The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-22

ing a honeymoon trip for three or
four weeks.
I'LL SNIP SHOTS
Ill AT HOMO NEWS
Only few more days to register
i Locally grown peaches are on sale at
local stores at IS cents per half bushel.
basket.
J. B. Makins has taken out permit
to erect a TWO story dwelling at 834
Lincoln street at cost of $4,000.
Tomatoes in and around Topeka are
now ripening in fine shape. The price
should tumble at the local stores in the
next week.
/ The Provident association requests
the donation of newspapers and maya
zines. These will be called for upon
notification.
i The Kansas State Fair association
has had printed 10000 advertising
September 1913.
1 The Western Union poles on East
Fourth street are practically all down.
This improves the appearance Of the
white way on that street.
Joseph F. Reisner. physical director
L.
from Lake Geneva. where he has been
attending association conferences.
II never saw Kansas corn look any
better" was the declaration OF Albert
McRae. of Chicago. editor of the Santa
Fe magazine, who was in Topeka this
week.
Il Farmers near Topeka have been
bringing in many samples of corn to
the city in the last few days ranging
all the way from IL to II feet in
height.
The young people of the Swedish
Lutheran church are holding picnic
, at Gage park this afternoon. Supper
will be served at seven O'Clock this
/ evenin.,
) Just a year ago was the beginning
CT the many successive days when the
/ mercury rose above 100 degrees There
is a little difference between the
weather of 1913 and 1914.
There is complaint that potato bugs
are unusually numerous this year.
Now that the potato vines are dying
down they are attacking the egg
l plants and tomato vines.
The final judging in connection with
: the home garden contest among the
children of the city schools is now be-
ing done. The work of the judges
: should be completed within day or
, two.
Boys are now applying every day tc
> go out to Maple Hill, July 30-August
II, for the Y NJ. c. A. camp All ap-
plications must be in Saturday. Bob
8 Graham, known to all the boys, will
/ be the cook. U.s.
j J. L. Duffy, Wild. TOR several months
has been visiting with, his parents, Mr.
, and Mrs. w. "A. Duffy, Of Topeka. has
left for South America, where he ia
! connected with the Orvilie Gold Dredg-
ing company.
While on the way to work Tuesday
( morning. J. c. Burns, Of 318 Jefferson
street, lost a pocketbook which con-
tanned $22 and some valuable papers
He is employed in the Santa Fee shops
/ and states tt at he needs the money
badly.
The Republican candidates. whose
names will go before the voters OF
that party in the primary election
August 4 have egun the advertising
campaign for the encouragement OF
| registration, for which a fund was
! subscribed at recent meeting.
The ball game Sunday morning. al
$50 o'clock. between the State journal
and Daily Capital reporters. will be
open to the public. The report that
Mr.. Capper, Mr.. MacLennan. Mr.. Chase
and several others would take part In
the game was an error Of the office
boy.
III A light criminal docket in the Shaw
nee county district court for Septem-
Der is in prospect. But few criminal
cases of Importance have been passed
up to the higher court, while many OF
the small offenders have already en-
tered pleas of guilty and taken sen
Il tence.
The Topeka weather bureau is the
only government station in the coun
try that issues q complete Statement
< OF the weather and crop conditions IL
the state each week! Several stations
in other states issue brief summaries
that are given to the newspapers fol
publication.
1, There is a chance that 1914 will
prove the warmest year on record a
iii Topeka. The temperature up to thi,
time has az eraged three degrees abov,
Il normal. In 1896, the warmest yea
|, on record, the average was 20 degree
one year to another varies but little.
A Topeka business man, who travel
over the state a good deal. was com
l planning today OF the poor paving on {
number Of Topeka streets. He claimet
that the brick pavements in the ma
jority Of other towns in Kansas ar
not SO full Of hollows and bumps a
! Is the case on some Of the Topelx,
/ streets.
Lii d. A. Ellsworth, secretary of tn
1, State Teachers association. went {
Louisville today to partfs fpate in tn
ten days community institute in prog
l ress there. He will cad some Kan
sas rhymes for the entertainment o
the children, and will talk to tn
older people ON Some Needs OF tn
1 Kansas Schools"
iii Absent voters who are permitte
l under the state law to ballot at tn
1 general election, do not enjoy ths
III privilege in the primaries. This fac
/ has been .,ointed out by John Dawson