The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-19
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Many Real Estate Improve
ments in Last Year.
Parks and Churches Come in
for Their Share.

The last year has witnessed great
| improvements in real estate in North
Topeka, with the widening of the river
anc extension of the bridges, Garfield
park came in for the biggest improve
ments. All told, they amount to
something like 100000. Thirty-two
new houses have been built in Car
| field addition, a new store and the
new Lyman school which cost $4,000.
Modern residences in North Topeka
cocting all the way from $4,000 to
$1,000 have been built. The churches
have put in big improvements. The
Central Avenue Christian church spent
$4,000, the Good Shepherd church
$1,000 and the African Baptist church
about $4,000. Watson's nursery has
new buildings and fixtures amounting
to $4,000 and Pages and Forbes
mills have been extensively improved,
while Otto Kuehnes picking works
has spent $20,0 900 for improvements
within the last year. Many merchants
along this avenue have put new fronts
in their places of business. All these
with the promised improvements by
the Union Pacific and the new post
office together with pavements and
white way should make North Topeka
proud of her progress.
Floor Gave Way.
The underpinning in the floor of
the Shawnee Cider and Vinegar works,
at 127 North Kansas avenue, gave
way, letting 500 barrels of hard cider
into the cellar. w. W. Gilmore, pro-
prietor, was unable to estimate his
loss this morning, but thought that
$4,000 would cover it. A hole about
Is feet square was torn In the floor.
Besides the loss of the cider, the great
amount of box stuff and the tank con-
tanning the cider were lost. Work
men are cleaning up the debris and
Mr.. Gilmore expects to be able to go
on with his shipments of vinegar in
spite of the accident. The cellar is
connected with a sewer and the cider
was drained into the river
Church Bazaar.
The ladies of the North Topeka
Baptist church are holding a bazaar
at S34 North Kansas avenue today.
Those in charge of different depart
ments are: Fancy work, Miss Lukens
and Mrs. F. B. Simms; pop corn and
candy, Mrs. Foltz and Mrs. Emmert;
aprons, Mrs. Van Ness and Mrs. Well
Irwin; food, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Rowe
and Mrs. Clouse; coffee and salad, Mrs.
Henry Williams and Mrs. Day; pat
terms, Mrs. F. Steward. A short pro
gram will be given tonight and the
Baptist church choir will furnish
music.
Big Cheese Sold.
The big cheese which has been on
exhibition at Morns and Myers
grocery store for the last three months
has been disposed of. The cheese was
cut on Monday before Thanksgiving
and the last pound was sold yesterday.
The cheese was made by the Lowville
creamery at Lowville, New York. It
weighed 1926 pounds and required the
milk obtained one day from 563 cows
averaging 20 pounds of milk each.
Booster Club Program.
A BEST Yet" program will be given
by the Booster club at the Elmont M.
E. church on Friday night at o'clock |
The program will consist of an address
by Rev. John Zimmerman; rehearsals |
by MeSdameS GiltrOw, Rose and An
derson. Short speeches by Messrs Mil |
Ter, Marshall Lawton and Shaffer. |
Music by Booster quartette and music |
by the Calkins orchestra. Ten cents
admission will be charged, children |
free.