The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10
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Columbus day. Monday, October IL.
The Topeka Rotary club will meet in |
room 705 the Mills building. Monday |
noon.
patrick hall, Seventh and Quincy |
streets.-Adv.
Topeka's flag celebration served two
purposes this week-celebrated fashion
show and the Twentieth Kansas re-
union.
meeting was held this afternoon at |
the Commercial club for the purpose of
organizing to promote the campaign for |
Red Cross funds for Europe.
J. F. Billings. of the Billings Auto
company. put in a new agency at Ross |
Vile this week. Fritz & Glass will
have charge of the agency.
The Shawnee county Progressive !
committee has scheduled a meeting for |
Monday night at the hall. sos Kansas
avenue. Plenty of pep is required
for the session.
The Rev. Mr. Honeywell, who is hold !
ing revival meetings in North Topeka, F!
has given a special invitation to the |
members of the w. c. T. U. to attend
the meeting Tuesday night.
to leave Lansing, Mich. Monday in a |
new REQ for an overland trip to To-
peka. They will probably arrive in
Topeka Wednesday. taking pictures en-
route.
John Purcell is still at large. The al
ligator that made its escape from the
greenhouse at Gage park is still in the
lake near the end of the street car line.
1t was named for John Purcell of the
Santa Fee
meeting of the membership COM
mittee and the board of directors OF the
club quarters to plan for the member
shin NINA IGN that will 10 hold 0cto6or
20 and q.
The price of cranberries in the late
fall and winter in Topeka should be
unusually reasonable as the crop is
said to be from to 16 per cent larger
than last year. One firm estimates
the crop at 38O,222 barrels.
That the Topeka Automobile club is
a live organization was shown by the
fact that 800 cards were sent out to
garages in various towns with a view
| to locating the HI. S. Morgan auto
which was stolen from Topeka Thurs
day night.
Already 400 tickets have been sold
| for the concert that will be given in
| the auditorium Monday evening. Oct.
| 10, by the Hams Jubilee singers.
Many line parties are being planned.
The proceeds will go towards the flow
er and hospital work of the Topeka
local union.
| The residents Of the west side in the
vicinity Of Tenth and Lincoln streets
are panic stricken over the prospects
Of Catholic church and school in their
neighborhood. They fear the new insti-
| tuition will disturb the peace and tran
Quillity of the neighborhood.
| The Topeka morning squash should
! be prosecuted under the pure food and
label law. The front page 4.column
cut of the st. Louis baseball club, la
beled Boston Braves" deserved a place
| in the second thought section as
sample Of humor. An apology is due
Stallings and his favorites.
The Shawnee County Horticulture So
| ciety will have a meeting in Garfield
park Wednesday, October IA. A picnic
I dinner will be served at 1 O'Clock. Mr..
| and Mrs. b. b. Smythe. secretary and
treasurer. An election of officers will
| be held. A good program is promised,
and all members are urged to be present.
Two Of the new city commissioners
from Joplin, Mo-, were in Topeka to
/ investigate the maner Of operation of
commission government in this city
Charles A. Patterson, commissioner of
property and public utilities, and r. F.
Hill commissioner of health and sani-
| tation. Joplin has just adopted the
/ commission plan. The visitors were
| pleased with the manner in which the
city business is transacted in Topeka.
/! Topeka and Atchison volleybau
1 teams will clash in the Central 7. M.
C. A. gymnasium tonight at o'clock.
This will be the first contest in the in
ter-city series in which Topeka, Atch-
! ison, Leavenworth and st. Joseph will
engage. Stewart Thompson is captain
of the Topeka team. He will choose
his team from the following: Benson,
1 Starr, Myers. Lerrigo. Putnam. Candy,
i Stricken and Kistler.
There are q large number of shop
pers from out-Of-tOwn in Topeka to-
! day. AS the Fall Fashion Show win
tact they are getting the benefit Of the
show. While the special window dis
plays fully demonstrated that Topeka
/ is a center Of fashion and that no bet
ter shopping facilities are found any
j where in the United States the atten-
/ dance was cut down somewhat be-
cause of the adverse weather condi-
TONS
The October term Of the United
States district court begins in Leaven-
worth Monday, and at that time argu-
! ment on a motion filed by attorneys
/ for George s. Badders to Quash federal
indictments against him will be heard
). Fred Robertson. United States district
q attorney, and F. M. Brady and L. 9.
Harvey assistants; and William Stickel.
i Mr.. Robertson's chief clerk; and o. T.
Wood United States marshal; and
Morton Albaugh. clerk Of the United
States district court, will all leave for
Leavenworth tomorrow
Il Rev. p Matson one of the most sue
cessful missionaries sent out by the
! Swedish Mission Covenant Of America
to China. viii speak in the Swedish
Bethel Mission church, Polk. near
sixth. Sunday morning at IL o'clock
Siangyang-fu in China more thar
twenty years. During the recent revo-