The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-05
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McRae's second term of dancing schools
starts Monday night, January 3.
Ray Halls orchestra will play for Sun
day dinner at the National hotel
A rousing. roaring coal fire will make
services comfortable in DR.. Sheldon's
church next Sunday.
| A banquet for the high school boys viii
be held at the Central Y NJ c. A. the
evening of January. 15-
Meetings of both factions in the Com
mercial club membership contest when
will be LAUGHED Thursday, January IL,
were held today.
The river is frozen over and of course
/ the streams in the vicinity of Topeka
likewise. There is said to be excellent
skating on Soldier creek.
4 The current issue of Leslie's Weekly
contains a photograph of the Santa Fe
NdalIet engine No. s009 and the old fash
/ Toned locomotive No. GAS.
| There will be a communion service at
the First Presbyterian church Sunday.
Thursday night a preparatory service
was led by DR.. S. s. Estey-
A year ago today Topeka was ex-
periencing about the same weather CON
ditions as today The mercury went
/ down to 8 degrees below zero.
The Firemens Relief association re-
ported to the board of city commissioners
today that the expenses for the month OF
, December amounted to $12o.65.
Next week Topeka will be flooded with
| farmers and fair executives, and real
estate men. Something like half dozen
meetings will be held in as many days
There is a woman in Topeka who gets
| all her clothes from the Provident assoc
citation, pleading poverty. She has 5000
/ in the bank and owns two houses and a
lot.
| According to short grass visitors to To-
peka the Jack rabbits in western Kansas
are getting so tame that they steal
| mt n farmers
| buy feed with it.
one Topeka coal dealer this afternoon
said that he had enough coal orders TO
keep his wagons busy for three days
| And I am shipping in coal at the rate
| of car a day." he said.
The Men and Religion local commit
| tee of 1907 has been presented with books
from various publishers until now the
committee owns religious library con-
sisting of $50 volumes.
The Taxpayers league is trying to get
| Commissioner Bone into their organiza-
ton But Bone refuses to be the goat"
| of the city commissioners and the league
is hunting for another victim
! Before leaving for his eastern trip
George s. Badders presented each of his
| Marshall Clothing company employees
with a check for fifty dollars in token Of
their work during recent sale
About the only solution of the gas ques-
price to the skies. Then in order to get
more for their product they would turn
full pressure into the Topeka mains.
In certain furniture store window in
Topeka is a complete mahogany bedroom
set This has been purchased by a To-
peka young man who will be married
soon. Name and location on application.
H w. Jacobs, assistant superintendent
i staff has returned from an extensive
inspection trip over the western lines OF
the road. He was out more than three
| weeks.
| IT., oc,,~+ I,o,,sa sensation that was
sprung in Thursday evenings State Jour
nal was the main topic of conversation
places where groups of men could get
together.
Let's see-how many months ago was
it that the board of city commissioners
from Kansas avenue in sixty days or
they would be chopped down by the
municipality?
SUNDAY afternoon, January IA, a meet
ing of the older boys in connection with
the Men and Religion movement Will pc
held. This will be one of series OF
weekly meetings to be held IN January
and February.
1.-THE Mother-in-law in the Home" the
| address that the Rev Robert Gordon VIII
give at the First Baptist church. will
doubtless draw many young people VINO
are contemplating matrimony-others VINO
are "newlyWeds.
Fellows who went to see their sweet
hearts last night complained that they
had to sit on the davenport with their
| overcoats on. But you don't hear any
complaints from this source on account
of the bad lights.
! All the railroads in Topeka are report
ing trains from fifteen minutes to seven
| hours late But the depot masters as
usual mark 10 minutes late" on the
| bulletin boards and the passengers warm
the station benches.
At a meeting of the boys work com
uittee of the Men and Religion movement
] under F. w. Bowman it decided 10
hold monthly institute meetings for men
and boys who are engaged in boys work.
| There will be half hour addresses fol-
lowed by discussions.
The policemen on the streets today
have decidedly undressing job. In
the first place. there are but few people
stirring anyway, and then It is so cold
that at least on the streets there are not
| many offenses committed.
| The kids are having the time of their
lives, coasting in Quinton Heights and