The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
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AT HOME NEWS

The Commercial club will be closed
as usual on Labor day.
Pumpkins grown in Shawnee county
are now being sold on the local mar
ket.
The X U. Alumni association will
hold a luncheon at the Commercial CLUB
next Wednesday noon.
The Topeka State bank solicits large
and small accounts and pays interest
on earnings. Safety boxes for rent.
The Provldent Association reports that
there are not enough girls to supply the
demand for persons to do houseWorK-
The visiting nurse department of the
Proyident association is in need of gowns
for sick women and clothes Tor infants.
Work of improving the telephone
building on jackson street is progress
ing rapidly. The rest room for the e4-
change girls is being enlarged aInohs
other things.
The Commercial club is talking about
going down in body to see the PITTS
burg trade train when 1T stops on tHe
Santa Fe tracks near Fourth street.
September Is.
This week a patient has been dis
charged from the fresh air camp on the
North side who had been in camp Iof
II months. His tuOercular IrouDle AA1
been arrested"
equal suffrage in the City park TINS
evening. The meeting is being heid
under the auspices of the GOOD GOV
eminent club.
Four large dining rooms are in course
of construction on the fair grouhos'
The grounds, in fact, constitute Inc
busiest spot in the city. The fair Is
in the making.
The clerk of the board of education
has been authorized to advertise fcl
bids for the coal supply for the WIN
ter. The bids will be opened ABOUT
September ..
The Rev. William. Jackson, the new
pastor of the Second United Prespyrer-
ian church, will preach his hrst ser
mon since his call TO the
Sunday morning.
The hoard of directors of the ProVl-
dent Association viii. meet next TUESDAY
evening 1t is possible at that time
action will be taken in respect TO pro-
curing a permanent secretary
All the political parties will be repre-
scented among the speakers on AdooA
day at the City park. The local can can
didates have been invited TO give nv
minute talks at the windup
Ike C4ilberg will officially represent the
Socialist party at the City park LABOR
dav at o'clock in behalf OF woman
suffrage. His subject Will De WAC
Farmers Will Vote for Woman sui
TRACE.
Due +o the fact that the Morganville
,,and will furnish music for the state
fair races, OH Thursday, September II
considerable interest is being taken II
the fair by the people of that town. a
large delegation of citizens Will c0Ae
to Topeka for the fair.
Part of the state fair is already On
the Grounds Five carloads OF ma
M ba ND ready to OH lOaQs
and an exhibit of 81 gasoline engines IL
elreadv in place. There will be 10 acres
81 r,,achinery on display-the largest
rnacbinery exhibit ever held in Kansas.
Mncb of the machinery Will pc IN ac1-
nal operation. There VIII be an eepe''7
tally large display of autos.
A half dozen sanitary drinking toun-
+ains connected with the city mains are
being installed on the fair grounus'
THE water will run through 1ceo COILS.
asst wear there was considerable com
plant on the part OF persons WIZ
thought they became Ill through III ~
mo water from barrels. There are also
being placed on the. ground penny-ln-
the-slot fountains where for cent one
can get a drink of mineral water
The regular monthly meeting of the
hoard of education will be held next
Monday night. At that time the neat
TO engineers who have drawn plans
70
80 Ouinton Heights schools are re-
nuested to be present. The board will
set aside two afternoons as hait non
DAVIS fair week. This VIII enable tht
mills of the grade schools to attend
the state fair. The students of the high
school will probably be given one day
| off.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made by the
| COMMERCIAL club to have another See
ing topeka First picture taken. There
will be two reels thousand feet IN
1enqth. one of these will include 75C
| foef Of state fair film, and ESQ feet
sbowing the mammoth parade of auto
nobil s that will be feature of the
meeting of the Kansas Automobile
! Gocio1iop fair week. The other reel
win he devoted to Topeka places of in
terest. The Special Event Film com
pany of New York will take the pic
turc o. W. Lamb, of Topeka, has be-
| come the western representative of the
| firm.