The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-17
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The phone that everybody uses, the In
Now that freezing weather has been
| discarded the hucksters are back on the
| streets again
SIX hundred persons viii sit down this
evening 10 a fellowship lunch at the First
4 Methodist church.
1 The new Commercial club committees
will be appointed within the next ten
william Gordon. the grocer. has joined
/ the Commercial club. New members are
| coming in every day
Next week a parents meeting VIII be
| held at the Quinton Heights school, Inc
date will be announced later.
The annual meeting of the First Con
gregational church, postponed from last
Thursday night, will be held tomorrow
evening
The Elks gave their first rehearsal
Tuesday night for the minstrel show
which they will present the latter part OF
next week.
The county commissioners and H. s.
Putney are in Manhattan attending 4
meeting OF county commissioners and
county clerks
A delegation of Commercial club men
left this morning for Emporia to attend
the annual meeting Of the State Good
Roads association
open house will be observed at the Cen
tral Y NJ. c. a. this evening. It will be
stunt night The bowling alleys viii
be open to ladies'
Forty cents a peck is now being asked
for potatoes by the grocers. Due to the
severe cold weather there is shortage
of the spuds in Topeka
To accommodate many business men it
has been necessary to form another y
NJ G.. A. gymnasium class 1t viii meet
on Tuesdays and Fridays
G. W Rourle. division superintendent
of the Kansas division of the Rock Island
at Herington. was in Topeka on business
al off pf
The mighty seniors" of the high school
viii be through with work at the institu-
ton January &c, although commencement
exercises will not be held until Feb
ruary 8.
The trustees of the Central Congrega-
tional church have decided to install
double heating system in the church
that is it will be possible to burn both
gas and coal.
The busiest spot in town is the Audi
forum where preparations are being
made for the Kansas NIidwinter exposi-
ton under the auspices Of the u c. T.
organization.
soTopeka should have more substantial
city library" said Scott Hopkins. 1t
would be fitting if some one would put
up a fine new building on city property
as a memorial.
Instead of holding a Thursday night
service, the members of the Central Con-
gregational church viii go to hear DR..
w O. GrenfeI of Labrador at the First
esbyteTian church.
A little boy walking down Kansas ave
nue. in front Of the buildings south of the
State Journal building saw a sign store
Fronts for Sale Cheap Mamma he
piped, please buy me a store front"
A meeting of the local Men and Re-
Iigion committee of 100' will be held at
the Central Y. NJ c. A Friday noon 1t
is hoped to federate all forces working
for social service, boys, and Bible study
J. Y. Callahan assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Nickel Plate road at Chi
cago and A. B. Burrows. district passen-
ger agent at Kansas City, were in To-
peka visiting with Rock Island railroad
men today
The board of directors of the CONNER
cial club will meet Friday noon TO elect
officers 1t is generally considered that
S. J. Hodgins will be the next president.
Secretary J. viii Kelley, of course, will
be retained
sunny, Flora. the weather man. says
that his is the kind Of weather thai
breeds colds. To the 10000 persons in To-
peka who have a bad cold this is good
news-they have been at loss to discover
the cause.
times nowadays playing on the ice. Their
antics are said to be most amusing The
buffalo too. have been given new life by
the cold weather. They are having
lively time.
Word has been received at the Rock
island general offices in Topeka Of the
death Of f. B. Hoosier. division freight
agent Of the road at Wichita Hoosler
was unable to rally from an operation for
appendicitis
Speaking of cutting ice on the streams
near Topeka-the city street force spent
most of the morning cutting ice five
inches thick on the east side of Kansas
avenue between Fifth street and Sixth
avenue. However, this wasn't domestic
ice.
Among those who left this mornig to at
tend the state good roads meeting in EN-
poria were D. E. Watkins of Nebraska,
T.. F. A Reinisch. H. w. McAfee, vice
president of the organization, F. L. Cars
well, D. Q. Coe, George W. Stansfield
and w. w Webb.
D. Cofman. who has been connected
for the past three years with the Barnes
Real Estate company, has sold his IN
terest to Charles l. Fuller. c. ]. r.
Smith is the other member of the firm,
which will continue to be known as the
Barnes Real Estate Co.
W. H. WATSON, city auditor, has been
invited by the Atchison Commercial club
to deliver an address in AtchisOn some
time in February on the commission form
Of governme tent. In his capacity as auditor
Mr.. WATSON is well acquainted with the
work of the commission plan
A large number of persons have spoken
to Scott Hopkins relative to his proposal
that the claim for $4,000 by the city
against the state be cancelled provided
establish a white way around the square
after having removed the city library
They are in favor of the plan
The Sunday afternoon meeting under
the auspices of the committee of 100,''
Men and Religion movement will be adj
dressed by E. E. Stacy of Indianapolis.
who viii show stereopticon pictures OF
every country of the globe. Following
the meeting a fellowship lunch Will be
served at the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
Alvin X. Longren, the Topeka aviator,
has had published a folder as an adver-
Using proposition. The folder contains
recommendations by persons who have
been enthusiastic about his sensational
flights in Minneapolis. Winfield, Clay
Center and nther Kansas points. aside