The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-16

Miss TIME Collins of White Cloud,
Kan, who has been the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Dutton during the
fair, returned home today.
The meeting of the promotion COM
mittee of the Commercial club which
was scheduled for today noon, has been
postponed until Tuesday noon
The cooking and sewing classes of the
tProvident Association will start Satur-
day. The hours for holding the classes
have not as yet been determined.
The price of grass fed beef has al
| ready taken drop on the local mark
ct: The promise of cheaper meat this
fall is good news to the Topeka house
wives.
The cool weather is greatly appre-
| ciated by the churchmen in Topeka.
All of the city churches were filled for
! both morning and evening services
/ Sunday.
: The membership committee of the
| Commercial club will meet next Sat
urday for the first time in many weeks.
A quiet membership campaign will be
planned.
President H. ]. Waters, of the Kan
sas State Teachers association, is at
work on the program for the annual
meeting of the teachers of the state in
Novem Der.
Secretary H L. Cook, Ross Swingley
| and Charles Younggreen of the Kansas
State fair association will leave for
Hutchinson tonight to attend the fair |
at HUTCHINSON.
The five act bill will begin today |
| at the Novelty and five acts direct |
from the big eastern circuits have ar
| rived to entertain Novelty patrons
with new acts.
The farmers of Shawnee county |
have had but little water for their |
stock this season. They would ap-
preciate even more rain than has
fallen to date.
There is some fear on the part of
local shippers that the cold weather
in Colorado will put a stop to the
shipments to Topeka of vegeta bles
from that state.
Otto Foburg, who has been visiting
relatives in the city, left this morning
for LeavenwOrth. where he has ac-
copied the position of general secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The board of county commission
ers this morning transacted routine
business. Several acquisitions for sup
plies and a petition for a reduction
in taxes were considered.
The first floor joists have been put in !
place in the new wing of the Potwin 1
school building. The work OF remodel
by the Christmas holidays. 7
w. d. Perry, who has been suffer- I
ing with an attack of typhoid fever I
at st. Francis hospital, will be able I
to return to his home this week, his c
health being much improved
Lemons are now selling at forty
cents per dozen. The keeping quality E
of the lemons this season was not up I
20 par, and consequently not a great +
supply of this fruit was STORED.
There is a progressive whist club in +
Topeka composed of standpatters and r
their wives. They have decided to c
drop the progressive" part of the
name and play regular whist.
The Walnut Grove Brotherhood e
will debate with the United Brethren =
Brotherhood on the equal suffrage :
question at the Walnut Grove NJ. E. !
church this evening at 8 o'clock. ;
I've written both arms off," said w. g
J. Stage, the man who has had the job
of paying off the state fair premium +
winners. The awards are practically ali v
paid in the livestock departments.
No record for cold weather was L
broken today. although the Their a
early this morning. The low reading I
was 40 degrees, September 16, 1899. y
There is one vacant tent at the fresh
air camp on the North side. The man Ct
agement would be glad to take care of e.
an incipient case There is not the o.
equipment to care for an incurabIe case. Ia
The city commissioners have given Q.
the state Bull MOOSerS permission to "
use the auditorium Saturday night. D
William Allen White of Emporia clos
ed the deal with the city officials to- | II
day. We
A little boy who was admiring a wax W
figure in the window of a local store t
today looked up at his mother and tf
said: when I'm old enough to get W
married I'm going to have a wife like rs
that"
A mum Der of out of town motorists bt
who came to Topeka for the state OIL
fair are still here waiting for the roads K
to become passable. They did not sI
realize that the state fair always So
brings rain. st
A Topeka man who returned from al
Kansas City stated that the thing that
impressed him most strongly while in eC
that city was an advertisement for a | IL
ourlesque show on the steeple of an b1
abandoned church. in
The freight repair shops of the San CT
"a Fe in Topeka are rushed with work oy
in preparation for the immense traf- m
lie this fall. The Santa F'e is attempt -
ng to have every car in readiness for
he crop movement. at
Under Southern Skies that good Sc
I'D southern play will be the attraction x
1t the Majestic for one week COM w
nencing tonight. The dance of the m
and the old fashion Vir- WI
rinia reel will be a hit. slt
1.-The State fair was a success fnan- wi
tally and otherwise" said Secretary on
1. L. Cook today. 1--WE had a great
nut of town attendance, but the To- ce
'eka people might have given the in
exposition better support" nj
The visiting nurses committee of the ha
'rovident Association is attending to w
4 cases of the great white plague in
t the present time. The committee be
ould use steamer chairs and any porch N,
urniture at the present time. fir
The gymnasium of the Central Y M
:. A. which has been undergoing re- nj
airs will be in shape for use tonight Sh
he bowling alleys have been thorough TO
2 overhauled and will be open for the IN N,
rst time tonight in several months. W