The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-13
DIRECTORY IS OUT
TOpeka's First Book of Names
Since 1916, Issued Today.
Contains $4,000 Names, Not
Including the Children.
ESTIMATED POPULATION 10000
This Includes "Greater Topeka"
and All Suburbs.
Are 37S Smiths, 3O4 JOhnsons,
1919 Browns, 1872 Jones.
ESTIMATED POPULATION 10000

After long, uphill battle in assem-
bling names and getting them print
ed and bound, Topeka's new city di-
rectory appeared today. Delivery will
begin tomorrow. This is the first city
sued since 1916.
The directory is put out by r. L.
Polk & Company of Topeka and was
printed by Crane & Company. Ow-
ing to the printers strike it was nee
essary to send the directory out of
town to be printed, which delayed tho
makers considerably in placing It in
the hands of the public.
This is doubtless the most complete
directory of Topeka that has ever
appeared. 1t contains approximately
$4,000 names, in addition to the mar
ried women. whose first names are
listed with those of their husbands.
Population at 10000.
The population of Topeka is estf-
mated by the Polk company at 10000,
including the suburbs.
The directory is a remarkable store
of information concerning Topeka. In
special departments it lists all city,
county and state officers, boards,
courts, societies. apartment houses,
buildings, halls. blocks, cemeteries,
churches, schools, committees, libra
tions. parks and public grounds, fra
ternal organizations. beside the United
States offices and officers in Topeka.
1t also contains a complete street
and avenue guide, a complete classi-
fled business directory; a list of tax
payers in the county outside the city
and an index to the hundreds of ad-
Vertisers.
Smiths In Majority.
The 1921 directory is printed on
thinner paper and is more compact
and handy than former editions.
The first name appearing in the
new directory is Aaron S. Abbott, a
painter living at 93S College avenue
The last name is Grover S. ZWievel,
Twenty-first and MacVicar avenue. AS
is usually the case the Smiths are in
the majority compared with all other
names. There are 378 Smiths, 1904
Johnsons, 1913 Browns. 1872 Jones's and
145 Andersons.
Topeka is colored up considerably.
There are, among the colors, 1873
Browns, 108 Whites, As Greens, 81
Blacks, and two Blues. There are
ninety-three Moores in Topeka; that's
all there is-there isn't any Moore.
Topeka doesn't bother with small
change, for there is only one Penny
in the city. This is also a town for
night owls; there is no sun, but there
are twelve STAIRS and five Moons.
Among the animals in Topeka are
six Coons, two Bears, twenty-five
Foxes. six VOLTS and three Hares.
That's about all that will interest the
hunter. There are thirty-one Brooks
and one Rivers, but only six Fish and
four Crabbs for sixty-five Fishers.
Only Four Lambs.
There will be some Topekans who
will have to change their occupations
or go hungry. There are four Shep-
herds and twelve Shearers, but no
Shepp and only four Lambs. There
is a Cowherd, however.
There are fifty-three Longs and
fourteen Shorts-thats the long and
the short of it. There are fifty-eight
Kings. but alas! no Queens. However,
there is a Queenry, so the Kings may
not always be lonesome.
Those looking for a fruit will find
in Topeka tWenty-one Berrys, four
Pears, two Cherrys and five Lemons.
There are probably a number of
peaches not listed. The "ever present"
prune is absent, as is the apple
which may be explained by the fact
that there are thirty Frosts.
Only One Alley in City.
There is only one Alley in the city,
but there are twenty-five Lanes-some
of which have no turning and one Of
which has the word more" marked
after it; meaning not understood.
There are four Streets, four Parks, but
only one Weed, as compared with
thirteen Flowers. The town comprises
eight "Akers' but no Land, owing to
the presence, probably, of seventeen
Waters