The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-26
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The T. H. S. Walking club will probably
go on hike the end of the week.
"A permit was issued today to Elizabetl1
d doreer for 2ro the erection of a $500 resi-
The "Kilties'' band that will be heard in
the Auditorium May 4, has Travelled 100000
In the past 10 years. having made a COM
plete tour of the world
The next meeting of the Kansas Dental
association will be held in Topeka next
April, as was decided by the society dur
ing their Salina meeting.
A large number of persons have already
pledged themselves to purchase tickets
for the Victor Herbert concert which is
scheduled for the Auditorium May IA.
regular meeting Saturday evening and
listen to a paper by Charles Sessions, sec
rotary of state, on Political Rem
iniScenceS.'
not heavy the farmers report that they
did much towards softening the hard
crust that had formed on the surface OF
the ground
George Hughes has received no assur-
ance that the bodies of his sister and
brother-in-law were found by the under
taking ship sent to the scene of the
Titanic disaster.
The Santa Fe has been chosen the Of
1lclaI route of the Knights & Ladies of
Security at their biennial convention to be
held in Los Angeles in June. The special
VIII be run from Chicago, Kansas City
and Topeka.
An interesting program is in store for
those who attend the show at the Audi
torium tonight 1t will be strictly military
in nature. The Fort Riley and other mil
1tary pictures will be the feature. The
play.
A number of people have fortunately
escaped serious injury in falling on the
portion of sidewalk making the alley en-
theater. The alley walk at this place is
an extremely bad place for pedestrians
and should be fixed.
In the Wednesday edition of this nauer
a brief account was given in regard to a
garbage man. politely taking a coat be-
longing to a local plumber. The coat,
however, was found by the garbage man
lying on the garbage can, and was re-
turned to the owner.
The members of the Topeka Motorcycle
club will give a parade on Kansas avenue
smoker will be held in the club rooms
later in the evening. NJ. E. Harding will
describe the short grass tour, illustrat-
ing with stereopticon views.
A woman living on the West side called
up the headquarters engine house this
morning and complained that the neigh
bors' chickens were running in her flower
beds. But what can we dor" asked 4
fire officer. why, come out and put 'eni
out, you boobl' she exclaimed.
DR.. r. B. Stewart, who has been IN
Springfield, Mo-, for the past two DAYS on
business, returned to Topeka today. Dr.
Stewart reports that the business outlook
in and about Springfield is exceedingly
encouraging. However, he did not have
anything to say whatever regarding the
baseball situation of that vicinity.
The General Concrete Construction Co.
of Chicago has been awarded the contract
for the erection of the new reinforced
stack at the Edison plant. The stack as
has been previously stated, will be $50 feet
high. Work will commence on the stack
early in May. The excavation for tia.
stack has already begun under the super
vision of the Topeka Edison Co. The new
draft producer will cost SIS 900.
AS the result of a wager made today.
o. w. Bronson, a local taxidermist, will
proceed to the state capitol building, and
there perform a most difficult feat of
picking up and handling with bare hands
a ella monster. The reptile is alive and
most deadly poison known to mankind.
People have been known to live only an
hour after being bitten by a ella monster
but Bronson is a brave man.
One of the first automobiles ever built
in Topeka, and which was built by Terry
Stafford, was in the city this morning, en-
route from City to Hutchinson, Kan.
stopping a short time in Topeka for a
few repairs. The machine is now owned
by a man named Rexroad, of the Rexroad
Repair company, Hutchinson, Kan, and
is apparently in the best condition posi- |
BILE considering its length of service. Nj.
Rexroad is going, by way of Manhattan,
To his home in Hutchinson.