The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
NORTH TOPEKA.

U1eave items for this column with Kim
ball Printing Co.. si2 North Kansas Ave-s
G. w. Claxton was in from Kilmer
yesterday. .-.
Earl Seymour went to Kansas City.
YESTERDAY.
Mr. E. p Baker is i'll at his home, 111S
Jackson street.
Mrs Irwin is quite i'll at her home on
East Gordon street
]. c. Bradley. mayor of Rossville. was
a North side visitor today.
| There will be no cabinet meeting OF
the Eoworth league this week
Mrs. Larrimer Of. Quincy street and
Miss Laura HOughtelin went to Chicago
tOdag.
Mr. and Mrs. F. c. Barker. of 1921
Harrison street, are the parents of
SOC, born this morning.
Social at the home of Mr.. Ed Barstow.
given by East Indianola Sunday school,
Wednesday evening, October 20. All in
v:tad +s-
Miss Permelia Curtis will give Hal
| lowe'en party Friday evening at her
home, corner of Van Buren, and Lau-
rent streets.
Mrs. ]. B. Belts and daughters, Misses
Myrtle and Freda Belts, have returned
from a visit of several weeks to rela-
tives in Washington, D. c.
Ladies of the Church of the Good
Shepherd will give dime social Wed
nesday evening. at the home of J. A
/ IL,
The Ladies' Guild of the Church of
the Good Shepherd will meet Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. James
Anderson. corner Madison and Fair
child streets.
Mr.. Charles Allen, aged CO, died yes
| terday at his home. 1410 Logan street.
He leaves two sisters Mrs. Martha Bar
her, of 1927 Kansas avenue, and Mrs.
| Charles Stair Of 1926 Harrison street.
| and son and daughter, Mr.. Charles
Allen and Mrs. Cora Mason. The fu-
neral will be tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock from the house.
The Duplicate Whist club played yes,
| terday afternoon at the home of Mrs
| Jerome Colvin, 1923 Van Buren, street,
and the highest score, 20 points, was
made by Mrs " 3. Kistler and Miss
Jeanette 'Wolcott. The substitutes
were Mrs. Edgar Etter for Mrs Nichols,
Miss Wolcott for Mrs. G. c. Bowman.
| Miss Dollie Curtis for Mrs. Harry Guth-
RE, Mrs. w. S. Bergundthal for Mrs. z.
P. Baker and Miss Nellie lies for Mrs.
| Mary Smith. The designations of Mrs.
| Nichols and Mrs. Guthrie were accepted
and Mrs. Etter and Mrs. Burgundthal
were elected members of the club to fill
| these vacancies, The next meeting will
be in two weeks at the home of Mrs.
Mary Smith, 225 West Laurent street.
The fire department was called out
| this morning about o'clock to the gro
Gerry store of Morns & Meyers where
| a fire had been started from an oil
worm near the bookkeeper's desk and
| was accidently upset. The stove had
been filed this morning and the oil adj
ded fuel to the fire which spread rapidly
and the south side of the store was soon
in flames to the ceiling. The flames were
confined to the first story but the sec
ond story which is occupied by Mr..
Morns and family as dwelling and the
third story which is used by the Masons
| as hall were filed with smoke The
heat and smoke in the lower floor were
| almost unbearable and several of the
windows were broken by the great heat.
The books of the firm were saved al
though slightly burned. No one at the
store was injured with the exception of
| Mr.. Myers who had his hands some
what burned in attempting to carry out
the blazing stove. The loss to the build
ing which is owned by William Green
will be about $500, while to the stock it
is over $1,000. both covered by insur-
ance. Morns & Myers have rented the
A. M. Baird new building, 909 Kansas
avenue where they will carry on bust
ness until their old business house is re-
| paired