The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-21
NORTH TOPEKA.

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E. E. Henshaw is confined to his
home at 1929 Topeka avenue by ill
ness.
The contract has been let for the
placing of two large electric fans in
the Baptist church.. The work will
be completed this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Davis. west of
town, were the guests yesterday of
their. son and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
A H. Davis, of 1912 Quincy street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Martin and daugh-
ter Fay, were in from Silver Lake last
evening to attend the Christian En-
deavOr convention at the auditorium.
The Taxa Hasha club of the north
side will picnic at Vinewood tomorrow.
Miss Grace Kellogg of Lindsborg is
the guest of Miss Jessie Coleman west
Of town.
Mrs O. D. Skinner will review the
Sunday school lesson at the ShoTey
Sunday school next Sunday. The mu-
sic at this time will be in charge of
Prof Tracy.
Mrs. Jake Wilder and children, Eliz-
abeth and Harry, who have been visit
ing Topeka friends and friends in Kan
sas City for some time, left today for
| their home in San BernardinO, Cal.
Miss Pearl Irwin. who has a stenOg-
raphic position in Pittsburg, Pa, will
be home the End of July for a short
visit to her parents Mr.. and Mrs. r.
win, of LOwman Hill, formerly of
North Topeka.
The Merry Matrons' club will picnic
| Thursday, June %. at the home of
/ Mrs. Charles Killian, 100 Tyler street.
Mrs. Brockerman and son Glenn left
4 this morning for Carthage, NO, to visit
for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Berry and Mr..
and Mrs. W. NJ Van Ness and family.
] VVHn have hnaTl for ia CT
week at Shady Nook farm. returned
/ home today. Mr.. and Mrs. C. c.
Berry and son, Merle Detmore were
guests at the camp yesterday.
picnic party who will spend this
/ evening at NineWood will be composed
of Miss Mcconnell, Miss Edna Pence,
Miss Gertrude Allen, Miss Ella Cald-
we'll, Miss Ella WOODBURY.. Miss Eliza
beth WOODBURY., Miss Minna Mccall
Miss Ida Ravens, Miss Edith Haynes
Miss Carrie Haynes, Mr.. w NJ. Cline
| Mr.. Rob Caldwell Mr. Kountz, Mr.
White, Mr. Cox, Mr.. Knoll Mr.. Will
Finch, Mr.. Fred WOODBURY..
The Union Pacific engineers are
| the North Topeka yard for the new
/ double track system. The new tracks
will take eight or ten feet off of the
south side of the Union Pacific park,
and it will take a strip Of about eight
IeeC wide OF OF the south side of the
J. Thomas Lumber company and the
Central Sash & Door company's yards.
Several buildings will have to be
moved.
Mrs. Ford. wife of Rev. John B.
Ford, died last evening at s O'Clock
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B.
J. Harris. 1410 Harrison street. Rev.
and Mrs. Ford arrived here last week
from Monette, No. and while Mrs.
Ford was in very poor health then the
end was not thought to be so near. She
leaves three daughters. Mrs. Harris.
Mrs Gus Fogel of 1881 Kansas ave
nue., and Mrs. Myers of Aonette, No.
who came this morning. The fu-
neral arrangements will be announced
later.
w B. Merriam. chief engineer for
the Topeka & Northwestern railway
! left for Onaga Tuesday via Valley Falls
/ and the Santa Fe. He says the iron
and ties for the road between Memo
ken and Onaga are coming in rapidly
] and are being unloaded in the material
yards at Menoken. He has one mile
of track laid from Menoken north and
/ says the building of the track on the
new road bed will soon commence, anc
will be pushed right along. The line
/ viii be finished and in running order
to Onaga by October /. 1t will take
5000 ties for the double track be.
tween Topeka and Kansas City. They
cost the company 81 piece laid dowr
; here. The Union Pacific say they are
still short many thousand of them bu
are receiving them daily from Texa:
via the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa.
cific railway.
Roumania Has Good Crops.
Bucharest, Roumania. June 2l.-Th,
, wheat crop of Roumania promises to b,
the largest on record. DESPITE the fact fha