The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-27
CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF.

alberta peaches are selling as low
as So cents bu6hel today.
Safety razor blades sharpentd better than
new. 25c-35c doz- Brunt Drug Co-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnsman of the Hip
theater are in the east on their vaca-
ton.
This is the time to set out celery
plants. They can be had at local
stores
The first playground fete will be
held at the Polk street grounds Au-
gust 2.
A permit has been issued to Adolph
Hubert to add to his dwelling at 1919
Washington street.
A handsome English bull terrier IS
in the dog pound and can be had by
whoever pays the license tax.
F. A. Rooster. D. D. s.. ITO Mills
Bldg. Special attention given to pyor-
rhea and oral rophylaXis.-Adv.
A meeting of the ways and means
committee of the Commercial club,
under E. L. Overton, will be neld
Wednesday noon.
Felix Dotson, arrested by Officers
Walker and Frazier is booked at the
police station on a charge of keeping
and maintaining a nuisance.
Ed Harris is booked at the mum
lcipal menagerle on a charge of
drunkenness. He was picked up by
Officers Morgan and Ferguson.
The regular August meeting of the
board of education will be held next
Monday evening. The tax levy is
scheduled to come up for discussion
A good deal of interest in booster
day was displayed on the streets this
morning Il hope it doesn't rain
was a remark made by scores of per
sons.
j. E. Spalding. president of the
Shawnee Golf club, and wife plan TO
leave next week for California, where
they will visit the fairs at San Fran
cisco and San Diego.
Almost daily j. Will Kelley, secre-
tary of the Topeka Commercial club,
receives requests for Topeka litera-
ture. The club has on hand a supply
of attractive illustrated folders.
The price of flour has been drop
ping for some time, but the local bak-
their loaves- The 1oaves were de-
creased in weight when the price of
flour scared several months ago.
H B. Wilson. superintendent of the
Topeka schools, has been working on
a biennial report of the work of the
soon. Requests for the report have
been coming in from other cities
Local commission men expect to re-
ceive consignment of peaches Wed
neSday from the famous Bert John
son farm in Arkansas. Between 40
and SO car loads of peaches are ship
ped from this farm daily in season.
The Kansas State Fair association
has made arrangements for the park
ing of autos on the race track infield
will be for the protection of car own
ers. Drivers will be furnished badges
good for one day.
Many persons are now applying for
concession space for the big fair, Sep
TENDER 1917. The concessionaires
are figuring that the crowd will be
tn largest in Topeka fair history, and
there undoubtedly will be more dining
tents and lunch stands than last year.
The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today:
w. H. Weiberg and wife, S12 West
Eleventh street, July %, boy; Ira
Howver and wife, 456 Wabash avenue,
July %, boy; Charles p. Boren and
wife, 1901 Boswell avenue, July %,
girl.
Only LOO auto licenses have been
issued at the county treasurers office
July 1 was the dead line for auto
mobile drivers, but apparently there
are several hundred in Shawnee coun-
ty who are willing to take chances of
arrest rather than buy new 1915
tag.
The city commissioners have been
invited to meet the playground COM
mission for the government of the
Chesney park grounds Thursday eve
ming. A picnic will be held and it is
hoped that the two sets of officers will
get together and discuss questions of
interest.
J. w. Priddy of Topeka, superin-
tendent of the big free fair bee depart
ment, expects to have an unusually
fine collection of honey at the fair next
fall, this has been an especially ia
vorable season for the production of
the sweet stuff. There will be some
exhibits of bees, likewise.
The Seventh Day Adventists will be-
gin a series of tent meetings Wednes-
day night at the corner of Seward |
avenue. and Twiss street. The meet |
ings will continue for two weeks. The |
Rev. W. H. Clark will preach. A |
similar series closed Sunday at the |
corner of Seventeenth and Tyler /
streets.
Harry Carper has pleade guilty be- |
fore Douglas A. Graham, clerk of the |
court of Topeka, to the charge of be- |
ing the father of an illegitimate child. |
He was released on $500 bond, signed |
by F. NJ. Stonestreet, and the case was |
set for the fall term of the district |
court. Ada Whitehall was the COM /
planning witness.
The Swift Packing company was /
today made defendant in a $3,750 1
damage suit filed in the United States |