The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
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AT HOME NEWS.

Banks will be closed all day Column
bus day, Monday, Oct. 10.
Every housewife is saying to her
grocer, Banquet Flour. ADV
The Rev. Backus of Lawrence will
preach Sunday evening at the Unfair
ian church on the subject, Sincerity
The Christian Messengers will con-
duct services at their hall. ia East
Fifth street, beginning Saturday night.
Tom PowelPs soccer football men
will practice at the Western league
park next Sunday morning at ten
o'clock.
The Rev. Robert Gordon will dis
Christian Scientist at the First Bap-
fist church Sunday night.
A baseball game between a team
from the Kansas avenue department
Y. NJ. c. A. and Rollins All Stars was
played at League park Saturday aft
ernOon.
Albert T. Bryant, a member of the
will give an address on Wednesday
noon, Oct %, at the Commercial club
quarters.
The Fisk Jubilee singers will give
concert at the Central Congregational
church on the evening of October rs.
They will sing at the Commercial club
that day.
Every day this month with the ex-
ception of today the temperature has
been above normal. The entire eleven
day period has averaged seven degrees
above normal.
For the first time in several months
there is now water standing in low
places in the outskirts of Topeka. This
shows that the ground is now we'll
soaked with water.
The river has dropped a large part
of a foot in the last twentyfour hours.
The stage this morning was 81 feet,
which is much below normal for this
period of the year.
In speaking of the American Royal
show at Kansas City, H. D. Cook, sec
rotary of the Kansas State fair, To-
equal to that at Topeka"
The Wichita police department has
started a movement looking towards
stopping all children from driving au-
tomobiles in the city. This might be
taken as a hint for Topeka.
The minimum temperature today
was AZ degrees. Twice in September
the mercury went down to the Al de-
gree point On Oct. IL, 1909, the min
imum temperature was 81 degrees.
There has been no material damage
from frost thus far this season in
Kansas with the exception of the
counties in the extreme northwest of
distributed over the state.
All workers in the Commercial club
membership campaign are asked to at
tend a meeting at the club quarters
Wednesday noon. The details for the
final work on next Thursday will be
discussed. Volunteers are asked to
join the force of campaigners.
In speaking of the weather in the
last thirty days sunny Flora, the To-
cal observer, said: at has been one
of the most favorable thirty day
periods on record at Topeka The
been an unusual amount of rainfall"
Court of Honor lodge, No. SIS gave
an entertainment Friday night at Sc
curity hall. After an interesting pro-
gram a dance was given. The pro
gram included: Piano solo, Mrs.
Cooper; song, Lortie Brothers; violin
solo, Mrs. Fred Shellabarger reading,
Miss Alta Green; piano solo, Miss
Freddie.
killing frost has occurred nine times
prior to Oct IL in the last twenty
seven years, but the average date for
the first killing frost is Oct Is. There
was a frost this morning but not
heavy enough to do any serious dam
age to vegetation. Frost is expected
tonight.
The ward principals of Topeka at a
meeting held late Friday expressed
themselves as being strongly in favor
of making even a bigger thing of the
home garden movement next season.
They were of the opinion that there
should be a central exhibit in the fall
as well as individual exhibits at the
respective schools.
At the meeting of grade school
principals held late Friday H. B. Will
son, superintendent of city schools,
urged the principals to do everything
in their power to make things pleasant
for the visiting Kansas teachers who
will attend the meeting of the Kansas
State Teachers association the fore
part of November.
Miss Ruth Miller, who has just re-
turned from a special musical training
abroad, will play violin solo at the
first Baptist church, Ninth and Jack
son streets, Sunday evening. She will
be accompanied by Professor D. K.
Seymour at the organ. Mr. Gordons
sermon subject Sunday night is, why
l Am Not a Christian Scientist
A large number of shoppers from
the outlying towns and communities
were in Topeka today. They took ad-
vantage of the favorable weather con-
ditions. Topeka is becoming recog
nized as the retail center for Kansas.
win prefer doing their shopping in
Topeka rather than in Kansas City.
Lewis Wisdom, colored, was SEN
fenced to 80 days in the county Jail
and fined 5000 in the district court
yesterday afternoon for running a
joint. He has been arrested with
liquor in his possession three times
since he was released from the county
Jail in July. In addition to the fine
for running a joint, Wisdom was fined
5000 for assaulting an officer.
Three minors came to grief in po-
lice court this morning when charged
with smoking. Ray Pringle, Is years
old, was smoking a cigar and arrested
by a police officer. Judge Huron
transferred his case to the probate
court. GASEOUS Stitt, IS, was smok-
ing pipe when arrested. for smoking.
He was fined SIS in court this morn
ing. Howard Tudhope was arrested