The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
NORTH TOPEKA.

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A. Holmes. of Meriden, was in town
yesterday.
Mrs. c. Rhinehart. of Spring Hill.
Kas., is the guest of Mrs. w. H Rut-
ter, of S2S Jackson street
Rev Mr.. Crouch. of Maple Hill, is
visiting his son. @. w. Crouch, and
wife, of East Laurent street.
Frank Norrell will return tomor-
row from visit to relatives at Car
nett and other points in Kansas
The Russians of Little Russia are
painting and fixing up their places It
is expected that several new houses
viii be built shortly.
NIessrs. Alva Schenck and F. NJ.
Harris have gone to Hutchinson as
delegates from Amity lodge, x of P,
to the grand lodge.
Mrs. David Roller and Mrs. Beach
UNI left today for Emporia to attend
the w. r. c. convention. They are
delegates from the w. r. c. No. ).
Miss Gertie Cunningham will re-
turn to her home north of town to-
morrow to be with her grandmother.
Mrs. Cunningham, who is quite ILL.,
The r. H. club will meet Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
J. K Withers, iii Kansas avenue.
All members of Harmony Rebekah
are invited to attend.
grease your old wagon every day
when you can get grease that will only
need to be used once Il week, at Kent-s
Kash Koal Koncern?
Mrs. Fees and Miss Edna Fees, of
Meriden. have been the guests this
week of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. Q. Myers. of
F'airchild street. Mrs. Fees returned
home yesterday and Miss Fees will
go home this evening.
DR. Plummer was in Oakland the
other day. and the people there he
says are all united on one thing, /. e..
they want the Sardou bridge. and are
all ready to sign a petition to the
honorable the county commissioners.
Mrs. Welkie and daughter. Miss
Hattie Welkie of 4O5 Paranoora
street. left today for Ration. n. M,
where they Will visit Mrs. Welkie' :
daughter. From there Mrs. Welkie
viii so to San Bernardino to join Mr..
Welkie. but Miss Wel5ie will remain
in Ration with her sister.
TIE A. o. Z. w. hall at S22 Kansas
avenue was filled yesterday afternoon
by the mothers, sisters and friends of
the pupils of Quincy school, the oc-
casion being the entertainment given
by the Washingtonian society of the
eighth grade. The Washingtonians had
the assistance of the pupils of the
first, second, third and fourth grades
and the programme consisted of songs,
recitaUOnS, piano solos, dialogues, a
drill and a pantOmime of the Holy
City The driu by twenty-four of the
! little children which opened, and the
] pantomime of the Holcy City which
closed the programme were exception
ally good and the little ones showed
careful training. IN the drill the chill
dren marched. countermarched and
gave a number of pleasing figures and
seemed as familiar with the work as
any lodge team of long practice. white
the pantomime of the Holy City ir
which a number of the same children
participated was a pretty sight. The
children had been carefully trained foI
the drill and the pantomime by Misses
4 IGittie May Dolman. Nildred Tinker
and Ethel Fink The dialogues. songs
and recitations were all well rendered
and the entertainment was good and
heartily enjoyed by all present
To the Editor of the State Journal:
Street talk and opposition to the
4 Melan bridge still continues. 1t is helc
that it was largely responsible for ths
/ flood by damming the river causing tn'
overflow at the Updegraff farm At the
same time it is claimed that there was
a fall OF about two feet at the Rock