The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-29
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Farmers say that n good rain
| do the growing ~nea, much good as
/ the surface soil is extremely dry.
/ John Patterson is being tried this
morning in the district court, charged
| with selling liquor and maintaining 6
| nuisance
Just IS days MORE says the coun-
| ty clerk, for Topeka to pay its taxes
without penalty. December 20 the
time is up
The Sunday school classes of the
First Baptist chunrch will hold a
stunt night at the church this even
ing.
Miss Nanon Heron will have
charge of a musical entertainment that
will be given at the Railroad Y NJ C.
A tonight.
The school children are enjoying a
holiday. School will reopen on Mon
day. The Christmas holidays begin
December 20.
Butter is retailing at 40 cents a
POUND. Two advances in price have
been recorded in ten days Last win
ter the highest price for butter
reached was 43 cents per pound
Harry, alias Daddy Hall, has been
convicted of three counts in the dis
trict court He was charged with if
teen counts for selling liquor and one
for maintaining a public nuisance.
Tickets are on sale at the Majestic
for the entire performance of The
Girl of the Golden West" which will
be presented next week The manage
ment announces that the tickets are
selling rapidly.
The subject at the Central Park
Christian church revival service to-
night will be The objectionable Sin"
There will be special music The seat
ing capacity has been increased TO ac-
commodate the people who attend.
The kind of weather that has pre-
vailed this week has been conducive
to stimulating business There have
been many shoppers here from out-of-
has dropped low enough to remind
Topekans that the winter season is al
most here Consequently the cloth
ing stores have benefited, and the coal
dealers likewise
On account of the fact that this is
mouIting season the hens of Kansas
are refusing TO lay. Consequently the
price of ''hen fruit has gone up to
50 cents a dozen; that is for fresh
eggs. Storage eggs are Few cents
cheaper One thing that has caused
the price of eggs to soar is the fact
that millions of eggs have been
placed in storage in this country
Harry Fellows Of willard, Kan, has
filed suit against l. S. Goodwin and is
asking s1.3O6.75 for damages Eel
lows was driving a heaVy IaTIn wagon
and coIlfded with Goodwin, who was
running an automobile. The accident
occurred in September. Fellows al
Ieges that he received numerous in
juries among which were several
broken ribs; he was disabled for
about six weeks.
The twenty-ninth annual meeting
of the county clerks association of
Kansas will be held at Topeka. De-
cember II and Il. beginning at 10
a. m in the assembly room of the
Commercial club The county COM
missioners will meet at the same time
in the assembly room of the National
hotel and the register of deeds in the
Ad club room Of the Commercial
club.
The factory aid plan is occupying
the great part of the attention of the
management of the Commercial club
at the present time Some Topekans
may be getting tired CT hearing of the {
plan, but it is actually expected that
next week a subscription taking cam
pa:gn will be waged. The committee
has deemed it wise to go cautiously /.
with the plan, so that il will be sat
isfactory in every particular. The
bankers of the city have put their 20 /
k on the proposition. However. |
upon their suggestion a number of
changes have been made.
The regular monthly meeting of the I
Shawnee Alfalfa and Farmers inSti- /
tute will be of particular interest as
the question of keeping the boys and /
girls on the farm viii be discussed