The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Roy Crawford has returned from
a trip to Kansas City
The wheat crop killers have not as
Vet been heard from in this section OF
the state.
Contract has been received for
AIaude Adams, who plays here April
A in Peter Pam.
Commissioner Fl. P. Miller, who has
been i'll for week, was able to be
at city hall this morning.
The cooking classes of the Topeka
ProVident association gave luncheon
at noon today for the directors
Valentines have made their appar-
ance in store windows. This fact OF
course is particularly interesting to the
kiddies.
All socialists and sympathizers are
requested to attend important meet
ing al 733 Kansas avenue February
at 3 D m.
Business has picked up among the
coal men. The drop in temperature
has brought the orders for fuel in
thick and fast.
Major A. NJ. Harvey, assistant
United States district attorney, has
returned from the Kansas City term
of the federal court b.
Morton AIbaugh, clerk of the fed
eraI court, is spending today in To-
peka. but may return to Kansas City
Flying SCOT caused a fire this morn
ing at the home of w. j. Fouts, 203
Chandler street. Damages did not
amount to more than So.
The letter carriers ball is to be
given in McRae's hall Saturday even
ing, February %. Music will be fur
nished by the Gribble orchestra.
A meeting of the captains of the
teams that will work in the CONNER
cial club membership campaign begin
ming February II will be held Monday
noon.
A practice game of soccer football
will be played at Western League
park Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock
Tom Powell's boosters are asked to
turn out in force
There were four men working at
the Provident association wood yard
today. The association is employing
men who are in a pitiable condition
on account of lack of work.
A meeting of the Topeka Ad club
will be held Tuesday noon at the Com
mercial club. The Topeka Real Estate
Dealers association will meet at the
same place Wednesday noon.
A large chimney burned out and
threw sparks over the roof of the
nurses dormitory at Christs hospital
last night. The blaze was soon ex-
tinguished without material loss.
The second term of work for the
season was started today by the girls
gym class of the Y. w. c. A. under
Miss Flora Gordon. This class is COM
posed of about twenty-five girlS-moSt
of them school girls.
The following births have been re-
ported at the office of the city clerk:
To Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Harmon, Te-
cumseh. a boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Campbell, Topeka, boy; to Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H Tisdale, 305 East Tenth,
girl.
The force of 100 shovels and 80
teams working beneath the Melan
arch bridge. trooped through the city
hall this morning and received their
wag es from Street Commissioner
Tandy. A new gang has been engaged
for Monday.
w. s. Robinson, farmer on r. F.
d. No. 6, has called a meeting of
Shawnee county farmers for Monday
at 1880 o'clock in the main room of
the Comm rcial club. The meeting
will be held for the purpose OF dis
cussing the ACCESSIBILITY of starting
an independence telephone company.
Again Topeka shows a gain in bank
cIearings. 1t is but l per cent accord
ing to Bradstreet's report for the week
ending January 30. but even that fact
is worth considering 1t has been some
weeks since Topeka has failed to show
gain, and some of the gains have
been flattering.
The contributions for the social sur
vey fund have just about reached the
one thousand dollar mark. 1t is prob
able that Shelby NJ. Harrison of the
Russell Sage Foundation will speak at
a mass meeting in the Auditorium
some time in the very near future. 1t
is felt that the geenral public does
not fully understand the purpose of
the survey.
Frederick Vining Fisher, manager
of the exposition lectures, will give an
address at the Commercial club the
evening of February on the Panama
canal and the San Francisco EXPOSE
ton. The lecture will be illustrated
with two hundred and fifty lantern
slides This is the lecture that was
to have been delivered the evening of
January %.
F. L. Lindemuth, of Topeka. was
awarded fourth prize in an adyertis-