held at Vinewood park
| Wednesday.
! More picnics are being held by church
and other organizations than in good
many past seasons.
The children of the city schools viii
be given at least one-half holiday fair
week, and possibly two.
There are many sand hilP' or wild
goose plums on the local market. They
are selling at $3.50 a bushel.
| The state fair management has TO
date received enough entries in the
swine department to fill one barn.
A collection of alligators and large
frogs is attracting considerable notice
in a store window on Kansas avenue.
| There was no rain in Kansas, accord
| ms to the weather department, in the
| twenty-four hours ending at seven
O'Clock this morning.
| The bids for the construction Of base
| ment Sunday school quarters at the
Walnut Grove NJ. E. church will be
opened within few days.
The course in agriculture, which was
established in the high school last
year. will be made more comprehensive
for the ensuing school year.
Hundreds of State fair posters will
be received in few days at the Office
OF the association. They will be posted
on. billboards over the state.
Forty members of the c. E. of the
Westminster Presbyterian church neld
a breakfast on the church lawn at 5:3c
o'clock this morning. This event is
an annual affair.
The annual picnic of the Sunday
school and young peoples societies of
the First English Lutheran church
will be held Wednesday afternoon In
the children's park.
Principal A. j. Stout of the high
school will be in his Office after August
Is. He will then begin the work of ar
rsnging the course for the fall term of
school.
The best lemons have advanced In
price in the past week from % to 80
cents per dozen. In case the warm
weather continues any great length of
time still greater increase is antici-
pated.
A large crowd enjoyed the band con-
cert given Monday night in Chesney
park by the knights and Ladies of Sc
curity band. All the parks of the
city were popular due to the sultry
condition of the atmosphere.
Peaches, apples and plums are all
plentiful on the local market this
week. Watermelons are now selling at
one cent and one and one-third cents
a pound. They are being shipped in
from Oklahoma and Texas.
The Highland Park Grange will hold
an open meeting at the Highland Par1
school house tonight. The subject for
discussion is Improvements 1 Would
Make in the Public Schools This
meeting is open to everyone
The old wing OF the Potwin school
building will not be completed before
the frost comes, according to present
indications. This means that a large
proportion of the school will be accom-
modated in the Central Park building.
A Topeka newspaper reporter insists
upon calling the government weather
man Frosty Flora. The term is hard
Iy appropriate for the brand of weather
that the gentleman in question has
been dealing out in the past few days.
school will begin in 4s days. said a
little fellow at the Y. M. c. A. this
morning. 1t takes the youngsters to
..keep tab" on the number of interven-
ing days before school opens. The date
for the opening of school will be Sep
TENDER 10.
Only three days more to register
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The
election this year is the most important
in years and the city election commits
is growing by the larges registration IN
history.
The first pole taken from Kansas
avenue by the Western Union company
was smashed into a dozen pieces.
While being raised through an iron
awning at First and Kansas avenue the
pole slipped from the ropes and fell
to the pavement. Fortunately no one
was injured.
It is understood confdentially that |
the reason the Edison company Is |
building such an immense reinforced |
concrete smoke stack is because or the |
increased number of flying machines in |
Topeka. The electric light officials fear |
their old stack would be knocked down |
The .Auburndale Progressive league !
will meet at the tabernacle at the cor |
ner of Stephens and Linden streets |
Wednesday evening. Questions pertain /
ing to the Potwin school building and |
the West side sewer will be discuss |
ed. All persons interested are invited
to attend.
A good many people have been ask |
ing recently about the merchants |
week. entertainment that some OF the |
of the Jobbers and Manu-
holding in October. No action has been |
taken as yet by the association relative
to the entertainment
The regular monthly meeting of the |
Shawnee Alfalfa club will. be held IN |
the rooms of the Commercial club |
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock The |
general subject for discussion will be |
a'The Silo." Among the speakers will |
be r. J. Linscott of Holton, T. A. Bor-
man and ]. o. Browning.
Get the habit of attending the Kan
sas State fair at Topeka has become
a nopular expression by all citizens
who attended last year. 1t is way
thew have of telling their neighbors
about the most complete exhibition of
agricultural live stock, horticultural |
and other products ever seen in the
middle west.
IT looks as though the new school