The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-23
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AT HOME NEWS.

Every housewife is saying to her
grocer, Banquet Flour ADV.
John A. Sage has taken out a permit
to remodel his dwelling at 21S Topeka
avenue. The work will cost $500.
c. E. Neil has taken out a permit
for the erection of a two-story dwell
ing on Clay street. 1t will cost $4,000.
Local grocery stores are carrying
large stocks of pumpkins grown in
Shawnee courtyard despite the
drouth.
Mr.; and Mrs. NJ. schmidtlein are
erecting dwellings at 125 and 127
North Locust street They Will cost
$500 each.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers will give
an entertainment in the Commercial
club rooms at the MONDAY luncheon
October %.
DR.. 0. S. Narcotic, who underwent
an operation Sunday at the St. Francis
hospital, is improving rapidly He viii
return to his office in a few days.
The Commercial Club Bulletin for
October was distributed today. This
publication is popular among the club
secretaries of other commercial
bodies.
There is talk at the high school of
chartering a special car to take the
school rooters to Emporia for the
football game aSturday between the
teams representing the high schools of
Topeka and Emporia
Already a number of foreigners are
desiring to attend the night school
which the board of education proposes
to esta blish. All persons who wish 70
attend the school should register i'm
med1ately at the high schUCi building.
A prominent Commercial club man
suggested that a campaign be started
looking towards a uniform trimming
anu thinning out of the trees in To-
To c-f TO- hot 1T
four out of every five trees could be
cut down without marring the beauty
of the city. This would give the re-
naming one-fifth of the trees a
chance to properly develop into mag
nificent trees.
S. D. Flora the government weather
observer, has been at work spare times
the last two weeks on an exhaustive
report on Kansas frostS. This report
will be based upon observations taken
at all the Kansas stations. 1t is being
prepared for the United States Bureau
of plant industry, and will be published
in pamphlet form and given wide cir
culation. The report will not be COM
pleted for two months
/. Gilberg has been made an honor
airy member of the Jewish Workmen's
Circle of Kansas City as an apprecia-
ton of the work he is doing for the or
ganization. Mr.. Gilberg is delivering
of the circle. The next one will be
given on Nov. 2 1t will be on "Psy-
chology-" Mr.. Gilbert has been invited
| to move to st. Louis to serve as gen
eral organizer for the ST. Louis Gar
ment Workers. but he prefers to re-
main in Topeka.
The Bulletin starts out this month
with a feature that it is hoped may
be carried through several succeeding
issues OF the paper. 1t is cartoon
by Harvey Parsons, the we'll known
Topeka cartoonfst, Photographer and
illustrator. Parsons has gained a wide
reputation through his clever work on
the State Journal He has illustrated
several books of extensive circulation
and entertains Topekans and Kansans
every evening in his by the Way
column in the Topeka State Journal
The Bulletin is fortunate in enlisting
his services The feature reproduced
in this issue is characteristic of the
original Parsons idea.-CommerciaI
Club Bulletin