The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-06
NORTH TOPEKA.

ILeave items for this column with kim
ball Printing Co., 912 n. Kansas avenue.l
All kinds of pumps, Pratt Bros.
Field and garden seeds. c. G. Mich
olson.
John Ehrhart, of Hoyt. was in town
yesterday
George Fiederling spent Sunday at
his home in Elmont.
Jack WallxIey has taken his old posi-
ton with Pratt Bros. after an absence
of a year.
william Boast. of 900 Jackson street.
expects to leave Tuesday for his farm
in Missouri.
Judge d. H. Orner of Twin Lake. Col,
was the guest Saturday and Sunday of
]. H. FOUGHT.
Charles and Arthur Hutton of Shorey
will leave today for an extended trip
through California.
The Taxa Hasha club will meet Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. r.
]. Beachun. SOC Park street.
Star lodge No. 331. A. o. U. w. will
give a dance in Barrett's hall next
Tuesday evening. Music by Stein
berg'S orchestra.
Miss Josie Dickinson will return to
her home in Meriden today after an ex-
tended visit to her sister. Mrs. Clayton
Cassler of Holman's addition
Mrs. Maurice Todd, who has been Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Anderson of 11O1 Madison street, return
There will be a cabinet meeting of
the Epworth league of the Kansas Ave-
nue. M. E. church this evening at the
home of Rev. ]. A. Stavely, 1925 Quincy
street.
Miss Lolah McAfee has resigned her
position in the H. H. Bair stationery
store and Miss Jessie Myers has taken
her place. The McAfee family expect
to leave next month for their new
home in Kansas City.
e.
ing of Victor council No. 4, this evening
at their hall All members of the coun-
ell are requested to be present Visitors
from other councils are invited to come
and meet with this council.
Word has been received from Los
Angeles, Cal, that Mr.. Ollie S. Marks
is seriously i'll with tuberculosis of the
lungs at his home in that city Mr..
and Mrs. Marks will be remembered
by many of the older residents of tn e
First ward as they formerly lived here
at which time Mr.. Marks was one of
the clerks in the n. F. Conl1le dry
goods store.
Misses Bessie Carson and Vera
Bridge were in a runaway yesterday |
which might have been very serious,
but fortunately one was injured. In |
with Miss Ethel Carson and
Miss Lena HOhnba the young people /
started to Granville to spend the day
visiting friends. When on the river /
road by the bluffs the horse driven by
Miss Carson and Miss Bridge became !
frightened at an old moving machine /
on the roadside and started to rum /
Miss Bridge jumped out of the buggy
which was upset, while Miss Carson
to make her escape after the
buggy was tipped over. Neither one
was hurt. The horse broke away
from the buggy and continued to run
for a half mile when he was captured /
by some men. The harness was badly
wrecked and the dashboard of the
buggy broken. The young ladies met
tied their horse in nearby stable and
continued on their trip.
Mrs Mary z. Baker, As years old.
wife of Frank Baker, died Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Henry Riordan, 113 East
sent to Maple Hill tomorrow morning
at 1905 clock where the funeral SER
vices will be held and the interment
take place. An opportunity will be
given those friends of Mrs. Bakers who
wish to see her to do so by calling at
the Riordan home tomorrow morning
between the $50 and $3.50 o'clock The
Baker family formerly lived in North
Topeka at which time Mr.. Baker clerk
ed at the New Era Department store.
Later they lived at Eskridge While
tkere Mrs. Bakers health became so
poor that the family decided to go
south A fruit farm in Arkansas was
purchased and the trip commenced but
when Topeka was reached Mrs Baker
was so feeble that it was necessary to
the trip. Mrs. Baker is sur
vived by her husband and three chill
1ren Mr.. OrsOn Baker, Mrs Henry Ri
1rdan and a younger son, Frank, who
s still in school. Eskridge papers
please copy.
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