The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
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AT HOME NEWS


N. Spicer will have built a dwell
ing at 723 Garfield avenue. The cost
will be $4,000.
The elders of the First Presbyterian
church will hold their annual meet
: ing at the manse Friday evening
! The price of beef has taken a jump
/ in the past month or two, due, 1t is
said. to the severity of last winter.
! A meeting Of the transportation COM
| roittee of the Commercial club met
1 today-aIso the board of directors OF
the club.
The divorce courts seem to be work
ing overtime. There have been seven
applications for divorce In the past
! two days.
! A permit has been issued for the
] erection of a business at 1888 Kansas
avenue by NJ. M. Manning. 1t will
cost $4,000.
This is poor year for May baskets
The weather has held back the. wild
flowers and the gardens have made lit
! tie progress.
/ The executive committee of the Men
and Religion movement will hold (.
meeting Friday evening in the Central
Y. NJ. C. A. at 6 o'clock.
AS a result of a membership con-
test which closed Tuesday night the
! membership of the Railroad Z. M. Z.
| A. was increased to 1900.
| The Topeka City Park Amusement
! Co. has engaged the Second Regiment
band to play three times week at
| the City park in the summer months.
a meeting in the interests of the
Bay Scout movement will be held i'll
| Gemmeu hall at o'clock Sunday at
! ternoon. It will be led by Ralph Seafle-
DR.. VIM. Clay Lyon of Kansas City
| is here having been called by the
serious illness of his father, Thomas S.
Lyon, whose condition is improved to-
day.
Charlie Traps we'll known FLASHER
is on the press and will be out shortly.
This little unique publication resembles
in reading matter the famous Pink
Rag of a few years ago.
Baseball games seem to have nc
effect on the members of the local
gun club They go to the scene OF
their shoots, going directly past League
park without even hesitating.
There will be a camping trip ar
ranged for The boys of the Central Y.
NJ C. A. The outing will be held in
July and Maple Hill may be the near
point to the camping grounds.
Now that March is over, it is time
that Topeka be treated to a little
"Aprir' weather. TIE fact that last
month was April on the calendar made
no difference with the weather man.
There is great competition among
the school children who are trying to
outdo each other in respect to home
gardens said c. H. Wilmington, who
has charge of the home garden plan.
The "pay as you enter tickets
which viii be used at the Commercial
club were shipped some days ago from
New York by freight. The manage
ment ordered 100000 of them printed.
The social survey investigation COM
rnittee of the Men and Religion move
ment under E. c. Rrownell will meet
A Thursday
noon E. c. Brownell is the chairman.
Probably you are not aware of the
fact, but the city water department
pays out $40 a day on principal and
interest on waterworks bonds. This is
one reason the rates cannot be reduced.
Last Tuesday evening marked the
close of a most successful Y. NJ. C. A.
contest which has been going on for
the past three weeks. The member
ship has been increased and is now
1900.
Sixty members of the Good Gov
eminent club have expressed their de-
sire of going on the Seeing Topeka
the Commercial club is arranging for
May 9.
A merry sign war is on tap between
business men on the south side of East
Eighth avenue between Kansas avenue
and Jackson street. Each man is try
to him.
OF the 20 blocks of pavement to be
laid in the city during the coming year,
the greater part will be brick, which Is
so much more durable than other ma
terials used in street paving, unless 1T
be stone.
The city street department is plan
ming on the annual tin can day, May Is,
as announced in the State Journal two
weeks ago. 1t was in the middle of
April when the commission took action
to this effect.
The Santa Fe is running five special
Shriner trains to Los Angeles today.
trains of travellers over the hot sands.
The trains are solid Pullman of the
best equipment.
The recent advance in the price of
beef will scarcely go unnoticed by those
interested in the cost of living. Local
meat men say beef has certainly reach
ed top notch price, being higher in
Topeka than ever before.
The big dog catcher starts out with
his big gun today. All dogs without
licenses will be taken to the pound AMI
unless redeemed, will be shot. All per-
sons who want their dogs shot will call
the city hall telephone No. s95.
A permit was issued today for the
remodeling of E. r. Rulings house
be $500 Also a permit was issued
to J. c. Harding for remodeling a
house at 1415 East Tenth avenue.
Despite protests from property own
ers and nearby city workmen. a young
woman rode horseback up and down
the sidewalks IN EiGnhurst Tuesday
afternoon. There is a city ordinance
against this-and neat little fine at
tached.
The rumors of the appointment of the
successor to the late w. F. Buck a )
superintendent of motive power of the