The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-25
NORTH TOPEKA.

deave items for this column with Kim
ball & Son. s12 Kansas avenue.j
A. f Deck. of Meriden, was in town
yesterday.
Mr.. Arthur Groendyxe, of Meriden.
has gone to Lindsborg for a few days
visit
Mrs. Courtney will make you special
prices on all hats Saturday. Two stores,
603 South and 917 North. Make a spe-
cialty of making your old hat look like
new
Mrs. A P. Gooshue and daughter,
Miss Alice Goodhue, of E,mporia, are
visiting Mrs. Goodhue's sister and
brother, Mrs. c. H. Rhodes and DR.. L.
A. Ryder.
Mrs. Horace Eaton and little son
Paul arrived last evening from Central
City, Neb.. to visit Mrs. Eaton's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Petro, of
Harrison street.
President Holman and ]. w. Blossom
with a force of men and with an
: abundance of ropes, pulleys and dead
men" are endeavoring to raise the
Western wooden mill smokestack. They
will likely get it in proper position to-
day. The dead men, are heavy posts
put in the ground about two feet and
projecting above ground about three
feet to temporarily fasten the ropes and
pulleys onto so as to get the proper
purchase
Congressman Charles Curtis has
bought the two-story double frame
houses which the western wooden mill
people offered for sale in order TO get
the ground for additional buildings re-
quired for their plant Mr.. Curtis will
move the houses one block north on
Madison street, where he owns a lot.
He will put the houses in first-claSs
shape for tenement purposes. As there
is such a great demand for tenement
houses in the new wooden mill district,
some of the local capitalists are talk
ing of purchasing vacant lots near at
a fnr,c
thereon.
Miss Bessie Hammon, of Golden,
Colo, who arrived Monday from Usage.
Kas., to visit her cousin, Mrs. c. A
Sparks. of 154S Logan street, died yes
terday afternoon very suddenly from
heart disease. Miss Harmon had been
a sufferer from heart trouble for some
time past, and about a month ago left
Golden and went to Usage, hoping that
the change would prove beneficial On
Monday her mother came to Topeka to
visit Mrs Sparks and Miss Harmon
came a few hours later to enjoy a short
visit with her mother. The deceased
was only 21 years old. The remains will
be taken to Golden tomorrow at noon
for burial.
Mrs. r. b. McMaster and daughter.
Miss McMaster, gave a large reception
Thursday afternoon at their home q1e
Jackson street. The day was perfect
for the affair and about one hundred
ladies called during the hours of three
to six The McMaSter home was very
attractive with palms, asparagus and
ferns. The entrance hall was especially
pretty. the balusters being wound with
feathery asparagus making a pathway
of green to the upper hall where punch
was served by Miss Nellie Dolman and
Miss Nellie lies. Asparagus and ferns
were the decorations in the two parlors
while in the dining room where the
serving was done at two small tables
carnations We're used. Misses Sadie and
Mildred Baird in dainty white frocks
met the guests in the hall and ushered
them into the front parlor where the
receiving party stood. Assisting through
the rooms were Mrs. A. j. Arnold. Mrs
c. E. Jordan and Mrs Calvin Mat
thews. while in the dining room Miss
Alice Sanford and Miss Jessie Campbell