The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-18
NORTH TOPEKA.


ball Printing Co.. s12 North Kansas Ave.l
Game boards. s1.15 up at James.
Mrs. Peter Pelley was in from Silver
Lake shopping yesterday.
Pictures framed at James.
Mrs. B. S. Coleman and Miss Ida
Cromwell of Menoken were in town to-
1902 calendars and diaries. James.
Pocketbooks, Bibles, miscellaneous
books James.
The Aletheans will meet this evening
at the home of Miss Lille Klussm an,
! 1913 Madison street
D. of H. Mask dance at 331 N. Kansas
avenue, Saturday. Dec. 21.
The workmen who are excavating for
! the new Baird Cline building were
blasting at intervals all morning.
Mrs. Vail has moved from 1917 Central
avenue to the Frank Mileham home on
Topeka avenue between Third and
! Fourth streets.
Fountain pens 800 and up James.
| Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Berry and children
| of 216 Fairchild street left yesterday for
| Oskaloosa, Iowa, where they will spend
| the holidays the guests of relatives.
G. W Morrow principal of the West
| Indianola school, is making extensive
| preparations for a cantata TO be given
| at the school house Christmas eve
| Don't buy your Christmas presents
until YOU look at our line. Prices the
| lowest at
| NEW ERA DEPT. STORE
I Mrs. Thomas Lauderbaugh of King
fisher, Q. T., is visiting her many To-
| peka friends. Mrs. Lauderbaugh is en-
route to her home from Kansas City
where she has been the guest of her
| sister.
Miss Florence Musson will arrive this
week from Jewel City where she is
stenographer to Judge Postlethwaite to
spend the holidays visiting her parents
| She will be accompanied by Miss Leila
| Connolly who will be her guest.
| Miss Myrtle Miller of Hutchinson.
Kansas. will arrive this week from
Kohoka, Mo, where she has been visit
| ing relatives and will be the guest un
| til after Christmas of her cousins,
Misses Mary, Jessie and Ethel Kearns
of 1925 Van Buren street.
| Lost-Brown water spaniel puppy;
answers to name of Brownie. Return to
| c. f. Adams grocery, corner Kansas
| avenue and Gordon, and receive reward.
| G. S. Matthews has resigned his posi-
| ton as mail carrier and will shortly go
| into the confectionery business for him
! self in the building lately vacated, by
Frank Hale Mr. Howard Hanna will
succeed Mr.. Matthews as carrier. To-
| day his work was done by J. +. Go
| ings.
It will pay you to attend our Fire
and Smoke sale before buying your
Dry Goods. The entire stock is offered
at great reduction in price. and the
goods are but slightly damaged by
smoke.
W. B. SPEAR & CO.,
S34 North Kan Ave.
The regular business meeting of the
| Epworth League of the Kansas Avenue
M E. church was held last evening at
the church and the following officers
elected to serve for the next six months:
| President Mr.. Pitcher; first vice presi-
dent, Mrs. S. S. French; second vice
| president, Miss Carrie Robinson: third
vice president. Miss Estelle Brooke;
fourth vice president, Mrs. George
Hoyes; secretary. Miss Ella Allen;
treasurer. Mr.. Harry Nash.
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soc Tam O'Shantas. as.-..-.........-.,- 26c
35c Heavy All Wool Sox. per pr. 1ac
81 SO, Jackets. for ages, to IA. csc ca.
CSC, Ladies' Wool Waists. 69c ca
SOC Blue Denim Overalls 39c ca
s1.00 Mems Blanket Lined Duck
At the Fire and smoke sale.
w. b. SPEAR & CO.,
| s34 North Kan Ave.
Alaska was the subject studied
yesterday at the n Getting of the w. t.
K. club which was held at the home of
Mrs H w Cheney, 1872 Harrison street.
Roll call was answered by telling some
thing relative to this country. The only
paper was by Mrs. F. C. Bowen on
| Alaska AS We Purchased Her" She
told many interesting things of this
possession and passed around pieces of
mineral and gold nuggets from that
| land. A bracelet made from silver
| dollar by one of the native Indians was
also shown. At the close of the pro-
! gramme refreshments of coffee, cake
and doughnuts were served by the hos
tess and Mrs. J. A. Campbell favored
the club with two piano selections. The
attendance was small owing to the Sc
we're weather, but eleven members and
two visitors, Mrs. Irons and Mrs Edgar
Etter, were present The next meeting
I viii be at the home of Mrs. w. H.
Davis, Tuesday, January 7, 1902.
The Argonauts met last evening at
! the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar H.
Clarke on Tyler street just out of North
Topeka. The occasion was a surprise
for the host and hostess, they having
been kept at home by callers while the
club members let at the home of
! neighboF, Mr.. ID. M. Foltz, 1920 Tyler
street. when they went in a body to
| the Clarke home. The regular pro-
| sramxaa was given which consisted of