The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-30
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Adv.
The Topeka Motorcycle club will
hold a smoker Friday night at 1901
Boswell avenue.
The Gage park crowd Wednesday
night showed a falling off ON account
Of the cooler weather.
A Republican rally will be held this
evening at sos North Western avenue.
The meeting will open ATS O'Clock.
Do not fail to get our estimate Il
4th and S. f. tracks Phone ses-W.-
Adv.
During the circus parade today the
upstairs windows of nearly every store
in the city were crowded with spec
tatorA.
The street railway company put on
extra cars today to handle the crowds
that came to Topeka by train to take
in the circus ana shop.
chance to win prizes at the state fair.
Sixteen prizes are offered for the best
photographs by amateurs.
A basket r.icnic will be held by Shaw
nee Council No. 5, K. and L. of s.. at
Garfield park Friday evening at seven
O'Clock.
In her July report to r. L. Cofran.
mayor of Topeka. Mrs. G. B. Arthur.
policewoman. has fewer cases to emu
merate than usual.
T An autom~b bile engine died" at
Sixth and Kansas avenue for a few
seconds this morning. But that few
seconds caused quite a congestion Of
traffic.
A Topeka man who has just return
ed from Oklahoma said today that
eggs may be purchased In small towns
in Oklahoma at the rate OF five cents
a dozen.
All morning long. a steady stream
Of vehicles came pouring into Topeka
from the country. Hundreds OF farm
ers brought their families into the
city for the circus.
A building permit has been issued to
John and j. Dyal for the erection of q
$4,000 two-story stucco residence at
1908 Quincy street. The structure will
be 40x31 feet in size.
The annual picnic Of State Camp. No.
rs, Woodmen of the World and men,
bers of the Live Oak Grove No. Is Is
being held at Gage park today. The
fun will continue into the evening.
Arch M. McKeever motored to Sill
yer Lake, Rossville, Valencia and 9TH
err points in the western part of the
county today. He reports that corn.
although a little dry, is doing we'll.
The circus balloons sold on the
street today were of unusually bright
colors. There were hundreds Of them
in the hands Of the children who were
waiting for the big parade to pass.
The management OF the Best theater
will be the goat in testing the Sum-
day amusement law. The theater will
open Sunday. The manager. f. C.
Smith, says he will run films Of q
sacred nature.
Miss Minnie E jones', secretary OF
the Topeka Rebate association. and as
sistant to =. VIII Kelley. secretary OF
the Topeka Commercial club. has re-
turned from Ration, New Mexico. where
she spent her vacation
The Topeka Rebate association with
headquarters In the Commerce build
ing has been a busy pace the last two
days Hundreds; ts6ut 1f.rpwn shop
pers have been taking advantage of
the. second annual SUMMER bargain
week.
The average attendance at the day
nursery Of the Provident association
this summer has been twelve. While
the mothers are working the children
are taken care Of at the association
building. The children were taken to
see the circus parade today.
]. Will Kelley. secretary of the Com
mercial club stated today that he has
turned over $633.12 to the Topeka
Baseball associatiop.o4Of this amount
$75.12 was the net proceeds of the
Creatore band concert. and $3.50 was
from the sale of tickets for Cooley
Day"
The Gage park swimming pool has
attained great popularity in Topeka.
Every morning. especially during the
hours of dawn, many people can be
seen enjoying swim. In the even
ing, after the heat of the day has
somewhat relaxed, the pool again be-
comes filled M
Work of surfacing Tyler street near
Fifteenth street by the. Kaw Paving
company began this morning. The as
phalt plant of this concern has beer
put in place at the foot OF Harrison
street. Thirty blocks ON which concrete
base has been laid will be surfaced by
the company.
According tc the Merchants Jour-
nal. published in Topeka, twenty
Of the grocery stores at Leavenworth
have signed an agreement to close at
o'clock every evening including Sat-
urdays. All butcher shops in Beloit
have announced that hencefOrth they
will do a strictly cash business.
Tango programs will be given weekly
for the remainder of the season at
Garfield park. A special tango program
was given Tuesday evening at the park
and was a big success. Twenty
hundred people were at the park and
the dancing pavilion was damned, &C
cording to the park management.
County candidates for Office in To-
peka are busy campaigning the coun-
try districts the last few days before
the primaries. The heavy country
vote may be TIE deciding factor in
several close campaigns, and all of
the candidates are making strong bids
for the votes of the farmers and their
wives.
Rosalio Huerta, now serving a SEN
tence in the county jail. win be de-
ported from the United States by the
department of justice at Washington.