The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-26
NORTH TOPEKA.

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The very latest in duck and linen
hats at Mrs. JOseph's.
Miss Grace and Edna Harold are
i'll with pneumonia at their home on
Van Buren, street.
John Morse of Moline. Kan. is here
for a short visit to his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. J. S. Morse.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Van Vetchen of
1905 Jackson street have returned
from a visit to relatives at Independ-
ence, Mo. ----s
J. W. Priddy returned yesterday
from Parsons where he represented
Blue post at the G. A. r. state en-
campment.
Mrs. D. A. wizer and daughter,
Mrs. Guy Gatchel, and son Leroy,
went to Lecompton today to visit
friends over Sunday.
The Degree of Honor lodge No. %
gave the Temple of Fame at Lukens'
opera house last evening to a large
and appreciative audience.
Mrs. NJ. r. Mitchell who went to
Parsons Monday as a delegate from
the Relief Corps to the state encamp-
ment of the G. A. r.. returned yester-
day noon
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Blanchard and
children left yesterday for Trinidad,
Colo. where Mr.. Blanchard has some
building contracts. They will be away
for about two weeks.
| Marion Myers has returned from
Kansas City, where he has been for
the past month taking treatment in
/ one of the hospitals. Mr.. Myers
health is much improved.
Mary, the eight-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Frisbee, died
yesterday morning at the family home,
i1127 North Monroe street. The fu-
neral was held this morning from the
house.
Mrs. Fred Graft entertained at din
ner yesterday her guests being Mrs.
VIII Graves and son and daughter of
Hot Springs, Ark, Mrs c. H Waiter
lin, Mrs 7. J. Neiswender and Mrs.
Ed Graft.
Today was observed as Memorial
day in the schools and appropriate ex-
ercises were held this afternoon At
Grant school W. II. Barnes ana j.. X.
/ McNary gave patriotic addresses while
the speakers at Quincy school were
! Congressman Curtis and P. H. Coney-
Mrs. Fred Short. who has been
here visiting her moth er-in-la-w, Mrs.
Short of Madison street, will return
tomorrow to her home in Springfield
/ Mo. She will be accompanied by her
eiste. -fn-law, Mrs. Harry Short, who
eoes there to join her husband in a
/ permanent home.
= W. Dillon of North Menoken was
! in town this morning and reports that
Big Soldier and Little Soldier creeks
have washed out about twenty acres
1 of fine corn for him. Mr.. Dillon's
house is on the high ground and was
completely out Of the water, but this
twenty arce tract which was in the
valley was covered with from three to
six feet of water and the corn COM
pletely ruined. Mr.. Dillon also re-
! ports that the men working on the
/ railroad near the Guild farm were
/ compelled Wednesday night to seek
safety from the water on the bluffs.
While Soldier creek has been IN
/ usually high and some uneaslness mas
been felt by people living along us
banks, there was practically no Gan
Ger The creek did overflow its banks
IN Central avenue north of the bridge
ana at the Rochester bridge. flooding
the low lands in those localities. Ihe
Ground at both of these places IS Ve!.l
low but even this low ground Wouls-
probably not have been overlooked II
The creek bed had been cleared out
At the Rochester bridge the creek IS
4 81 choIzed up with drift wood that
i there is barely room for a small boat
to mass along Probably the clearing
/ ont of this drift wood would have pre-
4 vented an overflow. The creek 1s'
however, falling now.