The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-06
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The regular April meeting OF the
night.
The South Topeka drainage board
meets at o'clock tonight at sos East
Euclid avenue.
A. g. Blauner, representing the
Western Type foundry Of Kansas City,
Mo-. IL in Topeka today.
:. The Brotherhood Of the Central
Commercial club quarters Tuesday
noon.
DR.. George D. Strayer Of Columbia
university will speak before the teach
ers OF the city schools Tuesday after
noon at o'clock.
John f.. Rossiter. division special
agent of the Rock Island Lines in To-
peka, IL in Wichita In connection with
company investigation proceedings.
The Boosters and Rooters' associa-
ton has called q meeting OF the base
ball fans of Topeka for tonight at s
o'clock in the main room OF the Com
merical club.
n. L. Reed, superintendent on the
second district of the Rock Island
heads in the general offices Of the road
in Topeka today.
A nursery agent, representing him
self to handle plants and shrubbery for
local greenhouses. is procuring hum
dreds Of dollars in business in Topeka
selling growing plants for an out-of-
town concern. Here is a chance to do a
little scouting.
Painters and decorators are in charge
Of the Rock Island general offices in
Topeka this week The woodwork and
interior finish Is being recoated. The
work is being done while many of the
officials are away on an Inspection trip.
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ment of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe railway in Topeka has issued two
beautifully illustrated leaflets describ-
ing the progress Of construction work
on the San Diego and San Francisco
fairs in 1915.
q resolution asking that the Topeka
people do their shopping early Satur-
day. It will be remembered that this
was the organization that recently cir
culated petitions for early Saturday
evening closing of all stores.
George Geisel of New York will be
the speaker at Fellowship" lunch
that will be held at the Central Y. NJ.
C. A. Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock.
The lunch will be for the membership
committee, the members of the ASSOC
citation and friends OF the organiza-
ton.
John Purcell. assistant to the vice
president of the Atchison. Topeka 4
Santa Fe railway, who Is In charge OF
mechanical matters. is in his Topeka
office this week. Mr. Purcell, whose
headquarters are in Chicago, has a reg
| ularly appointed office fitted up in To-
peka as his western headquarters.
DR.. Wilbur F. Mason, president of
Ottawa university. will speak before
those in attendance. at the Topeka
Training school for Sunday school
workers in the First Methodist
church. The subject Of the address
will be 1.-The Teachers Opportunity. -
! It will be delivered ats7.30 o'clock.
It is learned in Topeka today that
assistant to the president of the Rock
| Island railway, have been assigned to
C. A Morse, formerly OF Topeka, now
chief engineer of sthesRock Island.
Berry resigned effective April l to
take up private engineering work in
The Topeka Commercial club
| through its secretary. J. Will Kelley.
has extended an invitation to MEM
hers Of the chamber of commerce OF
Cincinnati to take luncheon in Topeka
while on their way to the Panama
| Pacific exposition next year. c. M.
Bartlett, who is arranging q tour for
the Cincinnati business men. was in
| Topeka Sunday.
A gospel team from the First Bap-
| tASl Cl0IC1 uCA0 a cPCCAaA SCItACC dl
The Salvation Army hall Sunday even
ing. The hall was packed and q half
dozen conversions we're made. Mem
bers of the team were: Charles Ed
| rige, Charles Crews, George N. New
ton, o. M. Showalter, w. Pulley, NJ.
w. Blinn. Fletcher Lewis. Jessie Shaw.
s. w. Hovatter, w. NJ. Brooks. J. w.
Jesse, DR.. Stephen Temple and r. D.
Sheldon.
DR.. George D. Strayer. a professor
in Columbia university and noted edu-
Gator. delivered an address this morn
| ing before all but about five hundred
! of the high school students in the high
school assembly room. He told the
story of the life Of Booker T. Wash
ington as an example of what may be
accomplished where a boy has the
desire to do big things in the world.
In speaking of Booker Washington,
DIR. Strayer said: He is probably
one of the greatest educators the
| world has known"
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