The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-22
NORTH TOPEKA.

Leave items for this column with the
Kimban Printing Company. s12 North
Kansas Avenue.l
The Gabriel Lumber company are
putting UP their lumber sheds.
Mrs. J. A Stavely and little daughter
are the guests of Mr.. stavely's brother
at Lyndon.
Mrs. June Baxter of Kansas city was
the guest Sunday of her sister, Mrs. S.
l. Courtney.
II. A. Wolf. the painter has returned
to his home at 1112 Monroe street and is
again ready for business.
Mrs. w. D. Lacey will go to Peoria
this week to make an extended visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lacey.
The brickmasons are at work building
the lumber office for the ]. Thomas
lumber yard on the old site
The Gem laundry is being repapered
and viii be ready for business the same
as before the flood next Monday.
J. X Withers of the Red Front Gro
Gerry store has opened up for business at
his old stand, S35 Kansas avenue.
Ernest Winegarden of Kansas City
was visiting Knote Withers Sunday and
taking a look at the flooded district
The grocery store of Mrs. Kortz, cor
ner OF Central avenue and St John
street, is being repaired and put into
shape for business
Mrs Courtney has a lot of new hats
in and win be glad to see all of her old
customers at her South side store, 6O3
( South, up stairs.
Miss Macie Courtney who has been at
the Courtney millinery parlors during
I the season win return this evening 10
her home at Niltonvale
The merchants who have resumed
business on the North side report that
they are very busy, even buster tnah
they were before the flood.
TobT Atkins of St
Joseph, Mo, We're visiting their sister
Mrs. Jonas Lukens yesterday and tax
ing in the flood situation.
p b. Kimbal who since the flood, hes
been helping dig out North Topeka, lei
/ Yesterday for Madison to resume his
work with a Santa Fe surveying com
pany.
Services were held yesterday morning
at the usual hour at the Kansas Avenue
NJ E church with preaching by the
pastor. Rev. J. A. StaVely. At the sun
day school so scholars were present
Observation-Disclosures tribe No 49,
T. o. r. NJ. will meet in council At the
wigwam Of the Shawnees, corner Sllklh
and Quincy. Monday evening. June ~
1903 All members of the tribe urged 10
be present. l. E McGrew, sachern-
H. M Cline & Son are again ready
4 for business at their hardware store
907 Kansas avenue. They rave new
goods as we'll as some stock saved from
the flood A few feIllStIdLCiS A5.5AtA 80
flood viii be sold at greatly reduced
prices. Water soaked nails a &c ID
Steel ranges at cost
North Topeka property owners are
busy ROW locating their property lcsl
during the flood z F Baker OF liz
jackson street has found his coal nous
containing quite quantity OF coal, on
T Central avenue The coal is covered deep
with mud and he spent some time the
! other morning mining a bucket fu.L
/ Mrs. A. J. Arnold is still looking Ior l!ie
bic red barn which belonged to her
I house at 924 Jackson street At the ld1-
est reports it could not be found
J. H FOUGHT who mas been at the
Stormont hospital for the past five
weeks was able to return to his home
/ Tuesday, MI FOUGHT made his first trip
to North Topeka today. While ne hnds
/ the damage to his stock greater than
/ he expected the building IS not so
wrecked as he thought Mr.. Foucnt
] will BEGIN work as soon as possible on
/ the building and make it better than II
was before. He viii put in new moor
and new font and resume MS business
/ lust as it was previous to the flood.
The members Of the Baptist church
held their pfca ching service yesterday
at tho parsonage. Is tEeir church IS not
vet ready to be used. At first it was
thought that this building had not SUI
fered as much as other churches as it is
/ two stories and the church services are
held in the upper story. After the mud
was cleaned out from the lower floor