The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NAwS.

The Commercial club was closed
today.
Dr. and Mrs w. s. Briscoe, 171s Clay
street, are the parents of a girl born
Aug. so.
The State fair race program has
been printed and is being distributed
to horsemen over the country.
Topeka grocery stores We're open I'M
tily noon today. although the majority
of other stores We're closed all day.
Mexico Calls Her Citizens To Arms
reads a headline. Will this include the
section gangs on the railroads in Kan
sas?
H. L. Cook, secretary of the Kansas
State Fair association, is in Lincoln,
Neb., today looking at the Nebraska
State fair.
Dr. Arthur S. Henderson, pastor of
the First Congregational church, has
returned from Iowa where he spent
his vacation.
A thermometer in the eight hundred
block on Kansas avenue that was in
the sun this morning at 10 O'Clock reg
istered 116 degrees
The Elmhurst Investment Co. of
Topeka will sell an "Elmhurst addl-
ton in Decatur, Ill. The ground mas
already been purchased
L. s. Lovitt and son, Topeka real
estate dealers, have purchased a tract
of 1O.24O acres of land located about
$50 miles east of Ell Paso, Texas.
One of the features in the agricul-
tural building at the State fair viii
be the busts of Theodore Roosevelt
VIM. H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson
modelled in butter
All of the railway offices and shops
in Topeka are closed today. With the
exception of the ticket men and fe"
operating officials the railroad boys are
enjoying the heat at home and at Gar
field park.
According to the calendar the real
September Morn was at daylight to-
day. There is no fear of Topeka maid
ems initiating the famous painting
there isn't enough water in the river to
cover even the ankles.
The fishing in the river near Topeka
is the best in the history of the stream,
say old river front veterans. The wa
ter is not more than three feet deep at
any point and a person can wade and
take in tow lines with success.
No wonder Denver lost two games to
Topeka. Manager. Hendricks and Third
Baseman CULLEN had hay fever. To-
pekans suffering from this malady in
sist thai q victim playing ball is worse
than a blank in the lineup column.
The above 100 heat in Kansas caused
only Is deaths in Kansas in July.
Transfer this heat to New York or Chi
cago and more than Is deaths would
occur QdllS- II dil goes " SHOW tAiI
even discomfOrts are healthful in Kan
saS.
The Rock Island is still hauling 2OO,
COO gallons of water a day from Topeka
to the shops at Horton. Now if the
Rock Island had moved it's shops when
the sentiment was running high sew
eral years ago-well, it isn't too late
now.
Mrs. c. A. Musselman, the new ply
Il of
given this as the aim of her work
THE aim of the gymnastic training
is to develop the body into d harmon
ious whole under the perfect control of
the will
Topeka baseball bugs are being treat
ed to a new spectacle in the national
game in this city. They are able to
see a home team go to bat with five
800 hitters in a row. Topeka is only
accustomed to two and three bat
ters in this select class.
When summer finally comes to
close Chief Wilmarth, of the fire de-
partment should have a wonderful rec
ord for publication. Considering the
large number of blazes this season and
the small losses, the efficiency of the
department has been tested.
\ Topekan who has returned from
Dodge City reports that while the Tner-
curry scars nigh in the middle of the
sitv at night. There has been more
wind at Dodge City in the last month
than has been the case at Topeka.
The famous little Zimmerman twins
of Usage City, Floyd and Lloyd, gaEe
a wrestling exhibition at the ball park
this afternoon. The boys are years
old. Their brother Charles is ~ years
of age and acts as referee. The exhi-
Dition was given between the games.
..-r-,o+ ,,ax,- rToDat-e sion will avalon
people IN Pullman Eerths," said ]. a.
Stewart. general passenger agent of
the Rock Island Lines today. L am
anxious to see the city install the sign
down near our passenger station. 1t
will be glaring advertisement of the
town
The weather man says the maximum