The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-18
NORTH TOPEKA.

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r. Brill will spend Wednesday visit
ing his sister at Tecumseh.
Rev. F. L. Jackson. of Granville, was
North side visitor yesterday.
Robert Anderson left this morning for
st. Louis to take up his new work with
the Laclede Gas company.
J. X Withers, of the Red Front gro
Gerry, will take part in the fat mans
race at VineWOod tomorrow.
Mrs. Carl Bergen returned yesterday
from Kansas City, where she has been
visiting the millinery wholesale houses.
Mrs. ]. B. Thomas left Saturday for
her home in Alvord. Tex, after visit
of several weeks to her cousin, Mrs. S.
L. Courtney.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Steele expect to
go to housekeeping the first of Septem-
Der in the Evan Davis house, 1928 Cen
trail avenue. where they formerly lived
a few years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Ofield, of Kansas
City, are spending few days in To-
peka visiting relatives and superintend-
ing the removal of their household
goods to their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Courtney have
! purchased from ex-Mayor Parker the
Sixth street, and will move this week
from Auburndale into their new home
1t has been enormously reported that
| Soldier creek is IN within a few inches
of the floor of the Central avenue bridge.
/ This is a mistake as the water lacks at
least six feet Of reaching the bridge
floor.
Mrs. S. T. Coleman. of Menoken.
came in Monday to attend the funeral
of Emma Coleman, wife of w. d. Cole
man. who died at Christ hospital Sat
urday night of cancer of the liver. after
an illness of two weeks.
Mr.. VIM. Boast, of 900 Jackson street,
left yesterday for Clay county, Mis-
souri,, to be absent several days. Mr..
Boast owns a valuable farm there which
he bought two years ago for $4,000, for
which he would not take $4,000 now. as
land has greatly increased in value IN
that time.
The following young people, chap
eroned by Mrs. Frank Ebey and Mrs
Orville Knoll. will picnic this evening
! Mary Kearns Ethel Hinzman, Salome
4 Sheetz, Matte Paine, Jessie Kearns
Winnie Hayes, Bessie Sheetz, Zura KEEL
lar and Ethel Kearns.
p; S. Conweli. uncle of Frank Con-
well, died Saturday evening at his
home in Gaylord. Kas. Mr.. Conwen
was an old resident of Atchison, and
the remains were taken there for
burial The funeral was held Monday
/ from the NJ f. church and the inter-
ment was in Mount Vernon cemetery.
Mr.. Conwell went to Gaylord Saturday
and accompanied the body to AtchisOn,
returning to Topeka last evening
Grandma Miller, mother of S. c. Mil
Ter and Mrs. Bradley-Norris met with
| a painful accident Saturday afternoon
which on account of her advanced age
! "a years, may prove very serious Mrs
| Miller is for the present making her
home at her sons house. 927 Van Buren
street and since the flood some changes
] and 4 ,i.,1,
she was not quite familiar and Satur-
4 day afternoon when she went to step
out on the back porch she made a mis-
step and fell down cellar. striking on her
/ right shoulder and breaking her collar
bone. Considering her age and that she
/ had not been well this summer Mrs
/ Miller is doing as well now as could be
expected.
Mrs. Permelia Curtis. or as she is
known to North Topeka people, Grand
ma curtis, is very seriously ill at her
! home, the Curtis house on Curtis street
Mrs Curtis, who is the grandmother of
Congressman Curtis, is over IS years of
age. Since the flood she has been ex-
erenely weak but during all that excit-
ing time never broke down, not even
when on that memorable Saturday
/ morning she was taken in a boat from
the home of her granddaughter Mrs
Gown, ll23 Van Buren, street to the
| bridge During the summer she suf-
iered another nervous shock when he
brother, William Hubbard. made an un-
expected visit to her. The brother and
sister mad not met for years and the ex-
element of this visit was almost MOI e
than she could stand. Her present ILL
ness is due greatly to her advanced
years although she has suffered from
heart trouble and yesterday morning
she was found choking in her bed by her
daughter, Mrs. Brown. The prompt SER
vices of the family physician saved her
/ life at this time but all day she WAS
4 terribly weak. Mrs. Curtis is the
mother of IA Children. IL of whom are
living. She has had "A grandchildren
and 40 greatgrandchildren, A of whom
| are still living.