The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-27
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The Gun club is holding shoot this
this afternoon in Highland Park.
The city commissioners have voted
500 to the G. A. r. to help defray the
Memorial day expenses.
Fine assortment of cemetery
wreaths for Memorial Day. Prices
very reasonable. Hubbard's $40 Kan
saS 9venue.-Adv.
The anniversary exercises of the
Kansas Medical college will be held
Wednesday morning in the Washpurn
chapel at 10 o'clock.
Tonight the board of city commits
Sioners will hear arguments for ana
against voting bonds for the improve
ment of the south side dixie.
Mrs. Artilee Dement, of Ottawa will
address Topeka camp No. 14S, r. N.
of A. tomorrow evening at the Lin
coin Post hall. Members are urged to
be present.
There has been no hot water at the
Central Y. NJ. c.. A. for several days
on account of the bursting of a boiler.
A new part for the big boiler will be
installed late today or Wednesday.
A Central Y. M. c. A. field day will
be held at the fair grounds next Sat
urday. Thursday evening beginning
at o'clock the employed boys of the
association will have their meet at the
same place.
w. H. WATSON has been asked to
speak IN minneapolis, MILL, Oh lLo
commission form of city administration
as it is carried on in Topeka. A cam
paign for the city form of government
is now in progress in Minneapolis.
Professor Charles H. Dillon, of the
Kansas State Agricultural college, will
give an address before the members of
the Cathedral Boys club and the men
of the church at Grace cathedral on
Wednesday night. His subject: What
a Boy C"n Do Today"
The band concert at Chesney park
Monday night by MarShalPs band was
attended by large crowd. The pro-
gram was an excellent one, and the
band was going in midseason form to
use a common baseball expression. The
crowd was an unusually appreciative
one. They called for encores repeated
ly.
The following births have been re-
ported at the city hall: To Mr.. and
Mrs. William E. Wilcox, 1910 North
jefferson street, girl; to Mr.. and Mrs.
]. H. Rilly, 1856 Chestnut street, girl;
to Mr. and Mrs John T. Shaw, 800 East
Eleventh street, a boy; to Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H. McLain, ia East Eleventh street,
a boy.
1t seems that the practice of in
dulging in auto races in and near To-
peka has not been stopped. Sunday
evening as P. M. Peterson and family
were driving out West Sixth avenue
and had started to turn on a side road
a large red auto racing with another
motor car bore down on the carriage
without a sound. They came within
a hairs breadth of striking the car
riage and would have done so had
not Mr.. Peterson stopped his horse
suddenly.
In a debate on the minimum wage
question held Monday night at the
First United Brethren church the
three representatives of the U. B.
church who took the affirmative side 1,
of the question were awarded the hon
ors by the judges. Their opponents
were brotherhood men from the Wal |
nut Grove Methodist church. The |
United Brethren team was composed |
of D. L. Hoatson, r. M. Lochanaur I
and c. H. Kutz, principal of the Van
Buren, school. The Walnut Grove !
team; j. r. Jillson, G w. Griggs and /
E. D. May. The judges: ]. P. Col /
Vile, c. ]. Rosen and J. r. Woodruff. |