The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-12
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AT HOME NEWS

0HdI1eS Patrick is d dWSlA-
ing at LOG East Sixth avenue.
The next isue of the Commercial
Club Bulletin will be published about
August 20.
The Cottren Realty company has
sold a new five room house at 303
orchard street for $1,000.
The board of education will meet
tonight to consider the tax levy and
other matters of business.
]. G. West is adding to his dwelling
at 900 West Sixth avenue. The i'm
provements will cost $1,000.
The Beta Sigma class of the First
Presbyterian church will hold a pic
nic-supper in Oakland this evening.
The Baptist Young Peoples union OF
Topeka will hold their annual meeting
this evening at the Seward Avenue
Baptist church.
An auto tour was one of the CLOSING
features of the district convention OF
the Christian Endeavor societies OF the
United Brethren church.
A Shawnee county exhibit of apples
are being displayed in Chicago at the
meeting of the International Apple
Shippers association.
Peaches are advancing slightly in
price. They are now selling at $l.49
cents bushel- The first of the local
crop is being harvested.
In the past week visitors from San
Francisco. Los Angeles, New York
city, Mexico, and the Philippines have
dropped in at the Y. M. c. A.
The board of education will probably
consider the installation of a kinder
garten in the Central Park school at
the meeting of the board tonight.
Jelly grapes are now selling on the
local market at from three to five
cents pound; table grapes at thirty
five cents for a six pound basket.
DR.. and Mrs. S. S. Estey, and DR..
and Mrs. r. S. Magee are spending
few weeks at Long Beach, Calf. A
report just received states that Mrs.
Magee caught the largest fish landed
this season from the pier at the sum-
mer resort.
President Frank K. Sanders has
called a meeting of the Bible study
committee of the Y. NJ. c. A. Tues
day noon to plan for the coming nf
Fred S. Goodman of the international
committee, who will conduct Bible
institute in Topeka next season
According to L. T. Gage, school
complete his work, there has been a
gain in children of school age in
every ward in the city. He estimates
that the total gain will be nearly two
hundred children. This will bring the
figure to about 11.525 children of
school age in the city.
Vegetables are scarce in Shawnee
county at the present time due to the
hot weather of the latter portion of
July, with the exception of two or
three varieties. Tomatoes are selling
at 60 cents a bUshel. Sweet potatoes
are now on the market and bring 5
cents for two pounds. The Irish va
riety is selling at 10 cents bushel.
Reductions in express rates may be-
come fashionable. The American Ex-
the public utilities commission to re-
duce it's rates from points between To-
peka and Clay Center to Kansas City
and intermediate points. The reduc-
ton is in line with certain readjust-
nents the American is making.-Mer-
chants Journal.
The santa Fe freight auditors de-
feated the Santa Fe ticket auditors III
baseball Sunday by a score of to 2.
The hitting of Belden and the field
ing of Bowman were features of the
game Menninger, who pitched for
the victors won his eighth. straight
game. The batteries for freight audi |
tors: Menninger and Dillon; ticket
auditors: Swenson, McDermitt and
Jordon.
Despite numerous complaints, the old
pavement of cedar blocks on West
Fifth street, opposite the court house,
still remains. The pavement is one of
The worst in the city, and is so noisy
hat it seriously disturbs the first d.
vision of the district court when court |
s in session. Several times an effort |
has been made to have the pavement |
'elaid with asphalt. but all have failed |
huS far.
Because no county officer seemed to |
nave nerve enough to take a stand for |
closing the county offices on Saturday |
afternoons, the clerks and attaches are |
pending every Saturday through an
,ther summer at work. Every year |
someone starts an agitation for Sat |
lrday afternoon closing, but it never |
yets anywhere. Tasker, in the register |
# deeds Office, allow his clerks a half |
holiday every week. shifting the days |
10 as to keep mis- office open. Rad Lee, |
Jerk of the county court, has been clos
ng his Office for several Saturday af-
ernoons. But a universal closing seems