Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-21
THE CITY IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Daughters OF the Confederacy will
meet at the Midland on Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
E. W. Hughs took out rermit to erect a
gall avenue.
The Employing Printers Association will
hold meeting and dinner at the Midland
Thursday evening.
Congregational church, Monday night, Civ
en- by the young men.
Articles of Incorporation Of the Koch
Butehers' Supply Company were yesterday
filed with the county recorder
The first annual dinner of the Early Sot-
tiers Association will be given tomorrow
night at the Coates House. A number of
well known after dinner speakers will re-
spond to toasts.
Albert Arterburn, OF Lis John street, Jop-
lin. Mo-. has written to the circuit clerk.
asking for information concerning his
heard of in Kansas City In 1891.
The ladies of the Central Presbyterian
church will give Martha Washington re-
Thursday S evening. the 18th inst. Everybody
invited to come. Dinner IS cents.
Rev. Culpepper will lecture to-day at 3
p m; at the Washington, Il, Street n; E.
perance Union. Seats will be reserved for
the members of the organization.
East Eighth street beyond Prospect ave-
Andrews yesterday took out permits to
erect four frame residences costing 81 900
each at 1885, 2Sss. 2640 and 2s42 East Eighth
street.
At the Forest Avenue Christian church
the pastor, Rev. A. w. Kokendoffer. Will
preach morning and evening. Morning
of Grace" evening subject. '-The Accepted
Time
George and Martha Washington enter
tainment at Tacoma hall, Isls Grand ave-
itations by young people on the life Of
Washington; by Hon. Thomas Jones, and
Professor Fish as impersonator will be
The lecture on The PARALLELS of the
Bible" By Harry Steele Budd. before the
Theosophical Society, 912 Walnut street.
the state of the weather last Sunday night.
Everybody invited to come.
Andrew ]. Harrison, aged So years,
cousin of ex-President Benjamin Harrison,
died at his home. corner of Thirty-ninth
and Brooklyn avenue, last night, after
long illness. No arrangements have been
made for the funeral services.
A large delegation of the Sons of tha
Revolution will leave this evening for ST.
Louis to attend the annual meeting and
banquet at that place Monday evening. A.
I. I. Howe; % DR.. w w. e: Boteles; l. p Dana.
down to the gathering.
City Treasurer Green has compiled a re-
port of deeds made out to purchasers of
property sold for taxes. The report shows
that fewer people allowed their property
to go unredeemed this year than for Years
past. In 1893 800 deeds were issued: $50 in
1884; 125 in 1895. and only so in 1896.
The officers of the Kansas City Orphan
Boys home have completed their reports
of the bazar which closed last Monday
night and the proceeds from the different
booths amounted to about 81 900. This graft
itfying result was far beyond the most
sanguine expectations of the promoters OF
the bazar and will aid the home matert-
ally.
At the meeting of the public school prin-
ciTals yesterday morning the subject of
Science was discussed. Mrs. Mary p.
Griffin led the discussion. Professor l.. e.
Wolfe gave d historical sketch of the school
work in Massachusetts, and Rhode Island,
This was followed by a similar discussion
of the progress Of the schools In Missouri
by Superintendent ]. NJ. Greenwood.
Hon. John NJ. Gregory, a well known
lecturer on social and economic questions.
has been secured to deliver a course of five
the First Congregational church The lecr.
ures will be along the line of university ex-
tension work The first lecture on Hard
Times" will be delivered next Tuesday
evening, and the others will follow on sue
cessive Tuesday evenings.
Patriotic exercises were observed In
many of the ward schools last Friday aft
ernoon to commemorate washington's
birthday Special programmes had been
prepared by pupils. Essays were written by
the pupils on George Washington "As a
United States" washington and His
Hatchet' and numerous other subjects rel.
ative to the Father of His Country"