The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-18
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E. ]. Ellis will erect dwelling on
| Elliott street to cost $1,955.
Miss May Clark will organize an
orchestra at the Central Park Chris
| tian church this evening.
A moving picture of the 'tMade-in-
Pittsburgh" train was taken at noon
by the Best Film company of Topeka.
The Rev. d. w. Smith of Kansas
City, district superintendent will
speak at the German Methodist church
Friday evening.
Nearly two hundred boys and many
lads" attended the fathers and
boys reception at the Central Y. NJ.
C. A. Tuesday night.
DR.. s. S. Estey and ]. B. Larimer
are in Kansas City attending meet
ing of the Topeka Presbytery of the
Presbyterian church.
An all day meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society of the First Christian
church is being held today. The So
ciety is being reorganized.
Republican meeting will be held
tomorrow evening at the Highland
Park school house. There will be sew
| eral speakers, including Capt. J. G.
Waters and Tom Doran.
There was a geenral feeling this
morning that it was high time to put
off the thin ones" but the weather
man declares that there is still warm
weather on his program.
Arrangements are being made for
pipe organ concert in the auditorium
for the benefit of the visitors. At trip
to Gage park is one of the things of
interest planned for the out of town
motorists.
Secretary J. Will Kelley of the Com
merciaI club will leave tonight for In
dianapolis, Ind, to attend the annual
meeting of the Central association of
Commercial executives. He will return
next Monday.
w. w. Webb, president of the Shaw
nee Motor league has sent out inVi-
tations to "a motor clubs in the outly-
ing towns, and to $50 local autoists, TO
join the automobile parade which will
be held in Topeka Sunday afternoon.
The meeting of Topeka autoists which
was slated for Thursday night, will be
held Friday night in the rooms of the
Commercial club. The meeting has
been called for the purpose of arous-
ing interest in the Sunday auto parade,
and to discuss other business.
Good Feeling Night" will be held
at the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. Friday
evening when the Santa Fe employees
will meet officials. There will be both
indoor and outdoor entertainment.
Judge w. r. Smith. E. L. Copeland
and J. D. NJ. Hamilton will be the
speakers of the occasion.
Bids for the installation of heating
plants in the Potwin and Quinton
Heights buildings were not let at the
meeting of the board of education
Tuesday night, but will be held over
for another two weeks. Alternate
bids made it impossible for the board
to pick the successful bidder.
The mercury was. down to the A
degree point this morning at o'clock.
This is the lowest mark reached since
May 16. A west wind was blow ing
during the night at an eight mile pace.
No cool weather record was broken
today. The mercury, stood at SO de-
grees. September Is, 1901.
The recent rains have caused a
division wall at the Potwin school
building to settle. Fire Chief Will
marth condemned 't7as being unsafe,
and consequently the board of educa-
ton will have to strengthen it. and
the cost of remodeling the building.
The sweeping nuisance on Kansas av-
enue is now on the increase. Pedestri-
ans find it extremely disagreeable to
walk along the main thoroughfare of
the city and have dust swept up in
ones face. Some of the sweeping is
done as late as or 10 o'clock in the
morning.
Marriage licenses were issued this |
m orning to Gust Freden, over II |
years old, Topeka and Iona Mae Gar /
wood, over 21 years old, Topeka, and |
yer Lake, and Rozella Maddox, 10 |
years old, Silver Lake. The last cou-
pie were married by Probate Judge
w. F.. Schoch.
The Southwestern Fuel company
was awarded the contract for supply
ing the Topeka schools with coal the
coming season. The prices stipulated
in the contract were: Lump coal, |
$3.50 per ton; nut coal, $40 per ton,
and slack, $3.50 per ton. Other bid
1ers were the Topeka Coal company
and the Jackson-Walker company.
All attendance records have been bro
Ken at the high school. The enrolment
was given out today as LIB At the
end of September, 1911, the attendance |
was 1,O7S. This means that the in
crease is at least 100 Not even in the
second term of high school has the !
attendance ever equaled the present |
enrolment. The former high mark was
,133.
The regular bimonthly meeting of |
he Topeka local union of young peo-
oles societies will be held next Mon
lay evening at the First NJ. e. church.
The Rev. w. F. Harding, of Leaven-
worth, president of the Kansas Chris
ian Endeavor union will give an adj
lress on "Our Senior Work. The Rev.
:. B. Zook, of the Walnut Grove NJ. E.