The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
SNAp SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The next regular meeting of the
board of education will not be held
until October Z.
The ladies committee of the So
cialist party meet Thursdays at p.
m. at the Socialist headquarters, AS
Kansas avenue.
A new grange hall. 3Ox60 feet in
size will aid in making the Auburn
grange fair a success Friday and Sar-
urday of this week.
The first meeting of the Topeka
Advertising club for the season will
be held Tuesday noon, when plans
for the season will be discussed.
The Rev. Fl. L. Nelson will COM
mence a Thursday noon Bible class
for business men at the Central y.
NJ c. A, beginning at noon Thursday
of this week.
Mayor Billiard, Commissioners Bone
and Miller leave next week to attend
the meeting of the League of Kansas
municipalities to be held in SaHna
October and 10.
The building committee of the
Commercial club met at noon today
The committee hopes to procure ade-
quate new quarters for the club to
occupy the first of next year.
The Provident association plans to
maintain a woodward later in the sea-
son. At the present time, however,
the management is able to provide
work for the comparatively few men
who apply for work.
Automobile licenses have been is
sued to E. c. Bricher, 1912 Polk street,
who has purchased a Nelie car. and
to w. r. Smith & Son, 125 North
Kansas avenue, who have bought an
l. H. c. motor truck
The prairie dogs at Gage park have
been moved from lot to a cage
They burrow under walls of stone,
brick or cement, and are at present,
to quote Commissioner Stotts, do
ing penance in Il box.
A meeting of the convention co9l-
mittee of the Commercial club was
held today to complete the arrange
ments for the entertainment of the
visiting teachers of the Kansas State
Teachers association. Nov. and 8.
A Palace delivery truck caught fire
Saturday at O'Clock near I'll kan
from a short circuit, and the loss was
trifling. When the fire department
arrived the truck had disappeared.
Two of the classes in sewing at the
Provident association are still incom-
plete. They are for girls from six 20
twelve, and from eleven to fifteen
years of age respectively The classes
meet at O'Clock Saturday afternoons
Glasses for colored girls will start the
first of November.
A new green house was started to-
day at Gage park. 1t is to protect the
during the winter, and is
being constructed around their cement
tank The benches bordering the tank
are to be filled with flowers. Work
started this morning and will be COM
pleted the end of the week.
A harvest home celebration was
held Sunday at the First English
Lutheran church. The pulpit and al
tar were decorated with foliage, While
specimens of fruits and other produce
were piled in pyramid form in front
of the congregation. The pastor. he
Rev. NJ. T. Troxen preached an ap-
sermon. A newly Organize i
chorus rendered special music for The
occasion.
Attorney F. C. Dreaming appeared !
before the city commission this morn !
ing in the interest of opening the Cor |
don road. a thOroughfare running east (
and west, south of the ball park !
Tandy moved that, if
the land could be purchased and the /
road opened for a sum not exceeding I
5000, it should be bought outright !
The motion was unanimously carried |
The first annual meeting of the /
Kansas state Association of Nurses !
will be held in Topeka, October and !
9. The nurses of the organization |
hope to secure legislation requiring |
state registration of nurses Dr.. F. J.. /
Loveland will give invocation at ESQ /
o'clock the afternoon of October 8. /
The address of welcome will be gi-en !
by Mrs. W. Bailey. president IF the