The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-18
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AT HOME NEWS.


Enrolment of those now attending Will
begin for the second term OF school
The small store buildings adjacent to
che State Journal building are being
I'VE now have plenty of coal" said
Superintendent c. c. Starr, "and every
thing IS running along happily
The election of Commercial club officers
will take place Friday noon. The com
mittees for the year will then soon be
named
The current issue of the Paul Jones
Magazine (colored) contains writeups of
a number of prominent Topekans at so
much per-
w H Gilfllan. city foe d inspector, re-
ports to the board of cit, commissioners
collections Of s166 for the month of De-
cember-
Glass day at the high school viii be
next Thursday DIT. f. l.. LOveland Will
preach the class sermon Sunday morning.
Now that it looks as though the cold
spell was passed river men are worrying
about flood If there is a sudden
thaw the ice will be dangerous.
A stranger in Topeka speaks of Kansas
avenue: kansas avenue is so wide that
at sunset the tallest building does not
cast a shadow across the street
According to those in charge OF the To-
peka rebate office business has picked up
IN the past few days. The cold weather
kept many buyers away from Topeka.
DR. F. L. Loveland viii give both the
high school class sermon and the COM
Inencement address He seems to be de-
cidedly popular among the young people.
The Parents-Teachers association viii
conduct a postponed meeting at the
manual training room of the Lowman
Hill school at O'Clock tomorrow after
noon.
Commissioner Miller announces that
number of brighter globes will be tried
out on the great white way posts. If
they are success they will be used alto
'gether.
nissioners this morning an appropriation
ordinance calling for funds to meet the
semimonthly pay day expenses was
passed
There are still thousands of thousands
of Kansas Day''-January 2s-post cards
on hand at the Commercial club which
viii be given free of charge to those who
desire to send them to friends
Some unknown artist has painted signs
on the globes OF the great white way
poles On one he has Topeka Kan, To-
street" The city commissioners are
after his hfe-they offer a good bounty.
An act that mocks at danger is the
manner in which the management of the
Kansas A1idWtnter exposition speaks OF
the performance that will be given in the
Auditorium by the Ernest Alvo trio.
These men are comedy aerial bar experts.
I. c. Ketchum of 4o6 East Locust street
duct some time ago and he has asked the
board of city commissioners for $50 dam
time. The commissioners will think it
over
Topeka needs a little educating alons,
burlesque lines. But it will not take long
for these shows to be popular with a GER
tain amusement hunting crowd. It will
be remembered a few years ago that It
was impossible to get a seat in some OF
the burlesque playhouses.
J. r. Ramsey, a paving contractor. has
asked the city for 50. 200 to cover the ex-
pense of moving brick to the East side
off
paving contract Ramsey claims he was
put to much work and expense which
turned out to be useless.
In the recent cold spell ali the delivery
wagons in the city were put into opera
ton The managers of the messenger
services reported that there We're some