The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-06
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The program changes at the Majestic
today
j. L. Harrison, United States mar
shal, is in western Kansas on business.
cial survey fund daily. The survey is
now an assured thing.
A whole row of new houses is being
erected in the three hundred block on
Elmwood avenue in Potwin
The Woodmen of the World will give
masquerade ball February % at their
hall on the corner of Sixth and Quincy.
tate Dealers association was held to-
day at noon Proposed legisla tive
measures were discussed.
DR.. F. l.. Loveland will speak next
sunday evening on THE Politician
This will be one of a series of sermon
lectures on Choice of Profession"
1t will soon be marble time among
the boys in Topeka In fact on re-
cent warm days many a boy in Topeka
got out his old supply of marbles and
made an inventory.
The motorcycle dealers are planning
to prepare exhibits for the Topeka
Auto show, February 4-Marcn 1. that
will attract many persons from towns
other than Topeka.
An unusually spectacular western
drama is being shown at the CoZy
theater. Several hundred persons ap-
pear in the picture which cost a small
fortune to produce.
The Alumni association of the State
Agricultural college will hold meet
ing Friday night at the Commercial
club to make arrangements for the
annual spring meeting.
Valentines are selling fast at. Topeka
stores; February IA is not far away.
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own valentines is hardly known among
the children nowadays.
A Topeka business man was COM
planning today because splitting on the
street cars is becoming a common hab
it. Notwithstanding that there is an or
dinance prohibiting this practice.
Travelling men who have visited out
lying towns report that a great deal of
interest is being evinced in the Topeka
Automobile show which will be held at
the Auditorium February 24-March l.
A small fire occurred this morning at
1901 Polk street, the house owned and
occupied by NJ. c. Clements. Material
in an out-building caught fire but was
quickly extinguished by bucket of
water.
c. H Wilmington, instructor in agri-
culture at the high school. is making
plans for the home garden contest
that will be carried on by the school
children of the city next spring and
summer.
The members of the high school
class of January '13. will receive their
sheenskins at the Auditorium Friday
night They will be given out by L.
NJ Penwen, president of the board of
education ReE.-GhaFles A. Finch
will deliver the commencement adj
dress.
The management of the Commercial
club is still looking for volunteers to
work in the membership campaign
which will begin next Tuesday and
have already enlisted, but full two
hundred persons are desired in the
campaign.
National canned goods week" will
be observed by the grocers of Topeka
and other cities March 31-Apyil 6. The
National Retail Grocers' and the Ma
tional Gamers association have de-
clared this special week for the pur-
pose of arousing interest among
housewives and others in canned
goods with a view to increasing the
consumption of these goods.
Those who have inspected the Pot
win school recently say that this
building when the finishing touches
be one of the finest school buildings
in the city. A new wing was added in
place of a wing that was condemned
last spring by the city fire marshal
been put in shape to harmonic with
the new part.
The Loyal Legion organization of
Kansas composed of volunteer officers
of the Civil war and their eldest sons
will hold their quarterly banquet at the
National hotel at $3.50 o'clock Satur-
day night. A business meeting will be
held at $50 o'clock. Forty or fifty
persons are expected to be in attend
ance at the banquet A similar ban
quet was held six months ago at the
EIks club.
Canned corn has not been so cheap
in a long time as at the present time.
Local grocers are offering special
prices on this article of food. In a
certain sense says the Merchants
Journal, spot corn is the feature of
the canned foods situation, but it is
owing to the articles cheapness and
weakness, rather than to anything else
that it is displaying. 1t has been a
long time since corn was obtainable
at as low quotations as at present
When the packers of a good, whole
some, popular article of food have to
sell their product actually below the
cost of production. then it may be
truly said that it is cheap, and dirt
cheap at that
Murphree Wins Watermelon" Case.