The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

/ Harvey Worrall has had printed a sheet
which he calls a ''pronouncing alphabet
The regular March meeting of the board
of education will be held next Monday
night.
The Commercial club has leased the
rooms at present occupied by the club for
another year.
| The Y. w. C. A. has purchased a COM
| plete medical outfit to have on hand III
case of emergency.
The front has been installed in the
south portion of the J. c. Gordon block,
corner Ninth street and Kansas avenue
One citizen has already, offered to give
a prize in connection with the back yard
garden work that the school children will
undertake this spring and summer
THE Man With a Hoe" is the subject
upon which DR.. Thomas McClary, the
Irish philosopher and wit, will speak
Sunday afternoon at the Novelty theater.
New furniture has been purchased for
some of the Y. w. c. A. dormitory rooms
the time that the building was first oc-
cupied
Superintendent c. c. Starr of the city
schools is attending q meeting of the
department of superintendent in connec-
ton with the National Education asso-
citation.
The city has set aside SIC. 070 asan appro-
priation to pay the expense of erecting
the detention hospital which has been ap-
proved by the board Of city and county
commissioners.
They'll slaughter that man Roosevelt
yet remarked NJ c. Holman today.
He'll never get the nomination. Taft,
in my opinion is the brainiest man since
Harrison's time
The Mems club of the First Baptist
church has distributed all over the city
advertising matter pertaining to the plan
for getting the people interested in read
ing the Gospel of john
Secretary and Mrs. H. L. Cook are ex-
pested to return in 10 days from California.
ruh hnNr HAY
few weeks. This is the slack season in
the work of fair secretary.
F. c. Fox, general manager of the west
ern lines of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, is in Topeka this week in conference
with the officials and representatives of
the trainmen OF the road.
..AII persons wanting to get their names
on the program for the Karnival Knights
Klub minstrel show should report at the
Commercial club next Monday evening,
said Charles Joslin of the club today.
Big time at the city hall this after
noon. The building is crowded with paw
ing contractors, brick manufacturers and
manufacturers of asphalt filler They
are trying to land the 1912 contract for %
blocks of brick paving.
A socialist paper issued in Topeka says
City Commissioner Stotts at one time
tried to organize a reporters union The
socialists shame Stotts because they said
he tried to get more money when report
ers were making -four dollars day
Miss Madge Moore. principal of the Cen
trail Park school, is enjoying a leap
year. birthday today. The pupils of the
school are aware of the fact that her
birthday comes but once in four years,
and are helping in the celebration of the
event
W. o. Howard has some English car
rier pigeons display at the show of
the Western Pigeon club in the Arnold
building Jackson street that are at
tracing attention The show will con-
tinue the rest of the week The admis-
sion is free
n. 3. Burge has written a letter to the
board of city commissioners, asking them
TO put themselves on record concerning
the prospect of a new sewer covering the
west Elnlhurst and I1owman Hill districts.
The city has been working on this sewer
for many months
DR.. Arthur S. Henderson of the First
Congrega tional church will speak this |
evening at the church on THE Frontier |
This is the fourth of a series of talks on |
missions. Immediately following the ad- |
dress the Christian EndeavoT society Will |
hold a business meeting
Mrs Thomas J. Foy of 219 Madison |
street has asked the city commissioners /
for a settlement of her injuries received |
from slipping q sidewalk at Fourth |
and Jefferson streets January T. Mrs. |
Foy says she was crippled for life. She /
wishes the matter to be settled out of I
court
J. A Ramsey. a Topeka fruit man, |
has sent a communication to the board of
city commissioners asking them to IN
sert clause in the paving contracts ask
ing that Topeka and Shawnee county Ia