The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-02
NORTH TOPEKA.

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Independent phone 746.J
Miss Sidney Gardiner is in Valley
Falls to remain until Saturday.
J. NJ. Van Orsdal and c. Mitchell
were in today from Silver Lake.
Blue Relief Corps. will serve pension
dinner at Lukens opera house Friday
November 4.
1t will require 800 lights for the
electric sign, "Gyrator Mills" which
will be across the top of the new mill
Miss Adele Small of Delavan Park,
Jackson county, is spending few
days visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Henry Gilman, of 1915 Quincy
street. fell last evening while visiting
at the home of a neighbor and
sprained her right wrist and also
bruised her shoulder and head.
Mr.. Jerry SprIngstead. of station A,
will leave next week for Nebraska,
where he will attend the government
military school. His place at station
A will be filled by Mr.. George Fielder
| ling, who is already there learning the
ropes.
Master Lawrence Edmonds gave a
Halloween party Monday evening at
his home, 917 Monroe street Much
| amusement was afforded by the little
folks diving for apples in a tub of
| water. Dainty refreshments were
! served during the evening.
Mrs. Margaret Conwell Will enter
| tain the members of the r. H. club
Thursday at the home of her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. F. r. Conwen, 11l5
| Monroe street. In the afternoon she
! will receive the older members and in
the evening the young ladies OF the
club viii be entertained.
Mrs. Dora Adams, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. c. Davis of
bO7 Park street, left yesterday for her
home at Marshall, Ind. She was ac-
| companied by her niece. Miss Letitia
Pierce who will be her guest for some
time. Miss Pierce has made her home
| for years with her uncle and aunt, Dr.
and Mrs. A. c. Davis.
| Miss Gertrude Allen entertained at
| a Halloween party Monday evening at
| her home on Harrison street in honor
of Miss Letitia Pierce. The other
guests were Miss Edna Pence; Miss
| Minna Mccall, Miss Ella Caldwell.
/ Miss Carrie Haynes. Miss Edith
Haynes, Miss Grace Root, Miss Eliza
! beth Root and Mrs. Frank Houser.
The Duplicate Whist club played
yesterday afternoon at the home OF
| Mrs. c.. G. Bowman, S04 Topeka ave
nue. south The high score for the
game, 96 points, was made by Mrs. Il
| F. Guthrie and Miss Dollie Curtis
The substitutes were Mrs. v. B. kistler
for Mrs. Earl Graham and Miss Nellie
lies for Miss Martha Kimbal. The
next meeting will be Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Jerome Col
win. 1117 Van Buren, street.
At the meeting this evening of the
Baraca club at the Baptist church n
programme of unusual interest Will be
given. This meeting will be open and
informal and all ladies of the north
side as well as the gentlemen are in
vited. Three papers VIII be given py
three young ladies which will be fol-
lowed by a query drawer led by the
pastor and to the most successful con-
testant prize will be given FOLLOW
ing the intermission there Will be an
old time spelling school led by MeSSrs-
Ray Diffenderfer and Ray Miller. Miss
Frances Brown one of the Grant
school teachers, will pronounce the
words At the close of the evening
light refreshments will be served.
Nineteen members of the w. r. x
club attended the meeting yesterday
afternoon at the home of Miss Camp
doras, Beauvoir, Rochester the pro-
gramme for the afternoon consisted or
three papers. one by Mrs. Fred Tomp-
kins on ''Scotch and Irish Rebellfons,
one by Mrs. J. A. Campbell, on THE
Death of William III and the Influence
( of His Reign on England" and one by
Mrs. S. r. Kutz, on kansas Writers"
At the conclusion of the programme
refreshments were served. The CLUB
will meet again in two weeks at the
home of Mrs. j, A. Campbell 5l6 Lin
coin street south.
1t was a small meeting that as
sembled in fire station No. last even
ing to talk over the waterworks ques-
ton. ]. B. Billiard, the president OF
the Business Mems league, came in
! late, having been at another meeting.
and he found Councilman Ryder in the
chair as vice president. The discus
sion was all informal. With the ex-
| ception of Councilmen Kutz and Ryder
there were but two or three present
who were in sympathy with the coun-
cilmen. DR.. Ryder presented some
figures. which were criticized by sew
eral, while some argued that the ques-
| ton was not whether the plant is
| profitable institution, but whether it
can be made so, and whether the city
can afford not to buy, running all the
| risks incident to a refusal, whether
the city is not under obligations to buy
| or grant the franchise extended, and
whether it can afford to enter into
axtended and extensive litigation.