The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-16

Shiloh Baptist church will be erected
at 2101 Buchanan street to cost
$4,000.
David Cowgirl, State Journal car
| rier, was successfully operated on last
night at st. Francis hospital for ap-
pendicitis.
The first meeting of the member
| ship committee of the Commercial
! club for several weeks will be held
| Saturday noon.
The State Fair office is not busy
place in the winter time, but now
things are fairly humming at the Of
flee of the association.
The Rev. J. E. Ingham will occupy
the pulpit of the Central Congrega-
tional church next Sunday in place of
Rev. Roy b. Guild, who is in Wiscon-
sin taking his vacation.
Announcement was made at the
meeting of the Topeka local union
Monday night that the Williams Jubi-
lee singers have been booked for the
Auditorium for August 5.
Some of the youngsters of Topeka
have already begun to count the days
before school commences, Tuesday,
September 10. And most of them are
not looking forward to that date with
any great degree of pleasure.
Prices paid for hogs on the open
market are not as high at the present
time as they were a year ago. The
first grass fed cattle of the season
are now on the market, and conse-
quently a slight drop in the price of
beef is noted.
It is possible that aside from the
daylight fireworks that will be seen
on the opening afternoon of the State
Fair Monday, September 8, the man
agement will arrange to have fire
works discharged at the evening per-
formances.
so popular as has been the case this
season. Due to occasional rains, the
and the flower beds never presented
grass has been kept in good condition
better appearance. A heavy shower
would help, however, at the present
time.
While the State Fair is in progress,
September 9-13, the grounds will be
equipped with every convenience.
There will be rest rooms. a check
stand, telephone service, an emerg-
ency hospital and a postoffice. An in
formation bureau will be maintained
by the Topeka Commercial club.
The Topeka Anti-Tuberculosis asso-
citation is looking around for a new
site for the fresh air camp. Good
sites are not easy to find, however,
that can be had for the purpose. 1t
will be remembered that the city
board of health ordered the removal
u NAAO camp 1AO41 l41S ANOTlA sue
1t was rather a wrathy set of con-
tractors that waited outside the high
school building Monday night. The
contractors were asked to resubmit
their plans at a meeting next Monday
evening after some alterations in the
plans for the Quinton and Potwin
buildings have been made. The con-
tractors did not approve of the de-
lay.
According to the Rev. John Zim-
norman, a Christian Endeavor social
that is held just for the sake of amuse-
ment is a failure. He asserted that it
would be just as we'll for the young
people to spend their dimes on a fig
ure eight, though he thought that
such amusements as the figure eight
are often run into the ground. He was
speaking before the members of The
Topeka local union at the First Bap-
fist church Monday evening.
Secretary H. L. Cook has received a
communication from the secretary of
the American Royal stock show of
Kansas City, thanking him for the in
vitatiOn extended to hold the show in
Topeka next fall. Secretary Cook was
Informed, however that arrangements
have been completed to show at the
Kansas City stock yards another year.
However, no arrangem ents have been
made for next year, and the board
of managers will consider the invita-
ton to come to Topeka.