The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
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stage for this time of year-5.S feet
D. A. Saylor of All German avenue
is having an addition to his dwelling
built.
ing on the local market at cents a
bunch.
/ c. NJ. Grant is erecting a two story
| dwelling at 1891 Lincoln street to
cost $4,000.
F. L. Cooper is erecting two story
dwelling at 1881 Western avenue. 1t
will cost $4,000.
lecture on Indians" will be given
at the First Methodist church Friday
evening by the Rev. F. E. Gates.
! The following appraisers were APP
| pointed this morning for sewer No. IS !:
| r. NJ. McGaw, J. H. Evans and Jam
! Booth.
The front which is being installed
at 734 Kansas avenue will be the
most elaborate picture show front in
the city.
Reese V. Hicks has been chosen as
assistant superintendent of the pou1-
| try department at the State fair at
| Hutchinson.
| April Is was state cleanup day.
| Commissioner Tandy has not yet ap-
pointed a city day for the annual al
| ley cleanup.
not to open until fall. The Emma
Bunting Stock company leaves on Sat
urday for Memphis, Tenn.
The Rev. Paul Corbin will speak this
| evening at the Central Congregational
| church His subject will be "Recent
| Developments in China
A building permit has been issued to
| w. H. Whitlaw for the erection of a
| dwelling at 303-305 East Sixth ave-
| nue.. The cost will be $4,000.
The Mems Booster club of the Gem
trail Park Christian church will com
| MI hni nj "a EFri6
| ing. Ray Smith is the president.
| The forecast calls for fair weather
| tonight and Friday, but there is not
expected to be much of a moderation
| in temperature in the next "a hours.
Petition to erect an electric light
at the corner of Twenty-sixth and Fill
more was presented to the commission
| this morning and referred to w. G.
| Tandy.
Dean Frank Lee of Washburn col
lege will give the last of a series of
addresses at the Central Y. M. c. A.
next Monday night on "Side Lights on
| the Rible.''
| The best looking strawberries that
| have been seen in Topeka this season
| have been on sale at local stores today
at 10 cents per little box. They were
| shipped from Louisiana.
A meeting of the directors of the
| Topeka Traffic association will be held
| soon to set a date for the annual
about the middle of May.
The place made vacant by the resig-
| nation of J. w. Thurston as cashier of
| the Bank of Topeka will not be filled
dent of the bank, is Temporarily serv-
ing as cashier.
The minimum temperature today
was forty degrees. This would be a
record for this date were it not for
the cold snap of April "a, 1910, when
the mercury went down to the thirty
three degree mark.
There will be several novelty feat
ures in connection with the annual
gymnasium exhibit shat will be held
at the Central Y. MIC. A. Friday and
Saturday night. One of them will be
a peanut and toothpick race.
William Core was appointed city
| dog catcher today. His name was GER
F! titled by the civil service board, pre-
scented by Park Commissioner Porter,
| and approved by the board. His ap-
pointment takes effect next Monday.
Fire Marshal Wilmarth calls atten-
ton to the ordinance prohibiting the
driving of a machine vehicle over
a fire hose. Violation OF the ordinance
| last night called forth d warrant for
arrest today. The penalty is from SO
to 500.
Dean Horace Whitehouse of Wash
burn college has announced that the
Washburn orchestra and the orches
ira of the State university will hold
joint concert at Lawrence May and
one at Topeka in the Auditorium soon
after that date.
Dr. F. NJ. TroxeH of the First Eng
lish Lutheran church left today.for
Atchison where he will speak before
the students and faculty of Midland
college and theological seminary DR..
Troxell was for eight years president
of Midland college.
"Bible Study and Life Problems is
L. Il
led by the members of the Topeka
High School club, which met for din
ner Wednesday evening at the Central
Y. M. c. A. Frank Mcfarland is preSi-
dent of the organization.
Sheriff L. L. Kiene left this morning
for Kansas City, where Harry Crum-
bine, charged with passing a forged
check for IS on A. w. Bradshaw, 119
West Sixth avenue, is being held by
the police. He will return late this
afternoon.
The Washington school grounds
have been made more attractive in
appearance through the setting out of
35 trees by the larger boys of the
school with the assistance of the jani-
tor. The trees were procured from
the banks of the Shunganunga.
Mrs. William Briggs, who was charg-
ed with slapping Undersheriff Hugh
Larimer in the face when Larimer and
others were raiding the Briggs place
Oh d search anu SEIZURE WdTIdHl, Ids
been fined $40 for resisting an officer
and SIS for assault and the costs of
the case.
Thirty students at Washburn college
under the direction of DIR. Edith T'wiss
and the city milk inspector, DR.. George
T. Babb, made tour of the diaries
near Topeka with a view to examining
their condition and procuring informa-
ton in respect to the Topeka milk
supply.
The poles between Buchanan and
College avenue on Seventeenth street
are to be moved from the parking to
the curb. or placed on the south side
of the street if nnSSihle Granting of