The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-23
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.


The Office Supply Co. has the most
useful Christmas gifts.-Ac..
The snow that has been left in piles
on Kansas avenue has greatly annoyed
autoists in the last day or two.
All of the incoming trains for sew
eral days have been crowded with col
lege students returning home for the
holidays.
A. J. Klotx and Gus Kemp of Cot
tonwood Falls and o. C. Paxson and
J. l. Taylor of Meriden were in Topeka
on business Wednesday of this week.
The Rev. E. Irwin Gilmore. pastor
OF the Third Presbyterian church, will
attend dinner at Kansas City for
Yale men Saturday night. January 2.
Il stepped On two drums. stuck my
fist in one pie and fell over three
worked railway passenger conductor
while his train hesitated in Topeka to-
day.
Parcels have begun to arrive in To-
peka containing Christmas presents
from far away places. The parcels
post workers in Topeka are putting in
strenuous hours taking care of their
business.
Because her husband. John H. Will
son, negro preacher, has departed
from their home and failed to send
back even his compliments, Maude H.
in Judge A. w. Dana's court.
Some Topeka men are jubilant over
the recent discovery of an abundant
gas flow in wells drilled near Arkansas
Pass. on the Gulf coast of Texas, south
of Galveston. Land situated close to
the new wells is owned by Topeka in
vestors.
United Presbyterian Sunday school
Will be held Thursday evening at 1880.
An interesting program, has been ar
ranged. The offering will be for the
Otterbein home for old people and
orphan children.
The December issue of the CONNER
cial Club Bulletin is the hands of
the members today. There is a good
cut on the front page showing the re-
cent hill leveiing operations on the hill
east of Watson INDUCED in by Topeka
business men. 1t is the Good Roads"
number of the paper.
The snow has been dragged from all
the principal roads in the county so
that automobiling is at it's best. The
dragging has left hard crust of snow
which has filled all the inequalities in
the rOadbed, making the highways
equally good for sleighing. This is the
best sleighing weather in several
years.
A. ]. Peeler and Company, blue
Book publishers, will come to Topeka
the first of the year to get out Kansas
Blue Book. Kansas clubs and Organi-
cations of various kinds will be in
cluded in the book. The management
claims that $4,000 will be spent in To-
peka. The book will be published here.
Commercial Club Bulletin.
A complaint was sent to the police
station last night that a "sled party
was singing in the west side residence
district The complaining persons stat
ed that several couples on sleds, hauled
by horse, were warbling away at rag
time and keeping peaceful citizens
awake. Poor. poor. peace-loving citi-
zens! They should move to Tecumseh.
Judge Hugh MacFarland Of the
juvenile court is making about thirty
OF his young friends happy this after
noon with q Christmas tree and din
ner. The young folks ride out from
the court house late this afternoon to
1900 West Tenth avenue. A similar
celegration was furnished by Judge
MacFarland last year as his contribu-
ton to the youngsters happiness.
The next of series of traffic talks
to be held at the Commercial club
rooms is scheduled for January z, 1915.
Some difficulty has been experienced
in arranging dates convenient for the
omcials who nave agreed to take part
In these lectures and it has been con-
sidered advisable to wait until after
the holidays before holding the next
meeting Club Bulletin.
Apparently fires come when least
expected. Although the present cold
snap keeps heating plants and stoves
working full capacity, the city fire
department has received no more than
the usual number of calls. A defec-
tive chimney caused a roof fire at the
home Of H. F. Armstrong last night.
The damage was less than IS. An
overheated stove at the home of H.
N. Mitchell, 1905 Lincoln street caused
$50 damage Tuesday.