The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-19
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items Intended for this column should be
left with the Kimban Printing company
SO Kansas avenue
William Van OrsdaI of Silver Lake
was a North side visitor today
One ton of good coal $3.50. Coal bod
ana shovel free @. F.. HAWKINS,
1912 Kansas Avenue.
G. w. Petro has returned from a bus
mess trip to the western part OF the
state
The w. T. K. club viii meet Tuesday
afternoon ait the home of Mrs. w. -
Hamrick. S23 Monroe street
Mr. and Mrs Charles Robinson have
moved from Shorey to the Goodhue
property at 929 Quincy street.
Mr.. and Mrs Clark Bridgeman and
family left today for FL Cajon. Gala
where they viii make their home
Victor Council No K. & l. OF S.
give another OF their series of dances
Monday evening, January q, at their
hall in the Barrett block.
George Harris who has been i'll at
Christ hospital for the past two weeks
was able yesterday to return to his
home at 924 Van Buren, street
At the Kansas Avenue NJ E church
tomorrow there will be Sunday school at
$3.50 a. IN. Preaching by tie pastor At
IL a. m and Jnior League at 8 p m
At the Church of the Good Shepherd
tomorrow there will be Sunday school
at IL o'clock Evening prayer and SER
mon at 7.3O-
K. B. Robinson of Menoken township
who has been suffering for some time
with heart ana stomach trouble is now
quite i'll with the grip. Mr.. Robinson
is a member of Blue Post $50.
The ladies' of the w. c. T. II. will
meet at the home of Mrs. H w. Cheney,
1872 Harrison street. on Monday at half
past two o'clock It is to be hoped that
there Will be a large attendance.
At the Central Avenue Christian
church tomorrow evening Mr. Scrivener
will preach ON the subject, Some Ex-
cuses.'' At the close of this service the
rite of baptism will be administered.
"Christlilxe Christians will be the
Rev. w. B. HutchlnSOn'S subject at the
Baptist church tomorrow morning. IN
the evening the congregation will join
in the union meeting at the Auditorium
The Woman's Relief Corps are re-
quested to attend an all day meeting to
be held at the home of Mrs. RObt. Smith
in Holmans addition Monday, January
n, for the purpose OF sewing for the re-
lief committee.
The Congregational, Baptist, Metho-
dist and Presbyterian churches of North
Topeka viii unite in revival services
next week beginning Monday evening,
the meetings to be held in the Congre-
gational church. Services viii be held
each day at 2:30 and 1880 p m
The Evening Duplicate Whist club
met last evening at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. i. A. Ryder. The highest
score, 226 points. was made by Mrs. v
B. Kistler and DIR. Ryder. Miss kim
ball substituted for Mrs. w. NJ Costley
and Miss Doering for Mr.. Costley. The
club will meet next Friday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Putnam at the
Union Pacific hotel
Lewis J. Thompson, a colored young
man well known in North Topeka and
who received his early training and ed
ucatiOn at Quincy school and later on
worked at the Santa F'e depot Is now
freight and ticket agent, operator, and
agent for the Wells Fargo Express Co.
at Conejos in the Republic of Mexico
Mr.. Thompson is a skilled operator and
clerk and the only colored man ever
known to be a sound telegraph operator
His salary is one hundred dollars per
month IN Mexican silver dollars. He
writes that colored section foremen, col
Ored road masters and colOred trainmen
are not an uncommon thing in that Re
public This is explained by the fact
that the native Mexicans and Span1ards
cannot be utilized as railroad men and
the supply of men is taken from the
United States and foreign countries