The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-16
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AT HOME NEWS.


Marshall's Band at City Park to-
building permit has been issued to
w. M Jeffries to erect a one-story
/ o"elilng at 146-14S Norton avenue.
Motor boat owners are making haste
/ 10 lauhch their boats before the water
recedes. The river is now gradually
! Dedicatory exercises in connection
] with the new Sunday school room of the
East Side Methodist church will be held
tonight
The Topeka schools are preparing for
:; the annual exhibit of the work of the
schools in the manual training school
May 22-23
! J. M. Kepple will erect a handsome
I tWo-story brick dwelling with the tile
j roof at 1211 College avenue. 1t will
/ cost IS, 500
Or: M. F. Troxell, pastor of the First
Engllsh Lutheran church. has gone 10
Atchison to attend a synodieal meet
ing of his denomination.
me Shawnee Driving club will hold
/ their annual Fourth of July race meet
/ at the fair grounds. DR.. o. A. Taylor
| is president of the organization and
L. Brown, secretary
| The children of the city schools
thousands of them-are out on Wash
purn held this afternoon attending the
tnlrd annual field meet of the Topeka
ldue SCHOOL association.
BOYS under II years of age will be
ADMITTED free to. the ball game to-
morrow, Topeka VS.. Sioux CITY and
when accompanied by parents will be
admitted to park and grandstand free
Inc members of Topeka Council No
knights and Ladies of Security will
| De the guests at a social dance tonight
given by the Columbia Council No so
at the knights and Ladies of Sc
curity hail.
Marshall's Band at CITY Park to-
night.-Adv
baseball league among the Inter
mediate Christian Endeavor church or
CARNATIONS of the city will start Sat
urday afternoon at Washburn field
with three games scheduled The win
ner will be given a loving cup by the
H. E. Howard eco.
Laurens Whittemore, a son of L. D.
Whlttemore, assistant state superin-
tendent of public instruction. has been
CHOSEN as editor of the Washburn Re
view. Miss Margaret Tillotson is the
new associate editor. Miss Agnes |
Lapp is the local editor.
The intermediate society of the |
first Congregational church won the
H. b. Howard Co.'S silver trophy cup
in the church basketball tournament |
by defeating the team representing /
the First Christian church two games |
out of three in a series that was ar |
ranged to settle a tie.
According to DR.. C. B. Van Horn, !
chairman of the teachers committee |
OF the board of education, applications |
for the position of superintendent of |
city schools continue to come. How |
ever, according to DR.. Van Horn only
a few of the applicants will be serious i
ly considered for the place.
The executive committee of the
shawnee County Sunday School asso-
citation at meeting held late Thurs
day planned a big all-day- picnic for
the Fourth of July. 1t will possibly |
gram of sports and other forms of |
amusements will be arranged.
In speaking before the members of |
the Commercial Glib and their sons
Thursday eevning George H. Hodges
expressed himself as being pleased to
be member of the Topeka Commercial
club. He said that he not only wants
to work for the good of the state but
for the betterment of the capital city.
The Topeka Local union will hold
its regular bi-monthly meeting at the
First Baptist church next Monday
night. Grover Pierpont, president of
the Wichita Local union will speak on
''Introspection.' Miss Berdine Chan
dler will sing. Yearly reports will be
made. Roy Deever will make an in
stallation talk.
The neat signs ordered by the
membership committee of the Com
mercial club will be ready for distri-
button within a week or ten days. |
They are intended for members who
wish to hang them in offices or other
places. They read: Member Topeka
Commercial club" In the upper right |
hand corner in red letters is the To-
peka slogan, Topeka Kan; Topeka
WILL The signs are in a red frame
and are 5X9 in size.